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Supreme Nonsense

tylerdave — Thu, 27 Mar 2003 03:45:16 +0000

Oral arguments were heard this morning in one of this year’s more interesting US Supreme Court cases. Lawrence v. Texas is a challenge of a Texas state law prohibiting consensual homosexual sex.

It amazes me how Americans laud the rights we have in this country yet in the year 2003 a couple isn’t free to behave how they choose in the privacy of their own home.

NPR had a short recap of today’s arguments (I love the way Nina Totenberg reads the court transcripts). If you’re not into the whole audio thing or you want a little more detail you can check out a Slate article on the subject.

I really do love this country but man it frustrates the hell out of me sometimes.

Global Security

tylerdave — Mon, 24 Mar 2003 00:20:09 +0000

All of the usual news sites have pleanty of war coverage but for background information, GlobalSecurity.org is awesome.

They have a nice succinct pro/con for going to war with Iraq, which I guess is moot, but it still provides some good background information that you’d never get in the news.

It’s really neat to be able to watch the news on TV and at the same time get more detailed information about the subject of that story, like new US weapons systems, or the current Iraqi military capability.

My favorite part though, is the variety of leaflets that we’re dropping (the bottom two-thirds zoom in for more detail).

Live From New York

tylerdave — Tue, 18 Mar 2003 03:05:28 +0000

About five minutes into tonight’s presidential address, I half expected to hear Bush yell “Live from New York, It’s Saturday Night!” Unfortunately, he never did.

He sure did look like someone stole his teddy bear though.

One of the main problems that I have with Bush is that he never seems to believe what he’s saying. That and the whole conservative thing.

Fucking Scary

tylerdave — Thu, 14 Nov 2002 04:55:53 +0000

I’m all for national security but this is way too much. I’m looking forward to much more of this in the next two years.

Satire or News?

tylerdave — Mon, 07 Oct 2002 04:35:58 +0000

I know The Onion is supposed to be satire, but this article seems a little to close to what’s actually going on. I guess that’s the mark of good satire.