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Thursday, February 23, 2012

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Wonkette

Good Riddance (Nice Times Of Your Life) - ‘It's something unpredictable. But in the end, it's right.’
IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law

PIER Pressure: What Applicants Need to Know About the USPTO’s PIER Pilot Program - Earlier this year, with an effective date of April 9, 2026, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) introduced the Patent Cooperation Treat...
Muhammad Cohen on media and more

MGM China paves corporate way for MGM Osaka - MGM Osaka, a joint venture Japanese financial powerhouse Orix, will be the first casino resort in Japan.
VTDigger

My teeth could kill me - [image: Image with text: "Letters to the editor. Responses to VTDigger stories and opinion." Features a stylized blue feather icon.] I’ve survived avalanc...
Patent Law Blog (Patently-O)

Visiting Judges Return to the Federal Circuit - Visiting judges are back on Federal Circuit panels: 17% of 2026 merits decisions had one, as the wait for argument nearly doubled. Continue reading this ...
Election Law Blog

“‘Developer in chief’: White House throws weight behind permitting bill” - This is one of the major pieces of legislation that might pass during the lame-duck session with bipartisan support, especially now that the White House ...
The Volokh Conspiracy

[Josh Blackman] Today in Supreme Court History: November 8, 1994 - 11/8/1994: U.S. v. Lopez argued. Edison High School, San Antonio The post Today in Supreme Court History: November 8, 1994 appeared first on Reason Magaz...
JONATHAN TURLEY

The Democrats Move to Nullify the Electoral College Before the 2028 Election - Below is my column in Fox.com on the move by Democrats to change the Electoral College before the 2028 election.…
Nawaat de Tunisie

السلطة سبب أزمة النقل ومن حق التاكسي الربح، حوار مع فوزي الخبوشي - غضب في صفوف مهنيّي قطاع التاكسي الفردي مطالبة باستحقاقات مهنية ومادية. مقابل غضب مواطني نظرا لتردي الخدمة وعدم توفرها أوقات الذروة. في هذا السياق حاورت نو...
Informed Comment

The De-Trumpification of America: Revulsion against Iran War, ICE Murders, Data Centers and Corruption Shellacked GOP - In a delicious double take-down, civil rights lawyerGina Hinojosa ousted the heartless three-term governor Greg Abbott
Delaware Corporate and Commercial Litigation Blog

Advancement Denied for Employee of California LLC - A keen observer of Delaware corporate and commercial decisions comments on a recent Court of Chancery ruling that denied advancement to an employee of a ...
IP Draughts

Courses this Autumn - Our Autumn programme of short training courses is well under way. Our 12 lunchtime sessions on IP agreements was very popular, with 46 people booking on th...
TalkLeft

Trump Double- Downs on Election Rejection: Promotes Stephen Miller - Donald Trump is either tone-deaf or truly hates America. He has promoted Stephen Miller to be his Chief of Staff , as the current holder of that position, ...
Above the Law

Gettin’ Paid — See Also - *Biglaw's Best-Paid Partners Live Where?* Say adios to the Big Apple, and hello to Silicon Valley! *Whodunnit?*: Trump DOJ suddenly very concerned about ...
Wait A Second!

Constitutional challenge to NYS election law is moot - The Second Circuit has dismissed as moot an appeal challenging New York's independent-expenditure disclosure requirements as applied to political adve...
SCOTUSblog

Supreme Court agrees to weigh in on Goldman Sachs arbitration dispute - The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon added a new case to its oral argument docket for the 2026-27 term, granting a petition for review filed by Goldman ...
CFPB Monitor

OCC Issues Supervisory Framework for Banks’ Use of “Super Intelligence”: A Risk-Based Approach to Generative and Agentic AI - The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has taken another important step in addressing the rapidly expanding use of artificial intelligence i...
Forgotten New York

GERTEL’S BAKERY, CLINTON HILL - Forgotten New York - STEUBEN Street, on the border of Clinton Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant, ain’t what it used to be, literally. The street once ran cont...
Joseph Stiglitz

The Economic Toll of Israel’s Wars - Israel’s economy may look strong, but three years of war have inflicted far greater damage than its robust stock market and appreciating currency suggest...
Gus Van Horn

Four Random Things - *A Friday Hodgepodge* *1*. Alex Tabarrok shows off his "*sky roomba*" robotic window cleaner and makes a good economics point while he's at it. I'm going...
The Duffel Blog

