well this is interesting: I’m picking up suggestions that Thiel’s camp is going to make hay off the Google memo and response, and that there may have been a contingency plan for just such an event

Recruitment’s tough, tougher if H1-Bs tighten, “I’ll protect you from the ravening hordes” is an appealing benefit. God knows the Hogan thing proved he was willing to spend in court and get crosswise with Anil Dash and the Gawker diaspora in service of breaking the fever.