September 2011
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Federal Government to Trucking Companies: Yes, You... →
The federal government has sued a major trucking company for its firing of driver with an admitted alcohol abuse problem.
Alcoholism is classified as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the suit maintains, and therefore employees cannot be prohibited even from driving 18 wheelers due to their histories of abuse.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which filed the...
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Whose Axe Made Your Axe? You Better Find Out |... →
“For the second time in two years, federal agents from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have raided two Tennessee factories that make iconic Gibson guitars. The government alleges that Gibson imported woods in violation of the Lacey Act, a century-old law that makes it a federal crime to trade in plants, wildlife, or timber that have been harvested in violation of “any foreign...
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Is Your Church Too Cool? →
How a pursuit of relevance can undermine authentic community.
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Alternative Themes for This Year's TEDxKC...
the816:
Midwest iPad Owners Meetup
The One Guy in the Back Will Laugh Loudly to Let You Know He Really Understands That Joke
The People Speaking Today Have Done More With Their Lives Than You Ever Will, You Sad Sack of Crap
The Night Barnes & Noble was Severely Short-Staffed
Communiversity: Group Nodding and Muttered Verbal Approval
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Drewbot: Loyal Customer Myopia →
dbreunig:
What happens when you’re obsessed with appeasing your current, insanely loyal customer base? You end up adding features requested by superusers and end up with this:
The Age of the $600 TiVo is Nearly Upon Us (via Gizmodo)
BlackBerry Bold-ly Gambles with High Cost Handsets (via GigaOm)
Who…
Reminds me of…The Homer:
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Al Jazeera: Human Rights Watch calls for Criminal... →
hipsterlibertarian:
geopoliticus:
Human Rights Watch has called on Barack Obama, the current US president, to order a criminal investigation into alleged detainee abuse by his predecessor, George W Bush, and senior figures from his administration.
“There are solid grounds to investigate Bush, [former vice president Dick] Cheney, [former secretary of defence Donald] Rumsfeld, and [former ...
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“New DNA results, combined with evidence that was improperly withheld by...”
– DNA test shows innocent man jailed in 1986 murder, court filing says | Austin Legal
The Innocence Project is one of the great institutions of the modern era.
(via jeffmiller)
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Android Boss Andy Rubin Split His First Huge Bonus... →
When the first Android phone shipped in 2008, Andy Rubin received a multimillion dollar check from his bosses at Google.
He turned around and gave some of the money away to the 100 or so employees on the Android team.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Android workers received between $10,000 and $50,000 as part of the surprise deal.
*clap* *clap* *clap*
Broncos' stadium renamed Sports Authority Field -... →
it’ll always be Mile High to me.
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“Liberals love to say things like, “We’re just asking everyone to pay their fair...”
– Thomas Sowell, Forbes, July 1994 (via cerebralicious)
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DrIBEX Ideas: Keller on the Matriarchs (3) →
dribex:
Tim Keller in Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters treats love as one of our counterfeit gods. Keller argues that a counterfeit god is something good that we turn into an absolute value.
Love itself, therefore, can become a counterfeit…
read this post and read the book. i’ll admit that this one didn’t affect me...
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Watchmoorewr:
gilmoure:
moorewr:
evilteabagger:
Jon Stewart on the Ron Paul Media Blackout
I didn’t realize it was this bad.
Hey look, I’m reblogging evilteabagger reblogging Jon Stewart. We are all on Planet Crazy together.
Stewart’s point is real; Fox and the rest of corporate media have decided Ron Paul doesn’t exist. Could there be a better example of how the Village operates?
Not...
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It's time for us all to have a little faith in Tim... →
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It's time we quit this. It's trillions of dollars... →
shortformblog:
dcdecoder:
Texas Congressman Ron Paul is by far the star of the foreign policy segment, measured in terms of screen time and intensity of responses. Among others who were largely frozen out, Mitt Romney hardly even made the screen. Paul’s passion is clearly showing and he’s getting roaring ovations from his famously raucous fans - but is he connecting with rank-and-file...
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A local, artisan ice cream maker in Illinois will... →
hipsterlibertarian:
This is wrong, plain and simple.
It’s also what government regulations “for our safety” look like in practice.
the816 replied to your photo: GPOYW: afternoon from the rooftop, sipping a Bob’s…
Invite me next time!
You are hereby invited to join me in two hours. Maybe sooner.
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“As of 2001, American consumers were paying $1.9 billion a year in artificially...”
– Thomas Sowell, Basic Economics (via conservatarian)
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“Santa Clara County’s housing authority could have spent $16 million of federal...”
– Housing authority taps federal funds to boost employee retirements - San Jose Mercury News
People are really bad at spending other people’s money.
(via jeffmiller)
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“Somewhere in my diary—1980?—I wrote ‘I have staked all on the essential goodness...”
– Beatrice Webb, architect of Britain’s modern welfare state
Many modernists, such as Webb and H.G. Wells, had pinned their hopes for the future of mankind on the hope that our social problems could be overcome by education— that violence and injustice would disappear by means of education and social...
