Yeah, so I was trying to sign into Gmail, when I got this pop-up nag-screen asking me to give them my cell phone number:
First – that ain’t gonna happen. They already have enough dirt on me from all the sweaty emails I’ve been sending to a certain hot redhead. But that’s not the point, here.
Second – why are they using a picture of a Google employee sending my information to a NSA agent’s iPhone?
Or is that not what this picture is supposed to represent?
(Submitted by jw [High Praise!])
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This video is over 2 years old. I’m not sure whether to be furious or cynically amused that it’s still perfectly relevant.
Anyway, Bacon to Ray Stevens for nearly 40 years of socially-relevant novelty songs.
In Pennsylvania, a marathoner says he was fined $100 for running in Valley Forge National Historical Park during the government shutdown.
Checking return on investment – how much did it cost to have a ticket-writer there?
[High Praise! to Freedom Is Just Another Word]
Yes, I know, the bottom number should be 43%. Which only strengthens the point.
[High Praise! to Gang Aft Agley]
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The director of the NSA said the agency collects data from social networks, but is not using it to build “dossiers” on Americans.
Guess he prefers the term “personal information data compilation files”.
In a world that’s more and more interconnected, we all have responsibilities to work together to solve common challenges.
BARACK OBAMA, press conference, Apr. 2, 2009
“That’s why I’m hard at work creating challenges for people. Can’t solve a problem together if there’s no problem to solve.”
Anonymiss of Nuking Politics picked her favorite punchlines to “Iran Is Reconsidering Its “Death to America” Slogan. Its New Slogan…”
Click here to see if you made the cut.
If you did, you should probably email Keln about becoming a guest blogger there.
If you didn’t, Anonymiss has got another straight line for you to practice on.
Keep trying. No one likes a quitter.
[High Praise! to Derek of Awesometific American for the link]
Works like this: I feed you Moon Nukers a straight line, and you hit me with a punch line in the comments.
On furlough – the official Senate clock-winder. Also on furlough…
The government is shutdown, so my work is done. I have nothing political to say, so I might as well get back to the opiate of the masses. I never much cared for reality shows, but I do think there is some untapped potential for entertainment in the genre. Yep, we are all thinking it. What is needed is some reality show mashups. Here are some I would like to see go into production.
Dating site OkCupid.com lets online daters pay $5 to filter out fat and ugly people.
Seems expensive. Obamacare sign-up sites filter out everyone for free.
