Harry Reid says he might be: Was Osama bin Laden killed in last month’s earthquake in Pakistan? So said Senate minority leader Harry Reid to a Nevada TV station (video here). I hope he is enjoying his three score + raisins.
Archives for November 2005
Changes at TSA
I don’t understand this move: A new plan by the Transportation Security Administration would allow airline passengers to bring scissors and other sharp objects in their carry-on bags because the items no longer pose the greatest threat to airline security, according to sources familiar with the plans. In a series of briefings this week, TSA …
Speaking of the Grateful Dead
It seems like they are changing their philosophy with respect to free exchange of their music: The Grateful Dead, the business, is testing the loyalty of longtime fans of the Grateful Dead, the pioneering jam band, by cracking down on an independently run Web site that made thousands of recordings of its live concerts available …
More on Torture
Glenn Greenwald has a follow-up on the McCain torture piece, and outlines what is to come from those who support a policy of torture, to include labelling opponents ‘torture hysterics,’ insisting that ‘torture works’ despite the evidence to the contrary, and painting anyone who opposes torture as weak or ‘unpatriotic.’ Read the whole thing. Think …
How?
I can’t sleep, so I was flipping through the channels, and I ended up watching about 5 minutes of Taxi (the recent movie, not the superb television show with the same name). It is clear to me that there are two types of people in the world- those who think Jimmy Fallon is funny, and …
Disgusting
I can’t believe someone wrote this: Sen. John McCain is leading the charge against so-called “torture” techniques allegedly used by U.S. interrogators, insisting that practices like sleep deprivation and withholding medical attention are not only brutal – they simply don’t work to persuade terrorist suspects to give accurate information. Nearly forty years ago, however – …
Phish Sucks
About once a year I try to give Phish a chance, because I really enjoy the Dead (had thousands of hours of tapes, have dozens of concerts on disc, went to the concerts back in the day, and, well, I just love them), and I figure all those people can’t be wrong about Phish. So …