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Roadshow Edition
Oct. 23rd, 2014 08:36 amOn Blackstone, public accommodation and conservatives
I'm doing a lot of driving between branches for the day job, hence my lack of posting. In any event, yesterday's entry seems to have pushed a few buttons. My points in sharing the Blackstone quote were two:
1) The idea that "public accommodations" means all of the public is very old.
2) Conservatives who argue that businesses have a private right of association are arguing for a new right, not "conserving" an old one.
On Asteroids as Islands
I found myself looking at Tristan da Cunha, the most remote island in the world, and St. Helena, the second-most remote island. I could see human-colonized asteroids (and moons, and even planets) as sometimes falling into similar situations.
Gamergate, an Epic Rant
Former NFL player and current gamer Chris Kluwe has an epic rant on why Gamergaters piss him off. There is much adult language therein, but also much truth. The tl;dr version? We [gamers] won. Over 100 million Americans play games, so of course there are going to be games you don't like. Get over it.
I'm doing a lot of driving between branches for the day job, hence my lack of posting. In any event, yesterday's entry seems to have pushed a few buttons. My points in sharing the Blackstone quote were two:
1) The idea that "public accommodations" means all of the public is very old.
2) Conservatives who argue that businesses have a private right of association are arguing for a new right, not "conserving" an old one.
On Asteroids as Islands
I found myself looking at Tristan da Cunha, the most remote island in the world, and St. Helena, the second-most remote island. I could see human-colonized asteroids (and moons, and even planets) as sometimes falling into similar situations.
Gamergate, an Epic Rant
Former NFL player and current gamer Chris Kluwe has an epic rant on why Gamergaters piss him off. There is much adult language therein, but also much truth. The tl;dr version? We [gamers] won. Over 100 million Americans play games, so of course there are going to be games you don't like. Get over it.
