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Should teachers be allowed to “friend” students on Facebook?

Cidu Bill on Aug 4th 2011

Article and poll here

Filed in Bill Bickel, CJA, Facebook, polls | Comments Off

Ticketing Texters

Cidu Bill on Jul 22nd 2011

The Philadelphia PD has a new plan to “warn” anybody they see texting while walking. Only a warning. No plans down the road for this cash-starved city to give actual tickets. If you believe that, I think the Ben Franklin Bridge is for sale.

There’s a poll seeking your thoughts on the matter, but it’s not here: I’m putting together a new site for Crime, Justice & America magazine (again???) and the poll is part of the site’s test drive. Honestly, it’s still in the beta-beta stage, but the poll is working, so you’re all invited to stop by and vote. Or comment. Or whatever.

CJA Poll

Filed in Bill Bickel, Philadelphia, polls, texting | Comments Off

According to a new poll…

Cidu Bill on Aug 19th 2010

… 18% of the American public believe Obama’s a Muslim. If you think that’s bad, what until you hear the percentage who believe he’s black.

Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, politics, polls, religion | 105 responses so far

Sexist or Not?

Cidu Bill on Nov 18th 2009

Sarah Palin complained that this week’s Newsweek cover is sexist, and… well, I think I sort of agree, though we might be dealing with semantics here: Certainly Newsweek chose this particular photo with the inten of trivializing Palin (the photo is real, but was taken earlier this year as part of a spread for Runner’s World magazine). And they probably wouldn’t have used this sort of photo to trivialize a male politician (can you imagine a cover story about Obama’s domestic policy agenda being illustrated with this?

So if using a “sexy” cover photo of a female politician is a context where you wouldn’t use one of a male politician is sexist, then I find myself in the odd position of siding with Palin.

Of course what I found most interesting about all this was Palin’s comment on the cover, ending with “If anyone can learn anything from it: it shows why you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, gender, or color of skin” — clear proof, I guess, that she writes her own material. I mean, I sort of maybe know what she’s kind of getting at here, but…

And actually what makes that quote more interesting is the fact that it was written (apparently) on the same day that she vigorously defended racial profiling on the Sean Hannity show.

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Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, Fort Hood, Fox News, Newsweek, Runner's World, Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, media, politics, polls, racial profiling | 43 responses so far

Ho White and the Seven Dwarves

Cidu Bill on Oct 18th 2009

“Disney, which owns the copyright for Snow White and the Seven Dwarves…” I think not, Fox News (their story). Disney does own the rights to their specific cartoon images of Snow and her little pals, though, so the question here is whether Australia’s Jamieson’s Raspberry Ale label is too close to this

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Just for the record, the first 12 members of the CIDU jury to cast votes ruled 8-4 in favor of the defense. Or, I guess, the defence.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Crimeweek, Disney, Snow White, Weird World of Crime, copyright, law, polls, trademarks | 26 responses so far

GlennBeckRapedAndMurderedAYoungGirlIn1990.com

Cidu Bill on Oct 2nd 2009

An NPR article on the controversy

The web site itself (NSFW)

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Filed in Bill Bickel, Glenn Beck, Internet, NPR, humor, polls, satire | 41 responses so far

PHCIDU

Cidu Bill on Jun 9th 2009

I’m a big fan of National Public Radio, and I enjoy almost everything they have to offer — and then Prairie Home Companion comes on the air, and it’s like a black hole.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Garrison Keillor, NPR, National Public Radio, Prairie Home Companion, polls | 45 responses so far