Things sure are weird in this country. People will just accept the oddest things. I wonder how long it will be before DHS can copy all photos and papers you take on a trip? They can seize and copy your entire laptop every time you cross the border. Next time you come back into the [...]
Politics
So they want us to leave or what?
From the UK Timesonline website: The remarks appeared to boost Mr Obama but left the White House and the McCain campaign with a dilemma. The Republican candidate’s representatives found themselves in the extraordinary position of implying that the Iraqis did not really mean what they were saying. Iraq: we want US troops out in two [...]
Now they try talking
The President of Iran is a nut. But apparently our government now realizes that sometimes we have to speak with nuts to move things along. It worked with North Korea, wonder what took them so long?
That's a long 15 minutes
Jesse, please stop. We all care for you and respect you. But you need to stop being the story right now.
The Senate rolls over and plays dead
President Nixon Bush got what he wanted: Senate bows to Bush, approves surveillance bill. The news article mentions that the old FISA rules were a problem, and that Congress did not want to deal with this in an election year. Even Senator Obama folded on this one. I guess his ambition is greater than his [...]
Good read re warrantless wiretapping
Salon has a good write up on Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation Inc. v. Bush from one of the lawyers involved. If you are a “Get them before they get us” type, don’t bother reading. If you think everyone has to obey the law (meaning me, you, you, and especially YOU), then it’s a long read but [...]
Judge got wiretapping issue right
This judge apparently rejects the “It’s a State Secret ’cause WE say so” idea. Cool. And since it’s an election year, I expect Congress to mess this up.
