- A few links talking about 9/11. Comments from passengers stranded in Gander has a bunch of touching stories. WOMANROCK.com - stories from NYC, too. The Effects of September 11 on Google describes changes in both how the folks at Google see their services, as well as how the outside world views them. Crossing America - Dispatches from a new nation is a series of articles by a reporter who drove from Seattle to New York, talking to folks along the way.
- Telling the terrorists We're more nuts than you. Can't argue with that reasoning.
- David Grenier: Domestic Terrorist - this happened way back in August. Hopefully the current mayor in Seattle will go down in flames for it, but probably not. The Niemöller redux page has an update, as well as a fine re-interpretation of that writing that ends and then they came for me.
- Now I understand why we needed a standing army: to create the need for a Department of Homeland Security. And deal with those pesky folks like David Grenier. It's all part of Osama-gate. And if we're going to vigorously attack those who support terrorism, when do the bombs start to fall on Langley? Oh wait, they only support the good terrorists.
- Feingold blocks Senate attempt to trample civil rights. You might want to Contact Senator Feingold and thank him for at least slowing down the process of creating The Surveillance Society. Secretive U.S. court may add to power - Been around since 1978, but the Bush administration is looking to expand this court's powers. Then again, the Onion makes a compelling case: Freedoms Curtailed In Defense Of Liberty.
- Have you noticed that the masked figure in the CIA's Terrorist Busters Logo looks a lot like the police in "dynamic entry" situations? Hmm!