Archive: January 19, 2005

Wednesday, January 19, 2005

1. Crush Kerry on Barbara Boxer's huge Iraq lie. Did she: A. not read the resolution she voted against? B. lie and hope that no one would notice (probably not a bad plan, as every news report I've heard just reproduces the audio verbatim without doing any fact checking. The only one I've heard point out that she lied is Sean Hannity.)? Or C. convince herself that her version of events is the truth?

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2. Slava Pestov: Pitfalls of 2's complement integer arithmetic.

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3. Power Line: ABC News: Fair and Balanced. Captain Ed: "Whoever posted this at ABC needs a soul transplant. Disgusting."

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Strange Women Lying in Ponds: Why Federal "Tort Reform" Is an Unconservative Idea

Strange Women Lying in Ponds: Why Federal "Tort Reform" Is an Unconservative Idea, via Glenn. What I'm most in favor of tort reform for is that so many times the amounts awarded are enormous and arbitrary. Unfortunately, federal tort reform could wind you up with a system where awards are small and equally arbitrary (even if the cap is the same for everybody), which doesn't seem much, if any, better.

SWLiP writes: "the most desirable "tort reform" of all: a system of judicial appointments that would place judges on the bench who are unafraid to dismiss, or grant summary judgment on, meritless cases."

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