WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -Much of the information that led the authorities to raise the terror alert at several large financial institutions in the New York City and Washington areas was three or four years old, intelligence and law enforcement officials said on Monday. They reported that they had not yet found concrete evidence that a terrorist plot or preparatory surveillance operations were still under way. Also, Pakistan is claiming bragging rights or whatever that the prisoner they recently surrendered to our authorities (you know, the conveniently timed, big breaking news story surrender) provided a lot of the detail for the…
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I finally got around to seeing what Subservient Chicken is all about. Suffice to say, I got him to do some pretty freakin’ weird things, such as “impersonate Elvis,” “impersonate Michael Jackson (ooh! that chicken can moonwalk!)” and “hop from one foot to another.” However, the weirdest response thus far was to “do housework.” I was unsuccessful in commanding him to hump the furniture – he approached the camera and gave an imperious “no-no-no” gesture. However, he did oblige me on “molt” and “order fried chicken.”
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Here's a link for David – I was being extremely incoherent the other day trying to explain some of the new tricks that the Other Side are getting up to: Comment Spammers Persevere, Including Adding New Tricks via Brainstorms and Raves
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Miss Alli’s got her recap up for the notorious caviar-scoffiing Russian Roadblock episode of TAR. Whee!!
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What is Capitol Hill Blue, and why are their news stories so different from the usual corporate-newsmedia fare? Well, here’s the “Blue” FAQ