Banking tech coming up to speed by way of the less corporatist firms
http://www.nytimes.com/… The Internet has taken a lot of the paperwork out of banking, but there is no avoiding paper when someone gives you a check. Now one bank wants to let customers deposit checks...
View ArticleWaylon Lewis of ElephantJournal.com advocates aggressive rather then peaceful...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/… For years, John Mackey, the libertarian founder of Whole Foods (who I’ve met and talked with a few times) has–luckily for Whole Foods’s PR squad–kept his...
View ArticleUnited States Supreme Court to hear Chicago handgun ban case
http://www.nraila.org/… The National Rifle Association applauds the Supreme Court’s decision, announced today, to hear the landmark Second Amendment case of McDonald v. Chicago. The case will address...
View ArticleUnited States Department of Justice goes after optical drive companies
http://online.wsj.com/… Japanese technology giants Hitachi Ltd. and Toshiba Corp. said Tuesday that, like Sony Corp., their optical disk drive operations in the U.S. received subpoenas from the U.S....
View ArticleAntitrust lawsuit filed against Intel in USA
http://www.nytimes.com/… Following the lead of foreign regulators, New York’s attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, filed a federal antitrust lawsuit Wednesday against Intel, the world’s largest chip...
View Article… and it’s things like this that make it impossible for me back the ACLU
In my inbox today: Dear ACLU Supporter, Negotiations on the final health care bill pick up speed this week. As you may know, anti-choice forces in Congress have used this legislation as a vehicle for...
View ArticleHow the US government poisoned 10k people during Prohibition
http://www.slate.com/id/2245188 It was Christmas Eve 1926, the streets aglitter with snow and lights, when the man afraid of Santa Claus stumbled into the emergency room at New York City’s Bellevue...
View ArticleJulian Heicklen’s 2010-07-26 Progress Report
PROGRESS REPORT 7/26/10 1. Purpose of this memo Here are my thoughts on the state of the nation and possible future plans for our movement. I am requesting your input on these ideas. Please let me know...
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