Today in Moronia
(WSJ) FTC Chairman Jon Leibowit’s said his agency will examine whether government should change the way the industry is regulated, from making news-gathering companies exempt from antitrust laws to granting them special tax treatment to making changes to copyright laws. The Federal Communications Commission is already reconsidering rules that prevent a company from owning...
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Republicans sound like they’re conducting a giant experiment in saying whatever they can get away with, and I suspect they’re surprised as any of us by some of the results. More here.
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The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
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By Jason Leopold In 1983, the Justice Department prosecuted a Texas sheriff and three of his deputies for waterboarding prisoners to get them to confess to crimes. The deputies were sentenced to four years in prison and Parker pleaded guilty to extortion and federal civil rights violations and received a 10-year sentence. Go to...
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Sex, drugs & rock 'n' roll made me crazy — thank God!