Pete Hegseth picks wrong week to stop drinking - Pentagon staffing delays leave secretary sober for worst 48 hours of his career
Dorf on Law

Is Legal Realism an Impediment to Judicial Resistance to Authoritarianism? (A Preview of My Upcoming Lecture) - Today and tomorrow I'll be attending the Seventeenth Annual Constitutional Law Colloquium at Florida State University College of Law, where I'm honored t...
Ohio Employer's Law Blog

WIRTW #817 (the 'grace' edition) - Grace is earned, not owed. On election night, Ohio's governor-elect reportedly let a phone call from her opponent go to voicemail. Vivek Ramaswamy said ...
ExportLawBlog

Company Agrees To $1.5M OFAC Penalty For Not Using Google - An OFAC enforcement release issued on October 27, 2026, announced that a North Carolina company agreed to pay $1,529,685 to settle its potential civil liab...
Verdict

Any Good News in the Oral Argument in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, the Religion vs. Gay Rights Case? - UNLV Boyd School of Law professor Leslie C. Griffin discusses the Supreme Court’s oral argument in *St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy*, which asks whether Ca...
Egyptian Chronicles

And Egyptian Americans made it to Capitol Hill — in the loudest, most historic way! - 4 November is a unique date in modern Egyptian history. It was on this day in 1922 that a young Egyptian boy stumbled upon the first step of a staircase ...
Federal Tax Procedure

Another Bullshit SCE Case the Shelter’s Experts Not Credible (11/4/26) - In *Morgan Run Partners, LLC v. Commissioner*, T.C. Memo. 2026-112 (11/3/26), TC 8669-20 at # 274; TN here, and GS here [to come], Judge Lauber calls out...
Kelchen on Education

The 2026 Election Was a Major Shift. What’s Next for Higher Ed? - Ten years ago this week, I was at the Association for the Study of Higher Education conference in Columbus, Ohio when Donald Trump was elected president in...
Blog of Rights: the American Civil Liberties Union

A Conversation with an Election Expert: Breaking Down This Year’s Election Process - Loyola Law School professor Justin Levitt has worked on elections for 25 years in the government, nonprofits, and academia. He addresses common voter quest...
Next Billion

The Hidden Solution to Off-Grid Solar’s $21 Billion Funding Gap: How Open Source Can Multiply the Impact of Every Dollar Invested - The energy access sector has a math problem. According to Vivien Barnier at the EnAccess Foundation, closing the last-mile electricity gap will require $21...
Chris Blattman

1xBet APK Guide – Download, Register, Bonuses & Secure Mobile Play - Why Choose the 1xBet Mobile App? How to Download and Install the 1xBet APK Registration and Verification – Getting Your Account Ready Bonuses, Promotions, ...
Newtown Creek Alliance

TIDAL TOAST 2026 - Many thanks to everyone who celebrated the Creek with us Thursday, October 22, 2026, at the 9th Annual Tidal Toast! We had a wonderful time connecting with...
If You Can Read This, You're Lying

The Eternal Obama - "If you like your Ancien Régime - you can keep it!" - Louis XV Obama "Nobody messes with Joe!" - Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis...
Patent Docs

The Mental Process Exception to Patentability is Absurd, but Here’s a Quick Fix - By Michael Borella – Grab a pencil. Now train a large language model. Not a big one, mind you. Let’s go small, something in the range of a few billion pa...
Connecticut Employment Law Blog

What Will You Do With Your Employee’s “Agents”? - You might be seeing a pattern here. There’s been a lot of talk on this blog about AI lately and its impact on the workplace. Since a few of my cases reso...
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball

Despite a Blocked Gerrymander, Virginia Democrats Aim for House Gains Anyway - Jeff Schapiro on Virginia's 2026 elections The post Despite a Blocked Gerrymander, Virginia Democrats Aim for House Gains Anyway appeared first on Sabato...
Koehler Law » KOEHLER LAW BLOG

D.C. Civil Protection Order Denied After Trial - Koehler Law prevailed on October 21, 2026 in yet another civil protection order (CPO) trial in D.C. Superior Court. Denying a petition that alleged stal...
On Reserve

NYSLA Now Allows Charitable Donation References on Alcohol Labels - For years, New York alcohol brands that wanted to say “a portion of proceeds supports…” on their labels ran into a wall at the New York State Liquor Author...
Republican Liberty Caucus

Republican Liberty Caucus Supports Defend the Guard Legislation, Commits to Advocate for the Initiative in All States - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 17, 2026 Defend the Guard legislation would prohibit a state’s National Guard units from being deployed into active combat ...
Adam Smith, Esq.

