The President is getting a "Barackberry"--a hack-proof, spy-type smart phone.
What is your childhood trauma?
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Cashmere - Jan 22, 2009 5:31:19 am PST #3020 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
sumi - Jan 22, 2009 5:31:47 am PST #3021 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
sumi - Jan 22, 2009 5:35:50 am PST #3022 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Okay, so who among us wants a Barackberry now?
(Me!)
brenda m - Jan 22, 2009 5:57:37 am PST #3023 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Hee! I had the same thought, sumi.
Jessica - Jan 22, 2009 5:58:46 am PST #3024 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I bet the BarackBerry has copy-paste...
Liese S. - Jan 22, 2009 6:11:48 am PST #3025 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Ha. I bet it doesn't, because what if you forgot what was in your copy buffer and pasted it into the WRONG EMAIL!@!? Woes.
Seriously, though, I need a BarackBerry. For reals.
Beverly - Jan 22, 2009 6:14:42 am PST #3026 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Barb, I'm so sorry. Condolences to Lewis and the whole family.
Trudy Booth - Jan 22, 2009 6:16:17 am PST #3027 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
There's a "baracker the berry" joke here, but I can't make it funny OR non-racist. It really should be at least one. Ah well.
tommyrot - Jan 22, 2009 6:18:24 am PST #3028 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Ah. Scandal fatigue continues to afflict me....
Former NSA Analyst: NSA ‘Monitored All Communications’ Of Americans, Targeted Journalists
Last night on MSNBC’s “Countdown with Keith Olbermann,” former analyst for the National Security Agency Russell Tice revealed that the NSA had “monitored all communications” of Americans and specifically targeted journalists:
TICE: The National Security Agency had access to all Americans’ communications — faxes, phone calls, and their computer communications. And it didn’t matter whether you were in Kansas, in the middle of the country, and you never made any foreign communications at all. They monitored all communications. […] But an organization that was collected on were U.S. news organizations and reporters and journalists.
OLBERMANN: To what purpose? I mean, is there a file somewhere full of every e-mail sent by all the reporters at the “New York Times?” Is there a recording somewhere of every conversation I had with my little nephew in upstate New York? Is it like that?
TICE: If it was involved in this specific avenue of collection, it would be everything. Yes. It would be everything.
That boggles my mind. The government has been monitoring all electronic communication of every American....
tommyrot - Jan 22, 2009 6:24:39 am PST #3029 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Obama's First Air Force One Trip: Comments On Pilot's Looks, Orders Dinner (VIDEO)
In this segment from National Geographic's upcoming TV series "On Board Air Force One," President Obama boards his first flight on Air Force One--from Chicago to Washington, D.C., when he was still president-elect. He greets the pilot and says "You're the pilot of Air Force One? I've got to say, you're out of central casting. You're exactly what I want the pilot of Air Force One to look like. You look like Sam Shepard in 'The Right Stuff'."
He's then offered his first Air Force One meal. After a quick glance at the menu, Obama says he wants "to see how you guys do a burger," cooked medium-well, with cheddar cheese, dijon mustard (or Grey Poupon--it's not entirely clear), with lettuce and tomato. He also requests some salad or vegetables. When the waiter asks, "No fries?" He replies, "Oh, I'll still take the fries."