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Date: August 16th, 2010

Federal Judge overrules Missouri law that funerals were not to be used as protest events

16 August, 2010 (17:57) | Human Interest, Law, Politics | By: ricjames

So telling people they can’t co-opt someone’s funeral to spew vile hatred and twist a virtual knife in the open wounds of grieving families is an infringement of free speech but arresting someone for praying the rosary outside an abortion clinic is perfectly fine? “God Hates Fags” is protected speech but it’s an arrestable offense [...]

Scott Walker, GOP Candidate for WI Governor, on runaway trains and the will to stop them.

16 August, 2010 (13:07) | Economy, Human Interest, Politics | By: ricjames

Scott Walker, Republican Candidate for WI Governor: Scott Walker’s site is located at www.brownbagmovement.com. He’s also got an open letter to President Obama posted at www.notrain.com. Here’s his stand: I am drawing a line in the sand Mr. President:  No matter how much money you and Governor Doyle try to spend before the end of [...]

Making the grade, part 2. NJ school district bans “D” letter grade for middle and high school.

16 August, 2010 (10:38) | Academia, Human Interest | By: ricjames

Last week I caught a story that told us about a New Jersey school system that has decided that “D’s are simply not useful in society” and will therefore ban that letter grade from their middle and high schools. Students will now get either an “A”, a “B”, or a “C” or they will simply [...]

Laptop’s back in service, getting back up to speed

16 August, 2010 (10:07) | Blogging | By: ricjames

Got my laptop back this morning and all appears to be working fine. Thanks much to my fellow geeks in the corporate IT section! I’m slowly getting back up to speed and will be posting on a few matters that caught my eye but I couldn’t get to over the weekend. Thanks for staying tuned.