The Senate passed the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, Senate Bill 510, by a 73-25 vote last night; now it goes to the House. The bill gives new authorities to the Food and Drug Administration, including: access to facility records in a food emergency, more FDA inspections at all food facilities, the ability to force [...]

A new line of clothing for flyers features the 4th Amendment printed in metallic ink! There are also kid’s clothes printed “Read the 4th Amendment, perverts!” Love it. Rocky Flats Gear also sports a line of underwear to protect your nether regions from radiation and prying eyes. I like the fig leaf design; very biblical. [...]

I used to drive by the lot that sold the houses mentioned at the end of this article on my commute to Marin and San Francisco. I used to scoff at the idea, thinking that my three-bedroom house of 1200 square feet was being very frugal compared to a lot of other people. And I [...]

New feathered czar will oversee the office of sapping your will to live.

Just damn. Gone at 84. The world is somehow a darker place this morning. “Doing nothing is very hard to do…you never know when you’re finished.” ~Leslie Nielsen

Cold iron shackles and a ball and chain Listen to the whistle of the evening train You know you bound to wind up dead if you don’t head back to Tennessee, Jed Rich man step on my poor head When you get up you better butter my bread Well you know it’s like I said [...]

Makes me rethink the whole ‘going home’ scenario. Y’all enjoy your constant surveillance in the name of security. Homeland Security picking up tab for 250-300 surveillance cameras The city is installing 250 to 300 cameras at downtown intersections in an effort to prevent and fight terrorism and crime, part of a security initiative sponsored by [...]

We interrupt this idyllic Saturday morning for a rant against… who else? Big Brother. Following on the heels of this week’s domain seizure of a large hiphop file-sharing links forum, it’s clear today that the U.S. Government has been very busy. Without any need for COICA, ICE has just seized the domain of a BitTorrent [...]

there is still classical music. One of my favorites, introduced to me by my mother, alevasholem: Peer Gynt Suite, by Edvard Grieg: The rest is after the jump.