Sunday, May 3
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Robert Fredericks is the guest editor today. |
“It
is the people who have been forgotten by either party that have the most
reason to divorce themselves from
Who Knew Discussing a Long Repealed Copyright Law Could Be So Interesting...
“One speaker pointed out that the big innovation of the 1909 copyright was compulsory licensing on mechanical rights. This was put into place for one reason: fear about player pianos and how they would dominate the market and destroy the need for musicians.”
Should Government Fix NCAA Football Cartel?
“Fresh from the government-has-solved-all-the-serious-problems wire, the NYT is reporting that a lawmaker intent on eliminating NCAA Football’s Bowl Championship Series in favor of a playoff compared the BCS to Communism.”
US Dollar Stuck Between Supply and a Hard Place
“…nobody
has any money, except my kids (who steal me blind), my wife (who doesn’t
allow me to steal her blind), and Congress, which deficit-spends the new money
created by the Federal Reserve (which steals us all blind).”
“Governments
do supposedly ‘address’ [traffic fatalities], but unfortunately, as
coercive monopolies, they face no risk of losing their ‘customers,’ who
are forced to pay for the product whether they want to or not.”
“They’re Selling Drugs to Our Kids!”
“…the
true disease is not this swine flu scare that’s sweeping the globe.
It’s this unrelenting faith in the powers that be, even when we know the bastards are out to screw us.”
US
Congress Wants Hack Teams For Self-Penetration
“Sponsored
by Senator Tom Carper of
The First 14 Mondays - The Colbert Report
“Adjusting for day-flation, how many days today would equal FDR’s 100 days?” (video)
10 Gadgets That Can Protect You From the Swine Flu Pandemic
“According to the CDC, the regular flu has killed 13,000 people since January—but the Swine Flu kills like 1% of that and everyone is freaking out.”
Micromuscle Makes Microrobots That Can Live Inside You
“…the main application seems to be things like catheters that can steer themselves through the bloodstream, drug delivery mechanisms that can deploy multiple substances on command, and even microscopic robots that can pick up tiny things and move them tiny distances.” (w/ video)
By Nine Inch Nails.
Speech at the NH Liberty Forum, Part 2. (video clip, Editor's pick)
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