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Today in History (1862) - The U.S. government forbids all Union army officers from returning fugitive slaves, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation. On the same day in 1865, the Confederate Congress voted to enlist 300,000 black troops, granting them freedom with the consent of their owners. Lee surrendered a few weeks later. |
Funny clip from a cybersquatting case:
(Garden of Life, Inc. v. Letzer, 2004 WL 1152866 (C.D. Cal. 2004))
Perhaps we ought to rethink our hopes that a multi-billion dollar corporation called "Blog De Novo" will emerge and buy us out for a pretty sum.
Nick,
As Jerry Seinfeld might ask, "Are you master of your domain?"
This piece reminded me of the guy who asked a beautiful young lady if she would have sex with him for a $1 million. She answered, "Why yes". He then asked, "How about for $25.00?" Highly infuriated, she replied, "What do you think I am?" He retorted, "We've already decided that; we're merely haggling over the price." [Does any one know who deserves credit for this anecdote?]
Posted by: Shag from Brookline at June 22, 2004 08:21 AMI had heard the anecdote attributed to GBShaw, but I cannot verify that. In the version I heard, he was at a dinner party at which he posed the question to a very upper crust lady. The amounts involved differ slightly from your version, but I have no idea what the currency conversion rate might have been at the time at which this supposedly occurred.
Posted by: raj at June 22, 2004 01:10 PM