The New York Review of Books: ON NSA SPYING: A LETTER TO CONGRESS Vol 52, no 2, Feb. 9 2006 A collection of constitutional law scholars and former government officials published this letter to Congress in the New York Review of Books. I would love to post the whole thing, but I don’t want to run afoul of their permissions rules. The administration’s argument that the 2001 AUMF authorization of the use of force somehow grants permission for the NSA…
I just looked at this blog in Internet Explorer! Nobody told me that the layout breaks in IE. I have been using Firefox, and it looks fine, but in IE – eek, yikes! I will try to find out how to fix this. Suggestions are welcome.
Lots of great reading this week at the Progressive Faith Bloggers Carnival – hosted by CrossLeft (I’m now on their newsletter list). Join up and participate in the next carnival for February 12th at Rickshaw Diaries. Oh, and I’ll be hosting the week after that.
… Weekly Unconscious Mutterings Meme Week 157 I say:: you think Taking sides:: mediating Couples:: drama Right of refusal:: unless part of job description Marla:: trump Mutliple:: puppy food (?) – oh, multiple – sclerosis Trinity:: monotheistic colonization of polytheism Sneeze:: into elbow Sweatpants:: give up Steve:: camp Fabulous:: gorgeous
What do you get when you pour very hot water down a rabbithole? Hot cross bun(ny)s! One a penny two a penny – Hot cross buns! It’s official – the memes of repression in the name of freedom and diversity have travelled to the U.K. Or have they? For fear of offending the religious minorities at The Oaks Primary School in Ipswich, headteacher Tina Jackson has asked suppliers to remove the cross from their hot cross buns. .. “The cross…
Our gas bills for the last two months have caused something like heart palpitations for hubby and me – this on top of budget-busting interest rate increases. Gas Meter (originally uploaded by chipgrafx) So I went to look and see…. and here’s what I found. Governor Purdue, our guy – who got into office running on the Confederate Flag, staunch supporter of our Chief Deceiver in the White House. Governor Gas Guy The retail prices don’t even reflect the wholesale…