Government agencies opened a package mailed between two Associated Press reporters last September and seized a copy of an eight-year-old unclassified FBI lab report without obtaining a warrant or notifying the news agency. [via Atrios]
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Govt now siezing mail without warrants
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French Toast
It’s probably American — possibly named after an Albany chef named Joseph French.
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ACT UP / Roche
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I love the French
From the French Embassy:
The French Embassy in Washington said French fries actually come from Belgium.
“We are at a very serious moment dealing with very serious issues and we are not focusing on the name you give to potatoes,” said Nathalie Loisau, an embassy spokeswoman.
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GYWO #21
Get Your War On 21 has arrived.
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Oh yeah, I’m cool
The newspapers won’t even print the title, but Suzan-Lori Parks’ new play Fucking A, is the hottest ticket in New York.
My mother is coming to New York at the end of the month, and we already have tickets to take her. We’re also taking her to see a real musical instead of the crap that Broadway produces these days: People Are Wrong at P.S.122.
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A cleaner Times Square
I suspect most tourists would rather ignore a porn shop than risk getting shot.
Eight people were shot and two were stabbed when fighting broke out in a crowded Times Square nightclub early yesterday, sending people rushing for the exits over the bodies of those wounded in the fray.
Though two of those hurt in the second-floor club at the Broadway City Arcade on West 42nd Street were in critical condition, no one was killed, authorities said.
I don’t recall things like this happening too often before Rudolph “bring my mistress to official events” Giuliani decided to make Times Square safe for Disney and chain restaurants.
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Kidnapping children
The U.S. and Pakistan are now involved in kidnapping and interrogating children.
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Americans turning to foreign news
British news sites are seeing unprecedented traffic from US readers as Americans turn to Old Europe for Real News. [via Boing Boing]
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Bush had decided by last summer
Buried in a NY Times article, I found this (Abdullah is King of Jordan):
Jordanian officials say that Abdullah, told by President Bush at the White House last summer that he would not be dissuaded from military action to topple Mr. Hussein, chose to limit Jordan’s losses. “The king asked the president, ‘Can I change your mind?’ and the president told him bluntly, ‘No,’ ” one Jordanian official said. “From that point on, we began preparing for war, and trying to minimize the political and economic costs.”
Do you see the word “disarmament” in there?
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