Random links
- These Vehicles Are Tons of Fun, and Good for Thwarting Road Rage
- "Private Tank Owners Roll Out Heavy Weaponry; A Spin in Parking Lot" - just in case you're curious "A tank in the U.S. can have operational guns, if the owner has a federal Destructive Device permit, and state laws don't prohibit it. "
- Who Owns the Words That Come Out of Your Mouth? A New Freakonomics Radio Podcast
- The ridiculous lack of fair usage provisions in British copyright law. It starts out looking at how the Churchill estate needs be paid to quote Churchill's words in the UK - even those from his speeches as prime minister. Gets into other, more serious problems with a lack of fair use.
- Obama, Congress Must Reach Deal On Budget By March 1, And Then April 1, And Then April 20, And Then April 28, And Then May 1
- It might be The Onion, but it sounds almost too close to reality.
- Judge orders $1 a month in child support for the next 1000+ years
- "After 13 years and a paternity test, Dwayne Parsons will no longer have to pay child support. But the judge said there's still back pay from all those years he should have paid but didn't - and that's nearly $23,000."