This is an interesting take on criminal rehabilitation.
Judge Sends Offenders to Tai Chi Class
“SANTA FE, N.M. – Municipal Court might be the last place you would expect to find offenders meditating and learning to balance their chi.”
Let’s through a big ol’ pity party for the schmucks who annoy the hell out of millions of Americans with unsolicited phone calls. I hope they go broke paying their lawyers. People like this shouldn’t breed. Better enforcement of anti-prostitution laws would put millions out of work, but nobody’s suing on the behalf of whores.
Telemarketers Sue Over Do-Not-Call List
By DAVID HO
"WASHINGTON – Telemarketers expanded their legal challenge to the government’s do-not-call list, suing a second federal agency over the call-blocking service for consumers that the industry says will devastate business and cost up to two million jobs."
Innocent by reason of tumor?
Frontal Lobe Tumor causes Pedophilia in a Man
Science raises questions for criminal justice system
Neurolgists at the University of Virginia reported that the removal of a frontal lobe tumor ended a male patient’s sexual behavior toward children. The patient had begun to have poor sexual impulse control several years eariler. The Tumor actually grew back once, with the sexual behaviors returning. The behaviors ceased again when the second tumor was removed.
Count me in for supporting this.
Study: Do-not-spam plan winning support
By Lisa M. Bowman
"Americans overwhelmingly support a do-not-spam list, according to a new study released Wednesday by privacy consultant and antispam software seller ePrivacy Group."
While these blowhards are fighting amongst themselves, my inbox is flooding with offers for cheap Viagra and Nigerian scams.
Spam fight divides on party lines
By Declan McCullagh
"Once thoroughly bipartisan, the debate in Washington over how to reduce the flow of bulk e-mail is now pitting Democrats against Republicans–a development that threatens to complicate enactment of laws regulating spam."
Taxing internet service would be like taxing TV or telephone.
Pols: Ban Net-Access Tax Forever
By Joanna Glasner
If a coalition of congressmen has its way, the government’s temporary moratorium on Internet-access taxes could soon become permanent.
This week, a House of Representatives committee is expected to consider a proposal that would bar states from imposing levies on Internet service, but would not affect their ability to collect sales taxes.