Shout Out to Kirkland - This column is by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq. We generally eschew commenting on daily comings-and-goings in Law Land. We make an exception he...
Political Geography Now

Africa and the World Map: Six Things Everyone Got Wrong About the UN Vote - [image: At top left, a map using the Mercator projection shows northern regions and Antarctica very large compared to tropical regions, but all in familia...
Greg Mankiw's Blog

Economics Teaching Conference - If you might be interested in attending, click here for more information.
Plastic Manzikert

Life on Earth is Hell Enough - The below comes from a sermon I was invited to give at my home church. It was originally published on their website. There’s a video of me giving the serm...
The Massachusetts Real Estate Law Blog

BREAKING: SJC Blocks Rent Control Ballot Initiative From November Ballot - Court Rules Religious Exemption Is Unconstitutional In a major decision affecting the future of Massachusetts housing policy, the Supreme Judicial Court to...
Laila Lalami

Paperback Writer - Well, after some thirty-five stops across the United States, Morocco, the U.K., and Australia, I can finally say that my book tour for The Dream Hotel is d...
Africa Unchained

Industrial Finance for the Twenty-First Century - Equally applicable to Africa, Heberto Limas-Villers writes: Traditional financial institutions have been unable to finance these needs, as most bankers are...
Max Novendstern on The Harvard Political Review

Why Internal Reviews Often Reassure the Public Without Resolving the Problem - Internal reviews often reassure the public without resolving the problem because their first function is frequently institutional stabilization, not deep c...
Community Law Center

Testimonials from How to Start a Nonprofit Workshop - Community Law Center regularly hosts a two-hour training for community members and individuals interested in starting or maintaining their nonprofit. Hea...
Defending People

Hidden Wins - I read a lot of other lawyers' work. When I'm retained to write a petition for discretionary review in the Court of Criminal Appeals, I have to read thei...
Legal Frontiers: McGill's Blog on International Law

The Essential Guide to HIPAA Compliant Mailing for Healthcare Direct Mail Campaigns - In today’s fast-paced world, effective communication is key, especially in the healthcare sector. While digital communication has gained traction over the ...
The Inquisitive Eater

Cinnamon Sugar Toast - “Jack just told everybody that I grew up poor,” my best friend’s voice exclaims through the phone. Jack is her boyfriend, and they’re at one of his college...
Good Intentions Are Not Enough

50 Creative Peer to Peer Fundraising Ideas for Any Cause - Classic Event-Based Ideas That Build Community Traditional events still pack a punch because they combine physical participation with fundraising. Plus, th...
ECO BROOKLYN INC. - Green Design/Build Firm

Urban Landscaping Trends in 2026: What’s Actually Changing in New York (And What Isn’t) - If you work in urban landscaping long enough, you stop paying attention to trends and start paying attention to what survives. That’s where things feel d...
PrawfsBlawg

Meet the new Prawfs, same as the old Prawfs - After twenty years at Typepad, we have completed our move to WordPress and to PrawfsBlawg.com. We have exported all our posts (thanks to Typepad and the IP...
Liquid Infrastructure

Nổ Hũ Uy Tín – Săn Thưởng Khủng, Đổi Đời Trong Vài Phút - Nổ Hũ Uy Tín đã trở thành chủ đề nóng trong cộng đồng game thủ tại Việt Nam. Không chỉ dừng lại ở việc mang đến trải nghiệm giải trí thú vị, nổ hũ còn là c...
Reflections of Fidel

Los Angles: Racist right-wing district attorney townhall meeting disrupted - [image: Protesters outside racist district attorney town hall meeting.] On the evening of September 4, Chicanos from East Los Angeles mobilized to disrupt...
Timbuktu Chronicles

Empire Technologies - Goma DRC - A TRT profile of Empire Technologies:
Factor E Farm Blog

Future Builder Crash Course Is Here - September 1-14, 2025 Factor e Farm, Maysvile, Missouri + Kansas City Area, USA Future Builder Crash Course Build a Complete House in Just 14 Days – Fro...
International Water Law Project Blog

