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IT IS SAID THAT GLOBAL WARMING will create profound changes on earth. The Sydney Morning Herald illustrated before and after shots of Sydney Harbour to show the effects of global warming between now and in 2100. Let's …
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Slow down fella

I encourage everyone to read this commenter on the recent spazz between Peter McKay v. Belinda Stronach. Who freaking talks like this? "Pressing on irrewardless, the hypergrits insist on displaying their lack of an io…
An interesting day at the law building. In every class, some sort of allusion to the Bible was made. 1) Torts: the most famous case in all of tort law was decided on the "love thy neighbour principle." My prof. said t…
Although you may have seen this before...

Do not eat something while you watch this video. I almost choked on my food because I was laughing hysterically. ...and then came the hangover.
Bias at the BBC

In one of a series of discussions, [BBC]executives were asked to rule on how they would react if the controversial comedian Sacha Baron Cohen ) known for his offensive characters Ali G and Borat - was a guest on the …
What happens when the ACLU meets a US Supreme Court judge on stage? A televised CSPAN debate!
Someone went North Korean on me. Now I can't even visit her site while logged in on Xanga. What next, no one knows. Perhaps I need an ode to Joy is in order.
Gather around the fire children. For devotion today we will be reading the recent marvel-acious conversion of "Crunchy Con."
I really have every reason to like Michael Ignatieff, the current Liberal leadership frontrunner. He is a smart dude, understands law and humanity quite well, for one. He is also pretty refreshing in his frankness. Bu…
Convo de jour

Peer 1: "This guy (pointing to Peer 2) can write some really good material." Peer 2: "My whole degree was writing bullshit." Me: "Which degree was that?" Peer 2: "English."
Seven words everyone dreads to speak: "I'm with Barney Frank on this one."
Ever wondered what Matt Jenkins' (aka MJ, mwjenkins) pa is like? Me too. As fate would have it, he is speaking at the law school tommorrow. t-tao!
To all my friends, who are nearly all incredibly gifted in aesthetics. Would anyone like to heal how my resume looks? Law firms will be gushing all over it this weekend and I want it to look hot...hot! *** Thanks Jame…
Triumph of the Will is quite a film.
If anyone cares, "feminist theory" has some interesting things to say about tort law that I think explains things better than any economic theory I have heard.
Happy thankgiving.
So one of my professors argued that those who practice law are in more of a profession than those in medicine. Hmph. you might think. But he does have a point. Doctors charge every last service to the state; lawyers ar…
"For my kids, they’re told all the time, self-esteem, self-esteem is critically important. But what about societal self-esteem? You know, what about saying that the society you live in, the inheritance of that society…
I think I am going to try to DJ. It could be fun.
I'm going to go for a $500 scholarship on "Independant Campus Media," whatever the hell that means. It must be done tonight. 500 words. Let's give myself 50 minutes to whip up something. Go. UPDATE: Essay is done and…
I am pretty sure the school newspaper needs the spirit of Eros Heroes. Why hath thou forsaken us?!
This report suggests the movie industry is losing $20 billion to pirating. Honestly...does anyone feel sympathy for the MPAA or RIAA? I want to know. Or do you think that they are still living in the age of the pony ex…
Download Rob da Bank's last Blue Room episode here. It's a biggie (117MB/2 hours worth) but a goodie.