Happy Mother's Day.
May. 14th, 2006 12:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
silveradeptBe sure to apologize to your mother for giving her as much trouble as you did while she was raising you. We'll be doing plenty of that tomorrow.
Got to play through the introduction to Kingdom Hearts II today (rather long, that is), and I'm intrigued. I think I need to go back, however, and play the middle chapter, so that later on, if I should play more, things make more sense. As things are, I'm getting ready to start my working self. This should be a welcome change, really, although it does mean that I'll have zero time for gaming for a while.
The Jackson Anime and Manga Society had a meeting today, and we watched a little of Five Star Stories... shoulder pads will save the world there, apparently. As well as an extremely bishie boy.
You ever wonder what's on the magnetic stripes of your various cards? Well, you can build, rather cheaply, a portable magnetic stripe reader. Which probably means, as well, that anyone who wants to see what's on your stripes can build one, too. Hrm. Well, now you'll know.
A little while after having some of the NSA's laundry exposed to the air, the Bush Administration is already trying to discourage prying eyes. The government invoked "state-secrets" status on the NSA's program, which, according to the past, renders it invulnerable to court lawsuits and other such bothersome things. Nothing like pulling rank to try and make sure you don't actually have to fess up and have consequences for it.
Yeah, so I'm going to bed now. Tomorrow's another day.
Got to play through the introduction to Kingdom Hearts II today (rather long, that is), and I'm intrigued. I think I need to go back, however, and play the middle chapter, so that later on, if I should play more, things make more sense. As things are, I'm getting ready to start my working self. This should be a welcome change, really, although it does mean that I'll have zero time for gaming for a while.
The Jackson Anime and Manga Society had a meeting today, and we watched a little of Five Star Stories... shoulder pads will save the world there, apparently. As well as an extremely bishie boy.
You ever wonder what's on the magnetic stripes of your various cards? Well, you can build, rather cheaply, a portable magnetic stripe reader. Which probably means, as well, that anyone who wants to see what's on your stripes can build one, too. Hrm. Well, now you'll know.
A little while after having some of the NSA's laundry exposed to the air, the Bush Administration is already trying to discourage prying eyes. The government invoked "state-secrets" status on the NSA's program, which, according to the past, renders it invulnerable to court lawsuits and other such bothersome things. Nothing like pulling rank to try and make sure you don't actually have to fess up and have consequences for it.
Yeah, so I'm going to bed now. Tomorrow's another day.
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Date: 2006-05-15 03:43 pm (UTC)If they get reasonable suspicion, then they can ask for a warrant to listen in to domestic calls. But again, that requires reasonable suspicion. Bear in mind that all it takes to get a warrant is to satisfy the personal bias of a judge, anyway. Find a judge with the right motivators, and the warrant will be gotten regardless. So waiting for that is not the answer to the question.
Our government is made up of humans, and humans make mistakes. I prefer to give them the benefit of the doubt that what they are trying to do is for our benefit than for our harm. And yes, I would have said the same thing were a demoncrat in charge. I was highly critical of Clinton's foreign poilicy (wait for it to-- ahem-- blow over, shall wee say?), but I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
Have the best
-=TK