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Valerie Plame Added You As A Friend On Spookbook

Think of something useless and trendy — something that wastes your time while adding absolutely nothing to your life or work while simultaneously exposing your identity and private information and whatever you’re doing at the moment to a world of sinister strangers who only want to steal your ID and rape you. Right, we are talking about Facebook, which is a sort of web-based rolodex that anybody can look at, on the Internet. IT’S A WEB 2.7 SENSATION OMFG IT’S ON THE COVER OF NEWSWEEK!!1!

Now, think about the most inappropriate possible industry to combine with a Facebook-style application. If you guessed “U.S. intelligence services” then go ahead and appoint yourself “spy czar” or whatever because you are right. And we are fucked. More »

1:48 PM on Wed Aug 22 2007
By KLayne
3,009 views, 16 comments

Latest by Endy: I dunno, seems ok. There'll be a place for reader comments, right? more »

dept. of for everybody's eyes only

Pentagon Can't Even Give Away Its Secret War Plans

It’s a good thing all the Iraq war plans are totally useless — otherwise our Determined Enemies might learn something from all the supposedly Top Secret documents just sitting on web servers that anybody can access. More »

4:57 PM on Wed Jul 11 2007
By KLayne
2,175 views, 11 comments

dept. of wargames

Everybody On Earth Hacking the Pentagon For the Hell of It

Following this week’s tragic revelation of 800 cyber-attacks on the the Homeland Security department, evil computer monsters have now attacked the Pentagon’s computer networks. Some 1,500 PCs at DoD were shut down during the latest “penetration of the system,” in the romantic wording of Defense Secretary Robert Gates. More »

1:17 PM on Fri Jun 22 2007
By KLayne
1,005 views, 24 comments

funny pictures

Washington Bureaucrats: Dumb as a Box of Hair

Nothing says American labor unions are in permanent decline like this memo from the Tech Support Desk at the National Labor Relations Board. This helpful instruction sheet was attached to an e-mail that read, “Several NLRB employees have asked us to furnish instructions on how to logoff. Those instructions are attached.” More »

3:25 PM on Fri Mar 16 2007
By KLayne
2,696 views, 8 comments

week in review

Wonkette's Week in Review: We Love The Smell Of Ignorant Bigotry In The Morning

Racism Week started with a bang as George Allen decided there aren’t enough good derogatory terms for brown skinned people and blurted out “Macaca,” in reference to an opponent’s campaign staffer. We spent some time trying to figure out what the fuck that even meant, but as usual it’s Wonkette readers who have the final say.
They don’t have to invent new racist words in Florida, as congressional candidate Tramm Hudson demonstrates with his “blacks don’t know how to swim” story.
In the business world, unlike politics, giving an interview where you claim, “Jews, Arabs, and Koreans” rip off black shoppers will actually get you canned.
Only a few more months of Katherine Harris’s antics are left, so get it while you can.
Duke Cunningham has fallen far. So far, in fact, that he’s begun taking criminal pointers from The Big Lebowski.
Even at the top, journalism is about selfless sacrifice in the name of news.
Local basketball hero Lonny Baxter “practices shooting” in DC, ends up in the slammer.
Yes, Fidel Castro is still alive, and he’s as fashionable as ever.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad started blogging this week. So far, posts are what you’d expect. “Death to Israel” and “When is Vista really coming out?” kind of stuff.

11:21 PM on Sat Aug 19 2006
By Pareene
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iran

Iran Gradually Joining "Axis of Minor Annoyances"

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daily briefing

Daily Briefing: Tensions Between the Branches

The Supreme Court strikes down the Bush Administration’s plan to try Guantanamo detainees before military commissions, as violative of both U.S. law and the Geneva Conventions. [NYT, WSJ, USAT, WP]
The Court’s ruling places constitutional limits on Bush’s use of executive power in the war on terror and raises questions concerning how the Guantanamo Bay detainees’ cases should now be handled. Republicans are hoping to craft a legislative fix. [WP, NYT, LAT]
As midterm elections approach, Senate Republicans are trying to figure out how to move forward on immigration reform and reach a compromise with their colleagues in the House. [WP]
The House Republicans’ aggressive stance on immigration may harm Bush’s effort to improve the GOP’s standing with Latino voters. [WP]

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10:16 AM on Fri Jun 30 2006
By dlat
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george w. bush

Remainders: Pissin' Edition

Yes! There is a God! Er, um — that stuff is gross, he’s so perverted. [AP]

Bush was irked that Prime Minister Rasmussen seemed unaware of the “puff, puff, pass” rule. [Extreme Mortman]

The Maryland House of Delegates: one good headlock away from greatness. [eBay]

Even the cherished sirens of eternal paradise end their w4m ads with, “no fatties.” [SFGate]

Only “the one” can save the internet. To find her you must ask, “Who is the boss?” [The DC Universe]

12:22 AM on Sat Jun 10 2006
By dlat
105 views, Comment

psa

Wonkette PSA: Please Check Your Computer for Stolen VA Data

Have you purchased a used computer recently? If so, you could be in possession of stolen personal information for millions of U.S. veterans and active-duty military personnel. The Post reports: More »

5:03 PM on Wed Jun 7 2006
By dlat
88 views, 4 comments

remainders

Remainders: It's Hardly an Opera

The Washington Wire’s sense of humor isn’t dead after all; it’s just very badly burned. [WSJ]

Seems like the righteous application of blog-pressure got Garrett to confirm his leap out of the FishBowl. Now the question is: Who can fill his shoes, er, his baseball cap? [Fishbowl DC; Big Head Rob]

Telecom companies and internet service providers, blah blah, web content producers and users, blah, this whole net neutrality thing was totally boring — until we started reading the comments to Mike McCurry’s latest post. [HuffPo]

The two-month-old janitors’ strike at the University of Miami has ended. Reports that Donna Shalala caved after noticing all the dust on her crystal chandelier are unconfirmed. [SEIU]

Bush can sing the national anthem in English or in Spanish, but pandering is the international language. [Think Progress]

9:29 PM on Tue May 2 2006
By dlat
80 views, Comment

fbi

There's Just Not Room in the Budget For FBI Agents to Get Safeway Cards

Dear FBI: More »

computers

Virginians Pee Themselves Over Cheap Laptops

A Richmond, Virginia school district's sidewalk sale of used $50 laptops turned into pandemonium today. Would-be customers stampeded, crushing a baby stroller, throwing an elderly man to the pavement; one person tried to disburse his Mac-hungry competitors by driving his car through the crowd. When the dust settled, seventeen people were injured, and four hospitalized. One shopper, Blandine Alexander, reported that "one woman standing in front of her was so desperate to retain her place in line that she urinated on herself." More »

5:39 PM on Tue Aug 16 2005
By wonkette
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department of defense

Nerd Patrol

Reuters reports that the Department of Defense and the Federal Trade Commission have dispatched recruiters to the annual Las Vegas Defcon summit of computer hackers. Knowing how to manipulate the attendees' addiction to intrigue, the recruiter-infiltrators cunningly assembled at a panel called "Meet the Feds." FTC panelist Don Blumenthal says that his participation serves a dual purpose: "I'm learning while I'm here but I'm also getting the names of people I can maybe call on later so we have a better understanding as cases go along." One such potential contact: a young man who "waved a pages-long manifesto before the panel" and demanded to know "why the federal government, and especially some of the law enforcement agencies, are destroying this country." More »

2:34 PM on Thu Aug 11 2005
By wonkette
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Wonkette

Dina McGreevey Needs Gay Governor Lifestyle -- Especially The Helicopter

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