hahaha. I'm one of those people and I was literally going to send him this story!

k wrote:

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster believes that the likelihood of an ultra-portable MacBook is about 85% at Macworld San Francisco.

Munster bases this prediction on circulating rumors about the ultraportable MacBook that have been making the rounds amongst Mac rumor sites over the past few months.

Well, big grains of salt are required to be attached to Munster and his ilk in general, but damn if I don't hope this is true, if only for the fact that releasing this device would reduce, by a lot, the amount of bitching I hear from a significant percentage of my friends.

RE: Mac Rumors: Ultra-Portable MacBook Likely at Macworld San Francisco 2008?

My guess would be that they didn't have a search warrant the first time they came to speak with him-- they just asked permission to come in and ask some questions. Then they worked all night crafting the warrant so it was perfect for their wishes, and then came back once they had it.

Decius wrote:

I didn't sleep at home last night. It's fair to say I was rather shaken up.I came back today, to find the glass on the front door smashed.Inside, is a rather ransacked home, a search warrant taped to my kitchen table, a total absence of computers - and various other important things.

So, they go to his house yesterday, talk to him, and then leave... And then they return in the middle of the night, break in, and take his stuff?! Why didn't they just seize stuff when he was there in the afternoon?

RE: slight paranoia: FBI Visit #2

k wrote:
] ] "We are definitely going to do religious
] ] outreach. We're definitely going to reach out to the
] ] evangelical community," he said.
]
] What part of standing up for what we believe in puts reaching
] out to authoritarian christians at the top of the list? The
] actual priority for the party is "attempt to emulate the other
] guys because they are doing so well right now."
]
] [ Yeah, that doesn't make me happy, though I didn't like the
] other guys any better. Still, I was kind of hoping he'd roll
] in there and say "Will we court religious voters? Of course,
] because religion in america is important, but we don't believe
] in exploiting religion in the service of politics, and we will
] not do that." Pandering to the fundie element -- and yes, I
] am making an equivalence relation between evangelicals and
] fundies -- should never be part of the democratic platform.
] -k]

//You guys are actually both missing the context of the quote, I believe. I was at that speech at Capital City Brewing on Wednesday night and he was mentioning the fact that there are things which we and the evangelicals have in common. For instance, his example was defending what Hillary Clinton said the other day-- Democrats are not pro-abortion, we all hate it. But, being pro-choice and their being pro-life, we are never going to change each others mind. Therefore, we must reach out in order to find the common ground-- why don't we work to minimize the number of abortions which occur in this land.

In addition, I heard Dean speaking tonight on Capitol Voices on NPR here in D.C., and he was referring to outreach to Catholics (I know, not the same as evangelicals [former recovering catholic]). His comments were directed to a part of Catholicism that I have never been ashamed to be affiliated with-- its central tenets of social justice and service, which is something that the Democratic party has and should stand for. -r//

RE: Dean elected DNC chairman - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - February 13, 2005

] Watch Nader debate action figures:

Ralph Nader, Unsafe at Any Size

] PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla.%u2014"I want you to stand, raise
] your right hands," and recite "the Bush Pledge," said
] Florida state Sen. Ken Pruitt. The assembled mass of
] about 2,000 in this Treasure Coast town about an hour
] north of West Palm Beach dutifully rose, arms aloft, and
] repeated after Pruitt: "I care about freedom and liberty.
] I care about my family. I care about my country. Because
] I care, I promise to work hard to re-elect, re-elect
] George W. Bush as president of the United States."
]
]
] I know the Bush-Cheney campaign occasionally requires the
] people who attend its events to sign loyalty oaths, but
] this was the first time I have ever seen an audience
] actually stand and utter one. Maybe they've replaced the
] written oath with a verbal one.

