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Thursday Morning Open Thread: Who Watches the Watchmen?
Charlie Savage, in today’s NYTimes: An independent federal privacy watchdog has concluded that the National Security Agency’s program to collect bulk phone call records has provided only “minimal” benefits in counterterrorism efforts, is illegal and should be shut down. The findings are laid out in a 238-page report, scheduled for release by Thursday and obtained …
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Open Thread: Roe Anniversary
On the 41st anniversary of Roe v Wade, just remember: the only moral abortion is your abortion (via)
Wednesday Morning Open Thread: Wetware Failure
(Get Fuzzy via GoComics.com) Even in a murderous oligarchy, you just can’t get error-free tech minions: (Reuters) – Human error likely caused a glitch in China’s Great Firewall that saw millions of Internet users ironically rerouted to the homepage of a U.S.-based company which helps people evade Beijing’s web censorship, sources told Reuters. Hundreds of …
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It’s Shitty Here, Too
Christion, one of my boys, and the girls relaxing after dinner. *** Just a cold, snowy, crappy day outside. I love snow when the sun comes out the next day- I swear I wake up in a refreshed mood because there is so much glare and brightness caused by the snow, but it’s just been …
Open Thread: Still Snowing…
Photo of Penny courtesy commentor Max, who notes “It’s really hard to take a picture of an all black dog in the snow, especially when said dog is spazzing out.” Less awesome than Penny, but also grateful for the snow, per NYMag: Scandal-plagued New Jersey governor Chris Christie will be sworn in for his second …
Tuesday Evening Open Thread
(via NYMag) Aparently the Miami Heat is famous for photobombs, and now the team has one for the Library of Congress. Shot is for one of the First Lady’s ‘Let’s Move’ PSAs — complete version at the link. Between this and the ‘Blue Ivy plays with Sunny‘ pics on Beyonce’s Tumblr, Michelle Obama is looking …