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Tuesday November 06, 2012 · 2:52 PM PST

2012/11/06 · 14:52

(I realize this comes late in the day, but I feel this deeply so thought it was worth posting.)

Every year on election day, but especially in Presidential election years, I'm reminded of my status as a second class resident of the US (and until last year, when my wife and I got our Green Cards, not even that).

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Thursday July 19, 2007 · 9:33 AM PDT

2007/07/19 · 09:33

Congress passed a bill a while ago that contained immunity for citizens who report "suspicous activity" on flights, and for airline and airport employees who act on this information. This is a reaction to a lawsuit filed by a group of Muslim imams against U.S. Airways and unknown or "John Doe" passengers after they were removed for suspicious behavior aboard Flight 300 from Minneapolis to Phoenix on Nov. 20 before their removal.

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Saturday July 14, 2007 · 1:21 PM PDT

2007/07/14 · 13:21

This is old news, but I don't see it diaried here yet. Microsoft will open a Software Engineering Office in Vancouver, Canada. What's the big deal about it? After all, Microsoft has many many engineering campuses across the world.

The big deal is this:

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Saturday November 19, 2005 · 4:06 PM PST

2005/11/19 · 16:06

I am an Indian-American. To be precise, I'm an aspiring Indian-American; my Green Card is in the process. I believe in participating in the political process, but unfortunately I can't do much until I get a Green Card (at which point I can donate to campaigns) or citizenship (at which point I will be able to vote). It literally hurts therefore, when I find people who have those rights not using them. Read More

Now moving on ...

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Monday May 23, 2005 · 7:23 PM PDT

2005/05/23 · 19:23

OK, so we have a deal that lets Owen, Pryor and Brown get floor votes. Now what? Do all three have the votes? Could one or more of them lose on the floor?

I was talking to a friend here in Seattle who clerks on a local court. An interesting POV from him was that he really didn't care much about Owen - whether she gets through or not; since the 5th circuit is already screwed up. So who cares if there's another crazy on it? However, Brown is going to the DC circuit, where she'll be ruling on all the regulatory programs that she doesn't believe in!

It seems that if we're going to make an effort to defeat one or more of these judges in a floor vote, Brown is Pri 1.

Pankaj

Please protest Power99 DJ

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Tuesday January 11, 2005 · 6:03 PM PST

2005/01/11 · 18:03

Recently a DJ on Philadelphia's Power99 (WUSL-FM)station played on the air an offensive call he made to an Indian Call Centre employee.

This is a link to a clip: http://www.pressedwool.com/Power99_Call_to_India.mp3.

We all have opinions on outsourcing, I know I do. But this clip contains the worst examples of stereotyping, namecalling and racial abuse that I've ever heard. This DJ needs to be punished!

Some choice quotes from the call below the fold ... Read More

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