While Muxtape was technically breaking the law by streaming unlicensed music online, it was not, as CD Baby founder Derek Sivers comically put it, “clearly illegal, immoral and harmful, like Auto-Tune“.

On a minor PE kick lately. So, yeah…
Caught Can We Get A Witness?

A God who is “all-knowing” would realize he’s being sued even without being served notice of the lawsuit, former State Sen. Ernie Chambers says.

The suit Chambers filed was to seek an injunction against God for violent acts like earthquakes & tornadoes.

Tangentially related, but stuck in my head the last few days, so why not? Drive-By Truckers – Tornadoes [MP3]

• Previously
• Even more previously

1. God is not present in Nebraska, nor expected there anytime soon.
2. God does not have a house in Nebraska.
3. God has never done anything in Nebraska.
4. No one in Nebraska is authorized to speak or act in God’s name, and all of the people who claim to do so are violating State rules of Civil Procedure.
and
5. God does not read any Nebraska newspapers.

{previously}

* I know this isn’t used corectly in this context, I just like the sound of it

¹ the mother of all caveats, I suspect.

Meanwhile, in Denmark, prosecutions are humming right along, with two successful prosecutions of suspected suicide bombers.

Ditto, in Britain, where “Britain has prosecuted suspects in all the major terrorist attacks in the country since 2005 [and] has achieved a 90 percent conviction rate.”

So what explains this difference? According to one high-ranking former British intelligence agent:

The response to 9/11 was “a huge overreaction”, she says. “You know, it was another terrorist incident. It was huge, and horrible, and seemed worse because we all watched it unfold on television. So yes, 9/11 was bigger, but not … not …” Not qualitatively different? “No. That’s not how it struck me. I suppose I’d lived with terrorist events for a good part of my working life, and this was, as far as I was concerned, another one.”

Rimington hopes President Bush’s successor will stop using the phrase “war on terror”. “It got us off on the wrong foot, because it made people think terrorism was something you could deal with by force of arms primarily. And from that flowed Guantánamo, and extraordinary rendition, and …” And Iraq, I suggest. “Well yes,” she says drily. “Iraq.”

Next up on the America First chronicles: “US infant mortality rate now worse than 28 other countries ”

Jonathan Segura, in support of his novel Occupational Hazards, blogs about Omaha at Powell’s, including a nod to the “miraculously” alive Dave Sink at The Antiquarium (which last I head was going out of business… guess not, just a new location)

Ernie Chambers, no longer in the legislature, is looking for his day in court versus God, seeking an injunction against the violent acts of tornadoes & earthquakes: “If there is a ruling against the existence of God, it will be by the court and not by me.”

1 – tinkering with my muxtape

2 – butt rocket

3 – Fail Dogs

it’s all psychological. if anyone is willing to make the change from PC to Mac it’s like starting off on a clean slate. so many Mac owners probably see it as an atonement for their illegally downloading sins, and want to keep their computers clean with legal downloads. it’s easier having iTunes pre-installed too, whereas the first thing most new-PC users probably get is a virus.

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