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Medicare Saves Money
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F.B.I. Giving Agents New Powers in Revised Manual
The F.B.I. plans to issue a new edition of its manual giving agents more leeway to search databases, go through household trash or use surveillance teams to scrutinize people.Fishing expeditions are made respectable. -
Obama Reaches Out to Wall Street Donors
President Obama has started an aggressive push to win back the allegiance of a vital source of campaign cash in 2008.They are vital and they know it.In the auctioning of votes, the winning bid is the high bid. -
Saudi Arabia’s Freedom Riders
If Muslim women could ride on camels 14 centuries ago, why shouldn’t they drive cars today?When women are liberated in Arabia it will be revolutionary.The regime is not under strain as far as I can tell. -
Hashtags, a New Way for Tweets: Cultural Studies
Hashtags, words or phrases preceded by the “#” symbol, have become a new cultural shorthand.This is fashion speaking. Just say what you intend. There will be less confusion. -
Why Women Don't Get Caught Up in Sex Scandals
Why don’t women politicians get caught cheating? The whole approach to seeking and wielding power is different.“The shorthand of it is that women run for office to do something, and men run for office to be somebody,” said Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. “Women run because there is some public issue that they care about, some change they want to make, some issue that is a priority for them, and men tend to run for office because they see this as a career path.”A distinction without a difference. -
Anthony Weiner and the Game of Twitter
If he was skilled he knew his construct was horribly and increasingly unstable. Jenga is a fun party game but it is not a career model.
The Online Looking Glass
The Anthony Weiner story is really about narcissism.A paraphrase of Savonarola#?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SavonarolaIf Ross Douthat wants to preach the sermons he can share his fate.-
The Whistle-Blowers of 1777
The tension between protecting true national security secrets and ensuring the public’s “right to know” about abuses of authority goes back to the time of America’s founding.I am in agreement that there should be no legal protection for secrets.Secrecy is the protection of that information. If those who hold the information do not believe it should be secret it will not be secret.There should be no duty of self incrimination. A person in possession of information is not required to speak. -
U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors Abroad
The Obama administration is leading a global effort to deploy “shadow” Internet and mobile phone systems that dissidents can use to undermine repressive governments.
I am very glad to see it being done.Bit torrent is a standard peer to peer file transfer protocol.There is an OSS hack for routers from Scandinavia.If you want to play: http://tldp.org/ http://tldp.org/guides.html
http://www.google.com/cse?cx=017644269519104757279%3Agm62gtzaoky&q=routers&sa=go
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Wireless-HOWTO-2.html
http://tldp.org/LDP/nag2/x-087-2-ipx.router.html
This is only making vague sense to me. I will have to study to do.
http://tldp.org/LDP/LGNET/141/lazar.html
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/Linksys-Blue-Box-Router-HOWTO/
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linksys-Blue-Box-Router-HOWTO/x207.html
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Wireless-HOWTO-2.html
I would say that this last one is the place to start reading. Repeater is the key word.
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N.B.A. Finals: Mavericks Defeat Heat for First Championship
The Dallas Mavericks defeated the Miami Heat to win their first championship in franchise history, capping a finals that had its fair share of excitement and controversy.
Exciting but I just don't care. -
The Uncertainty Tax
A few big, smart, bipartisan decisions by Congress on taxes and spending (and mortgages) could get the economy to start improving again.
Thomas Friedman knows better.
There will be no changes in taxes, no bipartisan decisions and no relief for debtors while the Republicans can block them. Maybe while there is not a liberal super-majority. -
How Politicians Get Burned by Modern Media
Sarah Palin’s e-mails and Anthony Weiner’s Twitter exchanges are a logical next step in the evolving relationship of politics and media technologies.
The electronic village is full of gossips. -
In Facebook Photos, a Smiling Gabrielle Giffords
New photos, which appeared on Facebook, were taken May 17 and are the first clear snapshots of Ms. Giffords, left, since she was shot five months ago.
Good to see a public face. -
Book Review - The Filter Bubble - By Eli Pariser
A progressive political activist asks whether the personalization of search-engine results is a blessing or a curse.
If I can't find what I am looking for on the first few pages I will change my search terms or my search engine or both. Filtering is not what I want. -
‘War Horse’ and ‘Mormon’ Shine at Tonys
“The Book of Mormon,” a smash-hit Broadway musical made out of the unlikeliest of elements, emerged as the runaway prizewinner at the Tony Awards.
By default. -
Anthony Weiner and the Game of Twitter
The game he was playing was not survivable by a politician.
Call it Russian Roulette.
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Paperless Business Cards: Noticed
Once ubiquitous, they are being transformed and even eliminated by QR codes and apps like the Hashable for iPhone that lets users exchange electronic “cards.”
A cute game. Many fewer things to loose. -
Separation of Church and School
A federal court has properly ruled that New York City may restrict the use of public school buildings for worship services.
Yes. -
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The Crossover: Genealogy of one of Basketball’s Most Vicious Moves
“The Crossover: Genealogy of one of Basketball’s Most Vicious Moves - http://nyti.ms/jVnTfh”
Vicious is not the proper descriptor. Dog fighting pilots do similar things. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immelmann_turn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stall_Turn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerobatics
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