One Nation Under Bush - At a campaign rally, Republicans recite the

] Mr. Leahy then suggested that the president of the Senate
] take his gavel and use it to perform an act that, while
] not technically impossible in anatomical terms, would
] certainly be considered both unseemly and unhygienic, and
] which would require an unusual combination of
] single-minded ambition and physical relaxation.
]
]
] Mr. Cheney wasted no time in informing Mr. Leahy that he
] should feel free to perform yet another anatomical
] impossibility%u2014this one involving aviation, a
] standard sexual act, and a rolling doughnut.

oh my lord, this is hilarious. Another take on the Chaney v. Leahy war of words.

The New Yorker: Shouts and Murmurs Chaney v. Leahy

yes-- this is what I discussed in my article long long ago. Fantastic! Super!

] A district court in Boston has used the DMCA to grant a
] preliminary injunction against a third party service
] vendor who tried to fix StorageTek tape library backup
] systems for legitimate purchasers of the system.

[ Fun and games with modern law. Awesome! -k]

LawGeek: DMCA hammer comes down on tech service vendor

] Apple's iPod music player seemed particularly vulnerable
] to attack. Any major record label could bring a strong
] lawsuit against Apple for "intentionally inducing"
] infringement under this new law with the iPod, both
] because it's plausible to argue that having an iPod
] enhances the lure of using P2P to download music (gotta
] fill all that space!) and because all the major record
] labels still believe that private sharing of songs from
] your CDs with friends is copyright infringement. We still
] disagree with the labels on these points, but the reality
] is that no court has yet convinced them that their legal
] theories are flawed. We also threw in Toshiba for making
] the iPod's hard drive and CNET for showing people how to
] move the iPod's music files.

EFF's discussion of the potential uses of Sen. Hatch's ridiculous INDUCE ACT. Time to get reading, fellas, we may be in for another dmca-type fight.

EFF: Prelude to a Fake Complaint

] This quality-control breakdown has resulted in agencies
] classifying too much information and, in some cases,
] classifying information that by law shouldn't be stamped
] "secret" in the first place. Implying that the government
] classified the reports of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib to
] cover up the scandal, Leonard says:
]
] [I]n no case can information be classified in order
] to conceal violations of law or to prevent embarrassment
] to a person, organization or agency. %u2026 Specifically,
] "exactly from whom are we keeping the information
] secret?" In the case of detainee abuse, we are obviously
] not keeping it secret from the detainees%u2014they
] experience the abuse and interrogation techniques first
] hand. And I assume we do not expect them to sign a
] nondisclosure agreement upon their release from custody
] based upon the premise that they had been exposed to
] classified information when they are subjected to abusive
] techniques.

Our Privacy Czar says the classified system is breaking down in both directions. Link to full speech: http://www.archives.gov/isoo/speeches_and_articles/print_friendly.html?page=bill_leonard_ncms_speech_june_15_2004_content.html&title=NARA%20%7C%20ISOO%20%7C%20NCMS%20Remarks%2015%20June%202004

Too Many Secrets, Says the Secrecy Czar - J. William Leonard frets about the breakdown of the classification system. By Jack Shafer

] 21. This "If Moore had his way" is just childish
] nonsense. In reality, if Moore had his way, the US would
] have led a internationa coalition into Afghanistan and
] killed or detained Osama Bin Laden while detroying Al
] Quaeda. If Moore had his way, President Bush would not
] have made us less safe by invading Iraq and giving
] another cause (and recruiting drive) to the terrorists.
] If Moore had his way, hundreds of Americans would still
] be alive. If Moore had his way, we would not have been in
] Abu Ghraib to imprison and torture but would have been
] there to liberate and help. If Moore had his way, I'd
] have the right not to tell the police my name when asked,
] not to have my apartment searched without a warrant, not
] to have my library and financial records investigated. If
] Moore had his way, not only would Iraqis and Afghais be
] free, but so would we.

Wow, the first post on slate after the Hitchins piece is a note by note refutation of Hitchins attacks on F9/11. A piece worthy of memestreams rant! oaknet and decius should especially enjoy the destruction.... the discussion continues.

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