Blonde Justice is a legal blog run by a public defender who prefers to remain anonymous and thus styles herself after the Elle Woods character played by Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde and Legally Blonde 2. I worry about people who run anonymous blogs. Not that I distrust their motives or anything like that. I just worry because so many of them aren't very good at keeping … [Read more...] about How Smart Is Blonde Justice?
D200 On the Way
I managed to move things along a bit on the D200 front. Sort of. Last thursday, I just queried Adorama about my order for a D200 and got this response: Please be advised that you are at the top of our waiting list, however to this point we have only received one shipment from Nikon for very few cameras & have not gotten any since. Unfortunately it is not in our hands … [Read more...] about D200 On the Way
Community Standards
The Volokh Conspiracy has a post about the Google subpoena, and a comment by someone using the name DEGOP has this to say about the definition of pornography: "Prevailing community standards" is the only test worth a darn. We abandon it at our peril. The problem is that community standards in San Francisco are a lot worse than they are in, say, Kansas. Therefore, on the … [Read more...] about Community Standards
Chuck Norris Lets Me Blog Here
Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits. Chuck Norris frequently donates blood to the Red Cross. Just not his own. I first saw Chuck Norris in 1978's Good Guys Wear Black (directed by Ted Post, who may not be famous, but sure has been busy). I can't really remember much of the story, but Norris was the man of few words we have all come to know, out to avenge something or … [Read more...] about Chuck Norris Lets Me Blog Here
Fight the Power!
According to a ZDnet article, Justice Department prosecutors have asked Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and AOL to turn over millions of records from their databases. This is all part of the government's attempt to defend the Child Online Protection Act (COPA). The ACLU is challenging COPA in part on the grounds that compliance is impossible. To support COPA, the federal … [Read more...] about Fight the Power!