Daily Archive: September 27, 2012

American Politics / Politics / The League / War

September 27, 2012

There Was No Civil Liberties Mandate

Conor Friedersdorf of The Atlantic has a widely read explanation of why he cannot, on moral grounds, do as he did in 2008 and vote for Barack Obama. It’s a long piece and it’s...

September 27, 2012

Social Media

Not really safe for work. Still, an interesting use of social media scraping.

September 27, 2012

The Birth of a (Whiskey) Barrel

Yesterday someone sent me a link to a cool video at Devour. A description from the site: A look inside Brown-Forman Cooperage in Louisville, Kentucky where Jack Daniels, unlike any other major distiller in...

September 27, 2012

New Facts on the Elizabeth Warren UPL Issue

Professor Jacobson has uncovered this morning a case in which Elizabeth Warren entered an appearance in a federal appellate court as a representative of a Massachusetts client in a case that appears to have...

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InMD in reply to Marchmaine on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Ha! I miss Norm.
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