Public Employee Unions (7 links)
The Washington Monthly
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE UNIONS....This single paragraph from the New York Times does a pretty good job of encapsulating the mixed feeling a lot of people probably have about public employee unions:To control soaring pensions costs, the [Metropolitan Transpo

Barron's: Investiate a possible imp (8 links)
The Big Picture
I normally steer clear of politics (except when it relates to science and technology). But I had to sit up and take notice this morning, when I saw the normally conservative-leaning financial weekly Barron's calls for an investigation into the

THE NEW YORK TIMES STRIKES AGAIN (8 links)
Michelle Malkin
'Twas the day before Christmas
And all through the Times
Hysteria reigned over
Bush's "impeachable crimes"...
Yes, the New York Times continues to show its disregard for our nation's security, publishing additi
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They're Not Going To Stop (7 links)
JustOneMinute
The NY Times escalates its war on America with its latest revelations about the high-tech capability of the NSA to monitor and data-mine international communications. Their first wave of coverage if the Bush Spied scandal was fizzling out - even...

Robert Wright on the meaning of Christmas: "Wow! We need to tell the Jews about this."

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Dispute continues over election results. (7 links)
http://iraqthemodel.com/
Yesterday was an eventful day for the parties that rejected the results of the elections. Those parties and coalitions-more than 30 in total-signed a “charter of honor� and formed a new movement under t
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Friday Ark #66 (7 links)
Modulator
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year We'll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks,

Staying home (10 links)
The Flyaway Weblog - Fly away - far away... - King Kong at the Affinia Manhattan
[photo source: wikipedia] So you decided to skip all the stress and celebrate Christmas at home. A sigh of relief must have escaped your lips when you read about the long lines at the airport. Watching your kids run...

Gizmo plus Google Talk? (10 links)
The VoIP Weblog - Your idea of Voice over IP - Links for 12/21/2005
The Gizmo project, a great alternative to Skype (if you need one) is now offering IM through Google Talk, according to Om Malik. This is big news. When I do podcasts with just one other person, we use Gizmo as...

On the Legality of the NSA Electronic In (13 links)
Power Line
It has been widely suggested that the NSA electronic intercept program that has been carried out by the Bush administration...
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Trivializing Terror (8 links)
The Washington Monthly
TRIVIALIZING TERROR....Remember Jose Padilla, the "dirty bomber"? Last September, in a major victory for the Bush administration, the 4th Circuit Court ruled that the government could detain Padilla in a military brig indefinitely without

John Gibson goes berserk — on air and off (8 links)
The Carpetbagger Report
Anyone familiar with Fox News broadcasts has come to expect a level of professionalism on par with an elementary school food fight, but once in a while, even the FNC gang manages to surprise.
CL and Newshounds offered terrific coverage last

Newsflash: Leak from Liberal war-room pr (8 links)
Stephen Taylor - Conservative Party of Canada Pundit
In an email to select officials in the Conservative Party obtained indirectly by yours truly, a leak has come from the Liberal war-room in the form of some photocopied documents mailed in a brown envelope. The Liberal attack "storyboards"
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More information and tools for domesticity... and a little poker, too (8 links)
Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey
My brother and his husband will be visiting me in Costa Rica next month and are bringing down the rest of my books and DVDs. Since this may be my last chance to get stuff down here for a while...
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Carnival of the Vanities 170 (14 links)
Ravenwood's Universe - You can't fight in here! This is the War Room

It's that time of year again. The holidays are upon us, and the internet will soon slow to a crawl as bloggers of all faiths spend more time with their families, take vacations, or just sit back and relax. But...
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Judge Posner and "Ad Hoc Initiatives" (i.e., Presidentially Sanctioned Felonies) (8 links)
Balkinization
Judge Posner has an Op-Ed in the Washington Post this morning that is understandably receiving a lot of att

Enterprise SaaS (17 links)
The CIO Weblog - Business and Technology Coverage of the Software Market - Premier 100 IT Leaders -
Why will Enterprises Move to SaaS?, Exerpts from Amy Wohl's Weblog, For a long time, we (the IT industry) told ourselves that SaaS would not be very tempting to large enterprises, except for specific narrow applications serving detached locations or

Carnival of Education - The Winter Hibernation Edition (7 links)
Circadiana
Welcome to this week's Carnival of Education and to my blog. Thank you to Education Wonks for letting me host the Midway today. The school is (finally!) out and you may be sick'n'tired of it, but you canno

