- Two days of tornadoes in the Midwest and South have claimed at least 18 lives from Oklahoma east to Alabama as the third day of storms is shaping up for the Appalachians today.
- A group of clergymen from several different denominations are suing North Carolina over the state's constitution banning same-sex marriage, citing the religious freedom to be able to perform them.
- At least 50 are dead in a wave of suicide bombings at a political rally in Iraq ahead of this week's national elections.
- Disney is betting big on China's new middle class visiting its Shanghai theme park as the company is raising investment in the property by $800 million to nearly $5.5 billion total.
- The ACLU is taking on the next frontier in police car chases as they are exploring the legal angles of "GPS bullet" technologies that can fire a tracking device to tag a speeding car.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
for many, if not most, of these guys, owning an NBA/NFL/MLB franchise is
ReplyDeletea massive ego trip (just like the much, much younger girlfriend and the
many, many full-pages ads basically advertising himself).
and what they put on the court/field – whether it’s made up of blacks,
whites, latinos, or trained seals – is just a product. it’s something to
be used, used up, and replaces as soon as the cost of upkeep exceeds
the cost of replacement.