Daily Blend: Monday, June 20, 2011

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Corporations are people. Psychopathic lying assholes with less human empathy than Jeffrey Dahmer and a bloodier legacy than al-Qaeda could ever dream of … but still, people.

• Radley Balko: Myths of the Criminal Justice System: Part 1/3. Features Double Jeopardy, conviction-less punishment and “ignorance” defense.

• Caveat emptor: Apple’s iCloud service [pictured] apparently doesn’t receive Fourth Amendment protections.
  (via @normative)

• Missing the critical difference between remarking that women who knowingly, deliberately and willingly dress sexily (as part of their job) do, in fact, look sexually appealing, and actual objectification. And griping over the presence of the teenaged daughter is little more than pearl-clutching.

• AlterNet article “5 Myths Atheists Believe about Religion” contains some notable truths, but also a gross mischaracterization of Greta Christina’s claim that “all religions are equally crazy”. (My comment, here.)
  (via @todayspolitics)

• Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) blames massive Arizona wildfires on illegal immigrants. Of course.
  (via @todayspolitics)

• BeautifulPeople.com suffers “ugly invasion” due to “Shrek virus”. No comment.

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Tags: Radley Balko • iCloud • Fourth Amendment • Jennifer McCreight • Hooters Girls • Robert Sherman • sexual objectification • Greta Christina • Be Scofield • atheists • John McCain • illegal immigrants • Arizona • wildfires • BeautifulPeople.com • beauty • vanity • Shrek virus • dating websites