Pervasivelight 5.0

The American Civil Liberties Union has “always supported explosive detection as a good form of security that doesn’t really invade privacy,” said Jay Stanley, an attorney and privacy expert with the organization.

in memorial of Ted Kennedy i present you a picture of the offshore wind turbine farm he opposed.

“It’s free money!” said Alecia Rumph, 26, who waited in a Morris Park, Bronx, line 300 people deep for the cash to buy uniforms and book bags for her two kids.

“Thank God for Obama. He’s looking out for us.”

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Thousands of people lined up at banks and check-cashing shops to withdraw the cash that magically appeared on their electronic benefit cards.

We’re doomed.

archived here should the original go down the rabbit hole.

So, the once respected New York Times has been caught airbrushing the truth once again. This time with Photoshop.

Read the whole story here

I am convinced that this design will greatly reduce the ability of it to be used to puncture or unlawfully cause stab-like injuries. I would like to encourage the designer to press forward with this product, as I genuinely believe it can reduce both accidental harm within the kitchen and stab-like injuries in general.

Detective Inspector Mark Clarkson. MPS Anti – Knife Crime Unit “Operation Blunt” Violent Crime Directorate. TPHQ

What the hell is he talking about you ask?
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Annoyed that MTV2 thought it necessary to ‘bleep’ “And a loaded automatic just to blow me all away”.

further proof that P.T. Barnum was right (even if he may not have said it).

As a result of the bag search, a variety of suspicious items were found.

I’m gonna guess a bottle of water and a fingernail clipper. Am I right?! Am I right?!

And, no, the fact that the guy detained was in fact a baddie doesn’t make me hate the TSA any less.

Can anyone tell me why Canadian immigration officers sitting behind a desk in the secure zone of an international airport would need to wear bullet proof vests and?

Also, if you feel the need to tell me three times (without prompting) that I have NOT been singled out for harrassment, the odds are good that I HAVE been.

President Barack Obama, calling current deficit spending “unsustainable,” warned of skyrocketing interest rates for consumers if the U.S. continues to finance government by borrowing from other countries.

So stop spending dude!

Rush Limbaugh said he hopes this administration fails, so you’re saying, ‘I hope America fails,’ you’re, like, ‘I dont [sic] care about people losing their homes, their jobs, our soldiers in Iraq.’ He just wants the country to fail. To me, that’s treason.

Someone should remind Wanda that “Dissent is Patriotic” *.

* this slogan may be void when a Leftist Democrat is president

despite it being dis-proven again and again and again the “Evil guns from teh United States are taking over Mexico” story persist.

I’d recommend against the George Bush collectible plate as well.

So New York’s started counting it’s chickens, and currently on the buffet table the following:

According to Paterson, the stimulus aid to New York will include:

-$11 billion more in federal Medicaid funding. About 70 percent will go the state, the rest to county and big city governments that administer the health coverage program for the poor. The money will be split: $1.9 billion for the current fiscal year, $5 billion in 2009-10 and $4.2 billion in 2010-11.

-$2.5 billion to restore education cuts. The money will be split over the next two fiscal years and could be enough to eliminate Paterson’s proposed cut in education for the fiscal year beginning April 1.

-$556 million in “flexible relief” over two years to support government programs approved by the governor and Legislature.

-$940 million for high-needs students in schools and $760 million for special education, both spread over two years.

-$180 million to increase the maximum Pell Grant for college students to $500.

-$1.25 billion for mass transit and $1.1 billion for highways and bridges. State officials say each $1 billion of this aid could produce 10,000 construction and permanent jobs.

-$1.3 billion more for food stamps over two years; $1.3 billion to nearly double the length of time a jobless worker can collect unemployment checks, up to 59 weeks; and $100 million more for child care services for low-income parents trying to hold jobs.

Can someone tell me exactly what Patterson’s planning to stimulate with 1.3Bn worth of food stamps and nearly a billion for ‘high-needs’ (whatever that is) students?

From Reason, a non-comprehensive listing off porky products from the stimulus package.

• $5.5 billion for making federal buildings “green” (including $448 million for the Department of Homeland Security’s headquarters)
• $198 million to design and furnish the DHS headquarters
• $200 million for workplace safety in Department of Agriculture facilities
• $75 million for the Smithsonian Institution
• $300 million more for hybrid and electric cars for federal employees (see below)
• $180 million for construction of Bureau of Land Management facilities
• $500 million for wildland fire management
• $110 million for construction for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• $522 million for construction for the Bureau of Indian Affairs
• $412 million for Centers for Disease Control headquarters
• $500 million earmark for National Institutes of Health facilities in Bethesda, Maryland
• $100 million for constructing U.S. Marshalls office buildings
• $300 million for constructing Federal Bureau of Investigation office buildings
• $800 million for constructing Federal Prison System buildings and facilities
• $307 million for constructing National Institute for Standards and Technology office buildings
• $1 billion for administrative costs and construction of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration office buildings
• $600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees
• $125 million for the Washington, D.C. sewer system
• $75 million for salaries of employees at the FBI
• $6 billion to turn federal buildings into “green” buildings
• $88 million for renovating the headquarters of the Public Health Service
• $5.5 million for “energy efficiency initiatives” at the Veterans Administration’s “National Cemetery Administration”
• $60 million for Arlington National Cemetery
• $75 million to construct a new “security training” facility for State Department Security officers when they can be trained at existing facilities of other agencies
• $110 million to the Farm Service Agency to upgrade computer systems
• $200 million in funding for the lease of alternative energy vehicles for use on military installations
• $2 billion for a FutureGen near-zero emissions powerplant in Mattoon, Illinois
• $2 billion for manufacturing advanced batteries for hybrid cars
• $650 million for the digital TV (DTV) transition coupon program
• $1.2 billion for summer jobs for youth
• $200 million for public computer centers at community colleges and libraries
• $750 million earmark for the National Computer Center
• $10 million to fight Mexican gun-runners
• $850 million for Amtrak (on top of its regular subsidy)
• $100 million for lead paint hazard reduction
• $275 million for flood prevention
• $65 million for watershed rehabilitation
• $650 million for abandoned mine sites
• $1.3 billion for NASA (including $450 million for “science” at NASA)
• $100 million to clean up sites used in early U.S. atomic energy program
• $10 million for urban canals
• $1.5 billion for carbon capture projects under sec. 703 of P.L. 110-140 (though the original section only authorizes $1 billion for five years)
• $500 million for state and local fire stations

I’d advise stocking up on the 3 F’s (Food, Fuel, Firearms) cause we are so screwed…

update: Looks like I’m not the only one who hates it.