A Peculiar Blog

I just got the June 6 issue of EFFector and thought I’d share this item from it for those who didn’t see it. It seems that the issue of immunity for telecoms that participated in the NSA’s illegal warrantless wiretapping program.
Now they’re trying to get the FISA court (remember, that’s the “Secret court” that [...]

Of course it’s all about Hotel Reservations and hotelreservations.com doesn’t mince around when it comes to getting right down to business from page one. The overall look is compact and unlike a lot of sites today it still fits in an 800×600 screen.
For all of it’s compactness, it’s also pretty busy with information from [...]

It seems that the RIAA isn’t so wonderful about things now that the shoe is on the other foot and an Oregon Attorney General has requested information about their tactics. The part that I find really telling is the part where they’re so upset about this that they don’t even want the judge to [...]

… That is, if they can gather enough support to have enough majority to override another promised presidential veto. Monday Democrat leaders are supposed to meet with some Republicans to see if they can work out changes to the bill that will give more people incentive to support it.
Of course, “the Pelosi” managed to [...]

My wife told me about something today that I found kinda hard to believe. There’s a movie in production that’s going to take up Star Trek TOS (The Original Series). They have all new actors in the roles of Kirk, Spock and the rest of the crew. They’ve got Lenard Nimoy on [...]