Anthony Citrano

under the CA sun. - Anthony Citrano via BuddyFeed

Blast from the past - my broadband, mac-daddy Infiniti of yesteryear... yet here we are, almost a decade later, and I *still* don't have iTunes or Google Maps in my dash. See also: things to do when you take a year off... - Anthony Citrano

@Jim - sounds cool; tell (show) me how it goes! - Anthony Citrano

“Einstein's promise, they said, is that it can more effectively detect malicious activity and disable intrusions before harm is done to civilian government networks.” - Anthony Citrano via Bookmarklet

“O.K., Thursday’s jobs report settles it. We’re going to need a bigger stimulus. But does the president know that?” [Ah yes, Bailout 2.0] - Anthony Citrano

Heh Anthony, sorry that was spillover from a different thread where someone was arguing that in this economy the right thing for the government to do would be to cut spending, which is totally the wrong thing to do. - Alex Scoble

“An unidentified man fired shots at the Apple Store Clarendon in Arlington, Virginia shortly after the store opened Friday morning, wounding at least one...” - Anthony Citrano via Bookmarklet

“The Transportation Security Administration has moved beyond just checking for weapons and explosives. It’s now training airport screeners to spot anything suspicious, and then honoring them when searches lead to arrests for crimes like drug possession and credit-card fraud. But two court cases in the past month question whether TSA searches—which the agency says have broadened to allow screeners to use more judgment—have been going too far...” - Anthony Citrano via Bookmarklet

“A federal judge in June threw out seizure of three fake passports from a traveler, saying that TSA screeners violated his Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable search and seizure. Congress authorizes TSA to search travelers for weapons and explosives; beyond that, the agency is overstepping its bounds, U.S. District Court Judge Algenon L. Marbley said...” - Anthony Citrano

It is going too far. Now we have to put our shoes on the belt, by itself, not in a crate. What purpose does that serve? Really! And that really goes for the entire screening process, IMNSHO. - Rene Wirtz

“[B]ull sharks are not just hanging around the bayous and swamps. They have been caught some 900 miles up the Mississippi River.” - Anthony Citrano

“Mr. Patterson set out to show the president and primary author of the Declaration of Independence what he deemed to be a nearly flawless cipher...” - Anthony Citrano

“Try your hand at closing California’s budget shortfall, estimated at $24 billion. It’s not easy, but it can be done. Cut spending, raise taxes and/or borrow to get the state out of the red. For each choice -- drawn from proposals from across the political spectrum -- we’ve tried to give some sense of the effects. As you craft your proposal, the Deficit Meter will show your progress.” - Anthony Citrano

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“A woman [was] pulled from near the Center Street dam by construction worker Jason Oglesbee on Tuesday... a rescue team from the Des Moines Fire Department tried several times to rescue the woman but could not get close enough...” [so Mr. Oglesbee decided to step up; way to go, dude.] - Anthony Citrano via Bookmarklet

"They just harnessed me up and dipped me down in the water and I grabbed her and the crane drug her to the boat and that's it," Oglesbee said. "What are you going to do if she's like that? It's no big deal. The whole crew did it." - Steve C

See ya, CIS. Thanks for helping to open up my young mind to the online world. (And - you're welcome for a shitload of my hard-earned money; but hey, no hard feelings.) [h/t Mark K: http://friendfeed.com/krynsky] - Anthony Citrano

I am oddly remembering the days of my 1200 baud modem, where I could read as fast as the characters would come in, so I'd turn off the BBS pager. - Wirehead

“Barack Obama's bizarre alliance with NBC continued last week when the White House invited network chief/seasoned clubrat Ben Silverman over for a highly publicized meeting just in time for the launch of Silverman's shitty new show, The Philanthropist...” - Anthony Citrano via Bookmarklet

Obama wasn't even there. I read it and still don't understand the fuss. - LLL

On the dollar: “I think it's almost inevitable that, with a billion people in China wide awake for the first time, and a billion people in India, there's going to be some kind of a terrible run against the dollar. And I doubt it can stay orderly, because all of our own hedge funds will be right in the vanguard of the operation.” [h/t Paul Kedrosky: http://paul.kedrosky.com/] - Anthony Citrano

