January 2009
Supreme Court Weakens the Exclusionary Rule →
squashed:
The exlusionary rule is the one that says that evidence obtained through police misconduct cannot be used at trial. This is a huge check against police misconduct. It also means that seriously guilty people (like Bill Ayers) may go free over relatively minor misconduct.
This case, Herring v. United States, holds that the exclusionary rule does not apply in cases of “isolated...
“President Obama may have surrendered his trusty BlackBerry, but in its place...”
– The BarackBerry via CJR
“Newspapers, although they talk civic responsibility, do not seem to be turning...”
– Clay Shirky, Part II
Gmail destroyed Outlook →
“In the case of the allegedly lascivious Lolitas, Kefalas sees this flight from...”
– The Myth of Lost Innocence
Not All Brazilian Sweepers Play Soccer →
+/- # of dead rapper biopics in theaters in the...
(Run-DMC’s rags-to-riches story on way to big screen)
How Google Is Making Us Smarter (Discover... →
psychotherapy:
More significantly, the ominous warnings feed on a popular misconception of how the mind works. We tend to think of the mind as separated from the world; we imagine information trickling into our senses and reaching our isolated minds, which then turn that information into a detailed picture of reality. The Internet and iPhones seem to be crashing the gate of the mind, taking over...
“You know, “Life was better when I was younger” is always an acceptable...”
– Excerpted from Clay Shirky via ShareBros (via beekeeperssociety)
Blago
kevindwire:
This is the only time I will share my thoughts on this ordeal.
Although I hate to agree with a complete sociopath (a guilty one at that, most likely), Rod B. was correct in that he would never get a fair trial. This is kind of sad to me, only because I’m a fan of due process. Those tapes should have come out at the trial, and not leaked before. That’s all.
Oh, and also, this is a...
GONE, BLAGO, GONE →
This guy is 63 colors short of a full crayon box.
And: “The Senate has also voted 59-0 to bar Blagojevich from ever again holding public office in the state of Illinois.”
Kanye West E-Mails the Smoking Section: “I Am... →
(via brandonspeters)
It seems as the public likes him less, I like him more.
Accurate, reasonable and well researched: Two...
Sam: Are you excited for Super Bowl Sunday: Clash of the Awesomeexcitingteams?
Kevin: Yes, are you?
Sam: The match up has to be in the bottom 5 of my life time.
Kevin: Really? I think it's going to be sweet. I want the cards to win.
Sam: Vomit. I hate few personalities in sports quite like Kurt Warner.
Kevin: Agreed, but Larry Fitzgerald is the man.
Sam: I haven't seen a running game and defense that bad make it out of the first round since I started watching football AND their road to the playoffs was depressingly easy.
Kevin: Yes. The Steeler offense isn't a thing of beauty either.
Sam: True, true. But I don't love the Steelers either, though I do love a good defensive show, which i think is what Sunday is going to be about.
Sam: If the Cards can't play out of their minds on D and on the ground in general they will lose by 137. Or by 3. 7-4 or 137-0 -- my predictions right there: accurate, reasonable and well researched.
Kevin: Haha, 7-4 is the best one. Let's Tumbl our Super Bowl predictions.
Sam: Fair: I'll just Tumbl this convo, so go ahead with yours.
Kevin: Well, I say that Kurt Warner bags some groceries at halftime and wins a Dominick's gift card. Also, Big Ben breaks both legs and both arms, but still throws 5 TD passes to Santonio Holmes, which involves Holmes coming and taking the ball out of Big Ben's hands, and running wild. Final score: 324-3.
Sam: Sounds good to me.
“I heard this economic joke today and thought of you… ‘Capitalism is...”
– T.S.
Where Did All the Republicans Go? →
Only five states, with only 35 electoral votes, have a statistically significant majority of voters who identify themselves as Republicans
http://www.measurementlab.net/ →
If you’re an Internet user, the tools running on M-Lab servers can help you test your broadband connection, including measuring its speed and evaluating the performance of certain applications. When you run a test, you will also provide valuable data back to researchers.
The goal of M-Lab is to advance research and empower the public with useful information about their broadband...
Looting stars: What will it take for bankers to... →
“It’s hard—believe us, we know—to keep coming up with new things to say about...”
– 50 Most Loathsome People of 2008 at The Beast on George W. Bush. I should have posted the whole thing.
“Alan Greenspan, super-genius guru of the glorious realm of the self-regulating...”
– 50 Most Loathsome People of 2008 at The Beast, the gift that keeps giving
“Charges: Daddy got him a job as a lawyer and speechwriter for Nixon; since then...”
– 50 Most Loathsome People of 2008 at The Beast on Ben Stein
“If Mr. Obama’s clock is looser than Mr. Bush’s, so too are his sartorial...”
– NY Times (via kevindwire)
“This is supposed to be a new era of bipartisanship, but this bill was written...”
– A 40-Year Wish List - WSJ.com (via lowandmighty)
The WSJ should really be above this kind of surface skimming neo-con handjob.
The Places We Live →
(via hellofriend)
Great site, of course. But this is the second site I’ve run into today that has resized my browser. What is this, a pop-up ad from 1999? This trend is almost as annoying as auto-playing video — only more annoying by virtue that everyone else seems to think it’s OK. It isn’t. They’re called tabs. I am not always viewing your page.
More of London from above, at night →
(via brandonspeters)
Cello scrotum -- the truth at last →
10 Ways Journalists and Newsrooms Can Conquer SEO →
via KGSams
