from a ny times editorial today. registration is required, so i'll just excerpt some here for those disinclined to leave too many fingerprints....
This is how President Bush keeps his promise to deal with Congress in good faith on issues of national security and the balance of powers: He sends the attorney general to the Senate Judiciary Committee ( Read more... )

this is so great. i cannot wait to start my day by making some eggs with the cbs "eye" logo laser-etched onto the shells!!!

"mr. orwell? mr. lovecraft? table for two!!"

don't you dare imply i made this up! i'm not that clever!:

'Egg-vertising' by CBS: An idea not for poaching
[international herald-tribune, free]
In September, CBS plans to ( Read more... )

we have already discussed timothy mcveigh and the importance of understanding that when the government is "only monitoring potential terrorists," one should not assume they don't mean u.s citizens, military veterans, white people, christians and folks with no ties to al queda--i.e.: you.

and they are watching, bear with this one for a moment, ( Read more... )

here's today's sign of our decent into savagery (# 1,268 in a series, collect them all):

Americans apparently know more about "The Simpsons" than they do about the First Amendment
[yahoo! news, free]
Only one in four Americans can name more than one of the five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment (freedom of speech, religion, press, ( Read more... )

the bush administration is re-wiring the internet to make it easier to monitor your broadband connection
[c|net, free]
Universities, libraries and technology companies are asking a federal court to block controversial wiretap rules designed to facilitate police surveillance of the Internet ( Read more... )

spooky!

US plans to 'fight the net' revealed
[bbc news, free]

some excerpts
A newly declassified document gives a fascinating glimpse into the US military's plans for "information operations" - from psychological operations, to attacks on hostile computer networks ( Read more... )

...as tricky dick used to say. i've just been glancing at slate magazine's analysis of the current domestic spying scandal and was so disturbed i had to set aside about 10 minutes to follow the links and make sure they were right.

here's the skinny: that 42-page document you've been reading about where minister of justice alberto gonzalez explains ( Read more... )