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–How are the health care socialists in two Australian hospitals rationing their scarce resources?

–A Special Guest Question: What would Ayn Rand have done?

–Who owns the last home run ball hit at the old Yankee Stadium?

–Special Follow-Up Questions: Suppose a court rules that the person currently in possession of the ball does not in fact own it. Should the court be able to order the possessor, upon threat of contempt, to turn over the ball to the legal owner, or merely to pay damages? And should the Yankees be liable in any way for this situation?

–Which way will (or won’t) the public toilets face at the 2012 Olympics?

–Which federal entity declared the following:

Whether alternative media (i.e. bloggers) are eligible for categorization as “representative of the news media” is an evolving legal issue based on the extent to which the alternative media has infused its content with sufficient journalistic rigor and whether it is organized and operated to publish or broadcast news to the public. Simply put, not all online content constitutes journalism that warrants the cost of FOIA production to be borne by the American taxpayer.

2 Responses to “Questions”

  1. Nice bit of rationalization by the Coasties, but I prefer the activist judges of the State of California:

    We decline the implicit invitation to embroil ourselves in questions of what constitutes "legitimate journalis[m]." The shield law is intended to protect the gathering and dissemination of news, and that is what petitioners did here. We can think of no workable test or principle that would distinguish "legitimate" from "illegitimate" news. Any attempt by courts to draw such a distinction would imperil a fundamental purpose of the First Amendment, which is to identify the best, most important, and most valuable ideas not by any sociological or economic formula, rule of law, or process of government, but through the rough and tumble competition of the memetic marketplace.

    O'Grady v. Superior Court (Apple Computer) (2006) 139 Cal.App.4th 1423, 1457.

  2. "–Which way will (or won’t) the public toilets face at the 2012 Olympics?"

    I don't get it. Mecca is ~ 3000 miles from London. So, even if you are unwilling to face any point within 50 miles of Mecca, that still gives you less than 2 degrees that are forbidden. I doubt if toilets are placed that accurately anyway. This is asinine.

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