February 28, 2006
Re-Pay Your Debt To Society--Literally
Almost every encounter with the criminal justice system these days can give rise to a fee.
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07:51 AM
February 27, 2006
Growing Disparity
the fallacy he fell into tends to dominate polite discussion about income trends, not because it's true, but because it's comforting.
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12:12 PM
Monday Morning Test
You think you're so smart? [
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11:52 AM
February 24, 2006
S.D. House Approves Abortion Ban Bill
So now the government can spy on anyone it chooses AND will soon be able to decide when women give birth. The Handmaid's Tale, anyone?
Posted by mowabb at
06:52 PM
February 23, 2006
Bush Joke
Such arrogant asses back there. . .
Posted by mowabb at
10:54 PM
Blogs: It's All About the Benjamins?
If greedy corporations fall on their faces trying to make a quick buck on blogs, are we supposed to cry for them?
Posted by mowabb at
06:58 AM
February 22, 2006
Rename Podner
Doesn't it seem like Apple is going a step too far here?
Posted by mowabb at
07:27 AM
February 21, 2006
Free Pilot of NBC's Conviction on iTMS
Ooh! Yeah! A show all about prosecutors!!! Yay!
Posted by mowabb at
09:46 PM
February 20, 2006
Senate Coverup Committee
That the United States Senate has a body called the Intelligence Committee is an irony George Orwell would have truly appreciated. In a world without Doublespeak, the panel, chaired by GOP Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas, would be known by a more appropriate name...
Posted by mowabb at
02:47 PM
Churches urged to back evolution
It's time to recognise that science and religion should never be pitted against each other
Posted by mowabb at
07:34 AM
Margaret Atwood's new digital signature
A video screen will link Ms Atwood with the public, allowing them to speak to her. Then, as she signs a personal message at one end, a robot arm instantly replicates the strokes in a copy of the book at the other.
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07:32 AM
February 19, 2006
February 18, 2006
February 16, 2006
New Yorker, Suffering Memory Loss, Is Found in Chicago
That a person can so totally and suddenly misplace his identity — much as one might lose car keys — is the stuff of thrillers and nightmares.
Posted by mowabb at
10:48 PM
2 e-mailers get testy, and hundreds readevery word - The Boston Globe
You should never write an e-mail that you are not willing to see preserved forever in history. [
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Posted by mowabb at
12:24 PM
The Legal Community Is Small
Don't send rude, nasty emails to attorneys, they will forward them to colleagues and then other attorneys will blog about said emails. —
“Sew” funny!
Posted by mowabb at
10:23 AM
February 15, 2006
Uninspired
I didn't go to lawschool so I could ask permission to take time off, or to make sure someone else's 'to do' list was complete.
Posted by mowabb at
11:45 PM
Not A Brilliant Man
If Antonin Scalia is a brilliant legal mind, John Tesh is a great composer.
Posted by mowabb at
06:32 AM
Potential Indictment For Vice President
If Whittington Dies, A Grand Jury is Likely
Posted by mowabb at
06:28 AM
February 14, 2006
Scalia Dismisses 'Living Constitution'
People who believe the Constitution would break if it didn't change with society are “idiots,” U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says.
Posted by mowabb at
07:59 PM
Romantic viewing
Because nothing says “I love you” like sharing an eight-ball with your sweetie.
Posted by mowabb at
07:30 AM
February 13, 2006
IPod on the Tracks
“I ought to put some of your sperm in the freezer,” she said.
How romantic!
Posted by mowabb at
09:42 PM
Sweet, sweet free market capitalism
corporations make more after taxes than they do before!
Posted by mowabb at
10:32 AM
February 11, 2006
Bush to Double Timber Harvests
Rev up the chain saws, the Toxic Texan has renewed his war upon America's forests.
Posted by mowabb at
02:42 PM
February 10, 2006
Applications to Law Schools Are Declining
“The more lawyers there are, the more people are out there to encourage others not to go to law school,”
Posted by mowabb at
09:23 PM
MSM is Bush Propaganda Machine
This is what happened [yesterday] that did not get reported by the MSM
Posted by mowabb at
08:37 AM
February 09, 2006
The attack on Los Angeles, again
The message from Team Bush is clear: “All we've got is fear, and we are going to keep playing the fear card.”
Posted by mowabb at
03:08 PM
February 07, 2006
Coloring book satirizes a lawyer's glib life
Color my underpants important.
Freaking hilarious!
Posted by mowabb at
11:47 AM
February 06, 2006
Handful of Races May Tip Control of Congress
Not since 1994 has the party in power -- in this case the Republicans -- faced such a discouraging landscape in a midterm election.
Posted by mowabb at
09:28 AM
Public defender Doug Brinkmeyer dies at 56
I'll be happy if my obituary reads half this well... [
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Posted by mowabb at
06:07 AM
February 04, 2006
Bush Address
In case you missed the SOTU earlier this week, here's a candid online highlight reel. [
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Posted by mowabb at
02:02 PM
Bush 'tried to lure Saddam into war using UN aircraft'
Mr Bush told Tony Blair of the extraordinary plan during a meeting in the White House on January 31, 2003, six weeks before the war started, according to an updated version of Lawless World by Philippe Sands, a human rights lawyer.
Posted by mowabb at
01:58 PM
Question War Because War is Not The Answer
“Support Our Troops” does not mean Support Our War.
Posted by mowabb at
01:29 PM
The Fear That Kills
Appalling new evidence reveals that female soldiers serving in Iraq made fatal decisions in their attempts to avoid rape.
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01:25 PM
February 03, 2006
A Brief Taxonomy of Classroom Participation Strategies
Hilarious! I'm a big fan of the Mercy Kill and Preemptive Strike, myself, but I've seen nearly all the others used to good effect.
Posted by mowabb at
09:14 AM
February 02, 2006
Washington steps in on Blackberry
The US government has asked a federal judge to hold off from a possible shutdown of the Blackberry service.
Posted by mowabb at
10:41 AM
US News takes notice
Concern for accused poor people in the pages of US News - that's newsworthy.
Posted by mowabb at
09:59 AM
Trickey Dick
Did Cheney's office hit the delete key on Plame e-mails?
Posted by mowabb at
08:47 AM
February 01, 2006
State of the Union on Flickr
An incredible photo of last night's speech.
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01:55 PM
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