Tag: crime
Electronic Frontier Foundation – Open WiFi and Liability for Copyright Infringement: Setting the Record Straight
The line about “online debates” had me giggling.
Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union – Just A Smack On The Ass: A Tale Of Sexual Assault, Vengeance And Nervous Swearing
Just an awesome story of one woman going and confronting street harassment.
BBC News – Giffords shooting: Suspect Jared Loughner charged
What a tragedy.
BBC News – US border violence: Myth or reality?
BBC News gets into the act on discussing the myth behind the Texas/Mexico border being super violent.
NYTimes.com – On Border Violence, Truth Pales Compared to Ideas
Violent crime rates have fallen while advocates for more stringent action on illegal immigration claim crime is on the increase.
The El Paso Miracle – Reason Magazine
Large immigrant populations is a decent predictor for how safe a city is.
Brooklyn DA clears ACORN in video scandal – Feministing
Acorn is cleared of all charges relating to the infamous pimp video.
My response to Glen Beck’s silly “We surround them”
Glen Beck not too long ago did a silly little thing in which he posted a list of 9 statements and said that if you believe in them to send in a picture for him to do display them or something. This is my response to the list. America is good. Right a country is […]
Does a Law Matter If No One Follows It?
I read an interesting article about the Republic Windows & Doors factory shut down in the New York Times. The interesting part of the article was when the author talked about how the federal law designed to force companies to notify employers 60 days in advance of any mass layoffs essentially was practically never followed […]