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Santa Clara County has stopped selling GIS data, citing concerns the information could end up in the hands of terrorists. But the plaintiffs in a lawsuit over the high costs of that data claim the security concerns are nothing more than a convenient cover.
isn’t that safety fetish useful to hide some government pork behind?
amazing.
New Englanders appear to be moving to Florida, Arizona, and California in droves. Chicago & Seattle get a fair number as well.
Because an ordinance intended to keep predators away from children made it nearly impossible for them to find housing, 5 convicted sex offenders are living under a noisy highway bridge with the state’s grudging approval.
those guys could use some custom GIS
this intellectual disease is more widespread than i thought
first mention of the singularity in a congressional report. it remains to be seen how much of it sticks with brains primarily occupied with dishing out pork.
the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 today that states and environmental groups can sue the EPA over its unwillingness to regulate greenhouse-gas-causing auto emissions
if this accelerates the demise of detroit, all the better.
what is this, the 1800s? geez
much of our country’s counterterrorism security spending is not designed to protect us from the terrorists, but instead to protect our public officials from criticism when another attack occurs.
+1
it seems to be fear & stupidity day. then again, everyday is fear & stupidity day!
From the inside, he watches the judicial system spend a small fortune in taxpayer dollars prosecuting, imprisoning, and then drumming up paranoia among prison guards and prisoners over a college kid who went on a vandalism spree against Hummers. “Here we have [our] politicians, who are not charged with crimes, setting this planet on a disaster course for some fleeting political advantage, while others are sent to prison for taking a stance against this”
SUV, safety fetish, prison state, religious nuts, this story has everything that is wrong with the US
Gregor J. Rothfuss 