Category: Politics
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First it Was Cell Phones, Now This?
U.S. Postal Service Logging All Mail for Law Enforcement [Link to NY Times article] Cell phones are tracked, Internet usage is tracked, Cars are tracked, now we find out Snail Mail is tracked… These must be some unbelievably big databases and data centers to store this kind of information. Guess it’s time for me…
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The Impossible “Literacy” Test Louisiana Used to Give Black Voters
I read this in Slate the other day & it’s been really hard to forget… Back in the early 60’s this test (PDF FILE) was given to anyone in Louisiana that could not prove at least a 5th grade education and wanted to vote. Test takers had 10 minutes to complete the test and ONE wrong…
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No Saturday Mail delivery? Fine by me!
Earlier this week the United States Postal Service (USPS) announced it would stop Saturday mail delivery in August and that’s just fine by me. I say cut it down to 2-3 days a week. I go to my mailbox a few times a week and it’s full of advertising inserts, credit card offers and stuff…
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Daylight Saving Time Explained
One of the best explanations to date:
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Ghost Towns of China
This is really amazing. I just heard about this today and it’s almost unbelievable that China would spend this much time and money to build these HUGE cities and just abandon them… Ghost towns of China: Satellite images show cities lying completely deserted The ghost towns of China: Amazing satellite images show cities meant to…
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15 Trillion Dollar Fraud Exposed in UK Parliament
From theintelhub.com: Below is one of the strangest stories in financial history, one involving the US government lying about hundreds of thousands of tons of imaginary gold, illegal wire transfers and loans totaling $15 trillion. The video, from the House of Lords, is amazing in itself. What it doesn’t express is where the money came…
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If You See Something, Say Something
Oh great, the “If You See Something, Say Something” (IYSSSS) campaign is launching PSA’s to get the public even more worked up… I started seeing the IYSSSS billboards around Indianapolis prior to this year’s Super Bowl. The funny thing is, at least to me, the toll-free number they give is not using an acronym or…
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The Iraqi Embassy is the Size of Vatican City!
(Newser) – The United States’ hulking $750 million Baghdad embassy is home to 16,000 staff and carries a $6 billion price tag annually—and it’s about to get slashed in half in the wake of US troops’ departure, reports the New York Times. I’ve heard this place was big but I had no idea HOW big. …
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Newt Gingrich’s real name is Newton Leroy McPherson
Yeah… Who’s erratic and unpredictable? One of the funniest 5:28 I’ve seen on YouTube for a while. Reverend Manning has a big problem with the current POTUS too (he refers to him as the “Long Legged Mac Daddy“.