I was going to post about the Los Angeles Times’ uncritical story about how attorney-client privilege might or might not apply to John Roberts’ work in the Solicitor General’s office, but Patterico does a better job than I could.
My take: after writing “The question of how much access Congress should have to executive branch documents […]
Florence Cohen, 85, of New York, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan claiming that the makers of “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas,” Rockstar Games, and its parent company, New York-based Take Two Interactive Software Inc., engaged in false, misleading and deceptive practices. Cohen bought the video game for her 14-year-old grandson even though it was […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)Thursday’s Los Angeles Times reports on the firing of Redondo Beach school superintendent Carol Leighty, but reporter Wendy Thermos lacks the curiosity or column inches to explain why.
We posted earlier about how the Redondo teacher union pushed for Leighty’s termination through three union-backed school board members. But the LAT article mentioned this only in a […]
Those silly Brits. They clearly don’t understand American-style journalism and the importance that news organizations put on winning the war for audience ratings. For those of you who don’t know, British authorities are upset at ABC News for releasing a photo of one of the recovered bombs.
The British police asked ABC News on Tuesday to withhold […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)The New York Times continues on its John Roberts = extremist mission with a piece Thursday headlines An Advocate for the Right.
… But his internal memorandums, some of which have become public in recent days, reveal a philosophy every bit as conservative as that of the policy makers on the front lines of the […]
The Washington Post’s Names & Faces page reported Wednesday that seven female Democratic senators will launch a website to solicit questions for the John Roberts confirmation hearing:
Seven Democratic senators, including Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), have launched a Web site to involve Americans in the upcoming Senate confirmation hearings for the nominee. Mikulski […]
Ahmed Ressam, the Islamic Jihadist terrorist would-be LAX bomber/mass killer, was just sentenced to 22 years. When it comes to trying to bomb a major airport, 22 years is a slap on the wrist. Ahmed would have possibly gotten a longer sentence if he had drugs instead of bomb making materials in his trunk when he got […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)Alcohol regulators in the UK don’t want women to think that a few drinks can help them seduce an attractive man. From Sky News:
Drinks companies have been ordered to use uglier men in their advertising campaigns.
The Advertising Standards Authority believes “balding” and “paunchy” men would be less likely to encourage women to drink to achieve […]
The reaction against the Supreme Court’s Kelo decision has reached Southern California. From the SF Chronicle:
In a move that suggests the use of eminent domain by local governments might be coming under closer scrutiny by state officials, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer said in court papers Tuesday that a
Kern County city abused its authority under […]
San Francisco’s Supervisors don’t want the battleship Iowa and an accompanying museum of the Second World War and the Cold War in their city … they have more important issues to deal with:
The Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a resolution Tuesday urging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to accept an application by the San […]
In the world of radio, ratings problems lead to money problems and money problems can lead to money scandals. Air America is certainly having the former and its beginnings were mired in the latter. Today a new development in their scandal-ridden existence as Michelle Malkin reports of federal/local funds being diverted away from inner city […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)What do you call playing poker all night before a final exam?
— “Cramming”
CNN reports that San Diego State University has created a degree program aimed at tribal gaming. This isn’t as dumb or niche as it may sound since casinos run by Indian tribes generate around $21 billion in revenue. For students who actually want jobs after […]
Ten years after one of the most incredible cases of mis-justice, Independent Sources is finally gets to make its very first OJ Simpson posting.
The Guardian (UK) reports:
A federal judge has ordered former football star O.J. Simpson to pay $25,000 in damages for pirating satellite television signals from DirecTV.
Despite the fact that police seized illegal […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)In a story that must have people howling in the halls of Apple, Oracle and Google, a case study on Microsoft.com is unwittingly promoting a company which has been accused of operating a pyramid scheme targeting people in south-east Asia and Africa.
When GoldQuest International Ltd. upgraded to Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system and Microsoft Internet Information […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)I don’t know why, but I like this theory concerning the London 7/7 bombers…
…some [British] police officials are increasingly considering the possibility that the men did not plan to commit suicide and were duped into dying.
From the Mirror (UK):
Police and MI5 are probing if the four men were told by their al-Qaeda controller they had time […]
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