Today, the Bush administration attempted to defend its domestic spying program, claiming that when Congress gave the President authorization to use military force in the War on Terrorism (back when we were actually fighting a justifyed war against Afghanistan), it implicitly gave the Presidency authorization to do wiretaps and other intelligence ( Read more... )

The California Senate and Assembly have both passed a bill legalizing gay and lesbian marriage. Our illustrious governator is expected to veto it, but it's hard to say - passing the bill would alienate him from his conservative Republican base, but I'm not convinced he really wants a career in politics. Vetoing the bill would alienate many gay ( Read more... )

Over the summer, I don't have my own computer, so I'm not nearly as good at checking my email or updating this thing. And I haven't been on IM in weeks. If you really need to get in touch with me... good luck. I'll get back to you eventually... probably... I hope. :-P ( Read more... )

So, I haven't updated in a while, but at least I have a good reason! I've been meaning to switch to Linux (specifically Knoppix, but if things continue this way, I'll install Gentoo) for a while, and I finally decided to do it. Mac has helped me a lot with this, and I'm sure he'll help me a lot more with it soon. The plan was this: shrink the ( Read more... )