The state prohibits out-of-state retailers from shipping wine straight to Michigan consumers _ unless the retailers have a location in Michigan and are a part of a three-tier regulatory system. A federal judge in Detroit earlier this week declared Michigan’s law unconstitutional for discriminating against out-of-state retailers. Woo hoo! Wonder if they’ll appeal. WOODTV.com
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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjkCrfylq-E&hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=344] Dave’s pretty magnanimous… ball’s in your court, Senator.
Dear Amazon.com’s MP3 Download Store, Look, I really, really like you. I do; you’re great, sweetheart. No DRM. Quick downloads. You’re the cat’s meow. But, can we talk about your title naming convention? I know that getting Led Zeppelin IV for $2 is a total steal (aside: it seriously is right now). But why, why […]
Millen is gone. 31-84 over 7 seasons. If only it could change this season. Oh well, as they always say in Michigan, next year will be a re-building year. FOX Sports on MSN – Jay Glazer – Millen out as Lions president, GM.
According to the latest figures for the end of August the Cuil market share has dropped to, well, just about nothing at all. Net Applications has the market share being a very meagre 0.01 percent. At least it is a very steady 0.01 percent though. The article points out the obvious problem: their search results […]
YouTube – The Corpus Clock & Chronophage Designed by Dr John Taylor for Corpus Christi College Cambridge for the exterior of the college's new library building. The Clock will be unveiled on 19th September by Stephen Hawking. Inspired from a design by a clock made by the legendary John Harrison, the pioneer of longitude. BTW, […]
Seriously, this is getting a little wierd. First, the LHC has a “glitch”, now it’s this: At 1127 (0927 GMT) on Friday, the LHC’s online logbook recorded a quench in sector 3-4 of the accelerator, which lies between the Alice and CMS detectors. The entry stated that helium had been lost to the tunnel and […]