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09 Apr 2010 16:40

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U.S.: Obama’s gonna have fun filling John Paul Stevens’ shoes

  • 35 number of years John Paul Stevens served on the Supreme Court; Obama says “he leaves at the top of his game”
  • ten the number of names on
    Obama’s replacement list (we hope one is John Paul Jones, just for spits and giggles) source
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09 Feb 2010 10:30

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Biz, U.S.: Surprise! “Happy Birthday” has a copyright on it for some reason

  • $2 million made yearly on claims for singing “Happy Birthday” source
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21 Jan 2010 10:28

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U.S.: Great. The Supreme Court turns off campaign funding limits

  • 5-4 douches beat cool people once again source
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12 Nov 2009 21:29

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U.S.: Dear Catholic Church: Stop playing politics with social services

  • This is absolute crap. And unfair to D.C. Taking care of its large gay community, the District of Columbia’s is about to vote on a law that will recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere. But the Catholic Church is trying to leverage its power over the city – providing thousands with services such as adoption and feeding the homeless – to try to stop the law. If the law passes, they say, they’ll stop providing these services. This is crap. It’s also not Christian. Churches should not play politics like this, because they’ll burn people who don’t deserve to get caught in the flames. source
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04 Nov 2009 10:55

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U.S.: Vermont wants to get you drunker than any other state

  • 16% the legal alcohol-by-volume cap for beer in Verdrunk source
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11 Oct 2009 11:13

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Offbeat: WhoCanISue.com callously wants you to sue other people

  • It’s definitely meant to be edgy. We wanted to provoke people. Most lawyer advertising is unremarkable and not memorable. I would sit at home and see these ads asking if you’re injured, blah, blah, blah. There was no branding involved. We have a brand.
  • WhoCanISue.com founder Curtis Wolfe • Describing the thought process that went into create his site. Wolfe, formerly in-house counsel at a large Miami firm, has grabbed eyeballs with the site, which connects lawyers with people who want to sue other people. Lawyers aren’t sure what to think. We just hope we’re not answer to that question his site asks. • source
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29 Aug 2009 09:59

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U.S.: Utah doesn’t mess around when it comes to texting while driving

  • 15 years the maximum possible sentence for fatalities caused due to texting while driving in Utah
  • $10,000 the maximum fine; most other states, it’s a slap on the wrist but in Utah, it’s a crime source
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24 Aug 2009 20:20

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Tech, U.S.: That “Skanks in NYC” blogger broke an obscure cyberstalking law

  • Could we have a less vapid free speech hero, please? When NYC fashion school grad student Rosemary Port anonymously posted her harsh diatribes against model Liskula Cohen, she broke the law. The obscure cyberstalking law she broke says she could be sentenced to up to two years in jail and fined for using the internet “without disclosing his identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person.” It’s the kind of law that angers bloggers like us because it completely goes against free speech. We can’t imagine the idea of Port fighting this law up to the Supreme Court over calling some girl she didn’t like a “ho.” It makes our brain hurt. source
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14 Aug 2009 10:12

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World: Afghanistan just passed a law screwing over women

Want to live in a country where you can deny your wife food? Or pay off a rape charge in lieu of prosecution? Move to sunny Afghanistan. source
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25 Jul 2009 09:00

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Offbeat: Some pig: Is this fugitive feral swine the libertarian ideal?

This pig has been on the run around Panama City, Fla., for five months and has a rep so bacony – it fended of tasers! – that it has a Facebook page. source
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