What the gubmint's been up to

[skreidle]

On the one hand: Pittsburgh International could become the nation's first major airport to get the OK to abandon the post-September 11 rule that says only ticketed passengers are allowed past security checkpoints. (via deusinnomen)

On the other hand: Legality of government protecting "state secrets" based on government lies 50 years ago. (Long article/story, but worth the read.) (via learath)

And how about this? Via djkangal, US Preparing for Military Draft in Spring 2005. (Actually, that's not new news, it's just a variation on the "required military service" link I posted a little while ago. It does, however, add that higher education is no longer a shelter, and that college students could only delay service by a semester or two.)

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On a lighter note: An ironic Google search. (via vinz_klortho)

Egad! From a Conversatron thread: When a low-margin winery loves a target demographic very very much...

Comments

Re: Draft....

[fuzzyamy.livejournal.com]

Tracking Bills online is hot! Thanks for the link, I'll use it in the future.

I also enjoy seeing where the Bill is right now --

2/3/2003: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force

... which makes me think of All Your Base Are Belong to Us.