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Game 7

I saw this guy on my drive home from work the other day, wearing a Red Wings jersey and hockey gloves.  This is definitely “Hockeytown”. I’m Looking forward to an exciting Game 7 in the Stanley Cup Finals tonight, hoping we get to see Bettman hand the Cup to Lidstrom at center ice, sometime around 11pm. I’m not an avid fan of any particular sport.  I watch some college and pro football, and I catch the occasional Detroit Tigers game on TV or at Comerica Park when my schedule permits.  About the only sporting event I have to tune in to, is the NHL playoffs.  Growing up in metro-Detroit, my family always watched hockey growing up: we even subscribed to PASS (does anyone remember PASS network???) back in the lat 1980s or … Read entire article »

Filed under: Fun Stuff

Enabling the Surveillance State

For the record: the omniscience offered by red-light cameras, or mall security cameras networked together and available to State agents upon demand, is horribly frightening, and yes, the general apathetic reaction to the surveillance state likely means it’s going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better. Case-in-point: You feel like Big Brother’s watching. I just hope he is. —Kim Gold, 48, Wilmington, DE resident. [Virtually Everywhere You Go... They're Watching] Ms. Gold, I think you need to re-read George Orwell’s 1984, or if you prefer, watch the movie. Because if you had even the faintest fucking understanding of what “Big Brother” actually is — the symbol of the omnipresent totalitarian State, where thought is crime, the end of human dignity and the death of liberty — I pray … Read entire article »

Filed under: Conspiracy Theory, Left Libertarian, Police State

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-07

http://snipr.com/j4lr8 – jenna bush’s bush. or not. i scared of pprzi # 1.5 hr layover in MKE. not long enough to do any work, not long enough to have 1 too many whisky at the bar. what to do… # what radio station in the LA vicinity doesn’t suck? seriously. do they know what “rock” music is? # Last 2x I’ve put myself on airplane,elsewhere plane crashes. 1st over the Hudson in Jan. & now AirFrance. Just because I’m not paranoid… # After hours on airplane & in office, some cardio & few laps in the pool felt good-Now to wash it down w/a $21 hamburger, room service. # Trifecta: started reading #alongsideNight pdf yesterday, listening to podcast of Konkin’s NLM, bought Heinlein’s TMIAHM today #tlot #agorism # @libertypile looking good!!! I need … Read entire article »

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