Righthaven LLC, the Las Vegas newspaper copyright lawsuit company, filed an emergency appeal Tuesday to block an auction of its copyrights an auction Righthaven says is aimed at dismantling the company. A federal judge in Las Vegas last week granted Righthaven defendant Wayne Hoehns motion that Righthaven turn its intellectual property including copyrights over to a receiver. Hoehn seeks to dismantle or, at least, significantly inhibit Righthavens ability to operate as a going concern by seizing the content the company has sought to protect through copyright enforcement efforts while also jeopardizing the companys ability to prosecute its pending appeals before this court, said the appeal. Exactly. And the sooner the better.
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This is hilarious. If they go through with an auction of its copyrights, their parent company, who "sold but didn't sell" its copyrights to them is going to have a LOT of its material go black, as whoever buys the copyrights can refuse to let the parent company reuse their own archives.
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I'm gratified to see what appears to be a number of judges rake these guys over the coals for trying to abuse the legal system. It is at least a small affirmation that they hold the law and its intent somewhat sacred. Maybe.
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I'm gratified to see what appears to be a number of judges rake these guys over the coals for trying to abuse the legal system.
Nonsense. If there was any "abuse", it was Righthaven's undercutting of the Intellectual Property Law industry. And for that, the judges aren't playing nice.
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I wonder how many millions of dollars each copyright will sell for. If it's high enough, perhaps journalists should start asking for way more money.
I mean really, its antediluvian, not to mention totally cliche, to steal a kiss under the mistletoe. That was so last century. Way more romantic (and modern) than mistletoe is cameltoe. A new mobile app, Under the Cameltoe, allows you to log on, pick from a variety of genitals in too-tight garments, hold that toe up, and kiss your sweetie underneath it. Romantic!
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Reducing something good to a scientific study. Just maybe some people have a good heart and like to help others, but then that would be the Christian thing to do and. We can't have that.
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Figure that the govenment will find some way to shut this down. Maybe hit the "victims" up with gift taxes.
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Most stores are now saying,
"Nobody but the Initial Purchaser can pay on the lay-away"
Stupid.
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Are you serious, RJ?
That's beyond stupid.
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Any truth to this?
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Any truth to this?
To what, 49 Pan? Yes, there have been reports of Layaway Angels across the country. Possibly the claims of a biochemical feedback for altruistic behaviour are true, but if so, so what? Most people do not behave so, most of the time, which suggests the link is not so strong as to be controlling, which suggests in turn that such altruism is a conscious choice to be kind, not mere overpowering instinct or biochemical addiction.
As for Redneck Jim's report, that strikes me as taking short term gain (keeping both the money and the stuff), while driving away current customers and generating dreadful word-of-mouth publicity.
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] If Ghana's President John Atta Mills is to fight next year's election solely on the growth of the country's economy, he would win by a big margin.
Unfortunately, cases of corruption against some of his ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) officials are giving the opposition ammunition to dent his image.
The economy is booming, buoyed by a nascent oil industry and this should have given President Mills little headache in his bid to be re-elected next year.
But his failure to keep his pledge on stamping out corruption and drug trafficking has come to haunt him.
Information minister Mr John Akologo-Tia told the media in Accra that the government has given the country the most stable macroeconomic climate in Ghana's entire history.
"Inflation which stood at a worrying 18.1 per cent in 2008 now stands at 8.55 per cent and has been at single digit for 18 months. This is the longest ever sustained period of single digit inflation in Ghana's entire history," Mr Akologo-Tia said.
In the financial sector, interest rates continue to decline. This is evidenced by the significant reduction in the yield of the 91 day money market instrument from 24.67 per cent in 2008 to 9.1 per cent in September 2011, making it the lowest recorded money market rate in decades.
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A "Miss Me Yet?" bumper sticker with Jerry Rawlings picture on it?
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With precisely one year left for the world and all of its inhabitants, at least according to the Mayans, not to mention on the day of the Winter Solstice, it is only fitting that US debt, net of all settlements for all already completed bond auctions, is now at precisely $15,182,756,264,288.80. Why is this relevant? Because the latest annualized US GDP, according to the BEA, was $15,180,900,000.00. Which means that, as of today, total US debt to GDP is 100.012%. Congratulations America: you are now in the triple digit "debt to GDP" club!
