Family, re-defined

You want to know what's scary?  Family can always get worse.

The Obama administration didn’t invent the phrase but has taken it to new heights.
“Under the direction of President Obama and Secretary Janet Napolitano, the entire federal family is leaning forward to support our state, tribal and territorial partners along the East Coast,” a FEMA news release declared Friday as Irene churned toward landfall.
The G-word — “government” — has been nearly banished, with FEMA instead referring to federal, state and local “partners” as well as “offices” and “personnel.”

So, if use of the term "Federal Family" has been incrementally increasing since the Clinton administration, when do you think they'll roll out the phrase "dear leader?"

If you've ever been to WilCO...

...you will not be surprised, not even a little.

Seems like a good time to get out of debt.

Apparently one of the Indonesian Citibank branches is hiring "debt collectors" who, unlike our domestic variety, seem to favor a more "personal approach."  Personal as in torture and murder, rather than a friendly chat.

Noting that Indonesian debt collectors have a reputation for sometimes aggressive persistence, Johansyah, the central bank official, said: “The best thing to do is just pay.”

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Security cameras filmed Octa entering the room in the late morning and exiting in a wheelchair, apparently unconscious or dead, more than two hours later. The interview room has no cameras.

How long do you think befor ethis sort of thing catches on here?

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Something a little more light-hearted than the impending christian identity theocracy due to fall upon us?  How about the robo-apocalypse?

I'm beginning to think I need to get behind the robot makers and pray to Robot Jesus to hasten the day of his coming.

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Borrowing tops 100% of GDP, which is not a good thing at all.

As many have said, the gummint is at the very least complicit in the drug trade, but probably more like "an active participant from beginning to end."

U.S. federal agents allegedly allowed the Sinaloa drug cartel to traffic several tons of cocaine into the United States in exchange for information about rival cartels, according to court documents filed in a U.S. federal court.

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They're learning.  Every day that we wait, is one closer to the day they kill us all, and a day closer to our children living as slaves, or "bio-fuel."

Lufkin cops arrest a retarded guy for being at home.

Having spent some time in East Texas, this really comes as no surprise.

Lufkin police officers responding to a call about a black male kicking in the door to a home, broke in, terrorized a hispanic male, who retreated to the bathroom to hide.  This guy is retarded, and not in the rude sense of the word.  It's not like he wears pink polo shirts with popped collars.  This guy "doesn't think like you and I do. He has a child’s mind. He operates on a lower level thinking than you and I do. Number two, he doesn’t speak this language.”

Get that?  A spanish speaking retarded guy fled from big scary rednecks kicking in his door and trying (successfully) to beat, spray and arrest him, and the court gives HIM 30 days and a $500 fine.

Fear the Future

Shit. Landmines were our first line of defense. Now, though, they are no longer an option.  This freaky ass robot swings a barrell full of tungsten hammers up to a quarter meter into the earth to deactive and then EAT land mines.

It's bad when your first line of defense is down before the fight even starts.

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What the hell is wrong with people?

"Just as in human relationships, this human-robot love is based on interactions. The robot can become bored, jealous, angry, affectionate, or flat-out happy, all based on how the human object of its desire interacts with it. Most of this interaction takes place through touching--another analog to affectionate human interaction. The robot isn’t so cuddly, but give it some puppy love and it will love you back"

Do engineers honestly think this is a good idea?

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A little vignette from a few years hence:

"Hey!  Remember that time when we sold a shit load of robots and they killed everyone we knew and are now about to kill us too? We totally shouldn't have done that."

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Chillingly effective camouflage. (Is that how that is spelled?  Really?)

Louisville, KY

Is it still called looting if its done by the government?

David Brin

David Brin is concerned about an electro-magnetic event.  You should be too.

Fourth amendment, who needs it?

Certainly not Indiana, nor the supreme court.

What the hell?