A Treaty on the Brink? India’s Suspension of the IWT and the Case for Cooperative Transboundary Water Governance - The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), a framework for India-Pakistan water cooperation since 1960, faces crisis due to India's suspension amid geopolitical tens...
That's What She Said

Faces of HR: The “Squiggly” Path to People Success—Meet Deel’s Alice Burks - Alice Burks, Deel‘s Director of People Success, is a leader with a mission: to make sure everyone at Deel thrives. With ten years of experience guiding t...
Tort Talk: Updates and Trends in Pennsylvania Civil Litigation Law

Federal Court Addresses Whether Nationwide's "One Product" Policy is a New Policy or a Renewal Policy - [image: Federal Court Addresses Whether Nationwide's] In the case of *McGuire v. Nationwide Aff. Ins. Co. of America*, No. 2:23-CV-01347-NR (W.D. Pa. March...
Bridges from Bamako

The end of the Malian exception? - Mali is a land of rich cultural diversity, this much is certain. The country’s population comprises dozens of ethnic and language groups, from Khassonke in...
Genomics, Medicine, and Pseudoscience

I've moved to Substack. Come join me there. - Hello readers, After blogging on this site since 2007, and at Forbes since 2010, I've moved all of my content over to Substack, at https://stevensalzber...
New York Personal Injury Law Blog

Musk Puts Another Nail in the Twitter Coffin - Elon Musk has confirmed that, if you put a link in a Twitter post, the post will be throttled. In other words, it is a negative for his algorithm. Twitter,...
Gaza Mom

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Chandan Sapkota's blog

Unidentified debts increase public debts higher than projected - According to Fiscal Monitor October 2024, global public debt is expected to exceed $100 trillion, which is about 93% of global GDP, and could reach 100% ...
Robert Reich

How We Take Back the Supreme CourtWhere do you see yourself in... - *How We Take Back the Supreme Court* Where do you see yourself in 2060? What about your kids or grandkids? Will Donald Trump be affecting your life even ...
Riverkeeper Boat Blog

Hudson Valley Wetlands to Gain New Protections in January - Hudson Valley Wetlands to Gain New Protections in January The post Hudson Valley Wetlands to Gain New Protections in January appeared first on Riverkeeper.
Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home

Judge Blocks FTC Noncompete Ban - Just a brief post to note that, as I predicted, a red state judge, at the urging of Republicans, has blocked the FTC from implementing its ban on noncom...
The Namby Pamby

Landlord’s Checklist – Essential Considerations Before Requesting End of Tenancy Cleaning - A vital part of looking after rental properties, end of tenancy cleaning ensures also they are kept neat and tidy for the new tenants. However, before ki...
DomestiKatedLife

Spring Veggie and Salmon Salad. - May is National Salad Month, and I am celebrating with my salad besties at Little Leaf Farms over on Instagram this week! They asked me to share a recipe...
Legally Weird

Would Taking Banksy to Court Mean He'd Have to Reveal His Identity? - Anonymous artist Banksy is facing court. Will he have to reveal his identity in the legal procedings?
Law Across the Wire and Into the Cloud

FTC Pursues Retailer for Intentionally Suppressing Negative Consumer Reviews - The FTC settled with online shoe retailer, Hey Dude, Inc., stating that Hey Dude deceptively suppressed negative consumer reviews of products available o...
TaxProf Blog

Blue J: Implications Of The Legal Singularity For Tax Professionals - Benjamin Alarie (Osler Chair in Business Law, University of Toronto; CEO, Blue J Legal), et al., The Path of Tax Law: Toward Legal Singularity, 180 Tax Not...
Legal Profession Blog

A Hard Pass - The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Judge Bates) has denied injunctive relief to a journalist who covers the White House Simon A...
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog

Article: Proposing a Model Antilapse Clause - Raymond C O’Brien (Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law) and published a Paper titled, Proposing a Model Antilapse Clause, CUA Columbus S...
International Economic Law and Policy Blog

The First CPTPP Panel Report - The first CPTPP panel report, in the Canada - Dairy TRQs case, was just circulated. A case on similar issues has already been litigated under the USMCA, an...
ProfessorBainbridge.com

