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No Pun Intended

July 28, 2006

I haven’t read it yet - I’m still marvelling at the headline: Intelligence Issues for Congress

Intelligence issues? Really?
Of course, they’re presumable talking about espionnage-type “intelligence,” or something of that sort. But it’s fun to think that maybe they’re all sitting around debating the meriots of their collective idiocy.

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Why Can’t You Find a Good Deal Online Anymore

July 27, 2006

Shortly after the dot-com bubble burst, I was in my early years of college, drinking too much, getting shot down relentlessly by hopelessly attractive girls, etc. But I was internet savvy, which gave me a leg up, so-to-speak. Most of my friends from high school never jumped on the internet bandwagon - they […]

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Analog

July 27, 2006

I just had an “analog moment.”
Taking an inquiry from a co-worker about one of my files, I got up to go back to the file room and retrieve it. About halfway there, I stopped, and realized that all of our documents are scanned into a viewable database that I can access from my desktop […]

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Flag Waving

July 26, 2006

As far as I’m aware, this resolution really stems from Condominium and Subdivision associations which ban the display of “flags” or pelicans or inflatable kiddie pools within the commons or limited commons - and for subdivisions, on the private property, as well. The fact of the matter, is that these situations can already be […]

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An “Operational Mistake”

July 26, 2006

When I turned on the news this morning, everyone was up-in-arms, demanding an apology from Kofi Annan, for jumping to the conclusion that the attack was “deliberate.” Accordingly, I felt that I needed to justify yesterday’s dispatches against the “deliberate” attack. I’m no Annan supporter, but given Israel’s track-record with regard to urban-warfare […]

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Liberty: An inconvenience

July 26, 2006

Our liberties are incongruent with the war on terror, an incovnenience to those in power. Many of us have long suspected it, and we can not thank CIA Director Michael Hayden for revealing the truth:
Why should our laws make it more difficult to target al Qaeda communications that are most important to us — […]

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Washington Upholds Gay Marriage Ban

July 26, 2006

If your interest is in regulating product “A,” it’s all but retarded to ban things that, by definition, are “not-A.” The Washington State courts upheld the ban on gay marriages, leaving Massachussetts as the only state in the union where gay and lesbian marriages are state-sanctioned. I found the following rationale to be […]

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