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random thought of the moment:
To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will certainly be wrung, possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping your heart , you must give your heart to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it up carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries, avoid all personal entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket of your selfishness. But in that casket - safe, dark, motionless, airless - it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.
— , The Four Loves
litigation
“An Atheist In Our Country Is An Enemy”
Jeremy Hall, a soldier with no religious beliefs is suing the Department of Defense for discrimination based on his irreligion. He said "there is a pattern of discrimination against non-Christians in the military."
Two years ago on Thanksgiving Day, after refusing to pray at his table, Hall said he was told to go sit somewhere else. […]
Suing OPEC
House passes bill to sue OPEC over oil prices
"The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation on Tuesday allowing the Justice Department to sue OPEC members for limiting oil supplies and working together to set crude prices, but the White House threatened to veto the measure."[…]"'This bill guarantees that oil prices will reflect supply and demand […]
Cigarettes Are Evil
Some good (but not great) news:"A federal judge ruled yesterday that tobacco companies have violated civil racketeering laws, concluding that cigarette makers conspired for decades to deceive the public about the dangers of their product and ordering the companies to make landmark changes in the way cigarettes are marketed.""But U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler said […]
Holding Politicians Accountable
Remember that raise PA legislators gave themselves? Well, Operation Clean Sweep Pennsylvania isn't the only group torqued by it. Common Cause Pennsylvania wants in on the butt-kicking. "A citizens lobby called Common Cause/Pennsylvania is considering a wide range of options, including a lawsuit and […]
Nail 'Em to the Wall
Justice!
Judge awards $1 billion in spam lawsuit
A federal judge has awarded an Internet service provider more than $1 billion in what is believed to be the largest judgment ever against spammers.
