All those topics that i wish i had time to pursue more earnestly.

Ashcroft: Soft On (Right-Wing) Terrorists?. by TChris As he often does, Paul Krugman is asking the right question: “is Mr. Ashcroft neglecting real threats to the public because of his ideological biases?” Krugman wonders why Attorney General Ashcroft, who loves to make headlines when the… [TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]

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yes, you can see this is something he would do. and something that bush would support. i mean the texas republican party is actually more or less arguing for the overthrow of the federal government and they are allowed to persist, it is the same with many rightist religious groups…. no word from ashcroft, but ecology and animal rights activists… they are labeled terrorists by this regime.

this is great news. the beats have always been one of my things and now it looks like the naropa institute has added their recordings to archive.org.

SCOTUS: Failure to Reveal Identity Can Be a Crime. by TChris Privacy — freedom from unwarranted governmental intrusion into our lives — is one of the most important values underlying the U.S. Constitution. That value took a big hit today as the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that an individual… [TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]

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well… in the context of a criminal investigation is one thing, but this is a real slippery slope toward fascism.

Happy Solstice!. Why does the midsummer solstice always creep up on me every year? You'd think I'd have got used to it by now, but no, every 21st June I think 'Oh my! That came around quick!' And every year I think 'Oh, so now we start the long descent into winter. Damn. I'd only just got used to it being summer.'

Course, it would help if summer was actually summery, but this is England and that may be just too much to ask. [Chocolate and Vodka]

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of course, here it is cloudy and raining lightly.

Distraction.

I spent an hour or so playing with fish yesterday afternoon. Other OS X users who don’t mind a certain degree of instability (especially with full-screen mode) might lose some time with it, too.

[AKMA’s Random Thoughts]

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looks like fun.

FCC: The History of the Internet. [Scripting News] [A blog doesn't need a clever name]

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haven't looked to see what stories people told yet…..

by weebl

Rumsfeld and the 'Ghost Detainees'. Turns out it was not just one detainee that Rumsfeld ordered held from the Red Cross, but at least two detainees. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld admitted Thursday that he ordered the secret detention of at least two prisoners captured… [TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]

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this has to be worthy of impeachment. it is breaking u.s. law and international treaty. he knows it is.

Are they reading this?. One wonders if the people over at Dell Hell are reading this? Afterall, they've called me twice in the last two days to give me an over the phone survey about how my interaction with 1-800-Dell-Hell went (including specific Hellers, the product in general, and whether I'd buy one … By Julia (mailto:julia@dicum.com). [Flailing in the Surf!]

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yes they are reading this, they are also flying over your house in silent black helicopters watching you with infrared and watching what you look at on the television and computer, they know everything those dellwads. next time buy a mac.

here's a nice short story about virginia tech's quarry, where we get the famous 'hokie stone' that clads our buildings.