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Probably because somebody is:"Federal law enforcement agencies have been tracking Americans in real-time using credit cards, loyalty cards and travel reservations without getting a court order, a new document released under a government sunshine request shows.The document, obtained by security researcher Christopher Soghoian, explains how so-called "Hotwatch" orders allow for real-time tracking of individuals in a criminal investigation via credit card companies, rental car agencies, calling cards, and even grocery store loyalty programs. The revelation...

Sometimes you are tossed a big fat softball and you just have to swing.(Above--Big fat softball. Picture by Tage Olsin.)So I'm going to comment here on Dick Cheney being indicted in Nigeria---Former Vice President Dick Cheney is going to be charged in Nigeria with bribery allegedly committed by Haliburton while Mr. Cheney was Haliburton CEO.It would be wonderful to see Mr. Cheney extradited to Nigeria and to see him in a Nigerian jail.I would pay $500...

Personally, I never got the appeal of the whole day after Thanksgiving shopping experience. For some reason standing in line with a bunch of sleep-deprived, caffeine-overdosed strangers at 3 AM just doesn't do it for me. But then again, I hate shopping any time. My Christmas shopping consists of a trip to the gift card rack at the local HEB. Anyone on my list of  recipients who doesn't like gift cards is pretty much SOL....

North Korea has lobbed shells at South Korea.Two South Korean marines were killed and many houses were destroyed.(Above--North Korean soldiers peering into South Korea. Like you and I, these troops in the pcture are people in a world they did not create.)This took place on Yeonpyeong Island. This is not the first conflict between the two Koreas over this island.President Obama has said that the United States will help defend South Korea if that is what is required.With all...

The ever-encroaching police state-coming soon to a bus, subway, train, boat, federal building (and who knows where else) near you:"The next step in tightened security could be on U.S. public transportation, trains and boats. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says terrorists will continue to look for U.S. vulnerabilities, making tighter security standards necessary."[Terrorists] are going to continue to probe the system and try to find a way through," Napolitano said in an interview that aired...

Baseball fans may be aware of the saying "Spahn and Sain and pray for rain."(Above--Spahn on the left and Sain on the right.)These words are about the 1948 Boston Braves. Warren Spahn and Johnny Sain were two starting pitchers on the '48 Braves team that won the American League pennant and then lost the World Series to the Cleveland Indians.The Boston Braves, after a stop in Milwaukee for a few years, are the current Atlanta Braves.The words are, as...

In Charlotte, a cancer survivor and a flight attendant of 32 years was forced to remove her prosthetic breast. Other breast cancer survivors have had similar experiences at Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C. A 66-year old California woman who wears a pacemaker wrote in an e-mail to MSNBC:"During a recent enhanced pat-down, a screener cupped my breasts and felt my genitals..To 'clear my waistband' she put her hands down my pants and groped for the...

The TSA. Keeping us safe by feeling up 3-year old girls:<br />How much of this are we willing to tolerate? I don't know about you, but if I was the Channel 39 reporter that story would have been done from a jail cell, not the studio. UPDATED: Read the account of a man at San Diego International Airport who refused to go through the body scanner, who was told by a member of the TSA...

I know an awesome woman. Her name is Virginia. I hope like hell I'm as fabulous as she is when I'm her age.Here's her latest story:We don't have a "new" car this weekend.  In fact, the car salesman hung up on me last Saturday because he caught on that I was being a "smart ass".  He made such a big deal about giving us $5,000 for our car on Monday then called on Saturday & offered...

I could muster up images like hot potatoes, but that is much too innocent for what is going on with our political system. Imagine a hot steaming pile of crap. That is basically the state of our nation as we speak. Those that stand near it (or even hold it) begin to catch the stench of the feces. Whether they were the ones to deficate or not is not really important. The Democrats stank to...