Month February 2008

Pakistan removed from the Internet

Ostensibly to protect against “blasphemous” YouTube content, but more likely for political purposes, I’m guessing. With presumably unintended consequences. The leadership of Pakistan just created a massive Denial of Service on their own country. Let’s hope this isn’t the prelude…

I’ve been purged!

But then, I never have been able to turn off my brain and robotically accept dogma. My thought crime apparently involved being insufficiently Marxist. Mentioned this to a long-time socialist friend who laughed and said, congratulations. A Steppenwolf lyric seems…

Another day at TSA

Loaded guns and knives in luggage and hidden, fake documents. Just another Friday checking passengers at TSA. Yes, it’s a good thing they found the guns.