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When I first saw headlines about this case the other day, I thought it was just some douchebag trying to get away with driving alone in a California carpool lane. It turns out the Jonathan Frieman is actually trying to accomplish something much larger. 

He is contesting his ticket based on the premise that he was carrying papers of incorporation in the car and corporations are people, thus meaning there was more than one person in the car. He actually wants to lose the case at this level so he can appeal, ideally all the way to the US Supreme Court. The goal is to overturn the fundamentally flawed premise of corporate personhood. 

Go Jonathan!

Frieman contests carpool violation, corporate personhood…
A lone Marin driverâ?™s naughty sneak into the carpool lane could spell the end of corporate personhood as we know itâ?”or at least thatâ?™s San Rafael resident Jonathan Friemanâ?™s plan, as he heads …

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More than 4% of drivers admit to falling asleep at the wheel within the last mon…

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More than 4% of drivers admit to falling asleep at the wheel within the last month

http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-drowsy-drivers-20130103,0,7459771.story

People don't like to acknowledge it but the truth is that drivers are usually the weakest link in the automotive transportation system. Engineers are working hard to mitigate the risks caused by bad or inappropriate behavior behind the wheel such as systems to detect when the driver is getting drowsy or the car is drifting out of the lane. 

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NASCAR only stopped using leaded gas in 2008

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NASCAR has long been popular in the deep south and there has been a big decline in attendance and ratings in the last several years. Just saying…

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Does leaded gasoline cause crime?

+Mother Jones magazine makes the case that air pollution from leaded gasoline caused the massive US crime epidemic that peaked out in the early 1970s. They also correlate high lead consumption with lower IQ, teen pregnancy and other things.

Does this correlation suggest causation? If so, are other toxins causing other unnecessary problems?

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-link-gasoline

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This is why I still use a 5th gen iPod Nano to listen to podcasts 1

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This is why I still use a 5th gen iPod Nano to listen to podcasts

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Why "Podcasts" is the worst app Apple has ever made:

The worst app Apple ever made
Apple does a lot of things right, but this app is such a huge misfire, it rates only 1.5 stars in the App Store. Fortunately, there are some great alternatives. Read this article by Rick Broida on CNE…

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I hope this deal doesn't go through! 1

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+Waze is a very cool cross-platform, crowd-sourced navigation and alert app that currently works on iOS and Android. It's a safe bet that if Apple does buy Waze, they will the Android version and just roll this into their own maps app which would be a real shame

Rumors of Apple’s potential Waze acquisition heat up – $750 million said to be the magic number
Following multiple reports from Wednesday that suggested Apple (AAPL) has an interest in acquiring social navigation service Waze, a new report suggests that negotiations between the two companies ……


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To anyone that is even remotely tech savvy, release windows have long since ceased… 1

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To anyone that is even remotely tech savvy, release windows have long since ceased to be even remotely relevant

If season 2 of Downton Abbey hadn't been such a disappointment, we likely would have already seen even before it's broadcast here in the US just as we did last year. As it is, we probably won't bother this time. Nonetheless we and tens of millions of others around the world have watched plenty of other programs when they were first broadcast rather than waiting for some arbitrary release schedule. Just consider how many people have downloaded Game of Thrones (which we did pay for with our HBO subscription).

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Brad is 100% correct. 

Editorial: Media ‘release windows’ are increasingly archaic, futile and hostileEditorial: Media ‘release windows’ are increasingly archaic, futile and hostile
Last week’s Downton Abbey broadcast debacle, while not representative of the world’s most acute problems, unnervingly illustrated one of the many ways

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There are no shortage of people in American politics that should be utterly disregarded…

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There are no shortage of people in American politics that should be utterly disregarded in all respects, Vanity Fair picks out 13 of them

13 People to Ignore in Politics in 2013
From world affairs to entertainment, business to fashion, crime to society, Vanity Fair is a cultural catalyst that drives the popular dialogue globally.

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