May. 29th, 2008 @ 10:29 am Two Links
Current Mood: disgusted

Examples of government agencies/employees being complete, utter and unapologetic dipshits.

Woman told her gun charm not allowed on plane. Note that it's a charm, which means it was less than 2" and solid. No moving parts. I love Cory Doctorow's parting shot on BoingBoing: If your security seriously contemplates defending against that level of technology (firing bullets out of a solid object less than 2" long), then you'd better confiscate all metal objects, period. Also, what are you doing about other conceivable -- but technically impossible -- threats, like telekinesis, voodoo, and directed sunspot radiation?.

And then there's this: Brewer ordered not to use 'Legal Weed' bottlecaps. The legal Weed in question is the name of his town. Gods the feds need a fucking sense of humor.
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May. 29th, 2008 @ 02:14 pm Duh, dude!

Sometimes, you just want to slap people...usually it's more productive to point out why they're wrong. Dammit!

Wired's article about why they think environmentalists need to get out of the way is what prompted the above. Alex Steffan of World Changing does a better, more coherent and more diplomatic version of telling them why they're wrong* than I could.

*first link-clicky will take you there.

(Technocult took me there)
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