Ooh, look more politics..

The Senate has been talking about the Patriot Act, and wiretapping stuff lately. Both of those are a lot more complicated than the soundbites make them out to be, which is why I am not generally a big fan of soundbites... but this deserves a repeat:

Sen. John Cornyn:
None of your civil liberties matter much after you’ ( Read more... )

better !pout !cry
better watchout
lpr why
santa claus [north pole ]town
cat /etc/passwd >list
ncheck list
ncheck list
cat list | grep naughty >nogiftlist
cat list | grep nice >giftlist
santa claus [north pole ]town
who | grep sleeping
who | grep awake
who | egrep 'bad|good'
for (goodness sake) {
be good
}

haha

I've seen some discussions recently about when 'aggressive interrogation' is justified. That means stuff that isn't quite what people would call torture, but comes pretty damn close ( Read more... )

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This is cool BMW has created a hybrid Internal Combustion / Steam engine.

Wanna know why I am against the death penalty? Here is the reason right here

Let's summarize: Cops mistakenly break down the door of a sleeping man, late at night, as part of drug raid. Turns out, the man wasn't named in the warrant, and wasn't a suspect. The man, frigthened for himself and his 18-month old daughter, fires at an intruder who ( Read more... )

HAHA

THE INTERNET IS FOR PORN

haha.. it's a curse.

LISTEN TO THE SONG

The White House has finally put out the official Strategy in Iraq.

eh.. I've never understood why they didn't do that a couple of years ago, but better late than never I suppose.

Interesting

WHEN IT COMES to the future of Iraq, there is a deep disconnect between those who have firsthand knowledge of the situation - Iraqis and U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq - and those whose impressions are shaped by doomsday press coverage and the imperatives of domestic politics ( Read more... )