It appears the training is paying off for the Iraqi security services.
Archives for March 2005
The State of the Modern Police State
From the same people who thought traffic cameras were a great idea:
Picardi said he’s even experimenting with a Big Brother bonus for unmarked police cars: a tiny microphone positioned near the windshield so powerful it can pick up conversations on the street.
“You could pull into a street corner and, if there’s a drug deal going on a half-block away, you can hear what’s going on. You could have all the windows shut and the air-conditioning on and you could hear everything going on outside the vehicle,” Picardi said.
Ed Yohnka, spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, said he would be concerned if the police recorded those conversations without a warrant.
“It would raise serious questions under the Fourth Amendment and the Illinois eavesdropping law,” Yohnka said.
(via Drudge)
Spam
The spam just keeps getting better and better. The following ‘individuals’ sent me spam mail this week:
Flatulent I. Litigate
Bill H. Overachieve
Playboy J. Grid
Debilitation H. Crankiness
Hedge L. Urinalyses
Anyone care to tell me what these spammers are up to now? Gmail hasn’t been fooled.
Life Imitating Art or Art Imitating Life? I Report, You Decide.
Matt Yglesias has a link to this story:
It’s not that Sam Kimery objects to the views expressed on Fox News. The creator of the “Fox Blocker” contends the channel is not news at all.
Kimery figures he’s sold about 100 of the little silver bits of metal that screw into the back of most televisions, allowing people to filter Fox News from their sets, since its August debut.
The Tulsa, Okla., resident also has received thousands of e-mails, both angry and complimentary as well as a few death threats.
“Apparently the making of terroristic threats against those who don’t share your views is a high art form among a certain core audience,” said Kimery, 45.
This was the topic of a recent Boston Legal, and apparently it is true:
Business could pick up since the blocker was alluded to in a recent episode of the ABC drama “Boston Legal.” The show’s original script mentioned Fox News, but ABC had the references removed.
Doesn’t everyone’s tv have an option to block out channels you don;t like? I have it on my tv and my cable box, and I use it to block out all the shopping channels.
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DeLay
The DeLay Dilemma:
A family tragedy that unfolded in a Texas hospital during the fall of 1988 was a private ordeal
Happy Easter
Have a good one. Lot of passion and hot tempers and hyperbole and hyperventilating this week. Remember what is important.
Funniest Film Ever
Why on earth had no one ever told me about this before?
*** Update ***
ROFL. I forgot to give credit to credit to Gary Farber for finally showing me this.
I saw the link at his site yesterday, then went and downloaded it. I did something for a number of hours (maybe watch WVU get beat), came back and watched it, and when I posted this I forgot where I found it in the first place. That is taken care, and my apologies for the breach in blog etiquette.