Excellent reportage from the Tampa Bay Times.
Tall Ships Visit New Bedford, MA
1 week ago
Friday, June 7, 2013
Can I Count On Your Support Today?
I occasionally get phone calls from solicitors trying to raise money for one charity or another and I always turn them down. It's not that I don't want to give to any charities. But when a third party is raising the money for them, they always take a cut so not all, and now we learn sometimes not much, of your money actually goes to the charity--if it's actually a charity.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Lots Of Road Finds Today
Pass. Too small for me.
Picked it up since it had a name and phone on it.
The phone is disconnected.
Jeremy Jones, I have your Champion Destroyer.
Pass. Not my style and missing a mate.
Pass! Was someone doing jello shots?
Pass. I need lumbar support.
Pass. I have enough already.
Interesting
From a May 30 Spokesman Review article about Gail Gerlach being charged with first degree manslaughter:
Gerlach’s wife, Sharon Gerlach, was about four steps behind her husband when she ran out the door, according to her statement. She said she didn’t see her husband fire his gun because she was watching as the Suburban drove away. She did hear some sort of explosion and saw the rear window break. She also reported seeing the driver make some sort of motion with his arm, but thought he could possibly be “flipping them off.”
From a May 30 post allegedly made by Sharon Gerlach on the Gail Gerlach Legal Defense Fund site:
My husband Gail is being charged with First Degree Manslaughter in the shooting death of a career car thief who, during the commission of the theft, made a threatening motion that made us both believe he was aiming a weapon at us.
Gerlach’s wife, Sharon Gerlach, was about four steps behind her husband when she ran out the door, according to her statement. She said she didn’t see her husband fire his gun because she was watching as the Suburban drove away. She did hear some sort of explosion and saw the rear window break. She also reported seeing the driver make some sort of motion with his arm, but thought he could possibly be “flipping them off.”
From a May 30 post allegedly made by Sharon Gerlach on the Gail Gerlach Legal Defense Fund site:
My husband Gail is being charged with First Degree Manslaughter in the shooting death of a career car thief who, during the commission of the theft, made a threatening motion that made us both believe he was aiming a weapon at us.
A Bastion Of Freedom And Democracy?
When you kill civilians in person it's a war crime, as it should be.
When you kill civilians with an unmanned aerial vehicle it's...um...regrettable?
And just as it does with surveillance and monitoring of Americans, Congress aids and abets even when simply doing nothing.
When you kill civilians with an unmanned aerial vehicle it's...um...regrettable?
And just as it does with surveillance and monitoring of Americans, Congress aids and abets even when simply doing nothing.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
The Surveillance State Lives
And we live within it.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, the Custodian of Records shall produce to the National Security Agency (NSA) upon service of this Order, and continue production on an ongoing daily basis thereafter for the duration of this Order, unless otherwise ordered by the Court, an electronic copy of the following tangible things: all call detail records or "telephony metadata" created by Verizon for communications
(i) between the United States and abroad; or
(ii) wholly within the United States, including local telephone calls.
This Order does not require Verizon to produce telephony metadata for communications wholly originating and terminating in foreign countries. Telephony metadata includes comprehensive communications routing information,. including but not limited to session identifying information (e.g., originating and terminating telephone number, International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) number,International Mobile station Equipment Identity (IMEI) number, etc.), trunk identifier, telephone calling card numbers, and time and duration of call. Telephony metadata does not include the substantive content of any communication, as defined by 18 U.S.C. 2510(8), or the name, address, or financial information of a subscriber or customer.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no person shall disclose to any other person that the FBIor NSA has sought or obtained tangible things under this Order, other than to:
(a) those persons to whom disclosure is necessary to comply with such Order;
(b) an attorney to obtain legal advice or assistance with respect to the production of things in response to the Order; or
(c) other persons as permitted by the Director of the FBI or the Director's designee.
A person to whom disclosure is made pursuant to (a), (b), or (c) shall be subject to the nondisclosure requirements applicable to a person to whom an Order is directed in the same manner as such person. Anyone who discloses to a person described in (a), (b), or (c) that the FBI or NSA has sought or obtained tangible things pursuant to this Order shall notify such person of the nondisclosure requirements of this Order.
At the request of the Director of the FBI or the designee of the Director, any person making or intending to make a disclosure under (a) or (c) above shall identify to the Director or such designee the person to whom such disclosure will be made or to whom such disclosure was made prior to the request.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that service of this Order shall be by a method agreed upon by the Custodian of Records of Verizon and the FBI, and if no agreement is reached, service shall be personal.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, the Custodian of Records shall produce to the National Security Agency (NSA) upon service of this Order, and continue production on an ongoing daily basis thereafter for the duration of this Order, unless otherwise ordered by the Court, an electronic copy of the following tangible things: all call detail records or "telephony metadata" created by Verizon for communications
(i) between the United States and abroad; or
(ii) wholly within the United States, including local telephone calls.
This Order does not require Verizon to produce telephony metadata for communications wholly originating and terminating in foreign countries. Telephony metadata includes comprehensive communications routing information,. including but not limited to session identifying information (e.g., originating and terminating telephone number, International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) number,International Mobile station Equipment Identity (IMEI) number, etc.), trunk identifier, telephone calling card numbers, and time and duration of call. Telephony metadata does not include the substantive content of any communication, as defined by 18 U.S.C. 2510(8), or the name, address, or financial information of a subscriber or customer.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no person shall disclose to any other person that the FBIor NSA has sought or obtained tangible things under this Order, other than to:
(a) those persons to whom disclosure is necessary to comply with such Order;
(b) an attorney to obtain legal advice or assistance with respect to the production of things in response to the Order; or
(c) other persons as permitted by the Director of the FBI or the Director's designee.
A person to whom disclosure is made pursuant to (a), (b), or (c) shall be subject to the nondisclosure requirements applicable to a person to whom an Order is directed in the same manner as such person. Anyone who discloses to a person described in (a), (b), or (c) that the FBI or NSA has sought or obtained tangible things pursuant to this Order shall notify such person of the nondisclosure requirements of this Order.
At the request of the Director of the FBI or the designee of the Director, any person making or intending to make a disclosure under (a) or (c) above shall identify to the Director or such designee the person to whom such disclosure will be made or to whom such disclosure was made prior to the request.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that service of this Order shall be by a method agreed upon by the Custodian of Records of Verizon and the FBI, and if no agreement is reached, service shall be personal.
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