"They're Everywhere" just doesn't cover it.

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NSA collecting phone call data on Americans. . . with the full complicity of the telecom corps. These are DOMESTIC calls, and not of people suspected of terrorist or other criminal activity. This has been going on for the past several years under Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden, who is now up for director of the CIA. And the NSA could be sharing ( Read more... )

I was talking to my friend CardWizard yesterday and he told me a bit about a new bill wending its way through Congress called the COPE Act, which stands for "Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006." Perhaps not surprisingly, the opportunity, promotion, and enhancement are all for major telecom corporations to gain more ( Read more... )

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Mmmm. . . mangled syntax!

I am feeling a little addled this morning, but I wanted to post and let folks know what's going on, in random, yet numbered, fashion:

1) Last Sunday, part of the ceiling to our bathroom caved in. dansr was showering and a chunk of drywall plunked into the tub behind her. We have shucked it out and are cleaning up and ( Read more... )

. . . I know less about beer than I thought, but a LOT more about liquor! Must be all that burgundy-cask Glenmorangie. . . .

And yes, I am alive. So is dansr.

Bourbon

Congratulations! You're 118 proof, with specific scores in beer (20) , wine (100), and liquor (113).

Screw all that namby-pamby ( Read more... )

. . . in which I somehow tied for a spot on three crews, and had to answer a tiebreaker to get this answer:


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Your 2005 Song Is
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Androgynous
You scored 53 masculinity and 60 femininity!
You scored high on both masculinity and femininity. You have a strong
personality exhibiting characteristics of both traditional sex roles.
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You scored as Pelagianism. You are a Pelagian. You reject ideas about man's fallen human nature and believe that as a result we are able to fully obey God. You are the first Briton to contribute significantly to Christian thought, but you're still excommunicated in 417.

Pelagianism
67%
Socinianism
50%
Donatism
50%
Gnosticism
42%
Nestorianism
33%
Adoptionist
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