On losing interest in politics - As I get older, I find myself giving less of a [mild scatalogical expletive omitted] about politics. Which is sort of odd for somebody who once was very en...
White Collar Crime Prof Blog

Trump Indictment # 4 - Georgia-Part One - Fulton County Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis spoke about the Georgia Grand Jury Indictment issued yesterday. A review of the Indictment and my thoug...
Legal Ethics Forum

Launching New Legal Ethics Weekly Roundup - Blogging here at the Legal Ethics Forum has gone quiet in recent years. I've been missing the regular updates and commentary on all things related to legal...
Sahel Blog

Thoughts on Niger’s Coup at the Domestic Level: Proximate Triggers, Structural Causes, and Some Ramifications - On July 26, Niger suffered a coup, or perhaps a show of force that escalated into a coup. Initially, the Presidential Guard surrounded the palace of Presid...
Cafe Hayek

Some Links - (Don Boudreaux) TweetWriting in the Wall Street Journal, NYU physicist Steven Koonin reports on how the Biden White House inadvertently told the truth abou...
Lawfare

UN Special Rapporteur Releases Guantánamo Report - On June 26, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism Fionnuala Ní Aoláin released her report following a technical visit t...
With A Brooklyn Accent

Tennis Memories from a Time When Racism and Anti-Semitism Still Prevailed - I learned tennis at a public park in Brooklyn- Lincoln Terrace- where the teaching pro was a mailman named Phil Rubell. Almost all the kids who took lesson...
The Legal Satyricon

We Need Copyright Eminent Domain - by Marc J. Randazza I can’t take it anymore. I woke up today, looked at my twitter feed, and what do I see? Our hero, Dee Snyder singing his iconic song… i...
Popehat

Customer Agent Rendering - A customer representative or perhaps buyer broker is the strategy of a brokerage or property broker symbolizing a client in an financial commitment transac...
Objectify This

Portable Washing Machine with Wash and Spin Cycles - Summary Living in a small apartment and have no room for a giant washing machine? With a weight of just 24lbs (11kg), the TG23 Portable Washing Machine f...
Bernard Henri Levy

Réponse à Éric Zemmour sur CNEWS - Bernard-Henri était l’invité de Pascal Praud ce vendredi 15 octobre 2021 dans L’Heure des Pros, sur CNEWS, pour répondre aux attaques d’Eric #Zemmour.
Strange Maps | Big Think

Did dark magic conjure up the British Empire? - - An unremarkable stone circle in Mudchute Park is said to have a wild and dark history. - Legend has it that this is where John Dee used magic ...
Bitter Lawyer

Dear Bitter Butch: How Do I Weed Out Creeps? - Dear Bitter Butch, I am a woman back dating men again for the first time in many years which is stressful enough but I’m also in a complicated, non-monog...
Philly Law Blog

I am moving from 2424 Studios (aka I am tired of paying for an office I don’t use). - Effective February 10, I am vacating my office space at 2424 E. York Street. I have been there since 2010, essentially since the building re-opened as an o...
China Law Blog

Harris Bricken Attorneys Secure Lifting of Forced Labor Order - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently revoked a withhold release order (WRO) issued against one of our clients. The WRO was imposed by CBP af...
EnergyRefuge.com Blog

Home Renovation Tips for a More Energy Efficient Home - Even if you’re skeptical about environmental issues, everyone should try to make their homes as energy-efficient as possible. It has been estimated that ...
Jewbonics

Hello world! - Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!
Trial Insider

Judge in Flynn Case Seeks Appeal Rehearing in DC Circuit - Judge Emmet Sullivan has asked the full DC Court of Appeals to reconsider the three-judge ruling that he must dismiss the Michael Flynn case immediately. C...
Bleeding Heart Libertarians

The End - Back in 2011, a group of academic philosophers started a blog called “Bleeding Heart Libertarians.” The idea behind that blog was simple, but also somewh...
Overlawyered

A good run: Overlawyered, 1999-2020 - I published the first Overlawyered post on July 1, 1999, and I expect this post on May 31, 2020 will be the last. As someone in the entertainment world o...
Cato Unbound

Of Groups, Intersections, and the People Who Inhabit Them - Jacob T. Levy The powerful norms and rules that structured life in the American South during slavery and Jim Crow not only prohibited sex between black me...
Syria Comment

