Anti-USA PATRIOT Act activities are still going strong. If you’re the call-your-representative type, today is a good day to do it and tell them to support the Sanders-Paul-Conyers-Otter-Nadler Amendment to the Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary Appropriations Bill of 2005.
Author: jessamyn
IIII = 4 = IV
“Illiterate clock” in library has IIII instead of IV. Librarian has minor freakout, gets schooled on roman numerals by clock manufacturer. [thanks steven]
Providence Library Defense
Also from the Juice, and many other places, the Providence Public Library workers who are incensed over staff layoffs and administrator pay raises now have a snappy website and URL.
hi – 29jun
Hi. Apparently, due to a screw up by somebody, the very clever “talk” I was to give at ALA didn’t happen. A computer was ordered for the program and didn’t arrive. Suckamo. I’ll save the talk for later and not-so-secretly add this item to the “Reasons Not to Renew Membership After Council Term Expires” list. Hope the rest of you had a lovely time.
USAPA in full effect? and they can take my house keys??
Oh hey guess what? Remember when Ashcroft called us all “hysterics” and then showed us convincing documents stating that section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act had never been used? Apparently it now has been. [laz]