Heh: another use for our flying turkey pic!
Each Chevy Volt sold thus far may have as much as $250,000 in state and federal dollars in incentives behind it -- a total of $3 billion altogether, according to an analysis by James Hohman, assistant director of fiscal policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
Hohman looked at total state and federal assistance offered for the development and production of the Chevy Volt, General Motors' plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. His analysis included 18 government deals that included loans, rebates, grants and tax credits. The amount of government assistance does not include the fact that General Motors is currently 26 percent owned by the federal government.
Analyst: 'This might be the most government-supported car since the Trabant'
The Volt subsidies flow through multiple companies involved in production. The analysis includes adding up the amount of government subsidies via tax credits and direct funding for not only General Motors, but other companies supplying parts for the vehicle. For example, the Department of Energy awarded a $105.9 million grant to the GM Brownstown plant that assembles the batteries. The company was also awarded approximately $106 million for its Hamtramck assembly plant in state credits to retain jobs. The company that supplies the Volt's batteries, Compact Power, was awarded up to $100 million in refundable battery credits (combination tax breaks and cash subsidies). These are among many of the subsidies and tax credits for the vehicle.
It's unlikely that all the companies involved in Volt production will ever receive all the $3 billion in incentives, Hohman said, because many of them are linked to meeting various employment and other milestones. But the analysis looks at the total value that has been offered to the Volt in different aspects of production -- from the assembly line to the dealerships to the battery manufacturers. Some tax credits and subsidies are offered for periods up to 20 years, though most have a much shorter time frame.
GM has estimated they've sold 6,000 Volts so far. That would mean each of the 6,000 Volts sold would be subsidized between $50,000 and $250,000, depending on how many government subsidy milestones are realized.
If battery manufacturers awarded incentives to produce batteries the Volt may use are included in the analysis, the potential government subsidy per Volt increases to $256,824. For example, A123 Systems has received extensive state and federal support, and bid to be a supplier to the Volt, but the deal instead went to Compact Power. The $256,824 figure includes adding up the subsidies to both companies.
The $3 billion total subsidy figure includes $690.4 million offered by the state of Michigan and $2.3 billion in federal money. That's enough to purchase 75,222 Volts with a sticker price of $39,828.
Additional state and local support provided to Volt suppliers was not included in the analysis, Hohman said, and could increase the level of government aid. For instance, the Volt is being assembled at the Poletown plant in Detroit/Hamtramck, which was built on land acquired by General Motors through eminent domain.
"It just goes to show there are certain folks that will spend anything to get their vision of what people should do," said State Representative Tom McMillin, R-Rochester Hills. "It's a glaring example of the failure of central planning trying to force citizens to purchase something they may not want. ... They should let the free market make those decisions."
"This might be the most government-supported car since the Trabant," said Hohman, referring to the car produced by the former Communist state of East Germany.
According to GM CEO Dan Akerson, the average Volt owner makes $170,000 per year.
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HMMMM, HMMMMM, well, wid no MOON = SPACE COLONIES TO SPEAK OF, + no description on any new Country or Market, etc. access for US Investors, Workers vee US success in this man's GWOT, TO NO ONE'S SURPRISE EXCEPT ITSELF THE GUBMINT IS THE PRIMARY, IFF NOT ONLY, CUSTOMER = END-USER OF THESE NEW "GREEN TECHS".
What is NASA-JPL'S + DARPA'S, ETC. new plan to inspire pro-Green Tech MASS CONSUMPTION???
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The govmint's not good at this. They are really p!ss poor at recognizing that needs and wants drive markets. The design process supports market demand. Risks are attendant to this process. The USSR used to turn out bras for women that looked like they belonged on the grill of a 1950s Buick. Women did not want to buy them; they were just too ugly. Allocation of resources by a statist government just does not work.
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I hear that Mullah Richard, pretty darn excited about a giant battery on fire, nevermind the super strong frame to make it light weight & enough airbags to be road worthy, which makes extrication a joy, assuming the passengers have not been folded into the glove box.