Returning to Hafiz al-Assad’s Syria: Bashar Heads Back to the Future in 2020 - President Bashar al-Assad was the main catalyst for reform in Syria’s economy and to a lesser degree in its political institutions before the 2011 uprisi...
Aid Thoughts

The Importance of Being Earnest - There are a couple of things to be excited about. The first is that Ranil has made his Youtube debut. Above you can watch him present on of his PhD papers ...
The Nonprofiteer

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Maghreb Blog

Instant online payday loans bad credit -Take a look at bad credit payday loans - Consumers who want to have an instant loan approved and paid out within 24 hours will find a wide variety of offers on the free financial market. It is n...
New Columbia Heights

D.C. Parks & Rec Summer Camp registration opens soon! - It’s still chilly outside but it’s already time to get ready for summer camp! Registration for D.C.’s Department of Parks and Recreation Summer Camp begin...
A Tunisian Girl /بنيّة تونسية

وداعا طارق الدزيري - استيقظت الآن بعد ليلة متعبة ,اضطررت خلالها الى التنفس بالاكسيجين كثمن ليومين أرهقت فيهما جسدي كثيرا , لأعرف برحيل جريح الثورة طارق الدزيري . رحم الله...
Arbitration and the Law | Arbitration Nation

Arbitration 101: Arbitrator Disclosures (and Repeat Players) - I have to confess something: I just returned from sunny California where I attended an excellent arbitrator training course put on by the American Arbitrat...
Crime and Consequences Blog

Abolish the Police? - Some ideas of the soft-on-crime crowd are simply misguided, but some are so bizarre as to make one question their sanity. Christopher Rufo has this article...
peter tinti

It’s Not Just Trump: There’s a Worldwide War on Asylum Seekers - VICE Wealthy countries are making it harder and harder for the world’s most desperate people to seek refuge. This month, the Supreme Court decided to allow...
The Human Rights Brief

What Far-Right Populism Means for Human Rights in Europe - “Across Europe, populists are saying that it’s not democracy they aim to discard, but liberalism.” This was the consensus reached by New York Times repor...
Foreign & International Blog

2019 FCIL-SIS Schaffer Grant Recipient Presentation July 18 2019 - We were honored to host veteran open-access activist, Ms.
sahelsounds

Balani Show, Origins - “Balani Show” is a Malian phenomena with two decades of history. Surprisingly, there is little about it, even in Western academic circles. In Mali, it’s so...
Think Africa Press

Emerging occupations and businesses - In developed areas, a whole range of service providing businesses is booming. Floor installation, home and carpet cleaning (have a look at carpet cleanin...
Law and the Multiverse

Awesome Con 2019 - For DC-area readers: I will be at Awesome Con in Washington, DC this Friday, April 26th! I will be part of a panel on “Law and Order in Comics” along with ...
Tikkun Daily Blog

What is really happening in Venezuela? - I just returned from 11 days in Venezuela, my sixth trip there since 2005. Many people have asked me how they can understand what’s really happening in Ven...
Brooklyn Historical Society Blog

Photo of the Week: A Man Playing the Trumpet in Prospect Park - Spring is in the air here in Brooklyn! It’s time to shed those protective layers, put away that winter jacket, and enjoy the warm weather! Whether it be ta...
sahelsounds

Ahmed Ag Kaedy – Akaline Kidal - Akaline Kidal by Ahmed Ag Kaedy The new album from Ahmed Ag Kaedy “Akaline Kidal” is a very long time in the making. I first met Ahmed years back, in 2009,...
Injustice Everywhere

Never Before Told Stories About Marijuana Medical Cards Guide That You Need to Read or Be Left Out - Never Before Told Stories About Marijuana Medical Cards Guide That You Need to Read or Be Left Out You might learn more about obtaining a state ID card in ...
The Federal Criminal Appeals Blog

Finally, the Government is held to the same standard(s) as criminal defendants on appeal… - Talk to anyone lucky enough to earn his/her livelihood through criminal appellate practice, and you’ll likely hear some version of the following complaint:...
Kiera Feldman

How the Trash Industry Worked Overtime Trying to Thwart New York City’s Reform Plans - The trash industry spent $500,000 fighting NYC’s reform plan. Their lobbyist drafted legislation that’d block the city’s overhaul. And the councilman pus...
Pint of Law

