Then there's this:

BIDEN: Thank you very much. General, how has this revelation damaged the program?

I'm almost confused by it but, I mean, it seems to presuppose that these very sophisticated Al Qaida folks didn't think we were intercepting their phone calls.

GONZALES: Well, Senator, I would first refer to the experts in the Intel Committee who are making that statement, first of all. I'm just the lawyer. And so, when the director of the CIA says this should really damage our intel capabilities, I would defer to that statement. I think, based on my experience, it is true - you would assume that the enemy is presuming that we are engaged in some kind of surveillance.

But if they're not reminded about it all the time in the newspapers and in stories, they sometimes forget.

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those ones look like they're designed to stick out in a contrasting color

That's the weird part--they're brightly coloured fishnet. You're gonna notice that they end suddenly before the toe...

There's a video here [link] which I haven't watched yet. (I suppose the quote could be a jokey, fake-quote.)

The TDS people aren't going to have to work very hard this week.

Cool chart of real-world Hybrid mileage.

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But if they're not reminded about it all the time in the newspapers and in stories, they sometimes forget.

The first rule of Illegal Wiretapping Club is - you do not talk about Illegal Wiretapping Club.

That's an interesting chart. I was just reading an article that criticized the new Accord Hybrid because it actually gets 4 mpg less than before the redesign.

My new Civic (non-hybrid) gets about 31 mpg with the combined city/highway driving I do daily, and when I was driving back from my mom's at Thanksgiving got 41 mpg on the turnpike.

In other surveillance news, a line from one of my other boards:

Personally I like winning, so I could care less. If Osama Bin Laden could get lefties out, he'd be on my team.

I think Alberto Gonzales is buying season tickets to the Nats even now!!

Cue music and Christian Bale in full Bat regalia: "I wish I could quit you."

Ahahahaha!!!

Also, Bruce/Harvey is practically canon anyway.

Or perhaps that's just in my mind.

I was just reading an article that criticized the new Accord Hybrid because it actually gets 4 mpg less than before the redesign

Isn't it supposed to rev faster and all that jazz? I remember reading about using hybrid technology not to make cars less gas-hungry, but peppier on the road.

George Washington was MAD for wiretapping.

And I just acted out putting on mascara and figure I'd do about 15 strokes total.

I just made an Actual Meal for lunch! Chicken marinated in chipotle Tabasco, with broccoli cooked with garlic and crushed red pepper. Yummers.