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Dunn’s Done

November 6, 2007 – 8:46 am

Oy vey…
State Rep. Jim Dunn will be stripped of his committee assignments and denied travel reimbursement after the 17th District lawmaker made what even Dunn acknowledged was an “inappropriate” remark to a woman at a legislative function in the Tri-Cities last month…snip…
“I opened my mouth inappropriately and apologized for it,” Dunn said. He said he [...]

Posted in 17th Leg District, Clark County, Ethics, Local issues, Republicans | Comments (1)

Some tips on viewing video on the web

November 3, 2007 – 11:32 am

Some people don’t know this, so it might be worth sharing…
If you want to watch a rather longish video on Google Video, YouTube (some people manage to squeak in a half-hour or longer video, despite YouTube’s limit of 10 minutes, believe it or not.) etc.,  the trick is to let it load up for a [...]

Posted in Dept. of just Sayin', Miscellaneous, War on terror | Comments (0)

Crazy Rulers of the World

November 3, 2007 – 10:55 am

So, what does David Koresh, Barney the Dinosaur, Lindy England, Matchbox 20, hamsters and New Age music have in common?Lots, according to British journalist Jon Ronson.
Ronson, whose book The Men Who Stare at Goats was one of my favorite reads this busy summer, did a companion piece TV series entitled Crazy Rulers of the World.It’s [...]

Posted in Miscellaneous, War on terror | Comments (0)

Absurd Image of the Week: Harry Potter and the Russian Orthodox Hobgoblins

October 30, 2007 – 7:24 am

Some sinisterly attired Russian Orthodox Church members hold a rally and burn Harry Potter books. One of them looks like Santa Claus in Laibach drag.

Found at English Russia

Sphere: Related Content

Posted in Culture, Miscellaneous, Religion | Comments (0)

Haunted Jukebox

October 28, 2007 – 6:23 pm

I actually got through most of October without making a Halloween playlist. Can you believe it?
I haven’t had the time to do any fancy assemblage or mixing, so instead spent nearly as much time mucking around with SeeqPod and selecting songs.
As much as I like gathering my own songs from my CD, record, tape and [...]

Posted in Music | Comments (0)

Spying on Your Kids

October 25, 2007 – 7:41 am

Brain-dead morning chat show on high tech devices with which to spy on your own children.
What better way to simultaneously say to your children that you are too damn lazy to parent correctly and that they are also untrustable?
Watch it here.
It starts out with the expected internet and computer monitoring devices and gets more and [...]

Posted in Dept. of just Sayin', Domestic spying, Ethics | Comments (0)

Why Telecom Immunity is a Win-Win Situation for Telcos

October 22, 2007 – 8:35 pm

Although the scope of surveillance conducted under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act remains shrouded in secrecy, newly disclosed documents show the costs one company charges the government to eavesdrop on customers.Comcast, which is among the nation’s largest telecommunication companies, charges $1,000 to install a FISA wiretap and $750 for each additional month authorities want to [...]

Posted in Corporate control, Domestic spying, Privacy, War on terror | Comments (1)

Why Telecom Immunity is a Bad Idea

October 22, 2007 – 11:37 am

Immunity for Telecoms May Set Bad Precedent, Legal Scholars Say
Retroactive Protection Could Create Problems in the Future
When previous Republican administrations were accused of illegality in the FBI and CIA spying abuses of the 1970s or the Iran-Contra affair of the 1980s, Democrats in Congress launched investigations or pushed for legislative reforms.
But last week, faced with [...]

Posted in Congress, Constitution, Domestic spying, Privacy, War on terror | Comments (1)

Paranoia Runs Deep…

October 21, 2007 – 2:32 pm

RAW correspondant Ron Rosenbaum on why we shouldn’t be paranoid, yet should be very wary of National Security Presidential Directive 51, a poorly defined contingency plan to retain a Constitutional government in the aftermath of an undetermined disaster.
It’s so secret that even Homeland Security committee members can’t look at the details:
Who Will Rule Us After [...]

Posted in Congress, Constitution, Voting, War on terror | Comments (0)

Radio host Rhodes hurt in fall, not attack

October 17, 2007 – 7:39 am

A case of pre-mature blog-u-lation, apparently:
Randi Rhodes, the Air America radio host who began her talk-show career on South Florida’s WIOD 610-AM, was injured Sunday night when she fell near her apartment on Manhattan’s East Side.
The circumstances of that fall were murky Tuesday. Monday night, Air America’s Jon Elliott announced on his show that [...]

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