Morning Matters

• Well played, Reuters. Well played.
• Google is oddly censoring ads that include the names of corporations, and cowardly caving each time a company claims a trademark violation. Standard libertarian disclaimer: Google can run its ad program however it pleases. And I can criticize them for it when they implement stupid policies that violate their own “don’t be evil” motto.
• Federal appeals court strikes down gag provision associated with the National Security Letter portion of the PATRIOT ACT. Good. That was a particularly Orwellian part of an already creepy bill. Made it illegal for you to tell anyone if you discovered the government was spying on you. Even if you’d done nothing wrong.
• Fuck You Penguin. Dude has apparently had his fill of cute animals.
• Marijuana still not eradicated. Clearly we need tougher drug laws.
• You know the economy’s gone south when even the lawyers are having a hard time making ends meet.
• Puzzling headline of the day.
• Looks like some big names in the GOP were on the Freddy Mac payroll, too.

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