The spiral stairs are installed now! No rail yet… But… They’re usable!
August 2006
Monthly Archive
August 30, 2006
August 30, 2006
Random interesting news, plus religious fanatics that GO TOO FAR
Posted by ClioCJS under Abuse Of Authority, Articles, News, Politics, Religion, The War On Terror[4] Comments
71-year-old Guantanimo detainee released
Man kicked off plane because his t-shirt had Arabic on it
And finally, the kicker. Read this, and be very afraid.
ATHEISTS FILE CIVIL RIGHTS SUIT IN “OKLAHOMA OUTRAGE” –
SMALKOWSKI PRAYER BULLYING CASE
American Atheists filed suit in federal court Friday in a case nvolving charges of “prayer bullying” and conspiracy to violate the civil rights of an Atheist family.
In November, 2004, Nadia Smalkowski — a student at Hardesty Oklahoma High School and member of the female basketball squad — was ordered by her coach to participate in a game-time recitation of the “Lord’s Prayer.” Ms. Smalkowski, an Atheist, refused and was then banished to the locker room. Days later, following a meeting of school officials,
she was punished by being removed from the team. (more…)
August 30, 2006
Read about Operation Acoustic Kitty … somewhat amusing.
August 29, 2006
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August 28, 2006
Had a few drinks with Marilyn Manson last night…
Posted by ClioCJS under Celebrities, Clio, Dreams, Int0xication, Journal, Music, People[4] Comments
Not really. It was a dream. (more…)
August 25, 2006
CAMPING: Assateague Island Beach Camping
Posted by ClioCJS under Angel P, Beach, Camping, Carolyn, Christian D, Clio, Dan C, Erin C, Evan G, Hobbies & Activities, Journal, Media, Movies, Parties, People, Pictures, Sam C, Shannon D, Stacy M, Travel, Vicky, Video[5] Comments
We had our 2nd annual Assateague Island beach camping trip earlier this month. Although I was recovering from illness and could not drink due to liver testing situation (since resolved fine), I still had a blast!
Pictures of this event are HERE.
Carolyn’s blog post about the trip. The longest and most thorough account:
Carolyn.wordpress.com (her post is both about Bethany and Assateague).
Vicky’s blog post about the trip:
http://tgaw.wordpress.com/2006/08/12/assateague-2006/
Angel’s blog post about the trip:
http://ansaphone4.livejournal.com/265913.html
August 24, 2006
POLITICS: Don’t listen to Karl Rove RE: Sept 11th.
Posted by ClioCJS under Articles, News, Politicians, Politics, September 11th, Technology War, The War On Terror[2] Comments
Rove blasts warrantless wiretapping decision:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/24/rove.spying.ap/index.html
“Imagine if we could have done that before 9/11. It might have been a different outcome,” he said.
Yeah. Nice spin Karl. Unfortunately, Bloomberg is onto you. Might I direct the user to the legal case of McMurray v. Verizon Communications Inc., 06cv3650, in the Southern District of New York.
The U.S. National Security Agency asked AT&T Inc. to help it set up a domestic call monitoring site seven months before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, lawyers claimed June 23 in court papers filed in New York federal court.
Original Bloomberg article is HERE.
It’s really hard putting the credibility of a legal team against the credibility of Karl Rove. But I don’t think someone would start up a court case based on zero evidence. Everyone seems to sort of know that the scope of NSA wiretapping is more than is stated, because almost everything this administration does is more than is stated. Unfortunately, common sense isn’t conclusive.
But I’m a hell of a lot more likely to believe the NSA was listening in 7 months before 911, than I am to believe anything out of the mouth of Karl Rove.
Remember, the administration knew attacks were coming. Perhaps in part because of the wiretaps.
Anyone disputing this should know of a memo entitled, “Bin Laden Determined To Attack Inside The United States”, sent by Condi Rice on August 6th, 2001. You can read a transcript of her saying this on CNN.com:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/08/rice.transcript/
