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Yottabytes and the National Security State
The current New York Review of Books has an article by James Bamford, “Who’s in Big Brother’s Database” that reviews the new book by Mathew M. Aid, The Secret Sentry: The Untold History of the National Security Agency . I … Continue reading
Posted in book reviews
Tagged CIA, corporate databases, empire, james bamford, Mathew M. Aid, national security state, new york review of books, NSA, nsa national security agency, Petabytes, US, War, yottabytes
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Stumbling on a Piece of American History and Americana
Karen and I were off on an errand to Radio Shack yesterday about noontime. In the parking lot was an armada of motorcycles. There were lots of big round middle-aged and older men (predominantly) dressed in motorcycle regalia huddled around … Continue reading
Posted in Hudson, anecdotes
Tagged antietam national battlefield, battle of antietam, civil war soldier, civil war veteran, history, Hudson, motorcycle riders, saratoga national cemetery, saratoga springs, unknown civil war, War
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Armies and Orchids – a new poem by Linda Larson
Armies and Orchids The little white posts Stuck in the soil Markers naming the orchids At the flower show Mimic acres of white crosses Sturdy and upright Over bones as fragile as Ruby’s Dragonfly. Orchids, deceptive, Feed only on air. … Continue reading
Posted in poetry
Tagged Bush, hellfire missiles, history, Linda Larson, poem, Rasputin, War, war soldiers
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