Daily Archives: February 8, 2011

Early Soundboard

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Alaska

To Be the One by Dash Berlin, featuring Idaho. Initially I disliked the vocalist on this one intensely, but the overall track’s grown on me. And a compare-and-contrast for you. Compare Dash Berlin’s “The End of Silence” with Motorcycle’s “When … Continue reading →

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Oregon Just Went Up a Notch

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Alaska

…in my estimation. I did not know that the Oregon Constitution specifically protects jury nullification. From a comment to the Radley Balko story linked in MadRock’s post below: #22 | Kyle | February 8th, 2011 at 6:32 pm Irving, That … Continue reading →

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I find this… disturbing

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Oscar Gordon

A judge orders that leaflets informing potential jurors of their rights be banned from the courthouse steps. You’d think that judges would be OK with juries knowing their rights & responsibilities.

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$14/Hour Buys You a $175k House

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Alaska

Herewith, a rant: One of our employees, a young single mother pregnant with her third child, floored her supervisor the other day by mentioning she’d bought a house in Oakland. “How,” he asked incredulously, “did you manage that when I … Continue reading →

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Real-World Health Care Snippets

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Alaska

Met with the health insurance agent the other day. Our business premiums went up 33% over last year. Of that, all of 5% was due to the increase in our RAF (“Risk Adjustment Factor”) which is unusually high for a … Continue reading →

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