If you’re concerned about adware and pop-ups on the Internet, it may be time to move from concerned to scared. Julie Amero is facing up to 40 years in prison for exposing her 7th grade class to a barrage of porn pop-ups. (Link) The charge is “impairing the morals of a child.†It’s a shame […]
Jews!
I was reading an article about fundamentalist religion in America, and I came upon the statistic that there are about six million Jews in the United States, give or take a bit. I don’t know about everyone else, but the number six million is permanently burned into my brain as the approximate number of Jews […]
Weekly Rob Goes Audio
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this week’s post is an audio file. I don’t think I’ll make a habit out of this, but I told someone recently how easy it is to make a podcast and I thought that I’d better actually try it myself. So listen to this bad boy and tell me what’s wrong […]
Latest Salvo in Dogs vs. Cats
Owning a dog is better for you. (Link) [Endof Post]
More Libertarian Paternalism
A while back, I posted about Libertarian Paternalism, as espoused by Cass Sunstein, professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Chicago Law School. Well, there’s a bit of a debate going on, for anyone who’s interested in this kind of thing. (Am I the only one?) First, Becker and Posner (an economist and a judge, […]
Parents Who REALLY Want to be Grandparents
In Israel, courts just allowed parents to use their dead son’s sperm to impregnate a woman he never met. (Link) In short, the soldier died, and the parents had his sperm extracted from his dead body. They then advertised to attract women who might want to be impregnated by this sperm. They found one, and […]
Gattaca
The President calls for a ban on genetic discrimination. (Link) I betcha this will be a very important topic of our future world. As the (very short) article says, banning this kind of discrimination would have at least two effects: 1. It would eliminate the fear that people might have about getting checked for possible […]
Evolution is Scary
How’d ya like to see one of these babies on your lawn? (Link) [Via Truth Plus Lies] [End of Post]
Condi’s Counselor
John Bellinger, the top lawyer at the State Department, is guest blogging this week at Opinio Juris. (Link) Bellinger will write a post a day (allowing comments from the masses), followed by posts by “Guest Respondents,†who will comment on what he said. If this isn’t a sign of the power of blogging today, then […]
iPods Are Good
The BBC delivers a more or less idiotic article on the new Apple iPhone and technology in general. (Link) The basic gist of the article is that certain people, especially 77 year old Luddites, don’t seem to want a new iPhone. In fact, the Luddite in question doesn’t want an iPod either. What a fucking […]