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Amtrak owes me

By Mark | November 22, 2010

I was having dinner with a friend tonight, when a great new ad campaign for Amtrak occurred to me.

Posted in Mark's Life, Marketing, Observations, Other, Rail | Also tagged airport security, Amtrak, John Tyner, junk, junk touching, Opt Out Day, pat down, porno scans, security screening, security theater, TSA | 19 Comments

The Obama administration is seeking increased domestic spying powers

By Mark | September 27, 2010

Earlier this summer, we discussed a special report issued by the Washington Post on America’s rapidly expanding domestic surveillance infrastructure. I, and others, were shocked by the continued growth under the Obama administration. Among other things, it was noted that some 30,000 individuals are presently employed exclusively to listen in on our domestic conversations. Here, […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 9/11, big brother, communications, crypto wars, domestic spying, EFF, Fareed Zakaria, fear, Homeland Security, intelligence, internet, libraries, Nidal Malik Hasan, privacy, Top Secret America, wire tapping | 12 Comments

Biden responds to Cheney’s revisionist history

By Mark | February 14, 2010

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who just celebrated the fourth anniversary of shooting his friend in the face, crawled out from his hole the other day, like Punxsutawney Phil, and assessed the political environment. And, finding people not shitting their pants in fear, he decided to ratchet up the neocon rhetoric. He accused the Obama […]