Krugman at 4 AM — Hey, They’re Orwelling My Privates!

As these modern times gets more complicated, the ability of government to stare way-down into your bowels to catch a terrorist turd has come a long way, baby, and the future of freedom doesn’t appear too inconspicuous, either. In fact, any private aspect of our daily lives is open to be scrutinized, filmed, recorded and…

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Saturday’s Weather — ‘The idiot bird’

While the northern California coastline continues its monotonous weather — Rain showers and isolated thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce small hail — the US Upper Midwest is way-beyond the quiet isolated thunderstorm routine with a record-level snowpack. Dr. Jeff Masters has a most-excellent post at Wunderblog on the situation: National Weather Service models show this…

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‘A Pretty Penny’ — The Party’s About Over

Dude, lose the car. From USATodayTravel: University of Iowa sophomore Jimmy Novak didn’t let $3.50-a-gallon gasoline prices keep him from making a spring break pilgrimage to Daytona Beach, Fla., with his fraternity brothers last weekend. But the prospect of $50 fill-ups did alter his behavior: “We’re squeezing five people in a car to save money…

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Monday 4 AM — Sad State of Affairs

From Aljazeera English: A second explosion rocked Japan’s stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex, sending a plume of smoke into the air and touching off fresh concerns of radioactive leak in the quake and tsunami-hit country. The International Atomic Energy Agency said on Monday the reactor has not been damaged. In the same report, more…

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