New South Dakota State Motto: Just Shut Up and Have Your Damn Baby!. Dude, i'm never going there. Not that i was planning a vacation to South Dakota anytime soon, but obviously their politicians are a bunch of woman-hating jackasses. The South Dakota House of Representatives voted 54-14 Tuesday to ban almost all… [Eat Your Vegetables]

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well, i say boycott them. don't travel there, don't do business there, be socially responsible and boycot south dakota until they treat people as free, intelligent beings capable of deciding their own future.

New issue of Learned Publishing. The January issue of Learned Publishing is now online (only the TOC and abstracts are accessible to non-subscribers). Here are the OA-related articles.

• Jayne Marks and Timo Hannay, Evolving scholarly communication
• David C. Prosser, Between a rock and a hard place: the big squeeze for small publishers
• Cliff Morgan, Metadata for STM journal publishers: a review of the current scene
• Valerie Bence and Charles Oppenheim, The role of academic journal publications in the UK Research Assessment Exercise

[Open Access News]

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some important articles here….

God, no. Shelby: Moore bill will pass Senate If this ridiculous piece of legislation passes, it will probably be ruled unconstitutional anyway…. [War Liberal]

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dumbest bill ever! why would you remove anything from court review….

Book review: Campaigning Online. Peter Lurie has written a thoughtful review of a book by Bruce A. Bimber and Richard Davis: Campaigning Online: The Internet and US Elections.”Analyzing the evidence as to four components of successful campaigning — opinion reinforcement, activism, fundraising, and voter… [InternetPolicy.net]

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well, i'd consider using this book if i teach political communication on the internet again.