Monthly Archives: January 2007

The ‘Phantom Professor’ is Worrying About Blackmail Too

Posted on January 9, 2007 by Michael Froomkin

Having blogged David Brin’s worries about blackmail of today’s politicians, I can’t resist noting that the ‘Phantom Professor’ is worrying about the blackmail of today’s students when they become tomorrow’s politicians.

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The Missing Link

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Michael Froomkin

Swing State Project finds something funny and true at the House Government Reform Committee Web site.

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United Finally Does the Right Thing

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Michael Froomkin

United Airlines has caved in and done the right thing at last.

Earlier post: Millions of dollars of bad publicity for United Airlines.

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Blog News

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Michael Froomkin

Michael Bérubé announces that he's giving up blogging. I'll miss reading him almost every day, and especially miss reading about Jamie.

Meanwhile, Bitch Ph.D has outed herself, an action foretold. I just hope this works out ok for her.

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‘Country’ For Sale

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Michael Froomkin

Via Slashdot, comes the news that data (and maybe tax) haven Sealand is for sale. The ‘nation’ has had some problems recently.

Sealand claims to be a country based on its fixation to the continental shelf in what were then but are not now international waters. Although this claim is not recognized by anyone that matters, the claim is somewhat less ludicrous than that of any other man-made micro-nation, e.g. that of the Dominion of Melchizedek.

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