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Ironically, this received a thumbs-up on StumbleUpon (one of my favorite useless distractions) and it's in cartoon form, making it palatable information. Now I'm going to dictionary.com to be sure I used the word palatable correctly.A second thumbs-up to Neil... more
One major telecommunications company declined to participate in the program: Qwest. According to sources familiar with the events, Qwest's CEO at the time, Joe Nacchio, was deeply troubled by the NSA's assertion that Qwest didn't need a court order -- or... more
From the page: "An AT&T research paper published in 2001 and unearthed today by Andrew Appel at Freedom to Tinker shows how the phone company uses Hancock-coded software to crunch through tens of millions of long distance phone records a night to draw up what AT&T... more
From the page: "I love those year-end roundups%u2014ubiquitous annual lists of greatest films and albums and lip glosses and tractors. It's reassuring that all human information can be wrestled into bundles of 10. In that spirit, Slate proudly presents, the top 10... more
Peter has the greatest essays. I'd hate to be his teacher though
From the page: "What would you do if you were a 12-year-old girl and several men jumped you, insisted you were a hooker and tried to drag you to their car? Would you submit or would you fight and scream for help? From the Houston Press: 'It was a little before 8... more
Big Brother creepiness, from the page: "This new division of Homeland Security was conceived entirely by the Executive Branch, with no Congressional input, and will serve as a clearinghouse for requests to access the data provided by military spy satellites, with a... more
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The Supreme Court of Iowa - that's right, Iowa - has ruled that marriage cannot be legally defined as only between one man and one woman, making Iowa - you heard me right, Iowa - a state where gay marriage is legal. Meanwhile, in backwards California, we're... more
