This break is gonna take longer than I thought

I want to apologize for the extremely long break I've taken...I never intended to be away this long, and I'm not happy about it. It seems that I have developed a condition called RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) which is going to keep me for some time. I will update periodically as I improve.

In the meantime, please check out the link above and do whatever you can to avoid getting RSI...it really, truly, absolutely sucks, even if you don't have blogs to run.

A break

Two months ago, I knew next to nothing about how to put together a good looking blog. Now it looks good (I think anyway), but just going through the news every day can be time consuming. There are still some things I'd like to learn to make this a better experience, so I'm taking a couple of days off to do so.

Whether you like the site or hate it, I'd love to see you leave a comment below!

In The News 11/9/06

Why Rumsfeld should be prosecuted now

Why Pelosi had really better consider impeachment

Why you should stay away from Windows Vista - Good luck trying to play anything you've downloaded! The RIAA / MPAA Special Aktion Group resides in Vista.

Democrats sure are being nice to Bush - You know, I try to stay away from linking to sites as dramatic as those run by Alex Jones, but seriously, those guys have some things to say that all of us should consider. They've been right many times more than they've been wrong. Don't pass this up; you may regret it later if you do. Oh, their thoughts on how the election could have been thrown are bound to be fairly unpopular with the Americablog and Crooks And Liars crowds...but if it's true, it's damn scary.

What will the election mean for copyright? - Let's hope Boucher gets the job (but even then, I won't be surprised to see some draconian legislation spew forth).

Government tries to stop AT&T lawsuit - This isn't surprising. AT&T scratched the Feds' back by letting them play Big Brother, and now Big Brother wants to cover it all up. Very dismaying.

Social security data used for criminal investigations - Doesn't sound so significant until you realize that just about anything can be turned into a terrorism investigation these days. This is a must-read.

Bush's Daddy steps in to help - They gave Bush the presidency and he broke it, along with the entire Middle East and his own country. Now Daddy's gonna give him some help.

In The News 11/8/06

Bush replaces Rumsfeld with...another Rumsfeld!

Human Rights denial deserves impeachment - We had our party...now it's time to get to work. Bush deserves impeachment at the very least. The man is not fit to govern a diner, much less an entire nation.

MS EULA nets Dell user $90 - Here's your way out of paying for Windows when you don't want it!

Here's another example of why forfeiture laws are nothing more than thievery made legal

An interesting take on Nancy Pelosi - I hate to say this, but...I wouldn't be surprised to see in hindsight that this was an accurate assessment of the new Speaker. She has said that impeachment is off the table. If she doesn't move to impeach, then clearly something is very, very wrong with her leadership.

Yes, they hate our freedom - The truth about the Military Commissions Act

In The News 11/7/06

Goodbye and good riddance! - Molly Ivins sums up a six-year nightmare.

Election theft round-up - Lest we forget, they tried to steal elections this time too.

Public election money levels the field - Now here's a working model of an idea that I've been trying to flesh out in my head for some time!

Starbucks loses laptops with data on 60,000 employees - Whoops! I smell some serious legal action forthcoming...

Today was a fantastic day :)

Here's to hoping the Senate gets taken as well!

Britney Spears' love fickleness is top news on Election Day

With all the 'wacky hijinks' going on with this election, you'd think a responsible media would be all over it. Sadly, they are not. Someone is asleep at the switch. I wish I could say "You're not gonna believe this", but instead I have to say "Why am I surprised?".

Without further delay, I give you Google's top stories at 5:15 PM central time:

Stuff I Read Today 11/6/06

109 reasons to dump the 109th Congress

America's slide to totalitarianism - If the last-minute polling trends showing a powerful Republican comeback carry through the Nov. 7 elections, the end of America as we have known it for more than two centuries will be at hand.

Bush will say anything - Have Americans lost the ability to differentiate between spin and reality?

GOP resorts to voter suppression tactics by impersonating Dems - Anything to stay in power...New York Times is covering this as well.

The Disjointed States of America - You can't understand this country's politics using red and blue; the USA's voting patterns make more sense when the country's Wal-Marts, ecological habits, income and population size are spread across the same map.

Some US companies, insurers consider sending employees abroad for surgery - Hey, I have an idea! Let's OUTSOURCE MEDICAL CARE!

Homeland Security now data mining all international travelers - I vonder how long it vill be before ve vill need permission from DHS to leave ze country...

Army recruiters accused of misleading students to enlist - "Nobody is going over to Iraq anymore?" one student asks a recruiter. "No, we're bringing people back," he replies. "We're not at war. War ended a long time ago," another recruiter says.

Yet more evidence that America is winning its War On Drugs

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