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The terrorist surveillance program that bypassed FISA was likely due to lack of evidence rather than FISA slowness
posted by coderman at 2006-12-08 23:57

seti: that, and political enemies of the administration were targeted. no other logical explanations exist
coderman: "It's not clear if what's being considered will be a total immunity provision or a change to substitute the government for the telecoms in all the 48 or so pending lawsuits against the telecoms. That change would give the government the ability to assert not only the state secrets privilege but also executive privilege and sovereign immunity, which would be almost impossible for any plaintiff to overcome in court."
seti: Sovereign immunity? I thought the US declared themselves independent at some point in, oh, 1776

Restaurant Shift Turns Into Nightmare
posted by Yashy at 2006-12-08 23:34

Mutiny: Dumb ass girl gets taken advantage of. Film at 11.
Mutiny: I don't know. If somebody tells you "the cops i'm talking to on the phone says you have to blow me or you'll be arrested" and you DO it.. well..
Ash: <Mutiny> the technique does work on 4 out of 10 women in practice though

Couple roleplays the political way
posted by seti at 2006-12-08 23:33

http://apcmag.com/node/4769
posted by est at 2006-12-08 22:51

http://www.lds-brussels.org/documents/Information/Brussels%20International%20Ward%20Welcome%20Packet%2014.pdf
posted by silentfury at 2006-12-08 22:28

mlp: "welcome to Brussels, here's your calcium build-up remover"

Add to mlp's Amazon wish list
posted by silentfury at 2006-12-08 22:22

Bjarne Stroustrup "The Problem with Programming"
posted by est at 2006-12-08 20:07

"Is Google too smart for its own good?"
posted by est at 2006-12-08 19:42

lemonodor: "Armed with seven-figure bank accounts and professional networks of dozens of other equally brilliant and rich new friends, those frustrated Googlers are bound to set out on their own and ignite a son-of-Google wave of innovation."
est: Seeing that I was unimpressed by the observation, Kraus grew more insistent. "Ten days in a new job and you don't meet anyone who's dumb? That's weird," he said.

The Changing Workplace (ROWE, "results-only work environment" as practiced by Best Buy)
posted by seti at 2006-12-08 17:48

Nintendo Poo added to Nintendo Wii
posted by Oliber at 2006-12-08 16:08