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Serious Business

What Great Mystery - Hey, been a minute. Do people even write blogs anymore? Should I just put this on my livejournal? So it's a new year, and everyone's already written their ...
Supreme Court Haiku Reporter

Mount Lemmon Fire District v. Guido (Nov. 6, 2018) - ADEA grabs State and local government No matter how small Opinion
Global Health Policy

The Myth of Capitalism: Global Implications of Market Concentration - *Featuring * *Denise Hearn*, Co-author, The Myth of Capitalism *Jonathan Tepper*, Co-author, The Myth of Capitalism *Sarah Miller*, Deputy Director, Ope...
Global Development: Views from the Center

The Myth of Capitalism: Global Implications of Market Concentration - *Featuring * *Denise Hearn*, Co-author, The Myth of Capitalism *Jonathan Tepper*, Co-author, The Myth of Capitalism *Sarah Miller*, Deputy Director, Ope...
Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Blog

The Myth of Capitalism: Global Implications of Market Concentration - *Featuring * *Denise Hearn*, Co-author, The Myth of Capitalism *Jonathan Tepper*, Co-author, The Myth of Capitalism *Sarah Miller*, Deputy Director, Ope...
David Fricke in Rolling Stone

Flashback: Taylor Swift Makes Her Awards Show Debut in 2007 - Watch Swift perform her debut single "Tim McGraw" at the Academy of Country Music Awards, right before meeting the man himself
Greening The Apple

Under the Sea: From Cape May-Lewes Ferry to Artificial Reef - by Sherilyn Lau Have you ever wondered what’s on the ocean floor? Or maybe you’ve thought about what type of home supports marine life such as sea whips ...
Healthy Waters for EPA's Mid-Atlantic Region

Under the Sea: From Cape May-Lewes Ferry to Artificial Reef - by Sherilyn Lau Have you ever wondered what’s on the ocean floor? Or maybe you’ve thought about what type of home supports marine life such as sea whips ...
Science

Under the Sea: From Cape May-Lewes Ferry to Artificial Reef - by Sherilyn Lau Have you ever wondered what’s on the ocean floor? Or maybe you’ve thought about what type of home supports marine life such as sea whips ...
It's Our Environment

Under the Sea: From Cape May-Lewes Ferry to Artificial Reef - by Sherilyn Lau Have you ever wondered what’s on the ocean floor? Or maybe you’ve thought about what type of home supports marine life such as sea whips ...
Big Blue Thread

Under the Sea: From Cape May-Lewes Ferry to Artificial Reef - by Sherilyn Lau Have you ever wondered what’s on the ocean floor? Or maybe you’ve thought about what type of home supports marine life such as sea whips ...
Environmental Justice

Under the Sea: From Cape May-Lewes Ferry to Artificial Reef - by Sherilyn Lau Have you ever wondered what’s on the ocean floor? Or maybe you’ve thought about what type of home supports marine life such as sea whips ...
Aguanomics

The beginning of the end - borrowed wisdom is still wisdomGreetings readers! After 10 years, I am going to stop blogging at aguanomics. I am doing this because I have written quite ...
Texas Prison Bid'ness

Somali Refugees Beaten by ICE Speak Out - As an update to our previous story, “LaSalle Guards Beat, Pepper Sprayed African Asylum Seekers,” The Intercept reported on the grave abuses suffered by ...
Rosebell's Blog

How the Congolese lost their Cultural Heritage and Business to Chinese Textile Industry - I read this article and realised the loss is not unique to the Congolese. Everywhere in Africa even as governments fight second hand clothes, we are still...
Everything Tarantino

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood - The new Tarantino movie has been titled, and Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio are set to star Tarantino describes the film as “a story that takes place in L...
New York Renovator

The New Not-So-Big House - I just finished flipping through my New Old House magazine. I got it a few weeks ago (it’s the winter 2008 edition) but hadn’t gotten to it until now. An e...
Nicholas Kristof

This Blog, R.I.P. - We're closing the blog — but you're still stuck with my writing!
John Campbell: Africa in Transition

