Heh. Suppose this is the last TJBTACFAM post for a while – we’ll move it back to “SPORTS” until next year…
In any case, I’ve been catching way too much harshing on OLN for not covering Armstrong crossing the finish line in Paris. All I can say to that is
Whoop de freakin’ doo.
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Today’s reason: two for one.
In an effort to both keep government operations secret from citizens and impact the ability of citizens to fairly defend themselves in court:
The federal Government Printing Office has ordered libraries across the country to destroy five US Department of Justice pamphlets that provide how-to instructions on prosecuting asset forfeiture cases, invoking a rarely-used authority to order the removal of items the government routinely sends to hundreds of libraries. …
The office’s one-paragraph directive listed the five pamphlets, with titles such as “Civil and Criminal Forfeiture Procedure” and “Select Federal Assets Forfeiture Statutes,” and instructed librarians to “withdraw these materials immediately and destroy all copies by any means to prevent disclosure of their content,” according to a copy of the e-mail sent to the Boston Public Library and all other depository libraries.
Mil Millington (of Things My Girlfriend And I Have Argues About fame — which you should have read already) sends out periodic email about things he and his girlfriend have argued about and updates on books he’s writing and how his life is going. His most recent email had a line I knew would put a smile on your face.
Those of you who awoke one feverish morning to find yourself American…you are…blessed with the Democratic Convention right now: in which spectacle you may find distraction and delight. Sadly, over here, we’ll see little, if any, of it. So, I humbly ask that I be allowed the chance to live through you, my beloved American seated Mailing Listers. Let your eyes, in place of mine, savour the moment when Kerry takes the stage and, with a heart-breaking wail of pain, Hillary Clinton collapses to the ground sobbing, ‘It should be me – it should be meeeee,’ like an ex-girlfriend at a wedding.
A computer crash erased detailed records from Miami-Dade County’s first widespread use of touchscreen voting machines, raising again the specter of election troubles in Florida, where the new technology was supposed to put an end to such problems.
The crashes occurred in May and November of 2003, erasing information from the September 2002 gubernatorial primaries and other elections,
I just don’t like electronic voting. Especially when the president of one of the companies making the voting machines is fiercely partisan. (Even though he’s rooting for my side) Faith in election fairness is as crucial to the continuation of a democracy as is access to the ballot box; possibly even more so.
Kerry Looks Funny:
I’d have skipped this one, but Kerry’s campaign manager is decrying the picture as part of a Republican smear campaign. Whatever.
Were I Ms. Cahill, I’d have spun it as Kerry showing a love of science – he’s got a big crap eating grin in addition to the funny suit – and appreciation for the hard work and sacrifices that NASA’s made in the last few years. Since the photo’s him coming out of a space shuttle, a few poignant words about the crew lost in 2003 would have been appropriate.
But, continuing the DNC’s theme for the 2004 elections – “It’s Bush’s fault.”
Dude, I could be watching wrestling.
Early this year several online retailiers started taking orders for Tivo’s High Def recorder, the HR10-250.
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