2014-02-13

supergee: (questions)
2014-02-13 06:25 am

Liberty, not license

The Republicans in Tennessee, being Republicans, believe that corporations, being people, should be allowed to do whatever they want to, unless of course they want to let their workers unionize.

Thanx to Charles P. Pierce.
supergee: (edit)
2014-02-13 06:37 am

I put a spell on you

We used to hear a lot about simplified spelling. Why don't we just spell words phonetically, the way they sound? Well, for two good reasons:

1. That would cover up the subtle relationships in the derivation of words.

2. One person's clear, obvious phonetic spelling is another person's funny dialect writing.

Computers have solved that problem.

Thanx to Chronicle
supergee: (reclining)
2014-02-13 07:05 am

Shouldn't be news

Someone in the Scottish government has noticed that decriminalizing sex work would make it safer for sex workers.

Thanx to [livejournal.com profile] andrewducker