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Bambara Glossary

_ be min? - where is the _?
_ba - big _
_mugu - _ powder
_ni - little _
_tigi - _ owner
_yuro - _place
a - he/she/it
ala - Allah
alimami - imam
Arabu - Arab
Arabuke - Arab man
bamana - Bambara
bana - disease
bana - done, gone, over
banakise - disease seed (germ)
bara - gourd
bara - work
barake - to work
been - grass
biki - pen
bileni - red
bo - poop
bobaga - termite
bobara - poop gourd (butt)
bobaraba - big poop gourd (big butt)
boci - poop message (fart)
boda - poophole
bogo - mud
bogo - mud
boke - to poop
bokeyuro - pooping place
boli - to run
bolo - hand
boloko - circumcision
briki - bricks
brikigoshila - brick mason
bubutiga - big monkey
buru - bread
butigi - bodega
butigitigi - bodega owner
ce - man
chaufferke - driver
chenchen - sand
Christien - Christian
ci - message
da - hole, mouth
daba - hoe
deenia - religion
den - child
dence - boy
denmisen - children
denmuso - girl
difle - cup
dinge - hole
dinge - pit
djinnimuri - magic
dogotoro - doctor
dolo - alcohol
donne donne - little by little
dougou - city
dougouboda - city poop hole (exit from a city)
dugutigi - village chief
dumini - food
duminike - to eat
e - you
e be sho dun! - you eat beans! (the only joke in Mali)
e joo ta! - take your vagina and go! (fuck off)
fali - donkey
fali wotro - donkey cart
fato - crazy, crazy person
fen - thing
fereke - to sell
fimma - black
fono - to vomit
foro - field
forro (rolled like in Spanish) - penis
fugula - hat
fugula nafama - important hat (condom)
fura - medicine
furu - to marry
furusirike - to conduct a marriage ceremony
gabakaruw - rocks
garabout - beggar boy
graveli - gravel
homologue - counterpart
islamiya - Muslim
jakuma - cat
jakuma den - kitten
jemma - white
ji - water
jidaga - cistern
joli - blood
jon - slave
jongolo - boner
joo - vagina
jooke - literally, the verb form of "vagina"; to have sex
kaba - corn
kalo - moon, month
kami - guinea hen
kami fen - guinea hen egg
kan - throat, language
ke - man
keni - cooked rice
kise - seed
ko - to wash
koko - salt
kolon - well
kongo - field
kono - bird
kono - stomach
konoboli - running stomach (diarrhea)
kun - to swallow
kunfulanitu - cholera
liburu - book
malo - uncooked rice
mana - plastic
menagiere - carpenter
mi - to drink
mine - to catch
misi - cow
misimarala - cow herder
misiri - mosque
misitigi - cow owner
mobili - car
mobiliba - big car (bus)
moto - motorcycle
muso - woman
n - I/me
na - sauce
nafa - wealth
nafama - important
nege - metal
negeso - bicycle
negesotigi - bicycle owner
nono - milk
ntori - frog
nu - nose
nugu - booger
nuji - nose water (snot)
nyegen - latrine
nyegenji - latrine water
nyo - millet
pele - shovel
pikaxi - pickax
piki - pick
pyu pyu - completely
saga - sheep
salidaga - plastic teapot used for ass washing
sanike - to buy
segele - guinea worm
segeleke - to limp, as though you have a guinea worm coming out of your foot
seneke - to farm
she - chicken
she fen - chicken thing (egg)
shi dinge - shea butter rotting pit
shi tulu - shea butter
sho - beans
shubaga - evil sorcerer
SIDA - AIDS
sinakun - joking cousin
siri - to tie
so - horse
so - house
sogo - meat
sogoni - little meat (little penis)
sogosogo - to cough
solo - parrot
solo - pulley
soon - to fast
soonkalo - fast month (Ramadan)
sugunye - pee
sugunyeke - to pee
sugunyekeyuro - peeing place
sunguruba - prostitute
sungurubatigi - pimp
ta - go, take
tiga - peanut
tigadega - peanut butter
tigadegana - peanut butter sauce
toh - millet goop, Mali's staple food
tokotokoni - dysentery
tonkono - duck
trueli - trowel
Tubabu - white person
Tubabukan - white person language (French)
Tubabuke - white man
tulu - oil
tumu - worm, worms
wara - any kind of mammal
wara ba - big animal (lion)
wara bileni - red mammal (monkey)
wari - money
waritigi - money owner (rich person)
woro - kola nut
wotro - wagon
wulu - dog
wulu den - puppy
wulutigi - dog owner
wuluwulu - wastewater
wuluwuludinge - wastewater pit
yiri - tree, wood

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

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