Several years ago I took an international relations course at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, it was an intro course taught (I think) by Alan Lamborn, which changed the face of my political understanding. It was in this course that I first began to understand politics and it’s impact on our lives. He upended … Read more
Uganda, which already has a laws concerning gay sex, is planning laws that broaden homosexual illegalization. This has already happened to some degree in Burundi (who previously crimilized gays) and has been introduced in Rwanda, however the law that’s been introduced in Uganda is much harsher. There’s a debate going on within the ex-pat activist … Read more
I just spent a few minutes rehashing my thoughts, then signing up for debix identity protection. I wrote a post a while back about personal security, which is part of the reasoning behind this. I’m not overly likely to run into credit issues in Rwanda or Burundi I don’t think, but I’ve had problems in … Read more
As a follow up to my post on the Short of why TSA Fails, Fallows makes some useful points on the same topic. I think one of the reasons I like him is because he uses reason and thinks strategically, as he shows in this post.
I like to travel and I don’t travel as much as others, but being intelligent, curious, and fascinated by airplanes, airlines, and travel I’ve been engaged in a continuing cycle of learning about how secure our travel really are. If you’ve done any real research in the matter you’ll have found that TSA is equivalent … Read more
A few weeks ago, in purchasing a new phone and looking for the best deal on the internet, I was taken in by a phishing site. Additionally, Angela, my girlfriend in South Africa, left her USB thumb drive in a library and returned to find it missing. A few weeks later she was accosted by … Read more
One of my roommates forwarded me a letter from Congressmen Reyes to President Bush, which is exactly what I’m advocating people start explaining. He’s on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence which gives him first hand knowledge of people and the information they develop. By far I think one of the most telling paragraphs … Read more
My brother sent me a link today asking why the Democrats don’t just explain why what the Republicans are saying about FISA is bulls*** instead of catfooting around and giving the Republicans the floor. I have to say that I’ve been left C-Span1 (the House floor) in the background of my desktop for the last … Read more
I wasn’t imagining that I would have had a problem with Colorado’s newest senator on this issue, but lo and behold he actually voted NOT to strike the provisions providing immunity. Just to be clear as it’s a double negative, this means he voted to keep Telephone Companies (Telco) immunity in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance … Read more