A senior intelligence official, Donald Kerr, the US Principal Deputy Director of Intelligence wants to redefine what privacy is. Now, this is not really a huge shocker considering the ongoing wiretapping controversy, but this is definitely going a bit further. The idea that we should accept the government spying on us and trust them to […]

The idea of an abandoned Titan Missile Bases fascinates me. A while ago I posted about one that is for sale (Missile Base Dream Home). Today I came across a blog entry by Science Fiction author Jay Lake where he describes, along with pictures and video, a tour he took through Larson Air Force Base […]

Two senior FBI counter terrorism officials created a plan to track Falafel sales at grocery stores in order to identify the presence of Iranian terrorists in California. Its a good thing I don’t live in California, what with my recent three month falafel binge. I wonder if they are able to find high concentrations of […]

With all of the fuss over Michael Mukasey’s Attorney General nomination and his stance on Waterboarding, maybe its time we all calm down and take a look at some of the more sever torture methods that need to be discussed. Like cookies. Yes, I am talking about torture with cookies. Hot ones. That burn. Two […]

Monkey Attack! I’ve seen more and more India-monkey-attach articles over the last couple of years. This story has made the rounds in a lot of newspapers, so if you have further interest in monkey attacks, there’s lots of articles available. The poor fellow died from a fall after after the monkey assault, rather then from […]

Dahlia Lithwick of Slate has a good discourse on recent developments with the Department of Justice in regards to the Gitmo detainees. Apparently, the secret evidence used to justify holding the combatants in Guantanamo Bay may be ‘lost’. There is some digression into the Wiretapping scandal, but that fits within the piece. A good read […]

Slate has an article that looks into the connection between peace and environmental issues. Al Gore is not the first person to win the Nobel Peace Prize for work within the environmental circle. While none of the conclusions are very strong, this provides a few things to think about. Did Al Gore deserve a Nobel […]

Glorious leader Stephane Dion has responded to recent criticism of lack of input from French Canada by appointing a new Quebec lieutenant. But the first two MPs asked, Denis Coderre and Pablo Rodriguez, turned it down, so it went to a Senator. A Senator? Don’t you only use those deadwood (what’s the plural of deadwood? […]

On Saturday, the Washington Post published a good piece on Blackwater and its owner, Erik Prince. Its interesting to see how fast the company has grown over the last ten years, and how the initial vision was adapted to leverage the political climate created after the Yemen bombing and 9/11. Building Blackwater – washingtonpost.com Blackwater […]

I’m so confused… Who the hell thinks it’s expensive to host a party for 111 guests, working out to $85.69 per person, where guests include the POTUS and US Secretary of State? We’ve had bar bills that were more, per person, than this!