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Software security and cryptography guru Bruce Schneier explains how the Transportation and Security Administration is violating federal law by using commercial data about its passengers. It is has also lied to congress about doing so.

In a quick change of events, Majority Leader Bill Frist(R-TN) changes debate from the important Defense Funding Bill to a bill that would ban people from suing the gun industry for negligence. In a time of war, the majority leader apparently feels the gun industry is more important than funding operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the global war on terrorism.
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Funny clip

If the grannies want to fight for our country, send ‘em to Iraq and have them knit comfortable socks and cook tasty knoephla soup for the younger soldiers. No just kidding… but it is still interesting to see how the recruiters acted when confronted by the seniors… they didn’t have a clue what to do so they called the police…. Go figure.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/22/raging.grannies.ap/index.html

This is very enlightening. It breaks the world down proportionally to 100 people and describes the remaining statistics.

http://www.luccaco.com/miniatureearth/miniature_earth.htm

Photos of our house for sale – 1201 Yale Place #311 Minneapolis MN 55403

Photos from trip to NY and DC.

Summary of some earlier opinions

Wikipedia Entry – John G. Roberts Jr.

John G Roberts is a Bush Campaign Donor

What is the difference between Eric Rudolph and Mohamed Atta? One is a Christian terrorist that kills innocent people, and the other is an Islamic terrorist that kills innocent people. What about the difference between Stephen John Jordi and Ramzi Yousef?

According to the Bush philosophy, take the fight to the terrorists so they don’t attack us here, is this strictly limited to international Islamic terrorists? Does the war on terrorism differentiate between terrorists of different religions?

Everyone is familiar with the GNU Software Foundation, (Richard Stallman) Free Software Movement’s mantra, “Free as in freedom, not as in beer.” But now thanks to a group of students at the IT University of Copenhagen, beer may also be free.

Opensource Beer!

If we really want to protect the unborn maybe the pro-life groups should team up with the green party.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/07/14/health.chemicals.reut/index.html

Hourly Car Rental in the Twin Cities.
The Nicollet is the new condo going up in downtown mpls.
The $100 laptop project at MIT.
Treo 650 Sprint ROM Update

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Steve and I saw chef Tyler Florence from FoodTV at Marshall Fields a while back doing a “minicooking” seminar and book signing. I’ve always been a big fan of Thai food so when he made this dish in like 15 minutes … I knew I had a chance. Try it, the best/easiest green curry recipe, you won’t be disappointed! (PS: If you don’t want to make the fresh curry paste, you can substitute with the store bought stuff which cuts down your prep time considerably.)
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And to think I ate green curry chicken last night … coincidence?

* If 66% of Americans say that driving a fuel-efficient cars is an act of patriotism
* And 67% of NASCAR fans say the same

So why then did the Senate vote down an amendment to the energy bill that would require better gas mileage for vehicles?

(Source The Auto Channel)
(Source Harper’s Magazine)
(Source 40mpg.org)