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The Vidiot's weekly blog: What pissed me off this week? 1/16/2006 (updated every Monday at some point during the day) ...'cause I'm angry and my friends are sick of listening to me...
Free stuff can be found here Mirror (in case geocities is wacky or, in case of trouble in New York, check it for messages): http://129.79.148.33/vidiotcontact/ I don't have much to comment upon this week. It's been a busy week of apartment hunting. I have a theory about Craig's list: It may have started out good, but now, the real estate listings are dismal. Most of them are in horrible neighborhoods you wouldn't want to live in. And there's a high flake-factor with the people who list. They don't call back, they give the apartment to someone and don't call to cancel the appointment they have with you. It's the weirdest thing. At the end of the day, the apartment that was decided upon was found through a girl at work. I asked her, out of the blue, if she knew of any apartments in her neighborhood, and she said, "you know, I never do, but this week, I know of two!" And there you have it. The new place is one block down the street from my favorite bar, it's a brownstone, it's sunny and the landlords are two, sweet little old Puerto Ricans who aren't grubbing for money. (That means the apartment is at least $400 less than it should be.) I'm so relieved to be out of here that I'm barely pissed off this week!
Thingy of the Week: ThumbThing Must Read of the Week: Challenging Abramoff's "Artificial Aristocracy" Toothbrush Accessory of the Week: Violight Toothbrush Sanitizer Monopoly sites of the Week: Alternate Rules and Make your own board Picture of the Week: One-eyed Kitten Um, Bush of the Week: Jenna Me Wanny of the Week: The new Apple Powerbook Media Lesson of the Week: Photo retouching Cool use of Google Map of the Week: Dig a hole Blog of the Week: Science Blog Speech of the Week: Al Gore: US Constitution in Grave Danger Site of the Week: Vatican Secret Archives Scorecard of the Week: GOP Scandals Trivia of the Week: Alcohol facts Satire of the Week: Cheney Secretly Underwent Cardiectomy Suicide Watch When you see articles like this about someone who is about to spill the beans,
You have to wonder if they're going to be 'suicided'. I mean, if it involves Rove
Suiciding is a distinct possibility. I mean, remember David Kelley?
Or how about Rosenbaum.
Police State Watch Didn't see this coming, did you? Well, I did.
NOLA This is more like what I saw when I went to New Orleans.
Underreported of the Week Did you know that they guy who took over the peacekeeping operation in Haiti was a henchman for Pinochet?
And you'll not hear this on the evening news.
And I didn't hear this on the news either.
Tin Hats? Well this sort of gives some credibility to those folks who speculate that HAARP is really a weather war weapon.
Caught in another lie. He said that 9/11 made him tape people. Turns out, that's not so true.
Impeach him! The public demands it.
Big surprise. {sigh} Yeah, what this guy said.
News of the Weird Usually, suicide is a cry for help. This guy was not crying for help.
Did you know you can put bunnies in a trance?
If you eat them, will your pee glow?
Columbus: A pirate or a gentleman?
And I thought I was clumsy.
What do we do about all of this crap? I have no idea. Part of me wants to start teach-ins at my local pub. Just go to the bar, rant and rave and inform the idiots who still think Brian Williams is telling them the truth. I sincerely believe that if we protected the voting rights of the underprivileged that any Democrat could SWEEP any election. I don't think Democrats are the answer. But they are at least a start. At the very least, point your CNN-loving friends to my links page. Just getting started in reading alternate news sites gets people thinking. I have one friend who was very happy-go-lucky, thinking ol' Greta was telling the whole truth until I opened up his eyes a bit. Now, he's all depressed. He'll get over it. You gotta' get depressed before you get angry and you gotta' get angry before you can accomplish anything. We're all in mourning. We have to move through the steps. But we gotta' hurry it up. Read. Inform. Spread the word. Even if it means your friends avoid you for awhile. If they really love you, they'll start to listen.
"POSSE COMITATUS ACT" (18 USC 1385): A Reconstruction Era criminal law proscribing use of Army (later, Air Force) to "execute the laws" except where expressly authorized by Constitution or Congress. Limit on use of military for civilian law enforcement also applies to Navy by regulation. Dec '81 additional laws were enacted (codified 10 USC 371-78) clarifying permissible military assistance to civilian law enforcement agencies--including the Coast Guard--especially in combating drug smuggling into the United States. Posse Comitatus clarifications emphasize supportive and technical assistance (e.g., use of facilities, vessels, aircraft, intelligence, tech aid, surveillance, etc.) while generally prohibiting direct participation of DoD personnel in law enforcement (e.g., search, seizure, and arrests). For example, Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachments (LEDETS) serve aboard Navy vessels and perform the actual boardings of interdicted suspect drug smuggling vessels and, if needed, arrest their crews). Positive results have been realized especially from Navy ship/aircraft involvement.
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Who am I?: I am a biker chick who lives in NYC. This blog is about current events and my left-leaning, acerbic spin on those events. Nobody pays me anything to do this. Nobody tells me what to write. I will NEVER tout anything for anybody's money! EVER! Use this instead of Google: These sites are good at culling stories from a multitude of media sites: buzzflash.com
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