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[wispfox]

Both from griffen.

The US Senate is scheduled to vote on the implementation of a national ID card system, _today_. Most fascinatingly, it has apparently never been debated on the US Senate floor, or talked about in any committee, and has been slipped into a another bill that would keep our fighting men and women taken care of in Iraq and Afghanistan. Go here to learn more.

The Rapture Index, or (perhaps part of) why the current US government is acting in so very _un_conservative ways, and actively attacking the environment.

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[brynndragon.livejournal.com]

"When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere." - Heinlein

Unfortunately, we're a tad stuck. It's really upsetting that they're doing this cloak-and-dagger too. Since when did "by any means necessary" become status quo in politics? Or was I just less capable of seeing these things before? I'm so ready for the pendulum to swing the other way, thank you very much.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

really upsetting that they're doing this cloak-and-dagger too

Indeed. But it's something which the current administration _really_ likes doing.

I have no idea if it's happening more or not, as I am generally not terribly political; this administration has me _much_ more aware of things than I had been (being on LJ helps, too).

I'm so ready for the pendulum to swing the other way, thank you very much.

Quite!

[fourgates.livejournal.com]

I particularly like the part in the Rapture Index (http://www.raptureready.com) noting, in reference to the Mark of the Beast sub-scale, that Wal-Mart is having trouble implementing their plans to require RFIDs on all products that they sell. Whew! I wonder how they balance that with the growing popularity of tatoos.