Archive for May, 2005

NASCAR Day

Ladies and gentlemen, start your State-endorsed fundraising! Believe it or not, tomorrow, May 20, is NASCAR Day in the State of Michigan. Wear your Little E jackets and call someone on your Nextel phone “to recognize the contributions the NASCAR organization has made to better the lives of children around the country.”

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Michigan Court of Appeals Returns to 1950s in Free Speech Ruling

Damn this state. No, you know what, damn this whole bloody mess. I officially give up.
Backtrack.
The Michigan Court of Appeals (which I believe is in Grand Rapids, since this ruling references Calder Plaza) ruled today that, well, read this:
The Michigan Court of Appeals has declared that nudity on television, even during the safe harbor [...]

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Fun fact for the day

Anderson Cooper’s mother is Gloria Vanderbilt. He was also photographed by Diane Arbus.

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Just so I have this straight

When CNN et al read blogs on the air, they’re jumping on the bandwagon, airing the thoughts of people who took more time then did the news channels to make thoughtful posts about newsworthy topics. (See the much lauded Daily Show segment, thanks to Lisa Rein.)
But, when Adam Curry does the same thing with podcasters’ [...]

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Court Strikes Down Ban on Wine Shipments

Finally! This was one of the stupiest (and dirty) laws Michigan had with regard to liquor sales. You can now order wine from anywhere in the country and have it shipped to Michigan.
The supporters are using the “for the children” defense, which is total crap considering that the state is pretty interested in the [...]

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Broadcast Flag is back - Told you so

And now it’s worse than ever. Copyfighters will have their rhetoric turned up and thesauruses at hand for this next round. Good luck to them too, their fighting our war.
Write your Congresscriters; this is a stupid, protectionist move. Look for Orin Hatch to sponsor the final language of this bill.
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Christian Phone Company Claims Verizon Hosts Child Porn Ring

Yeah, I’m going to call BS on this one. Sorry, Wonkette, even those of us who want to believe this story don’t believe it. MP3s or not, this is too off the wall for reality to even be tacitly interested.
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