Good news is the Volk has an auto self-destruct so it doesn't fall into the wrong hands.
Finnish authorities describe as "quite unusual" a cargo of 69 Patriot missiles apparently loaded in Germany and headed to Shanghai, China. The missiles were marked "fireworks" and were also accompanied by haphazardly loaded explosives in open pallets.
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Germany sold bunkers to very bad people, now it appears someone in Germany is selling patriot missiles. Who would have thought, the Germans with their record of pacifism would act all militaristic.
So how did the Germans get them? Someone at the end of this supply chain should be hung as a traitor.
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CNN (Communist News Network) computes Santa's carbon footprint as he makes his rounds.
You can't make this sh*t up if you tried.
Unmentioned is that it is still less than Al Gore's
The Quebec government, which on Tuesday said it will allow Muslim women working in provincial jails to wear a hijab, has been accused by the Opposition of caving in to an "excessive" demand.
The Quebec Public Security Department passed the new rule after making a deal with Quebecs human rights commission, after a complaint made four years ago. The ministry chose to enforce what it calls an "accommodation" rather than take the matter before the provincial human rights tribunal.
The Parti Quebecois blasted the government Tuesday for caving in to this "excessive" demand. PQ critic for secularism issues Carole Poirier said, "This is completely unacceptable. The guards are state employees and should not wear any conspicuous religious symbols, especially not in a jail where the neutrality of the state should be obvious."
The decision stems from a 2007 incident when a then-19-year-old Muslim Montrealer abruptly terminated training to become a prison guard after she refused to remove her hijab. She had passed all preliminary tests and was halfway through a training program when she was told she couldnt wear her hijab on the job, for safety reasons. The woman challenged the ban and later filed a complaint with the human rights commission.
After a lengthy process, the commission said the Public Security Department rules were discriminatory. Tuesday, the body announced it has reached a deal with the government to allow women to wear the hijab at work. In order to comply with safety regulations, the department will provide a Velcro-fastened hijab to its staff upon request for religious reasons. Valerie Simard, a spokeswoman for the department said, "They have to make a written demand and it wont be automatically granted."
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"Wonder what happens if a naturist gets a job there?"
Wonder what happens if an inmate uses it as a weapon to capture/kill her?
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Canada will be sued, of course. Canada not only allowed the "victim" to wear apparel that obscured her vision and hearing but also was used to harm her.
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has announced that the Department of Defense will now allow Muslim and Sikh students participating in Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) to wear headscarves and turbans while in uniform.
The decision, announced Thursday, followed an October incident in which Muslim teen Demin Zawity quit JROTC when her commanding officer at a Brentwood, Tenn. high school would not allow her to wear her hijab in the homecoming parade.
CAIR later wrote to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta requesting constitutionally-protected religious accommodations for the girl and for future Muslim JROTC participants.
In a letter to the Muslim organization sent on Panettas behalf, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army Larry Stubblefield explained that based on the incident that led Zawity to quit JROTC, the Army will now be making more accommodations for religious headwear in the training program.
Based on your concerns, the Army has reviewed its JROTC uniform policy and will develop appropriate procedures to provide Cadets the opportunity to request the wear of religious head dress, such as the turban and hijab, Stubblefield wrote in the letter, made public by CAIR. This change will allow Miss Zawity and other students the chance to fully participate in the JROTC program.
Army spokesman George Wright confirmed Stubblefields letter to CAIR and explained to The Daily Caller that while JROTC is affiliated with the Army, it is not actually a part of the Army. The new procedures will provide JROTC with a exemption method more similar to current Army procedure mandated through the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993.
That law allows soldiers on active duty to apply for religious accommodation if they want to alter their uniforms in accordance with their religious beliefs. The exemptions are applied on a case-by-case basis. Soldiers who are transferred must reapply.
Requests for ETP [exemptions to policy] to uniform and grooming standards (AR 670-1) based on religion, are considered on a case by case basis and balanced against military necessity ETPs are temporary, cannot be guaranteed at all times, not liberally granted, and may be revoked due to changed conditions, Army regulations state.
