Good. The mere fact that it’s being considered, means that freedom has not yet been completely driven from this land that once valued it so highly our forebears were willing to risk their very lives to taste it.
You and I don’t have to like it, but unless you or I live there, it really isn’t [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Crime and Punishment'
San Francisco weighs decriminalizing prostitution
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October 21, 2008 at 8:44pm
by thecodepounder
Crime and Punishment · Freedoms / Rights · Government / Law · Health / Medicine · Workplace / Business
Ha! Splog manages to steal only my copyright notice!
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October 17, 2008 at 9:53am
by thecodepounder
Here’s one from the “it doesn’t happen often, but…” file…
Call them what you want, “spam blogs”, “link blogs”, whatever. You’ve all seen the sites I’m talking about that contain no content other than a crapload of advertising, plus links to legitimate articles on other blogs that all focus on a specific subject-matter. Some are worse [...]
Crime and Punishment · Humor · Internet · Website
Are Miranda warnings always necessary?
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October 11, 2008 at 8:34am
by thecodepounder
Do you think the police had to read this man his Miranda rights? I mean, given his T-shirt and all?
Crime and Punishment · Freedoms / Rights · Humor
Tennessee swears in its first female chief justice
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September 3, 2008 at 7:36am
by thecodepounder
Janice M. Holder was sworn in yesterday as the Chief Justice of the Tennessee State Supreme Court. This marks the first time in the state’s 212 year history that a female has held the position.
Crime and Punishment · Government / Law · History
Red-light cameras just don’t work
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August 27, 2008 at 2:58pm
by thecodepounder
Vito Rispo writing at RideLust.com:
In fact, six U.S. cities have been found guilty of shortening the yellow light cycles below what is allowed by law on intersections equipped with cameras meant to catch red-light runners. Those local governments have completely ignored the safety benefit of increasing the yellow light time and decided to install red-light [...]
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Court throws out $550k fine in “wardrobe malfunction” case
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July 21, 2008 at 2:12pm
by thecodepounder
A federal appeals court today threw out a $550,000 indecency fine against CBS imposed as a result of the notorious “wardrobe malfunction” during the 2004 Super Bowl Halftime Show.
I wrote about this nearly two years ago, on my old blog, wherein I concluded:
My personal credo has always been “to each his own, just leave me [...]
Crime and Punishment · Family · Government / Law · NFL · Politics · Privacy · Skepticism / Rational-Critical Thought · Social Commentary · Television
Almost forgot, today is Scopes Trial day
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July 21, 2008 at 12:21pm
by thecodepounder
I love that it’s referred to as the Scopes “Monkey” Trial, because I get such a laugh when anyone tells me “I didn’t come from no monkey!” Why not just stand up and say, “I don’t know nuttin’ ’bout Evolution, not even the most basic stuff, but that sure ain’t gonna stop me from [...]
Crime and Punishment · Education · Government / Law · History · Politics · Religion · Science · Wacky Shit
Interesting…
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June 27, 2008 at 11:05pm
by thecodepounder
I still can’t find a story about the U. S. Extreme Court reducing punitive damages in the Exxon Valdez case from $2.5 billion to $17.38 on FoxNews.com. Hmmm.
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No surprise: Supreme Court overturns Exxon punitive damages
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June 25, 2008 at 11:07am
by thecodepounder
Is it any wonder that the current membership of the United States Extreme Court has ruled that punitive damages in the Exxon Valdez case may not exceed what the company already paid to compensate victims for economic losses? I mean, what would you expect with only 2 of 9 justices having been nominated by [...]
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Search data to establish “community standards” in obscenity trial
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June 25, 2008 at 8:51am
by thecodepounder
In a novel approach, the defense in an obscenity trial in Florida plans to use publicly accessible Google search data to attempt to establish “community standards.”
In the trial of a pornographic Web site operator, the defense plans to show that residents of Pensacola are more likely to use Google to search for terms like “orgy” [...]
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