But is the greater transgression of Ayn Rand her philosophy or her writing? I lean towards the latter. - Cristo

“Lawmakers say that the trips are a good use of government funds because they allow members of Congress and their staff members to learn more about the world...” [Why bother? Their constituents don't know shit about it...] - Anthony Citrano

“Russia closed down its casinos overnight as gambling was banned nationwide, a move the industry says could throw a third of a million people out of work. The July 1 ban shut gaming halls, from gaudy casinos crowned by extravagant neon structures to dingy dwellings containing a handful of slot machines...” - Anthony Citrano

“Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed closing 220 state parks. But the National Park Service warned in a letter to Schwarzenegger that six of those parks are on former federal land that could revert to the U.S. government if they are not kept open as parks...” - Anthony Citrano via Bookmarklet

The parks include “Angel Island and Mount Diablo near San Francisco; Point Sur in Big Sur; and beaches at Fort Ord Dunes near Monterey, Point Mugu near Malibu; and Border Fields along the Mexican border.” - Anthony Citrano

“A dozen times, user-editors posted word of the kidnapping on Wikipedia’s page on Mr. Rohde, only to have it erased. Several times the page was frozen, preventing further editing — a convoluted game of cat-and-mouse that clearly angered the people who were trying to spread the information of the kidnapping...” - Anthony Citrano via Bookmarklet

Sorta brings a new meaning to "edit wars". - Anthony Citrano

“California is preparing to issue IOUs to its creditors this week as it grapples with an unprecedented cash crunch and prepares to begin its new fiscal year deep in the red. California’s fiscal year ends on Wednesday but the state’s cash reserves are empty ... ” - Anthony Citrano

Starts at midnight, kids! Step right up! - Anthony Citrano via BuddyFeed

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“Following a speech at Peking University on his first trip to China as Treasury Secretary, Tim Geithner was asked to share his thoughts about the safety of Chinese investments in the United States. They are ‘VERY safe,’ he quickly asserted. At which point the audience burst out laughing...” - Anthony Citrano

“We often think of the 1950's as being the heyday for Detroit's fortunes, but even in the early-to-mid Sixties, it remained something of a modern marvel, thanks largely to its world-leading auto industry. This archival video was apparently commissioned as part of a failed bid for the 1968 Summer Olympics (which went to Mexico City instead). Reportedly filmed in 1965, Detroit – City on the Move shows the area in full bloom – a startling contrast to the shell of an empire that remains just 44 years later...” - Anthony Citrano via Bookmarklet

“I have heard of reports of people throwing swine flu parties. I don't think it is a good idea. I would not want it myself...” - Anthony Citrano

This is like the Chicken Pox parties where parents take their kids to someone's house who's kid has Chicken Pox so they can be exposed to it while they're still a kid and not have to deal with Shingles later on in life. - Sean McGee

“[McCain staffers who spoke to VF] can't quite believe that for two frantic months last fall, caught in a Bermuda Triangle of a campaign, they worked their tails off to try to elect as vice president of the United States someone who, by mid-October, they believed for certain was nowhere near ready for the job, and might never be...” - Anthony Citrano

“I would tell you all this because he was a Renaissance Man and would have been fascinated by all of these things. More than most people. But there is no time, there is no time...” - Anthony Citrano

“The Supreme Court ruled today that Arizona school officials violated the constitutional rights of a 13-year-old girl when they subjected her to a strip search on the suspicion she might be hiding ibuprofen in her underwear. The court ruled 8-1 that such an intrusive search without the threat of a clear danger to other students violated the Constitution's protections against unreasonable search or seizure.” - Anthony Citrano via Bookmarklet

“Justice Clarence Thomas dissented. ‘Judges are not qualified to second-guess the best manner for maintaining quiet and order in the school environment.’” [WTF?!] - Anthony Citrano

now they should charge them like the perps they are: sexual abuse, illegal search, assault. - David HC Soul via BuddyFeed