Happy Halloween!

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More stats fun

It’s stats playtime again. I’ve been seeing the PubSub spider in my server logs, and decided to check it out. Pubsub is a feed subscription service that looks like it’s similar to Bloglines, where you can view blog feeds from a variety of sources in one place. This morning I’ve been exploring PubSub’s Pubstats. Plug [...]

Friday dog-blogging

Edgar ready to party.

A burning issue

I can’t believe Fark hasn’t picked this one up. Seattle’s Swedish Medical Center is being sued – for setting a woman’s head on fire during surgery. From the Seattle PI: A 54-year-old cancer patient sued Swedish Medical Center on Friday for allegedly setting her face and head on fire during biopsy surgery. Jackie Day of [...]

No cause for celebration

From the Washington Post: Harriet Miers withdrew this morning as a nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court. In announcing the decision, Miers and President Bush cited their concern with the requests of members of the Senate Judiciary Committee for documents dealing with her work as White House counsel that the administration has chosen to withhold [...]

Pharmacies’ choice removes women’s options

Abstract discussions of a woman’s right to legal emergency contraception are all well and good, but the proof of any theory is in the implementation. This case, from Tucson, AZ, shows the very tangible results of all that “pharmacists’ rights” theory — a young sexual assault victim was victimized again by druggists who would not [...]

Waterfall

Blowing sunshine

It seems the city of Newark, NJ has bought itself a pet “newspaper” this month, signing a $100,000 deal with the Newark Weekly Times, also know as Visions Metro Weekly according to the New York Times, guaranteeing them good press. Owner Howard Scott pitched the idea to the city council, which unanimously accepted the offer. [...]

A new New Orleans?

From The ‘Lectric Law Library: USUFRUCT – The right of enjoying a thing, the property of which is vested in another, and to draw from the same all the profit, utility and advantage which it may produce, provided it be without altering the substance of the thing. It appears the city of New Orleans may [...]

Shop early, shop often

Don’t know what to get for the socially conscious individuals on your holiday shopping list? Even better, introduce your friends and family to a world outside themselves. Instead of giving consumables which only take up space and precious resources, please consider giving the gift of self-reliance and hope to struggling people around the world. Heifer [...]

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