The Growth of Open Source Software in Organizations - Optaros (7 links)
The CIO Weblog - Business and Technology Coverage of the Software Market - Premier 100 IT Leaders -
Optaros recently published a report titled "The Growth of Open Source Software in Organizations", This research report is based on survey data collected from an online poll distributed to more than 40,000 information technology and business professi

NSA kerfuffle: redux (12 links)
protein wisdom
Drawing on remarks from both the President and the Attorney General yesterdayand on the responses I was reading around the blogosphereI began to suspect that the divisions were seeing in the debate over executive aut
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Security lines at the airport (12 links)
The Flyaway Weblog - Fly away - far away... - High tech traveller
According to the Transportation Security Administration, from 22 December, airline travellers will be subjected to random screenings; on the other hand, there will be fewer prohibited items. Passengers will be allowed to hand-carry small tools and s

Pentagon anti-terror investigators labeled gay law school groups a "credible threat" of terrorism (10 links)
AMERICAblog: Because a great nation deserves the truth
Jesus f-in Christ. This has gone far beyond the pale. We need to do something now, and in massive numbers. I've been talking with several of the blogs and politicos in the last few days. This is even wo

Intelligent design supporters get SPANKED! (9 links)
Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey
My favorite bits from the Associated Press article, Judge Rules Against Pa. Biology Curriculum:HARRISBURG, Pa. - In one of the biggest courtroom clashes between faith and evolution since the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, a federal judge barred a Pennsyl
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(7 links)
Instapundit.com
THE NYC TRANSIT WORKERS' UNION has an unofficial blog, and it's getting an earful in the comments. Here are some excerpts: [S]econdly, if i could meet the masterminds behind this strike, i'd personally spit in each of their faces. I k
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Sorry to rain on the parade, but if you think blogging is bigger than sex, you might be doing the blogging right, but you definitely aren't doing the sex right.

Hat tip: the big guy

Wiretap Mystery: Spooks React (25 links)
Defense Tech
A few current and former signals intelligence guys have been checking in since this NSA domestic spying story broke. Their reactions range between midly creeped out and completely pissed off.

Did Martin orchestrate spat with Washing (11 links)
Stephen Taylor - Conservative Party of Canada Pundit
Kate and I have been investigating a tip that she received that suggests that Paul Martin did in fact orchestrate the recent fight between himself and the Bush administration. The proof may lie in the Liberal ads. Consider the following...
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LIAR (10 links)
Eschaton
Bush speech, April 20, 2004:Secondly, there are such things as roving wiretaps. Now, by the way, any time you hear

Strike Blogging: Wear Comfortable Shoes (9 links)
GOP and the City
Estimated daily cost of a strike to the city - $400,000,000
Average Salary for a Subway/Bus operator - $62,000
Starting Salary for a NYPD Police officer - $25,100
Trying to get support from a public that ma
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TWU Walks Out On New York (7 links)
Suitably Flip
It's on. After failing to come to a contract agreement with the MTA last night, the Transport Workers Union voted 28-10 to launch their illegal citywide strike on bus and subway lines today, disrupting the commutes of the 7 million New Yorkers
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Google Talk's Future (12 links)
The VoIP Weblog - Your idea of Voice over IP - Vonage Needed More Money
I remember back when Google Talk came out, long months ago, it was so excitedly championed. I stayed up late to talk to random geeks I met through Digg and the g-talk future looked very, very sweet. Fast forward...

What is the NSA Up To? (12 links)
The Washington Monthly
WHAT IS THE NSA UP TO?....So what's the nature of the secret NSA bugging program? Why did the Bush administration feel like they couldn't continue to seek warrants via the usual FISA procedures? Take a look at the following quotes...

CELEBRITIES MARRIAGES, LIKE OIL & WA (7 links)
The Celebrities Weblog - "Stars, Gossip and Celebrities" - TACKY CELEBRITY COUPLES
Source:www.haiku.blogs.com Defining the expression, "long-term," is relative, especially when applied to personal relationships. My first marriage lasted about 4½ years, and when it ended, both our families were shocked, and considered it

