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Old white men meeting to discuss US intelligence “failures” on Iraq weapons — notice the uniformity of dark suits? Ah, but look at the rainbow of ties! Peeking out beneath the boring suits are a springtime explosion of color, patterns — perhaps even delirious textures. These men crave to express their individuality but are bound [...]

The New York state Senate Republican leadership is being sued for copyright infringement, for distributing “child I.D. kits.” — Tomoeh Murakami Tse, “LI company sues state Senate over kid ID kits,” Newsday.com, 2005/3/3

And the Republican abandonment of ‘federalism’ continues: Senator Tom Coburn, a newly elected conservative Republican from Oklahoma, said: “This isn’t a states’ rights issue. What we’re saying is they are going to review it. The states are not given the right to take away somebody’s constitutional rights.” … [House majority leader Tom Delay]: “The conservative [...]

While protesting the airing of “The Tsunami Song”, Asian-American rapper Cobra took shots at the anti-bootlegging “whiners”: Though promoted as an antiracist event, the rally lamented the degraded state of the corporate music industry generally. One of the first performances at the demonstration came from Asian-American rapper Cobra. In front of an audience holding signs [...]

The documentary film weblog reports that an attorney who was interviewed for “Super Size Me” is now suing on defamation etc. for using his filmed quotes in the film. … shall I risk re-publisher liability for quoting the allegedly defamatory statements? Yes, I’m feeling willful today (or perhaps just very very dubious about the likelihood [...]

great: A federal task force that monitors the Internet caught on to the student and got a warrant I also love how all these cases have some quote from the RIAA about how much money they lose each year. Unverifiable Saganesque billions and billions… Teen Convicted Under Internet Piracy Law By BETH DeFALCO Associated Press [...]

This is at least the second such story out of Florida in the last couple of years. This year — 2005, not 1955 — high school principal Sam Ward at Fleming Island High School in Clay County, Florida, has decided that the high school yearbook will not publish the photo of a senior young woman [...]