Monthly Archives: June 2014

Guess the Country

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Michael Froomkin

Rations Reduced as Demand Grows for Soup Kitchens.

You only get one guess.

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Judge Holds No-Fly List Violates Due Process and APA

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Michael Froomkin

Took a long time, but the courts are coming around. Here’s a major decision from Judge Anna Brown in the Latif v. Holder case. (Via Just Security Blog.)

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MDPLS Search Plugin Restored

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Michael Froomkin

Seems like every time the Miami-Dade Public Library system has a computer upgrade, their nifty search plugin gets lost in the shuffle. The MDPLS website recently had a major face-lift, with equivocal results on the desktop, but a much better look on my cell phone. And yes, again, the link to the search plugin vanished. And again I wrote in to complain. And again they were very very courteous in replying — I got three emails in less than two weeks, each apologizing for the delay in resolving the issue.

And now there is a new Library Tools page, with a link to install the MDPLS Quick Search browser plug‑in.

This is the same library system whose budget the Mayor keeps slashing by the way. The library is one of the rare cultural successes of Miami-Dade county — and if you live here MDPLS deserves your support.

Previously:

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Strong Candidate for Worst Political Video of the Year

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Michael Froomkin

As far as I can tell, this nutty video is a genuine product of the Republican Party.

Perhaps they have so much money now after Citizens United that they don’t care how they spend it? And, yes, the “HRC Squirrel” seems to be something they plan to run with.

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True Enough to Hurt

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Michael Froomkin

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All Comms Are Being Monitored

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Michael Froomkin

More evidence that the cypherpunks were right, this time in the Guardian:

Vodafone, one of the world’s largest mobile phone groups, has revealed the existence of secret wires that allow government agencies to listen to all conversations on its networks, saying they are widely used in some of the 29 countries in which it operates in Europe and beyond.

–Juliette Garside, Vodafone reveals existence of secret wires that allow state surveillance. Wires allow agencies to listen to or record live conversations, in what privacy campaigners are calling a ‘nightmare scenario’

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