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Democrats can't win elections
If Obama loses this election (as the polls suggest he will right now), it will be the most damning indictment of Democrats' ability to win elections ever. Losing three elections that we absolutely should have won, in a row, is absolutely pathetic. -
Never Cry wolf (or see it)
I know I never post here anymore, but I just saw a movie bad enough to warrant it ( Read more... ) -
Heroes sucks now
What happened? I mean I know there's a writing strike, but I could write better plot AND dialogue than we saw in that TV show ( Read more... ) -
Courts
Honestly, sometimes, I think judges are from another planet. NOTE the beginning of this quote (capitalized for emphasis ( Read more... ) -
Worlds away
So my inner traveller took a hit today ( Read more... ) -
Dubai
So I was reading the New York Times (my new news source of choice, other than the economist), and I stumbled across a pretty horrfying case about a 15 year old boy who was raped in Dubai, and was then accused of breakign Dubai's laws against homosexuality and had to leave the company from fear of getting arrested. It's an ongoing thing, the story ( Read more... ) -
Oh contracts
I just read a case where a guy who rented the land for an inn was forced to still pay rent, even though his inn was taken by a GERMAN army. From 1649. Damn. -
Oh Bureaucracy
Here is an exerpt from my notes on how the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are made ( Read more... ) -
Someone's Stealing Toilet Paper
so I know I keep talkgin about CNN is going downhill...but this is the ultimate valley. How something like this makes even LOCAL news, let alone CNN FRONT PAGE news is beyond me ( Read more... )