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Another Runaway General: Army Deploys Psy-Ops on U.S. Senators | Rolling Stone Politics
Shared by trygveThe U.S. Army illegally ordered a team of soldiers specializing in psychological operations to manipulate visiting American senators into providing more troops and funding…
Wow…
The New Jasper Fforde: A Brave New BookWorld!
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If you haven’t tried the Thursday Next series (starting with The Eyre Affair), I highly recommend it. They’re smart, funny, and extremely creative. Unfortunately, I suspect this…
Income inequality in America: reality vs. fantasy
Musician/Comedian Faces 20 Years In Jail For Silly Video No Different Than Done On TV & In Movies
Slashdot points us to yet another example of overzealous prosecutors going after someone with felony charges for a joke (perhaps done in poor taste). In this case, it involves 21-year-old…
ICE Finally Admits It Totally Screwed Up; Next Time, Perhaps It'll Try Due Process
While the folks at Homeland Security refused to even admit that they had totally screwed up and seized a domain with 84,000 (mostly legal) websites last week, apparently someone at Homeland…
Circumstances Under Which I Will Remember Your Birthday
- We’re related
- It’s close to mine
- I have devised a mnemonic
- We’ve made out
- I really really wish we had made out
- It’s in the corner when I log into Facebook
- That’s it
The Big Tell
In all the swirl and drama of events in Wisconsin and all the competing fiscal accounts, one thing is pretty undeniable: the crux of the fight isn’t about reductions in benefits, it’s about the…
Mrs. Bush, Abstinence and Texas - NYTimes.com
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For the love of god, people: quality schools are GOOD.
Tortolero, who lectures around the country on effective ways to prevent teenage pregnancy, once testified before a…
Revealing Her Own Abortion, Rep. Speier Criticizes Conservatives For Failing To Empathize With Women
Since gaining the upper-hand in the House, Republicans have led what Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called “the most comprehensive and radical assault on women’s health in our lifetime.” Blindly…
The Return Of COICA; Because Censorship Is Cool Again
As expected, Congress is holding hearings as it prepares to reintroduce COICA, a horribly written piece of legislation that effectively gives the US government more powers to censor websites (even…
Stories About Girls, Part 5
Welcome to Part 5 of Stories About Girls!
Image: Ms. Yingling, used with permission.
Today I just read a wonderful blog post from Ms. Yingling Reads entitled “Boys Read Pink.” Ms….
Obama Administration Says It Can Spy On Americans, But Can't Tell You What Law Allows It
Shared by trygveRemember how President Obama, while campaigning, promised to reject the questionable spying practices of the federal government of President Bush? Yeah, forget…
Ugh, despicable.
