Daily Archives: July 12, 2003
Weird Site of the Day: Googlisms
Googlism.com will find out what Google.com thinks of you, your friends or anything!” Brilliant way of finding out what your name means on the web by cross-referencing Google search results.” Search for names (yours), things, places or dates.
Hate Crimes Defined
One of my foreign law students asked me yesterday what the meaning of "hate crime" was. I gave her a general explanation, which I would like to augment with this succinct definition from the FBI…"Hate crimes are crimes that were … Continue reading
Quote of the Day : Doggie DNA
”There are no witnesses, right? You’ve got to use other methods,” he said. ”The dogs went right in the chicken coop, and I found hair stuck in the splinters in the plywood . . . It was the only evidence … Continue reading
Its Lonely in the Big House
We all remember Sweet Susan Smith, who in 1994 went on national television to tearfully plead for the return of her missing sons. She later admitted strapping 3-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alex into their car seats and rolling the car … Continue reading
CIA Director Falls on Sword
Gerorge Tenet, Director of the CIA, took responsibility for slipping that bogus uranium story into a little speech the president gave to Congress….A minor oversight. I mean its not like anybody pays attention to the exact wording of the State … Continue reading
North America Half Baked
OTTAWA — Doctors will be allowed to dispense medicinal marijuana from their offices under a federal plan unveiled this week. As early as one week from now, the government will start delivering the drug to doctors treating Canadians who have … Continue reading
Fair Use on Campus?
INDIANAPOLIS — Five major publishers filed a federal lawsuit here Monday against a copy shop in Bloomington, home to Indiana University, contending that the business and its owners have flouted copyright laws and stolen from authors and publishers by illegally … Continue reading
Long John Silber to Captain Chaos
Daniel Goldin, tapped as the next president of Boston University and famous for his "better, faster, cheaper" philosophy, was known at at NASA by the nickname ”Captain Chaos”. He was feared and respected during his nine-year tenureas head of NASA, … Continue reading
Sausage Won’t Sue, Accepts Appology
Sausage scandal latest in series of bizarre mascot incidents Wednesday night’s incident in which Pittsburgh Pirate first baseman Randall Simon swung a bat and hit a woman dressed as an Italian sausage was just the latest in a long series … Continue reading