The web page of the Commission on Presidential Debates lists past financial backers of CPD, although no information is available for 2016 sponsors. Here is the list. In 2012, the only two companies listed that depend on mass purchases of their products are Anheuser-Busch and Southwest Airlines. …read more
On August 13, 2015, the Washington State Supreme Court fined the state $100,000 per day until the legislature complies with earlier court orders to equalize funding for wealthy and poor school districts. However, the legislature (which had three special sessions already this year) has not been called into a fourth special session, so the fine continues to accumulate.
The legislature won’t be called into special session until legislative leaders and the Governor can agree on a solution, and that hasn’t happened yet. See this story, which is about a particular Republican candidate for Governor. The paragraph headed “a …read more
This is the very first blog post I’ve ever done from a smartphone so pardon my brevity, but I just wanted you to see the lovely and hyper-intelligent Dr. Stephanie Murphy and the Golden Stallion Dr. Brian Sovryn in action at the Bitcoin Investor Conference! WOOOO!
Dr. Stephanie Murphy laying out Bitcoin “first principles” as only she can….
The Man of Tomorrow talking VR, Bitcoin, entrepreneurship, and freedom of association.
The Bitcoin Investor Conference has been amazing, and I look forward to sharing content from it with you!
Carpe lucem!
Salt Lake City, UT — On August 11, 2014 Dillon Taylor was gunned down in broad daylight by Officer Bron Cruz.
Despite the horrific body cam evidence showing this Salt Lake City cop murder an unarmed young man in cold blood, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill ruled the murder as “justified.”
Having been completely failed by the justice system, the family of Dillon Taylor filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the City of Salt Lake, the officer who killed Taylor, Bron Cruz, and several other officers.
The confrontation happened, according to the lawsuit, because, a person who refused to identify herself …read more
Linwood, NJ — A police officer who killed two people in a drunken crash while he was driving the wrong way down the road is now claiming that he is not to blame for the accident because he suspects that he was drugged by strippers. However, it was documented that at the time of the accident the officer had a blood alcohol level of three times the legal limit.
The off-duty officer who was driving the car had posted a photo on his Instagram hours earlier of three shot glasses full of alcohol. In his Instagram post, Officer Pedro Abad identifies …read more
On October 28, the Sixth Circuit issued an en banc opinion in Bible Believers v Wayne County, Michigan, 13-1635. The majority opinion is 41 pages. The issue was whether Bible Believers had a right to engage in street preaching, and to parade around with banners, signs, and tee-shirts that displayed messages criticizing Islam and Mohammed, while attending the annual Arab International Festival in Dearborn. “En banc”means all full-time judges of the Sixth Circuit participated; there are 15 such judges.
The festival is very large and streets are always closed, because as many as 300,000 people attend over three …read more
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers have this article at Mintpress News, an on-line news source that has existed since 2012 and is based in Minnesota. Zeese and Flowers say the presidential primaries of the two major parties reveal great divisions in each of those parties, and if the United States had different election laws, the existing parties would be more coherent, and of course there would be more parties. …read more
*faceplam*
[I shouldn’t start a blog post like that, but I couldn’t help myself.]
TechCrunch reported yesterday that Microsoft was partnering with ConSensys, which itself is based off of the Ethereum project. Listeners of my science and tech podcast–Sovryn Tech–know how I feel about everything Ethereum related (it’s all a bunch of hogwash, in my opinion), and certainly I’m no defender of Microsoft (even though some of their moves recently have intrigued me and made me somewhat hopeful for the company).So what’s my take on Microsoft partnering with an Ethereum-based company? I think this is important to discuss on the Dark Android …read more
The Ohio Libertarian Party has been fighting in federal court to be restored to the ballot, but so far the lawsuit hasn’t won, although part of it still isn’t decided. Thus, the party has decided to begin petitioning for party status for 2016. It needs 30,560 valid signatures by July 6.
If the petition succeeds, the party will be the first to use the new ballot access law passed in late 2013. The new law says that newly-qualifying parties nominate by convention, not by primary.
The Green Party is ballot-qualified in Ohio and will nominate by primary. If …read more
On October 27, the Washington, D.C. city council held hearings on PR 21-302, which would authorize the city government to launch a multi-media and petition campaign for statehood for the District of Columbia. See this story. The bill is co-sponsored by a majority of members of the council, so it is likely to pass. The lead author is Councilmember Vincent Orange.
Bills are introduced in every session of Congress for statehood. These bills always specify that the name of the state would be New Columbia. The current bill, by Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, the non-voting representative …read more
