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Crime around the world. Including Daytona Beach. And Duluth
All below come from Harper’s Weekly Review: The Polish Supreme Court ruled that a writer who called President Andrzej Duda a “moron” should not be punished, and a Vietnamese noodle vendor was sentenced to five and a half years in … Continue reading
Posted in Crime & Punishment, The Facts of Life
Tagged "We Didn't Start the Fire", Andrzej Duda, Billy Joel, First Amendment, Harper's, Hot Pocket, Polish Supreme Court, Salt Bae
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Do you understand what this man is saying?
I don’t. I understand the individual words but the import? Nah. From Harper’s Weekly Review: “If people want less free speech, they will ask government to pass laws to that effect. Therefore, going beyond the law is contrary to the … Continue reading
Posted in Government, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, voting rights
Tagged Elon Musk, First Amendment, free speech, Tesla
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Outtakes and Vagabonds: I was once on a jury for a case that settled
I, too, was disappointed in Dominion’s settlement with Fox, most likely because I had wild expectations that it’d mean the End of Fox. Eventually. But pretty quickly I exited the realm of alternative reality and understood the settlement meant the … Continue reading
Posted in Human rights, Journalism, Judiciary, Law, suits and order, Lawyers, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged actual malice, Dominion, Dominion vs Fox, First Amendment, Fox, juries, NYCHA, NYT v Sullivan, power of juries, Smartmatic, voir dire
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