The US supreme court said your city can give your land to developers. In her scathing dissent, O’Connor wrote: Any property may now be taken for the benefit of another private party, but the fallout from this decision will not be random. The beneficiaries are likely to be those citizens with disproportionate influence and power …
Author Archives: paulschreiber
hilary’s gender identity crisis?
“She is a man among boys.”
not getting the job
ami says this is hella funny.
sophie vs roomba
sophie vs roomba.
sudanese currency
crypto-gram reports: Sudanese currency is printed on plain paper with very inconsistent color and image quality, and has no security features — not even serial numbers. How does that work? Because anyone who counterfeits will be put in front of a firing squad and shot.
phantom menace reviewed
ouch: Rather to my surprise, The Phantom Menace was every bit as bad as I remembered. I thought that perhaps it had gotten worse in my memory, but, nope: it’s full-on travesty. The saddest thing is that the first 10 minutes of the film are very promising, making minutes 11-138 all the more tragic, like …
headline of the day
Jackson won’t share bed with kids again.
the truth about myspace
what do all the pictures mean?
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WaPo interviews Freakonomics’ Stephen Dubner
Stephen Dubner: I hope Stewart runs for president of something some day so I can vote for him.