Recent books about communism

The best recent books about communism. - By Anne Applebaum - Slate Magazine

Read ‘em and weep.  And never forget.

The problem with normal

Even Ernie isn’t going to vote and tells why: Ernie The Attorney: The problem with normal. The comments are good, too.

Read it and weep

NSA shifts to e-mail, Web, data-mining dragnet | The Iconoclast - politics, law, and technology.

C’mon PZ, tell us what you really think…

Can you tell he’s mad? He’s also right. And Saudi Arabia is our ‘friend?’  What did my mother always say?  “Show me who your friends are and I’ll show you who you are.”

The NFL must be run by Congress….

NFL pulls plug on big-screen church parties for Super Bowl. ‘Nuff said.

Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters

Telling it like it is: Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters

[from the Onion].

Gold Report

For you gold bugs out in etherland:

Current Report: Gold Report: Publications & Guidance: Financial Management Service

Ron Paul Drinking Game

In light of the ongoing Ron Paul brouhaha, I offer Publius Endures’  post: The Paulestinian Drinking Game (Open Thread).

For the record, I am a member of the

Verizon Says It Turned Over Data Without Court Orders

From the Washington Post: Verizon Says It Turned Over Data Without Court Orders:

Verizon Communications, the nation’s second-largest telecom company, told congressional investigators that it has provided customers’ telephone records to federal authorities in emergency cases without court orders hundreds of times since 2005. [emphasis mine]

Isn’t that just special?

Privacy? What privacy?

Intelligence deputy [fnord] to America: Rethink privacy.
War is peace, Freedom is slavery, Ignorance is strength.  The  Endarkenment is nigh.