A couple links for a busy day:

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110201/10252412910/homeland-security-...

It appears that Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division, and their incredibly sloppy domain seizure operations, have moved on to the next phase -- as was promised by both ICE boss, John Morton, and IP Enforcement Coordinator, Victoria Espinel. The timing on this one is particularly bizarre -- and politically stupid.

That's because the the domain seizure is for the Spanish streaming site Rojadirecta. Yes, ICE seized the domain name of a foreign company. And it gets worse. Rojadirecta is not just some fly-by-night operation run out of someone's basement or something. It's run by a legitimate company in Spain, and the site's legality has been tested in the Spanish courts... and the site was declared legal

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Update on the story I posted last week about Sarah Palin applying for a registered trademark on her name.
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/02/sarah-palin-trademark-rejecte...
Sarah Palin's apparent attempt to trademark her name has just run into a legal obstacle -- specifically, she didn't sign the papers.

HA!

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and in today's trash photos we have a lost puppy and some colorful paper.