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Monthly Archives: June 2008

The Before

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Every year Judy plants annuals on the deck in Maine. The first picture is what they looked like last week, a few days after planting. The second picture is the annuals in full bloom last summer.

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Bo Diddley

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Bo Diddley, Who Gave Rock His Beat, Dies at 79 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com
Bo Diddley has always been one of my favorite early rock-and-rollers, for his iconic songs–see “Who Do You Love?”–his exploration of feedback and distortion–see “Mumbling Guitar”–and the gigantic fact that he invented the iconic syncopated beat that bore his name and [...]

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More NY Sales Tax News

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

I’ve noted recently (here and here) that New York changed its law to require out-of-state Internet retailers that receive customer referrals from in-state business to collect and remit NY sales taxes on transactions with New York residents. The law went into effect on Sunday June 1 and the NY Times reports that Amazon, among [...]

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Imagine a fair use

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Yesterday the trial court ruled against Yoko Ono and John Lennon’s sons, holders of the copyright to Lennon’s song “Imagine,” in their lawsuit against challenging use of 15 seconds of the song in Ben Stein’s film “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.” Ono et al did not want use of the song to appear to endorse [...]

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Equal time

Monday, June 2, 2008

A large part of John McCain’s media persona is his reputation for “Straight Talk.” This video shows McCain flatly contradicting and lying about his own prior statements: McCain’s YouTube Problem. As troubling as his dissembling is McCain’s palpable discomfort in dealing economic issues. He is scarily out of his depth.
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