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Friday Round-Up - ACA Miscellany - 29th June 2012
by Graham 
1. Birther cognitive dissonance - the People's Grand Jury is resurrectedLawyer Larry Klayman, whose attempts to have President Obama declared ineligible for the 2012 Presidential Election are going the way of the dodo (total score at state level for… more »
06/29/12 12:21:16 pm, Another blogger has been muzzled via an unconstitutional court order
by Graham
Blogger Dan Valenti, who writes a local politics blog in Massachusetts, has been muzzled via an absurd and unconstitutional gagging order from a local judge, due to butthurt on the part of local dignitaries, since Dan has been writing about what he perce… more »
Censorious Bigoted Twit round-up - 28th June 2012
by Graham
1. Eugene Delgaudio and a smear campaign breaking copyright law in Colorado
Regular readers of this blog may have read some of my comments about Eugene Delgaudio in the past. He is a censorious, bigoted hack who sends fear-mongering emails to a list of… more »
I lose my first Facebook friend in this election cycle
by Graham
On reviewing my friends list in Facebook today, I discovered that somebody has unfriended me recently. Knowing who it is, I can guess that the reason is mainly because I have consistently and persistently disagreed with this person on the subject of the… more »
The ACA verdict from the Supreme Court - Unhinged reactions
by Graham
Now that the Supreme Court has (by a narrow 5-4 majority) upheld the Affordable Care Act (note to sloganeers - yes, that is its proper name), we are seeing all manner of intemperate, immature and brainless reactions to the verdict by opponents. The fun… more »
MSNBC gets it wrong on Amare Stoudamire
by Graham
Amare Stoudamire has gotten himself into trouble for writing a Tweet containing anti-gay slurs. For some reason, the MSNBC storyline seems to be that professional athletes need to learn how to use Twitter. It seems that they do not realize that using Twi… more »
In case you hadn't noticed that the USA is a polarized country...#2
by Graham
Every so often these days I come across a commenter on the internet whose sheer fucking stupidity causes me to mouth "WTF?" on reading their nonsensical witterings. Step forward Huffington Post commenter Sharonwillis47, commenting on an article highlig… more »
In case you hadn't noticed that the USA is a polarized country...
by Graham
...take a look at the comments section in this article. Notice how just about every commenter is convinced that they are in possession of the truth, and anybody who disagrees (including, in many cases, the author of the article) is a deluded idiot, a dri… more »
Friday Round-Up - 22nd June 2012
by Graham
1. Infrastructure in the modern USAI found a posting from a FB friend at lunchtime:Power is off, Energy said over 500 without power, estimated time to have it back on is 4 pm, I may go postal.This got me thinking (dangerous I know). In the UK, from… more »
Tuesday Round-up
by Graham
1. Public Figure v. PhotographersNote to Alex Baldwin - you cannot win if you go after photographers in public. Your fans may be on your side, but the law is not on your side. You have no expectation of privacy in public, that's what "public" means. I… more »