Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Analysis: Tilting Miranda toward the police – A good and detailed analysis of today’s Miranda rights decision. It appears, on the surface, fairly reasonable — but given the tremendous disparity in power between the police and a suspect in custody, my preference is to go a bit beyond reasonable.
- Would Hatch provision punish Kirk’s deceptions? – Of course not — he’s Republican.
- The disconnect between hawks and deficit hawks – Money graf: “It’s also a reminder that Republican talk about fiscal responsibility is a shallow scam. Putting aside the fact that GOP interest in the issue is quite new — these are, after all, the same Republican officials who added $5 trillion to the debt in just eight years — it’s also incredibly narrow. They want to reduce the deficit, but if you raise the prospect of tax increases, now that tax rates are at their lowest rates since the days of Harry Truman, they balk. They want to get spending under control, but if you even mention modest cuts to the breathtaking Pentagon budget, the GOP looks for a fainting couch.”
- Limbaugh Is Right: The Gulf Spill Is ‘Not Unique’ – And that’s supposed to make us feel better?
- Lobbyists Claim That Ending Executive Pay Tax Loophole Targets Cancer Patients And Pensioners – Just think of all the yacht-makers who might go hungry if the venture capital manager have to pay regular income taxes!
- ARE THE SPANISH THE MOST EVILPEOPLE IN THE WORLD? – Where are Arthur C. Clarke’s Overlords when you need them?
- Will Bunch: So Rand Paul shunned “Meet the Press” for a Kremlin-backed, 9-11 conspiracy news org? – Crikey!
- A Terrific Gay Wedding Announcement: Hemant Mehta
- Even smart professional people are victimized by anti-vaxers’ lies [Pharyngula] – Not only is she endangering her own children, and the children of similar boneheaded anti-vaxxers, but (given that no vaccine is 100% effective) every other child out there, including mine.
- DRM explained – I think that most folks want to be fair, do the right thing, and follow the law (there are exceptions, but they are exceptions). The problem is that most DRM models are onerous, are dissonant with real-world models of “purchase” and “ownership,” and treat every customer as a potential felon.
- Hey, History Channel, thanks for running a Pawn Stars marathon on Memorial Day – I remember when the History Channel was “all war, all the time”; ironic that the pendulum has swung so far over.
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