Ars Technica reports that a pending
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Archive for June, 2008
Electronic Transaction Reporting
Telecom “Immunity”
While the tut-tutting has become deafening, people would do well to remember that the recent FISA re-authorization bill did not provide criminal immunity for telecoms (there is no question that the act of turning over information about subscribers to the government was not a violation of law by the telecoms). It provide “immunity” for...
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117 MPG? Man, I want one!
Is this too cool, or what: H/T to AutoBlogGreen There’s more on it at Auto Fiends, but the link from there to the Hungarian company leads you to a site in (gasp) Hungarian. Yes, Hungarian auto manufacturer Antro revealed the concept car with a unique interior and an ultra-lightweight body … just 600 pounds...
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Benchmarks, smenchmarks
Remember those all important benchmarks, the ones the Democrats said were the real issue when the “surge” was effective in reducing the violence in Iraq? You know, the real issue after we thought the prior real issue was being resolved? We haven’t heard much about them lately. Abe Greenwald at Pajamas Media has the...
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Inconvenient Hypocrasies
The Tennessee Center for Policy Research reports that Al Gore’s personal carbon footprint has increased 10%, at least in terms of the electrical usage in his home: Since taking steps to make his home more environmentally-friendly last June, Gore devours an average of 17,768 kWh per month –1,638 kWh more energy per month than...
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