"Man cannot make principles; he can only discover them." Thomas Paine

Cycle-proof regulation | The Economist

Seeded on Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:20 PM EDT (The Economist)

AS THE G20 summit showed, we typically regulate in the midst of a bust.

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Sarah Palin's Questionable Judgment (Did she get proper prenatal care?)

Seeded on Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:03 AM EDT (cadenhead.org)

One bit of weirdness associated with Palin concerns the birth of her youngest child. As the Alaskan media reported, Palin was attending an energy conference in Texas on April 18 when her water broke four weeks before her due date.

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PETA wants to buy SeaWorld and free Shamu

Seeded on Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:12 AM EDT (cbs8.com)

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants to buy a SeaWorld park, possibly the one in San Diego, free the animals inside and replace them with virtual reality exhibits, it was reported today.

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Oregon State Healthcare: Randy, we won't pay for your chemo, BUT...

Seeded on Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:45 PM EDT (FOXNews.com)

PORTLAND, Ore. — Some terminally ill patients in Oregon who turned to their state for health care were denied treatment and offered doctor-assisted suicide instead, a proposal some experts have called a "chilling" corruption of medical ethics.

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Krauthammer: I misjudged Obama - he's even worse

Seeded on Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:13 PM EDT (statesmanjournal.com)

You'll notice Barack Obama is now wearing a flag pin. Again. During the primary campaign, he refused to, explaining that he'd worn one after 9/11 but then stopped because it "became a substitute for, I think, true patriotism."

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Facebook Sues 'Copycat' German Social Networking Site

Seeded on Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:12 PM EDT (informationweek.com)

Facebook has sued a German social networking site, saying the site stole its look and feel by creating a clone site and merely replacing a blue background with a red one, according to a report in the Financial Times.

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Ex-con sues AmEx, says it aided search for him

Seeded on Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:07 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

NEW YORK - A disbarred Manhattan lawyer who pleaded guilty to statutory rape has sued the American Express Co. for giving police credit card information he says led to his capture.

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Former probation officer's case bound to court, had affair with probationer

Seeded on Tue Jul 8, 2008 10:32 PM EDT (Breaking Midstate News with The Patriot-News)

A former Lebanon County female adult probation officer who had an affair with one of her clients will have to face the Lebanon County Court as the result of a preliminary hearing Tuesday before district justice Marie Dissinger.

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Cheney's Office Said to Edit Draft Testimony on Warming

Seeded on Tue Jul 8, 2008 10:22 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Vice President Dick Cheney's office was involved in removing statements on health risks posed by global warming from a draft of a health official's Senate testimony last year, a former senior government environmental official said on Tuesday.

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Abu-Jamal seeks new trial in Phila. officer's slaying

Seeded on Tue Jul 8, 2008 10:19 PM EDT (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Pennsylvania death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal has asked a federal appeals court to reconsider the decision that denied him a new trial in the 1981 slaying of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner.

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US ex-hostage calls FARC rebels 'terrorists'

Seeded on Tue Jul 8, 2008 10:17 PM EDT (Agence-France Presse )

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AFP) — One of three US nationals rescued from Colombia's FARC rebels said Monday the guerillas were not revolutionaries but "terrorists," using a crusade for the poor as a front for crime.

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War Powers Act needs fixing, bipartisan panel says

Seeded on Tue Jul 8, 2008 10:15 PM EDT (CNN)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States needs a new law requiring that the president consult with Congress before going to war, a blue-ribbon panel led by two former secretaries of state said Tuesday.

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Judge Lambastes Lawyer Filing Long Lawsuit With Limerick

Seeded on Tue Jul 8, 2008 10:11 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

A 465-page racketeering lawsuit filed with Washington State federal judge Ronald Leighton inspired Leighton to gin up the following limerick. (Gavel bang: How Appealing)

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Anglican conservatives move to form anti-gay coalition

Seeded on Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:03 PM EDT (International Herald Tribune)

Anglican conservatives, frustrated by the ongoing stalemate over homosexuality in the Anglican Communion, declared Sunday that they would defy the church's historic lines of authority and establish a new power bloc within the church that will be led by a council of predominantly  …

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City: Beer Wall Murals Illegal Advertisement

Seeded on Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:32 PM EDT (WCAU | Philadelphia - NBC Channel 10)

Philadelphia is famous for its mural arts program. But some groups said that some specific murals need to be scrubbed out.

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Pro-gun groups file lawsuit vs. Chicago gun ban

Seeded on Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:29 PM EDT (Chicago Tribune)

Pro-gun groups filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging a long-standing Chicago handgun ban only hours after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to strike down a similar ban in the District of Columbia.

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Outraged Mayor Daley vows to defend Chicago gun law

Seeded on Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:27 PM EDT (Chicago Sun-Times)

An "outraged" Mayor Daley this morning denounced a U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Washington D.C.'s handgun ban as a "frightening decision" and a "return to the days of the Wild West."

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Gun advocates' other weapon: lawsuits

Seeded on Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:25 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)

Emboldened by Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling affirming the right of individuals to own handguns, advocates said Thursday they would immediately challenge a San Francisco law that prohibits guns in public housing and sue other cities nationwide to overturn gun restrictions.

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Pa. lawmakers: Violent criminals should get no parole

Seeded on Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:02 PM EDT (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Standing next to pictures of the three men accused in the killing of Police Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski, State Rep. John M. Perzel yesterday issued this message: Violent offender - no parole.

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Offenders to wear 'badge of shame' to restore faith in justice system

Seeded on Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:00 PM EDT (The Times)

Offenders sentenced to community punishment may be put to work wearing high-visibility bibs that will identify them as criminals under proposals intended to restore confidence in the justice system.

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The high price of gas isn't caused by Bush, Speculators, or the Easter Bunny

Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:36 PM EDT

Somewhere, deep within the depths of the New York Stock Exchange, a shifty little man is carefully manipulating the price of oil so that we pay $4.50 at the pump. Elsewhere, George Bush is sitting behind the curtain, carefully planning his next war for oil.

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The change in Iraq | Is it turning the corner?

Seeded on Sat Jun 14, 2008 7:47 PM EDT (The Economist)

THOUGH still lacerated by the tragedy of the past five years, Iraq is at last getting better all round. The violence, albeit still ferocious in parts of the country, has subsided dramatically.

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US blogger charged in Singapore over 'prostituting' comment

Seeded on Mon Jun 2, 2008 8:54 PM EDT (breitbart.com)

A California-based blogger who allegedly accused a judge of "prostituting herself" has been arrested and charged in Singapore, his lawyer and a court document said Monday.

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Teen blames kiss for her drunken driving arrest

Seeded on Sat May 31, 2008 6:45 PM EDT (Newsday.com)

They say a lover's kiss can be intoxicating. Gianna Vigliotti, who was pulled over by police as she swerved in and out of her lane on Northern Boulevard in Manhasset Friday night, said that's exactly what happened to her, according to court documents.

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'Cancerous Israel to vanish soon' - Iran official states

Seeded on Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:11 AM EST (JPost.com)

"The cancerous growth Israel will soon disappear," Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps commander Muhammad Ali Jafari wrote to Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the FARS news agency reported Monday.

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