FISA and My Tinfoil Hat

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121388542478988553.html?mod=djemalertNEWS

The money shot: "Critical to sealing the deal was a compromise that would grant conditional immunity to telecommunications companies for assistance they provided from September 2001 through January 2007."

The immunity is not a bug but a feature. I have trouble really believing that Telecom campaign donations is enough pork for this. Hopefully one day I will have a good reason. Until that time, I guess my tinfoil hat is my only recourse.

Best Thread EVAH

The birth of a new meme:

http://lefarkins.blogspot.com/2008/06/thanks-to-911-shes-outraged-by.html

Foreclosures

Source: http://www.realtytrac.com/MapSearch/FreeSearch.aspx?a=b&

I'll get this map stuff better as I do it more.

More Maps

First there was gas prices, now here are Non-prime mortgage loan maps (still looking for something better than on the county level).

Source: Interactive Maps

Pokin' Around

http://www.newjerseygasprices.com/map_gas_prices.aspx?z=0&lat=39.351563&long=-94.750000&ft=A&tl=48