Friday, February 11, 2005
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Archive for February 11, 2005
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On this date in 1803 Marbury v. Madison was argued before the Supreme Court.
On this date in 1856 Dred Scott v. Sandford was argued before the Supreme Court.
Cracks me up
“The state of Virginia has now passed a law that calls for a $50 fine for anyone who displays their underwear in a lewd or indecent manor. They’re calling this new law ‘Just say no to crack.’”
“Imagine that you can’t show your underwear in Virginia. Let me tell you something — the plumbers union is really going to fight this one! They have their lobbyists in Washington right now.”
Jay Leno
(Maybe the lobbyists should go to Richmond, but whatever.)
6 CommentsBest ‘dog ate my homework’ line of the day
“Administration officials said declassifying the report had been slowed by the fact that the commission no longer existed and that it was unclear who was authorized to work on the declassification.”
Critics Want Full Report of 9/11 Panel in The New York Times
Number 5, No number 4, No number 1
Mark A. R. Kleiman has an ethics problem. What would you do?
Link via Discourse.net.
Thomas Alva Edison …
was born in Milan, Ohio, on this date in 1847.
Edison’s stature has diminished since his death; technology has evolved so much since then. But he was still a hero when he died in 1931. These are the sub-headlines from his obituary in The New York Times:
World Made Over By Edison’s Magic
He Did More Than Any One Man to Put Luxuries Into the Lives of the Masses
Created Millions Of Jobs
Electric Light, the Phonograph, Motion Pictures and Radio Improvements Among Gifts
Lamp Ended “Dark Ages”
He Held the Miracle of Menlo Park, Produced on a Gusty Night 50 Years Ago, His Greatest Work
