Inside accounts on US eavesdropping on Americans

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Thursday October 09, 2008 · 9:40 AM PDT

2008/10/09 · 09:40

ABC has an article up quoting two former NSA intercept operators stating that they would share "salacious or tantalizing phone calls" that were intercepted by the NSA. This is pretty scary information for anyone who cares about their right to privacy which is supposed to be protected by the 4th amendment.

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ryan81

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Thursday October 02, 2008 · 7:52 AM PDT

2008/10/02 · 07:52

I just sent in my mail-in ballot today. It felt good to vote for Obama (Kleeb also) Maybe even better than it did to vote against bush and for Kerry in 2004. I don't have a lot of work to do today because I have been preparing for the Seminar I have to give tomorrow all week and did not set up too many experiments. So with nothing else to do I thought I'd share the fact that I voted today and make some predictions for the final tally of the vote.

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38 votes Show Results

How many EVs will Obama get?

38 votes Vote Now!

How many EVs will Obama get?

250-269

1 vote

270-290

8 votes

291-310

9 votes

311-330

11 votes

331-350

3 votes

350+

6 votes

If we can't trust him to tell the truth what can we trust him with?

ryan81

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Friday September 12, 2008 · 4:02 PM PDT

2008/09/12 · 16:02

As anyone who is paying any attention at all can clearly see, McCain is running one of the, if not the, most dishonest, sleaziest campaigns in recent history. It is non stop lying. It is becoming quite ridiculous and its about time he is called on it. But how to do you frame it to get the most out of it.

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Is framing McCain as an untrustworth liar, a winning frame?

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Is framing McCain as an untrustworth liar, a winning frame?

yes

66 votes

7 votes

And just because every poll has to have pie.

1 vote

Brief comparison of Health care systems

ryan81

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Wednesday April 16, 2008 · 7:10 PM PDT

2008/04/16 · 19:10

I was planning on writing an in depth (maybe in a couple of parts) analysis of different health care systems in other countries. However, I really don't have the time (its hard to find time for much of anything when you're in the lab for 55+ hrs a week). Besides I just watched Sick Around the World a PBS Frontline special that did a great job of it (better than I could ever do). So I will just do a brief one analyzing a couple examples (two from the frontline show) and then a brief analysis of how I think health care reform should be approached in the US.

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Inside accounts on US eavesdropping on Americans

I voted today in NE.

If we can't trust him to tell the truth what can we trust him with?

Brief comparison of Health care systems