Legal Analysis of the NSA Domestic Surve (10 links)
The Volokh Conspiracy - -
Was the secret NSA surveillance program legal? Was it constitutional? Did it violate federal statutory law? It turns out these are hard questions, but I wanted to try my best to...
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Want to be a professional Dungeon Master? (10 links)
Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey
Sci-Fi Wire: BioWare Contest Offers A Real Prize:Game producer BioWare told SCI FI Wire that it is sponsoring a writing contest for its fantasy role-playing game Neverwinter Nights, with the top prize something more than simply a mug or a...
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About those wiretaps and the constitutional separation of powers. (9 links)
Althouse
Condolezza Rice defends Bush's authorization of warrantless interception of telephone calls coming into the country from terrorists sources:
In Sunday talk show appearances, Ms. Rice said the program was in
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Meatloaf, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Carrots with Butter and Brown Sugar, Apple Crisp, Spinach Dip in B (7 links)
Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey
I made this for dinner last night: I used the Meat Loaf recipe from Betty Crocker's Cooking Basics: Learning to Cook with Confidence: 1 pound of ground beef, 1 small chopped onion, 2 slices of bread, 1/4 cup of milk,...
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Nasser’s Biggest Crime (7 links)
Michael J. Totten
CAIRO  Egyptian blogger Big Pharaoh gave me an insiders tour of Cairo and the ghastly political situation facing his country today. He took me down 26 of July Street on foot to the bridge over the Nile connecting Zamalek...

Did Bush domestic spy program eavesdrop (10 links)
AMERICAblog: Because a great nation deserves the truth
I had an interesting discussion this morning with DC political consultant Marc Laitin. We both came to the conclusion that it sounds like Bush's super-secret illegal domestic spying program may be targetin

#108 Best of Me Symphony (8 links)
The Owner's Manual
Spirit Fingers finds the mother lode of sporty, traumatic wardrobery in The pursuit of active luxury. Some people think they see the mother lode in the beautiful people, especially the vote of the beautiful women. If some murders are...
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BUSH TAKES ON THE PRESS (7 links)
Michelle Malkin
The showdown starts at 10:30am EST in the East Room. If Bush hits as hard as he did in his Saturday radi
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The 3rd Annual 10 Worst Quotes From The Democratic Underground For 2005 (7 links)
Right Wing News (Conservative News and Views)
Honorable Mention: C_U_L8R: (Republicans are) Pure Concentrated Evil. false christians filled with hate and fear who desire to put the...
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Carnival of the Capitalists 12/19/2005 (11 links)
Coyote Blog
Welcome to the Carnival of the Capitalists and my second time hosting the COTC. Note that several people tried to submit multiple posts - when that happened, I picked just one to include this week. Many thanks to Silflay Hraka...

Where are 2005's best posts? (9 links)
Mister Snitch!
Now that the frenetic clamoring for blogosphere awards is about over, what were the year's best posts?
If your blog won an award this year, our sincere congratulati

Have The Democrats Walked Into a Trap... (12 links)
RealClearPolitics
The political pendulum is swinging back towards President Bush. The President’s approval rating has a pattern of dipping when he takes his Crawford vacation every August then bouncing back in September upon his return to Washington. This year, howev

Tech News #9 from The Register (12 links)
The Gadgets Weblog - Talk of Tech Tools and Toys - Laser Shock Guns
One of the latest editions of Tech News Around The World was made using The Register only and I really enjoyed it, so I decided to do more of those. Here it is, the best news of last week...

In The Network #7 (12 links)
The Gadgets Weblog - Talk of Tech Tools and Toys - Laser Shock Guns
VCs and RFID - More News from www.rfid-weblog.com If The File Does Not Exist, You Must Acquit from www.p2p-weblog.com On Starship Troopers and Entrepreneurship from www.java-entrepreneur.com i2 Web Seminars Now Available On-Demand from www.supplych

Chicken Breasts with Orange Glaze, Garli (10 links)
Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey
For tonight's episode of the Cooking with Jacqueline Show I made: I used the Chicken Breasts with Orange Glaze recipe from Betty Crocker's Cooking Basics: Learning to Cook with Confidence. I didn't like that the recipe called for the
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It's a Free Country (7 links)
Billmon
Bush declined to discuss the domestic eavesdropping program in a television interview, but he joined his aides in saying that the government acted lawfully and did not intrude on citizens' rights."Decisions made are made understandin

High Treason and the New York Times (7 links)
Dean's World - -
At first I thought this business of monitoring phone conversations between people in the U.S. and suspected terrorists overseas was no big deal. Then I realized it is a big deal....
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TIME'S LAME CHOICES (9 links)
Michelle Malkin
Okay. I don't question that the rock star and the world's
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Now Colin Powell comes out swinging (7 links)
Mark in Mexico
In a stunning statement during an interview on the BBC, Colin Powell says that the White Hou

Tech News #8 from Europe (9 links)
The Gadgets Weblog - Talk of Tech Tools and Toys - Vodafone will sponsor McLaren Mercedes
Xbox hits the ground running - The array of launch titles for Microsoft's new gaming console offers a tantalising glimpse into the future. Any new console launches with a portfolio of games that skims the surface of its capabilities...