"We don't need to ask who you're talking to. We know."

[T]he Obama administration...has brought more prosecutions against current or former government officials for providing classified information to the media than every previous administration combined. [...]

“The Justice Department has always taken seriously cases in which government employees and contractors entrusted with classified information are suspected of willfully disclosing such classified information to those not entitled to it,” a department official explained. “As a general matter, prosecutions of those who leaked classified information to reporters have been rare, due, in part, to the inherent challenges involved in identifying the person responsible for the illegal disclosure and in compiling the evidence necessary to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt.”

Da Mare's gonna be all over dis

News item from Lancaster, Pa.: Some 165 closed-circuit TV cameras soon will provide live, round-the-clock scrutiny of nearly every street, park and other public space used by the 55,000 residents and the town's many tourists...

Years ago, there's no way we could do this," said Keith Sadler, Lancaster's police chief. "It brings to mind Big Brother, George Orwell and '1984.' It's just funny how Americans have softened on these issues."

Yes... funny... not "hah-hah" funny... more like "holy phokking s#i+" funny... but funny...
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It's like they're reading my mind... wait, they are reading my mind...

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LoC posters - you are hereby relieved from jury duty for the rest of your natural lives

News item: As personal information becomes more widely available on blogs, MySpace, Facebook and other social networking Web sites, the Internet has become an important tool for jury consultants and trial lawyers. Such sites are a treasure trove of information about potential and seated jurors that can be used in picking the right jurors, bouncing potential jurors and even influencing jurors during trial and in closing arguments. Jury consultants have begun turning to private investigators, some of whom have started niche businesses offering Internet jury research and "personality profiling" of jurors.

More Big Brother

So I'm walking home with my groceries the other day, and I get to the corner before my house. You know, where LSD ends. Anyway, all of a sudden I see a couple of bright flashes. Is it Al Quaeda? (Queda? Quida?) Lightning, perhaps? Nope. Apparently they put cameras on LSD and Hollywood. Not on Sheridan though. Remember that the next time you think about running that light.

P.S. The cameras don't appear on Google Earth, funnily enuff.

like Da Mare, i can see you!

Google Maps Street View in six new cities
Google Maps has added its Street View feature to six new cities: Chicago (see ALA Headquarters), Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland (Oreg.), and Tucson. As an added bonus, the images in Phoenix, Tucson, and and parts of Chicago are all in high resolution. In most of these cities, you can also pan up to the top of skyscrapers. Check out this view of the Sears Tower and watch a dizzying and amusing YouTube video (1:21) that demonstrates the new city views....