Three wins and a loss
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gridloreThe judge who ordered Wikileaks shut down now concedes that his ruling "might not have been constitutional." When you get groups from the ACLU to the Hearst Corp screaming in outrage, it's a good clue that there's a problem, dude. My favorite quote from the story comes from one of the plaintiff's lawyers whinging about an imagined "abdication of authority over the Internet" by the judicial system. "That means it's a frontier that's wide open." said William Briggs. Damn right!
In another court case, the judge handling the Barry Bonds perjury case sent back the indictment for improper charges. This is really the gang that couldn't shoot straight. A three year investigation, two complete grand juries, and after all that they forget that each count of an indictment can only cover one crime? Nice to see my tax dollars hard at work here. No wonder 1 in 100 adult Americans are in jail.
No courts needed for this one. The naming rights for the 49ers' home stadium have lapsed. The City has announced that, in a rare flash of understanding what the public wants, it will not seek a replacement for Monster Cable. Candlestick Park Lives Again!!!! Some cynics are saying this, plus naming the actual playing surface after the late Bill Walsh, are attempts by the City to keep the Niners from moving to Santa Clara.
And finally, a loss. Dr. George "Skip" Gay has died at 77. He was one of the founders of Rock Medicine, a fixture at Northern California concerts for decades. RockMed would take you in a treat you for free for anything from a splinter to a full-on acid freakout. Dr. Gay's work led to the creation of the Event Medicine field, sort of training for ER work on site in crowded, often dark, and noisy conditions.
In another court case, the judge handling the Barry Bonds perjury case sent back the indictment for improper charges. This is really the gang that couldn't shoot straight. A three year investigation, two complete grand juries, and after all that they forget that each count of an indictment can only cover one crime? Nice to see my tax dollars hard at work here. No wonder 1 in 100 adult Americans are in jail.
No courts needed for this one. The naming rights for the 49ers' home stadium have lapsed. The City has announced that, in a rare flash of understanding what the public wants, it will not seek a replacement for Monster Cable. Candlestick Park Lives Again!!!! Some cynics are saying this, plus naming the actual playing surface after the late Bill Walsh, are attempts by the City to keep the Niners from moving to Santa Clara.
And finally, a loss. Dr. George "Skip" Gay has died at 77. He was one of the founders of Rock Medicine, a fixture at Northern California concerts for decades. RockMed would take you in a treat you for free for anything from a splinter to a full-on acid freakout. Dr. Gay's work led to the creation of the Event Medicine field, sort of training for ER work on site in crowded, often dark, and noisy conditions.
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Date: 1 Mar 2008 20:47 (UTC)As for the Wikileaks case...again...duh! You'd think these people would think a little before handing down a decision like that.
As far as the steroid stuff goes...honestly, if the athletes want to fuck themselves up like that, I figure its their business. I really don't see the point to making them illegal. Regulate them? possibly...continue to have them be illegal? no..its obviously not working...but then I have similar views about illegal drugs.
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Date: 2 Mar 2008 08:20 (UTC)That... is frikkin' disturbing. As far as I found out, this ration was approximately 1 out of 80 during the GULAG period in the USSR (this data may be not entirely accurate, though). I wonder if the US is going to get to that point?