November 2009
“It’s worth bearing in mind the 180 degree turn of events - under the...”
– Afghanistan Porn Consumption Norms, Strategic Implications (via feedly)
October 2009
Emails are public?
In the case In re United States, Judge Mosman ruled that there is no constitutional requirement of notice to the account holder because the Fourth Amendment does not apply to e-mails under the third-party doctrine. ‘When a person uses the Internet, the user’s actions are no longer in his or her physical home; in fact he or she is not truly acting in private space at all. The user is...
In other news:
“Among independent voters, who went heavily for Obama in 2008 and congressional Democrats in 2006, the numbers for Republicans on the confidence questions were even more worse. Just 17 percent of independents expressed confidence in Republicans’ ability to make the right decision while 83 percent said they did not have that confidence.On the generic ballot question, 51...
“The average rebate was $4,000. But the overwhelming majority of sales would have...”
– Cash for Clunkers costs taxpayers $24,000 per car - Oct. 28, 2009
Other cities have histories. Los Angeles has legends
LA, LA, LA, LA, LA - Our Man in Boston - The Morning News
“The old assumption that religion would disappear and be replaced solely by secular, scientific rationalism is not going to happen. At the same time, I don’t believe the existence, or even prevalence, of cultural attributes, including religion, are so overwhelming anywhere that you will not see a universal convergence toward rule of law and accountability.”
Societies don’t have to be...
Cookin’ on 3 burners - Cars
“Harlem has become home to a booming dirt bike scene—from renegades on illegal...”
– Urban Dirt Bikers Prowl Harlem’s Streets | The Uptowner
In order to pass its state budget, California’s government has had to agree to a deal that cuts billions of dollars from education and sacks 60,000 state employees. Some teachers have launched a hunger strike in protest. California’s education system has become so poor so quickly that it is now effectively failing its future workforce. The percentage of 19-year-olds at college in the...
Maldives Government Dives for Climate Change -... →
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“Experts have long expected terrorists to copy the technique of drug “mules” who...”
– New threat to travellers from al-Qaeda ‘keister bomb’ - Times Online
