Daily Archives: May 13, 2006

101st Blog Of The Day

Posted on May 13, 2006 by Gaius

Continuing my project to visit one member of the 101st Fighting Keyboardists each day, today I visited Jimmie at the Sundries Shack. Jimmie runs a nice place, and his post on what he's missed in pop culture pretty well describes … Continue reading →

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About Interesting Polls (Verily)

Posted on May 13, 2006 by Gaius

One of the regular commenters here asked what I thought of the Newsweek poll that has diametrically opposed numbers than the fast Washington Post poll. My first impression is the WaPo poll was a very fast reaction poll and admitted … Continue reading →

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Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Posted on May 13, 2006 by Gaius

A company called LifeGem Memorials will take the cremated remains of a loved one and turn it into a man made diamond. They have now perfected a way of making the diamonds from hair samples, so the remains can be … Continue reading →

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Welcome To The Rest Of Your Life

Posted on May 13, 2006 by Gaius

Zacarias Moussaoui arrived at the Supermax Federal Prison in Florence, Colorado to begin serving his two consecutive life sentences. His cheery routine – for the rest of his natural life – will include 23 hours a day locked into a … Continue reading →

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Grossly Misleading

Posted on May 13, 2006 by Gaius

Here's a headline for you: Spy Agency Watching Americans From Space. Sounds threatening, sinister, scary – they're spying on us! Unless you actually read the article, which reveals that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has been helping out with damage assessments … Continue reading →

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VERY Interesting

Posted on May 13, 2006 by Gaius

Richard Falkenrath, currently a fellow at the Brookings Institution, writing in today's Washington Post, has a rather interesting defense of the NSA program collecting "anonymized" telephone information. Anonymized meaning of course that all personal identifiers and all actual content is … Continue reading →

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This Will Be Interesting

Posted on May 13, 2006 by Gaius

Today's New York Times has an article about the upcoming confirmation hearings for General Michael Hayden as CIA director. The Times reports that Democrats see an opportunity. Senate Democrats intend to use next week's confirmation hearings for a new CIA director … Continue reading →

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True Genius

Posted on May 13, 2006 by Gaius

In an awesome display of sheer genius, two 17-year old budding young arsonists posted pictures and bragged of their fire-starting exploits on MySpace.com. Police promptly arrested the brainy duo. "The significant thing is they posted on the Internet, and bragged … Continue reading →

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Your Tax Dollars Inaction

Posted on May 13, 2006 by Gaius

Folks in West Milford, West Virginia are getting a firsthand lesson in bureaucratic buck passing. It seems nobody from any of the various State or local government entities contacted by residents wants to actually do anything about the resident's problem. … Continue reading →

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Open Season On Big Bird

Posted on May 13, 2006 by Gaius

Thomas County (Kansas) Sheriff Mike Baughn is defending his decision to order a deputy to shoot big bird. No, not the goofy, yellow Sesame Street variety, the 6-foot tall ostrich kind. It seems the bird was wandering about on Interstate 70. At … Continue reading →

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Big Tent – Big Problem

Posted on May 13, 2006 by Gaius

Well, it's nice to see some things never change for the Democrats. In keeping with the grand tradition of Robert Byrd, the party of the big tent now welcomes unwillingly gets a holocaust denier and white supremacist! Larry Darby is … Continue reading →

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Guarding The Border

Posted on May 13, 2006 by Gaius

According to the New York Times, one of the things President Bush is considering is whether to deploy National Guard units along the border with Mexico. Which would be a fine temporary step until a more permanent means of securing … Continue reading →

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