Judge Napolitano, who has -err, had- one of the top rated shows on the Fox Business Network tells it how it is, goes against the entire political establishment, and gets himself fired because of his views. If you have an extra five minutes, this is a decent video to watch.
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A small, funny graphic about what different groups think of libertarians.
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Jim Gaffigan going the Louis CK route of offering his next CD directly to the public for $5, skipping the blood-squeezing middlemen.
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In infographic about the total cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (through 2012).
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Xeni might be interested in this Kickstarter project.
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A cool deck of custom playing cards.
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The OPEN Act was proposed as an alternative to the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). The OPEN draft is backed by Web companies such as Google and Facebook, whereas SOPA and PIPA are backed by the movie and music industries.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) wrote that the legislation “addresses many of the most glaring flaws in both SOPA and PIPA” but stated that it is continuing to review and analyze the draft.
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In 1994, Congress adopted legislation to move public domain works back into copyright, so U.S. policy would comport with an international copyright treaty known as the Berne Convention.
In dissent, Justices Stephen Breyer and Samuel Alito said the legislation goes against the theory of copyright and “does not encourage anyone to produce a single new work.” Copyright, they noted, was part of the Constitution to promote the arts and sciences.
But the top court, with Justice Elena Kagan recused, said Congress’ move to re-copyright the works to comport with an international treaty was more important.
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Junk Food-Powered Car Sets New Record
The guys who made mentos & coke geysers famous are back at it with a mentos & coke powered car. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9DVuMtbsvo
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andrewsingleton 11:19 pm on 01/20/2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Oh God no….
Public Domain is dead.