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  The Guts To Get Rid Of McCarran-Ferguson
  Maybe this time around they will have the guts to get rid of McCarran-Ferguson.
  by nowickedwitch / on Oct 22, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Laws”

• CUSTOMER DIPLOMACY

  
  Hal Alpiar's Blog — Authority: 125
  Blow the sale or                                                  hold your tongue?                                                                                          ...
  7 hours ago

• Inside Story — The Iraqi Election Law

  
  By The Fault — Authority: 91
  More from the Associated Press:After weeks of hard-nosed negotiations, analysts say the election law passed by Iraq’s parliament allowing national polls to go forward in January extends compromises to all sides but with key concessions to the Kurds.However, analysts warn the bill also sidesteps a decision on the ...
  9 hours ago

• ACLU Report Calls For Stronger U.S. Privacy Oversight Institutions

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 548
  “The United States needs stronger privacy institutions to protect us at a time when new technology and new government powers are threatening our privacy in truly unprecedented ways,” said Michael Macleod-Ball, Acting Director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office. “The history of abuse during the civil ...
  9 hours ago

• Reining in ACTA: Update and Call to Action

  
  Privacy Digest — Authority: 436
  Reining in ACTA: Update and Call to Action : Via EFF.org Updates . Last week saw the latest round of secret negotiations on ACTA, on criminal enforcement of IP, enforcement in the digital environment, and, according to one of the few public documents on the negotiations, ACTAs own "transparency". Its hard to ...
  11 hours ago

• Do You Have to Be Employed to Receive Payday Loans?

  
  Personal Money Store — Authority: 612
  Not Necessarily, Say Some Major Payday Loan Chains Do not discriminate! So long as he draws steady income, some payday loan companies dont care if that income comes from an employer, the government or court-ordered support. (Photo: flickr.com) At Personal Money Store, one of the primarily qualifications a ...
  12 hours ago

• ‘Worship God Quietly’ - Lambeth Council Orders Church

  
  Catch The Fire Ministries — Authority: 494
  Andrea Minichiello Williams - Christian Legal Centre A LONDON church has been told by Lambeth Council to reduce the volume of its worship. In an extraordinary  decision, All Nations Church in Kennington, South London, has been served with a noise abatement notice by Lambeth council after complaints from a couple ...
  12 hours ago

• The Republican Health Plan (Is Still Unconstitutional)

  
  Bydio — Authority: 118
  The Republican Plan Republicans claim that the health care plan that they have, I think it is H.R. 3400 or H.R. 4400, can save more money, cover more people, and reduce the deficit more than anything that the House and Senate have out. Is there any way the CBO can score this and can your team research the bills to ...
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• Salon Radio: Rep. Jerry Nadler on State Secrets Act

  
  Privacy Digest — Authority: 436
  Salon Radio: Rep. Jerry Nadler on State Secrets Act : Via Salon: Glenn Greenwald . Last Friday, the House Judiciary Committee, by a vote of 18-12, approved a bill entitled The State Secret Protection Act of 2009 , which, if enacted, would be the first law ever to regulate and limit the Presidents ability to use ...
  14 hours ago

• Censoring Rammstein

  
  Gloria's Oversexed Mind — Authority: 484
  The controversial German band Rammstein is in the news, as Germany rules that the cover of its latest album is too sadomasochistic for public consumption. Rumor is that Switzerland will act next to remove public displays of the album cover. The album "Liebe ist Für Alle Da" ("Love is For All") by German hard ...
  14 hours ago

• Phillips wants to change law after Richmond rape

  
  HALFWAY TO CONCORD — Authority: 507
  Mister Phillips, a candidate for District 1 Contra Costa Supervisor in 2010 writes on his blog : As you know, a group of (15) people watched a 16 year old girl get raped at Richmond High School and did not report the crime to the police. A Richmond police lieutenant told me the people cannot be charged for not ...
  15 hours ago

• A word to non-libertarians

  
  Kent's "Hooligan Libertarian" Blog — Authority: 127
  A word to non-libertariansIf you are not a libertarian (under my understanding of the concept), it means one of two things-It could mean that you are not aware of what is going on. The mainstream media works very hard to keep you in the dark. They hide facts that would be embarrassing to their version of ...
  15 hours ago

• The Fall of Mexico

  
  Later On — Authority: 498
  Phil Caputo has a very interesting article in the latest issue of the Atlantic Monthly . The blurb: In the almost three years since President Felipe Calderón launched a war on drug cartels, border towns in Mexico have turned into halls of mirrors where no one knows who is on which side or what chance remark ...
  16 hours ago

• Theres a sure-as-shooting sucker born a minute, but Maam you mighta been the minute in between.

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 646
  She spent $8,000 at a seminar on an "internet business opportunity". Now what? My mother-in-law is bright and professional (she has been a CFO for 30 years), but one day last month, she informed us that she had attended a seminar and wanted us to be partners in her new internet business. She had already given them ...
  16 hours ago

• 10 Geeky Laws That Should Exist

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 790
  Matt Blum of Wired’s GeekDad blog came up with a list of 10 geeky laws that should exist, but for some inexplicable reason, do not (at least, they didn’t until now). For example: 1. Munroe ’s Law: A person in a geeky argument who can quote xkcd to support his position automatically wins the argument. This ...
  16 hours ago

• If Loving Vanillaroma Is Wrong, We Dont Wanna Be Right [Car Laws]

  
  Jalopnik — Authority: 737
  People are getting pulled over in the Midwest for hanging air fresheners from mirrors. Why? Its claimed to be an obstruction, and it gives less scrupulous officers reason to search your vehicle. Which, you know, is cool. Or not. [ ChicagoTribune ]
  18 hours ago

• Memphis Animal Shelter, Two Weeks Later – VIDEO

  
  For the Love of the Dog — Authority: 429
  It’s been about two weeks since the Memphis Animal Shelter was raided after horrific animal cruelty was discovered there, what’s happened in the interim?  We know the Mayor AC Wharton formed a task force to oversee the shelter and that video cameras were installed in some of the shelter areas.You can actually ...
  20 hours ago

• DC: Gay Marriage Bill to Include Religious Exemption

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 453
  A D.C. Council committee is expected to approve major changes Tuesday to the bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the District, including adopting a provision that will make it easier for church officials to avoid participation in gay weddings and receptions. As currently drafted, the legislation states ...
  20 hours ago

• Good Faith Needed in Australias Franchise Laws

  
  Daily news and community for franchisees and small business investors | Blue MauMau — Authority: 123
  Franchising is a complex, multi-faceted, versatile and dynamic organizational form. The many benefits of franchising include its ability to facilitate the efficient expansion/adoption of good business practices; to provide a vehicle for investment as well as a vehicle for training of fledgling entrepreneurs; and ...
  20 hours ago

• So long, farewell, don’t let the door hit you on your way out

  
  a public defender — Authority: 521
  [Alternate post titles: So long and thanks for all the blog fodder; This just in: The Law now has a weak pulse] So, it’s probably unnatural and unhealthy to be so giddy upon learning that Gov. Rell has decided not to seek re-election , but as most of you know, I can’t stand the woman. And that’s putting it ...
  20 hours ago

• Ways to end Britains libel lottery at last

  
  Jon Slattery — Authority: 442
  A new report Free Speech is Not For Sale out today on Britains libel laws by PEN and Index on Censorship makes major recommendations for reform. They include: Capping libel damages at £10,000 and making an apology the chief remedy; Shifting the burden of proof so claimants have to demonstrate damage; Preventing ...
  21 hours ago

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