The League in 2010
If we’re going to pick our favorite posts from the last three years for this League Journal, we’re going to have to remember what was posted in that time. I’ve been making my way...
Rufus F.
/// November 17, 2011
If we’re going to pick our favorite posts from the last three years for this League Journal, we’re going to have to remember what was posted in that time. I’ve been making my way...
Burt Likko
/// November 17, 2011
Coming to the silver screen in summer 2012: Atlas Shrugged, Part 2.
James K
/// November 17, 2011
Just to mix things up a little I thought I’d take a look at something a little different – the meaning of life. Well, we all know it’s 42, but a can’t write a...
Burt Likko
/// November 17, 2011
I’ve opined several times before that the legal concept of “standing” should be interpreted broadly, particularly in the realm of Constitutional law, with an eye towards encouraging litigation of disputes on their merits. Too...
Erik Kain
/// November 17, 2011
I’ve probably posted this before but it’s just such a great song. The Once and Future Carpenter, by the Avett Brothers I’m such a dork, I asked Lyle Lovett what he thought of the...
Elias Isquith
/// November 17, 2011
There’s been a lot of talk about democracy hereabouts during the past month or so. And I think that’s a really cool, good thing. It’s the kind of non-topical conversation that can be hard...
Erik Kain
/// November 17, 2011
Michael Drew, in the comments: First the knock was that they’d never last. Now the problem seems to be that they hung on too long and things got a little ripe. I would counsel...
From CNN Business:
New York (CNN Business)Sheldon Adelson, the chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands and a major donor to Republican politicians, died late Monday following complications related to his cancer treatment, his company said. He was 87.
Adelson took a leave of absence from Sands last week to resume treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which his aides first disclosed in late February 2019.
(Featured image is "Some birds hanging out at the Sands Casino in Atlantic City" by iirraa is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Comment →In the wake of the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by scores of President Trump’s supporters, a lone researcher began an effort to catalogue the posts of social media users across Parler, a platform founded to provide conservative users a safe haven for uninhibited “free speech” — but which ultimately devolved into a hotbed of far-right conspiracy theories, unchecked racism, and death threats aimed at prominent politicians.
The researcher, who asked to be referred to by their Twitter handle, @donk_enby, began with the goal of archiving every post from January 6, the day of the Capitol riot; what she called a bevy of “very incriminating” evidence. According to the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab, among others, Parler is one of a number of apps used by the insurrections to coordinate their breach of the Capitol, in a plan to overturn the 2020 election results and keep Donald Trump in power.
(Featured image is "A radio tracking device on a Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) at the Cotswold Falconry Centre" by Anguskirk and is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Comment →From Twitter Safety:
After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.https://t.co/CBpE1I6j8Y
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 8, 2021
(Featured image is "Free Bird" by Ennev and is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Comment →From DFW's CBS:
DALLAS, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Chief Judge Barbara Lynn of the Northern District of Texas has reversed a previous ruling of the Court that had dismissed all claims against the City of Dallas in the murder of Botham Jean.
The federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Dallas is now allowed to proceed once an amended lawsuit is filed.
We discussed Amber Guyger getting indicted here.
We discussed her trial here.
(Featured image is Botham Jean from The Botham Jean Foundation/Facebook)
Comment →January 18, 2021
Game of Thrones: Little People, Big World
January 18, 2021
Sunday Morning: “Swann’s Way/ Swann in Love” by Marcel Proust (Pt 2)
January 17, 2021
Yann’s Hot Dog Stand, Chocolate Milk, and Hometown Tradition
January 17, 2021
January 18, 2021
January 18, 2021
Game of Thrones: Little People, Big World
January 18, 2021
Sunday Morning: “Swann’s Way/ Swann in Love” by Marcel Proust (Pt 2)
January 17, 2021
One of the Saddest Sights In The World
January 17, 2021
Yann’s Hot Dog Stand, Chocolate Milk, and Hometown Tradition
January 17, 2021
Saturday Morning Gaming: Guacamelee!
January 16, 2021
Saturday Spins: Cowboy Junkies The Trinity Session
January 16, 2021
It’s Not Just About A Speech: Impeachment and President Trump
January 13, 2021
January 6th: A Layman’s Post About Group Behavior
January 14, 2021
I Love My Country, But Let’s Not Kid Ourselves.
January 16, 2021
Impeachment, President Trump, and Evidence That Demands a Verdict
January 12, 2021