2011-09-23
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Delicious LiveJournal Links for 9-23-2011
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'The FBI is teaching its counterterrorism agents that “main stream” [sic] American Muslims are likely to be terrorist sympathizers; that the Prophet Mohammed was a “cult leader”; and that the Islamic practice of giving charity is no more than a “funding mechanism for combat.”' (This is the scoop mentioned by one of the other stories I've linked)
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'Q: Do I have to kill the snake? A: University guidelines state that you have to “defeat” the snake. There are many ways to accomplish this. Lots of students choose to wrestle the snake. Some construct decoys and elaborate traps to confuse and then ensnare the snake. One student brought a flute and played a song to lull the snake to sleep. Then he threw the snake out a window.'
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Powerfully written piece on just one of the terrible situations you could find yourself in, being a police officer. Be advised: it's fairly harrowing.
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'Canongate to publish 'unauthorised first draft' of WikiLeaks founder's autobiography it has secretly printed and shipped'
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The Terms of Service agreements are things everyone just ignores, clicks agree, and does't read. Yet they can be put in such a way that they're easy to read and understand, and which will actually make people read them.
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'I work as a security manager and share an office with the tech support teams in a hospital. One day, the client walks into the office…'
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'The world's largest sperm bank has started turning down redheaded donors because there is too little demand for their sperm.'
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'I kinda yawed a little when I read Spencer Ackerman’s scoop on the FBI’s bigoted, brain-dead Islam training. You think this is bad? As a soldier and former first responder, I’ve been sitting through this dreck for the better part of a decade.'