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Entries from December 2005

Every Car Journey Monitored

December 24th, 2005 · No Comments

Surveillance activities are really starting to freak me out. I have nothing to hide and yet I feel increasingly uncomfortable with the universal approach of monitoring everyone, everywhere, all the time.
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I mean, I’m starting to feel like a rat in a maze. Can’t I just enjoy a little privacy and anonymity without someone [...]

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Testing Performancing.com plugin for Firefox

December 21st, 2005 · No Comments

Editing WordPress posts in Performancing | Performancing.com

WordPress.com and the full version of WordPress are configured to strip out certain HTML tags and attributes when anyone but an admin posts. That means WordPress.com users can’t use inline CSS. The option under Settings, “User CSS for content style,” should be turned off for blogging on [...]

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Stop the Deceitful Political Madness

December 21st, 2005 · No Comments

I am emotionally and intellectually fed-up with the never-ending dishonesty and distraction coming from a significant portion of United States politicians, starting with President Bush and working its way through the network of entrenched political cronies.
That’s why I find it so pleasant to read in recent days that people in high places are tired of [...]

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New York Mayor calls Transit Strike “cowardly”

December 21st, 2005 · No Comments

Those on strike wanted a piece of the surplus profits, as well as a little respect. When their expressed wants were not met to their satisfaction, the strikers collectively walked off the job in protest.
In response, a judge has imposed a fine of 1 million dollars a day against the union because it’s illegal [...]

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CIA talks [to] Turkey; United States may attack Iran, Syria

December 21st, 2005 · No Comments

You’ve heard this all before:
[insert enemy country name here] has [insert offensive arsenal here] and [previously inserted enemy country name] has supported terrorism, therefore the United States, in cooperation with [insert allied government name], will participate (in grossly understated terms) in aggression against [previously inserted enemy country name].

Literally, all you have to do is pick [...]

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