I stumbled on this article today and I must admit it’s hilarious: John McCain doesn’t use e-mail. So it was downright odd to see one of his aides hold up a BlackBerry on Tuesday and claim that the Arizona senator somehow deserves credit for its existence. “He did this,” economic policy adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin told [...]
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No more porn for soldiers!
I love that one: Soldiers Say Porn Ban May Hurt Morale GRAFENWOHR, Germany — Legislation that would restrict the sale of certain men’s magazines on U.S. military bases around the world would be bad for morale, according to soldiers at Grafenwöhr. U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga., has introduced legislation that would close a loophole in [...]
FBI is in your computer
Still while browsing today I came across this interesting post: If you can adequately outline what this program does, please email me, X@X.com. The entire program runs 41 single spaced pages, too large for here, but I’ll gladly upload entirety to all takers. I believe it is evidence of illegal FBI data harvesting from ALL [...]
Bush wants more terrorist surveillance.
Text of President Bush on Wednesday, as provided by the White House. Director, thank you for joining me. Good morning. At this moment, somewhere in the world, terrorists are planning new attacks on our country. Their goal is to bring destruction to our shores that will make September the 11th pale by comparison. To carry [...]
Sex Offender Wins $10M – Why I don’t care about the $10M
Most of you are probably aware of this news, but if you aren’t here’s the story in brief: BOSTON (AP) – A man listed as one of the state’s most dangerous sex offender has won $10 million in the Massachusetts lottery, but the attention may have landed him in new trouble. Daniel Snay had been [...]