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Archive for August, 2006

Manana Manana Manana

Friday, August 11th, 2006

I’ve been here for a couple weeks now, and I still don’t have internet at the house. The guy came out once, but he couldn’t get it working. I’m so frustrated and very behind on work and emails. Just wanted to check in and let you all know, if you’ve tried to get a hold [...]

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Mel Gibson is human

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

Reading these remarks on the BBC’s website, “Influential talent agent Ari Emanuel has called for the movie community to boycott [Gibson's] future projects. “At a time of escalating tensions in the world, the entertainment industry cannot idly stand by and allow Mel Gibson to get away with such tragically inflammatory statements,” he wrote on the [...]

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Government appeals its loss in NSA/ATT domestic spying case: “Xeni Jardin: Over at politech, Declan McCullagh writes, On Monday the Bush administration appealed its loss in the AT&T/NSA wiretapping case to the 9th Circuit. U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker had ruled on July 20 that EFF’s case alleging illegal cooperation with the NSA could proceed. [...]

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