It seems as though the Bush administration is trying to ram as many facist “laws” down our throats as they can before the next president is in office.

From The New York TImes:

A Justice Department plan would loosen restrictions on the Federal Bureau of Investigation to allow agents to open a national security or criminal investigation against someone without any clear basis for suspicion, Democratic lawmakers briefed on the details said Wednesday.

Is it just me or are you tired of the government’s attempt to “Protect us” too?

Here is the full article.

Whats going on with Digg.com? There is a sad but one of the most important story’s of our time that was dugg as of 11:55 CST over 12,526 times and yet it does not show up in the most dugg story list? Digg.com is one of my favorite sites and I have never seen a single story with so many diggs behind it. I don’t want to jump to conclusions on this but did Digg.com break suddenly?

For those of you who dont know, digg.com is a very novel concept allowing users to submit a story to digg and other readers “digg” a story, which pushes the popularity of the story forward, which in turn, gives it more exposure. This basically results in the readers deciding what the news headlines are based on votes.

The comments section have been buzzing regarding this oversight. Even still, it is not the top story with over 12000 diggs. The #1 story is Atheist soldier sues government with 3126 diggs? Last time I checked 12526 > 3126.

Something IS rotten in Denmark…

We live in an age where corporate owned conglomerate media outlets shove useless drivel about celebrities and shopping tips down our gullets rather than focusing on relevant news. Digg.com was a fresh breathe of air supposed to prevent this sort of thing. I certainly hope the digg team will respond to this with a “oops, our algorithm was wack”.

Evidentally, some Dallas City Hall council members skipped out on science class in “skool”. A bizarre exchange between city hall members erupted when a special meeting was called over how to handle traffic tickets. Directly from the city hall blog:

“Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield, who is white, said it seemed that central collections “has become a black hole” because paperwork reportedly has become lost in the office.

Commissioner John Wiley Price, who is black, interrupted him with a loud “Excuse me!” He then corrected his colleague, saying the office has become a “white hole.”

The kicker is that the council member that uttered the “B” word, was asked to apologize for the racially insensitive comment? huh?

Blog link

This is the inaugural “Bushism of the day” for tps-report.org. A bushism will be posted every day until “W” is out of office (and maybe beyond). Today’s bushism is (drum roll)…

“I’m honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein.”

—Washington, D.C., May 25, 2004