In How America is snooping on YOU … and may soon be snooping a whole lot more, “This is London” describes a lawsuit by Dutch Liberal MEP Sophie In’t Veld in which she seeks to find out why the US government keeps pulling her over for security searches at airports.
The article claims that this is the first lawsuit of its kind. Can that really be so?
Where's My Jetpack?: Candidate Logo Comparison psychoanalyzes the Presidential candidates' logos.
I suppose that in this age of branding there might be something to it, odd as the idea seems.
(Thanks to la Bartow for the the link.)
Feminist Law Professors says, Flying With a Young Child This Summer? Here's a Book To Buy.
I think it's a joke, but who knows these days.
One of the most interesting things in today's NYT is the chess column. Yes, the chess column.
Have a look at Chess – Ranking System Is Questioned After a Wealthy Russian's Rise
[Russian Millionaire Vladimir] Afromeev is now 54 years old. Eight years ago, he was not close to being among the top 100 players in the world. He was not an active player, and there were no records in databases of his games.
But in 2001 he began playing regularly in invitation-only tournaments. And he began winning at an unbelievable pace, often by beating strong players with ease.
His sudden success — well after the age when most players start to decline — raised eyebrows, partly because he is a wealthy businessman who only plays in tournaments against handpicked fields.
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The following game between Afromeev and Maxim Novikov, a Russian grandmaster, is from an invitation-only tournament held in Russia in June 2007. It is worthwhile to note that it is not very often that a strong player loses with White in only 20 moves, but it happened to Afromeev’s opponents more than once during that tournament.
There's a word that's never used in this very artfully written and carefully factual article. I suspect the hand of libel lawyers. If this were a chess move, I'd give it a “!”.
America's Finest News Source, Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Presidency
Don't miss the map.
Talk about teasing the reader! John Flood's Random Academic Thoughts (RATs): From Budapest: 38th World Congress of IIS (edit: Santana):
At another time I will explain why Santana was actually one of the most formative experiences that convinced me law was a subject worth studying. I was in Morocco when I had this conversion.
Inquiring minds want to know.
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