According to Wright, currently there are three Sikhs and one Orthodox Jewish rabbi who have been approved to wear religious garb outside of their standard regulation uniform on active duty. One female Army captain has applied to wear the hijab for religious observance. Her case is pending.
Still, political commentator Jed Babbin, a former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense, noted that the point of a uniform is uniformity.
Look at the word: uni-form everybody wears the same thing, Babbin told TheDC. The military is by its own nature diverse and creates a culture in which everyone, regardless of their race or creed, is blended into one force for a common purpose. This [uniform exemption] divides it, balkanizes it on religious grounds the point of JROTC is to get you ready for ROTC in college which is preparing you to go on active duty. So if you are going to allow it for ROTC? Why dont you allow it on active duty?
CAIR, though, cheered that now Muslims and Sikhs will be able to fully participate in JROTC while wearing their religious attire.
We welcome the fact that Muslim and Sikh students nationwide will now be able to participate fully in JROTC leadership activities while maintaining their religious beliefs and practices, said CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad in a statement. I imagine the Sikhs spit in the general direction of CAIR for including them in their demands.
A NAVY tradition caught up with the repeal of the US military's "don't ask, don't tell" rule yesterday when two women sailors became the first to share the coveted "first kiss" on the pier after one of them returned from 80 days at sea.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta descended from the USS Oak Hill amphibious landing ship and shared a quick kiss in the rain with her partner, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell.
Petty Officer Gaeta, 23, wore her Navy dress uniform while Petty Officer Snell, 22, wore a black leather jacket, scarf and blue jeans. The crowd screamed and waved flags around them.
"It's something new, that's for sure," Petty Officer Gaeta told reporters after the kiss.
"It's nice to be able to be myself. It's been a long time coming."
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We'll eventually be in the same situation as Australia, with submarines without enough crew to keep them maintained well enough to leave port for.... oh, no reason whatsoever.
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This had to be one of the most contrived, staged events that Navy has put on in a long time. I'm surprised they didn't have a band strike up "Anchors Away", and give both women the "public relations" and "political expediency" medals.
I can see how this began. Some Rear Admiral from the USN PR office tells the Captain and CMC of the Oak Hill that two good looking actr*sses are going to be on board for a week, and that using the "Pl*yb*y M*gazine technique", both are a little pr*gn*nt, so as to look their sexi*st, and that *nobody* is to interact with them at all. They will stay in their cabin and anything they need will be brought to them personally by the CMC.
The CMC is to round up some 'reliable' subordinates who will swear blind that they have been on the ship the whole deployment and are "highly professional and competent", and that the crew knows they are lesbi*ns and in a steady, committed relati*nship, and everybody is happy for them and *has not* harassed them at all about it, because everybody approves of what they are.
Don't let anything go wrong with this, Captain, and it will be smiles all around. Mess this up, and there will be much pain and retirement, for making the Navy look bad and p*ssing off our social experiment overlords.
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So our Navy's mission is to make the world safe for gay kisses? I thought they were supposed to be a fighting force who's mission was to support winning wars. There are still threats in the world; there is China, Iran, Russia, North Korea to name a few.
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Dear Lord, this Republic is well and truly F*ucked. I cannot believe how far we have descended in the last 35 years.
Whatever happened to no Public Displays of Affection or Military Conduct? When the bill comes due for all this "progressiveness" it is going to be brutal.
I just hope that when the sorting out starts, there is a large enough window to thin out the Left substantially. The world is on trajectory for another major world war, and when it comes this continent is going to take it in the shorts.
God help us, even though we don't deserve it.
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Gay, not gay....It's Non Sequitur to the Navy's mission. Enough already, they got what they wanted. Now they must rub our noses in it and we must say over and over again how much we like it.
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Halsey, Nimitz, Sprague -- which one is rotating faster?
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Probably less likely these sailors will become unavailable for duty mid-deployment due to pregnancy - a major problem with hetero-sailoresses.
The problem is, the people who told us there wouldn't be any problems with integrating the military are the ones who are saying "at least the gay soldiers won't have any problem with pregnancy" now.
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I could be wrong, but it seems that the Navy is now asking young Ensigns to referee lover's quarrels on board ship between same sex sailors. Let the hair pulling and slapping begin!
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
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trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
