You know what's great? Being watched by my phone company.

Well, at least Charter Communications isn't the only one watching me. I was beginning to feel lonely. I mean, what good is it if only my downloads are being watched? For my money, I at least expect police officers to find out where I am and who I'm texting with no warrant! Good thing I use Sprint for my cell phone! Helloooooo big brother!

Why is Linda Sanchez such a....bad word?

Welcome to another attempt to kill the internet as we know it. This time it's not threats from gay people, threats from pedophiles, or threats from hackers. This time it's not to "keep our children safe" (from themselves...). Oh wait...yes it is. Check out this recent article from Wired about Rep Linda Sanchez's new legislation to censor the internet. Can anyone say "Tipper Gore"? Or maybe, Tipper 2.0? Sorry...perish the thought.

Oh, and just for the record, Tipper and Linda are BOTH "Democrats." Just to remind everyone that idiocy and insanity comes in both red AND blue varieties.

I Love Assassinations. But only if we don't tell anyone about it. Shhhh...

Not much to say to this, except for something that doesn't surprise me it certainly makes me sick to my stomach.

Seymour Hersh: "Executive Assassination Ring" Answered to Cheney, Had No Congressional Oversight

T & A & Red America

This is a fascinating story about how the states with the most anti-sex rhetoric in schools (and in legislature) are actually the states with the highest rate of pornography consumption. Not too surprising, to tell you the truth, but crazy nonetheless. Two things come to mind: one, that pornography is our biggest (illegal) export, and makes the U.S. billions of dollars a year. Two, that although conservative and reactionary interests always say they're hard on sex (no pun intended), they seem to have the most sex scandals. Hmmmm....

Unions meet PR's "Dr. Evil"

Union-busting in the U.S. is not unusual, and there's a ton of evidence to suggest that anti-anti-corporate activism (meaning expensive ad and PR campaigns and governmental lobbies) has until recently been far more effective than grass-roots organizing by people without tons of money. This article's a pretty fascinating look at the new war on organized labor, and the man behind it all.