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Crying'Security 39-
And now candidates are crying “security” to win elections… It works on both sides apparently. -J WSJ.com - Companies Cry ‘Security’ to Get A Break From the Government In …
Maher Arar Releases Details On How The Us Sent Him To Syria To Be Tortured
An update to this story: As of Sept 2004, a heavily-redacted report was released that reportedly found fault with some of the RCMP’s handling of the case, but, according to the CBC timeline, …
Homeland Security Measures Ignore Fiscal Responsibility
Catching up on draft postings, this is one that is very timely today, although it was originally penned over a year ago. -J Message: 6 Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 14:26:14 -0800 From: “Rob, grandpa …
Find Your Elected Officials By Zip
This is a great site that will show you who your legislators are by submitting your 9 digit zip + 4. Project Vote Smart
Quot Votergate Quot Film Premiers Today Online
If you have fond memories of recounts from the 2000 election–I know I do!–then you need to see this film. The 2004 election is going to be _worse_ because of the explosion of electronic …
Back In The Saddle
Well, this site has gone stagnant for almost a year now for reasons that I’d rather not go into. But that’s not the important thing–it’s back online, on superfast hardware now, …
Reducing Your Exposure Running Dvarchive On Linux
I recently got a ReplayTV 5040 for a steal on closeout at buy.com and just love it. One of the most attractive features is how it is network-aware by default and that the community has created some …
Sony Style Warning needs a Warning?
Within the past month or so, I received a warning from Sony about fraudulent e-mails claiming to be from Sony but that actually were not. The deceptive e-mails were designed to lure Sony customers …
Fox Not Quot Fair Amp Balanced Quot In First Amendment Treatment
This is such a great line. In Courtroom, Laughter at Fox and a Victory for Al Franken Judge Chin said the case was an easy one, and chided Fox for bringing its complaint to court. The judge said, …
SPAM filter comparisons
SPAM is a truly egregious problem. This article does some analysis of popular spam filtering software. It is no surprise to me that signature-based programs tend to have slightly higher false positive …