Monthly Archive: October 2014
When Rental Cars Meet Toll Roads
Where consumers see confusion and inconvenience, rental car companies and governments see profit centers.
In the name of Freedom Of Religion…
Sikh students in Washington are allowed to bring knives to school. Remember that your weight and shape will fluctuate daily quick weight loss Expectations of the Future Fashion It just announced a secondary offering...
Bleg: What Makes Someone an Artist?
This is inspired by the Generation Exploiter Post by Rufus F. I think that the problems with determining whether an artist gets paid or not is that we are really debating what makes someone...
Schroedinger’s Consent
It would be nice if consent always reflected what people want. Unfortunately, there are a number of situations involving both men and women in which it is manufactured.
Sunday!
100 Bullets asks if we’re willing to push the red button. Also, Person of Interest brings back the opening to The A-Team.
Generation Exploiter
A thought experiment: could we say that this generation embraces the notion that culture workers should not be paid?
What’s a Little Bill of Attainder Among Friends?
James Hanley argues that even suspected Nazis have constitutional rights.
On Purity taboos and the Profane (Updated 27/10)
Murali pushes back against the apparently complete obliviousness of the League to the way taboos pertaining to purity work.
Vacation!
What does the perfect vacation look like and what does it take to get there? Mike Dwyer considers how best to use our time off.
Linky Friday #87
Links! This week: Politics, Family, Reproduction, Healthcare, Energy, and Transportation. Plus, a short movie!
Fantasy Football Week 7 In Review And NFL Open Thread
George R.R. Martin hates the Patriots. This is something you learn from the internet.
Ottawa Shootings
As many of you are certainly aware of by now, there have been multiple shootings in Ottawa, my hometown. The shootings occurred at the War Memorial and at Parliament Hill. The downtown core is...
Stupid Tuesday questions, Julia Roberts’ leftovers edition
After having asked Russell for permission, Tod considers out loud his inexplicable reactions to certain songs.
