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I can't believe we won a free trip. Wow! I've never been to Chicago. That Mr. Hormel's such a nice man.

Reflections on Hofstadter's thesis in current context: http://m.guardiannews.com/world/blog/2013/jun/10/edward-snowden-patriotism-versus-paranoia

Indeed. Also heard as: Even paranoiacs have enemies. The P.S. of course being too often: And he is us.

Art Bell 15 years ago had a call in line he called the paranoia line. To quote a very old line: Is it paranoia if they are really trying to get you? Best regards, RA1

Ellsberg's take: Edward Snowden: saving us from the United Stasi of America http://m.guardiannews.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/10/edward-snowden-united-stasi-america

And some say greed doesn't lead to the downfall of the Republic.

This isn't, of course, the first time the NSA has overreached. I may have posted this link a few years ago, probably over at Daddy's, to the 2007 Frontline program, Spying on the Homefront, after the NSA tapped into AT&T's internet lines at their Folsom Street building in San Francisco. Yes, that Folsom Street. You can watch the program on-line, and click on the "Interviews" tab for some interesting reading. From the interview with Mark Klein, a technician who got access not only to the secret NSA equipment, but also to some documents that were carelessly left lying around: How do you know that it wasn't just some kind of newfangled AT&T thing that was going beyond what had already been established for its security purposes elsewhere? First of all, they wouldn't need the NSA for that purpose, and we would be allowed in by union contract to service the equipment as we always were. So anyway, there's that question right off the bat: Why NSA? Now, in October, while I was working and learning the Internet room, I came across these three documents, which were documents that the technicians had that were given to the technicians so they would know how to install things like the splitter cabinet in particular, because it tells how things are wired up. Those documents were left lying around. Some of the technicians still had them. One of them was just left lying on top of a router. I picked it up, and I looked at it, and I brought them back to my desk, and when I started looking at it, I looked at it more, and I looked at it more, and finally it dawned on me sort of all at once, and I almost fell out of my chair, because this showed, first of all, what they had done, that they had taken working circuits, which had nothing to do with a splitter cabinet, and they had taken in particular what are called peering links which connect AT&T's network with the other networks. It's how you get the Internet, right? One network connects with another. So they took 16 high-speed peering links which go to places like Qwest [Communications] and Palo Alto Internet Exchange [PAIX] and places like that. … These circuits were working at one point, and the documents indicated in February 2003 they had cut into these circuits so that they could insert the splitter so that they can get the data flow from these circuits to go to the secret room. So this data flow meant that they were getting not only AT&T customers' data flow; they were getting everybody else's data flow, whoever else might happen to be communicating into the AT&T network from other networks. So it was turning out to be like a large chunk of the network, of the Internet.

We don't have to follow the Constitution. We're the NSA!

Well, if anybody goes to Cafe Lamas and is scared away by the prices, one of my favorites is right around the corner with large portions, great prices and wonderful quality. Both meat and veggie offerings with almost the best acai and great sucos. The strangest thing about the place is that some of the customers eat a bowl of acai as a starter before getting to their meal. Like Mom letting me eat ice cream before the liver or lamb chop or tough roast beef. NOT. Rotisseria Sirio Libanesa (just past Extra) Largo do Marchado, 29 - towards the back of the galeria. They have three storefronts 1)sit down tables with waiters 2)stand-up/take-away counter 3)lunch bar with stools and counter service. http://www.rotisseriasl.com.br/ I personally like to walk from Largo do Machado and observe all of the flora and fauna, the old architecture. Especially the old, rounded-front police delegacia at the corner with Pedro Americo, Catete Palace/Museu da Republica and just the vibrant street life all along that stretch. I'll admit that it is more than a bit different from Copa or Ipa, but that is part of its charm. For me, kind of nice to walk on saner sidewalks with turn-of-the-century two and three story buildings and not to be on overly-crowded sidewaks lined with fifteen story apartment buildings.

His English is so so. I must sometimes speak in czech with him. My czech being very poor of course, it means that his english is sometimes very limited. This new BJ rooster, in a new location is much much better than it used to be, and as you say, a few nice boys there. And behind the curtains, some boys are ready to do lots of things ...

Not yet. Still on my to do list. Some pictures of the boys in the aquarium And of the cute barman

Wildboys in Prague is currently is the place to go for 3 reasons - there are good shows, and new boys swimming in the nude in front of you - drink prices are reasonnable - if there are not enough customers, the place will close ... I went there yesterday around 9pm. Soon there were 3 boys complely naked in the swimming pool. They are real magicians, since they can transfer something they have at the beginning of the show (and that you do not have) to you, without even touching you and through a thick glass window. indeed: hey enter the pool with an erection, lose it soon while you have it (not always, but often). Real magicians, as I said. The show yesterday was long, good, sexy. The 3 models were doing synchronized swimming, ie doing the same movements at the same time. Once they tried to stay as long as they could in the water. So their calves and feet were outside the pool, while the rest was inside the pool, closing their nose with their hands since they were upside dow. They started at the same time, stayed as long as they could and then came out of water. All three models were of different style, all good looking, with well defined muscles. One of them can be called Bubble Boy. He is sooo sexy. Lovely. He is now on gayromeo, but the pictures he posted does not reflect how cute he is Here are some other pics of him which show better how cute he is Thanks to last pic, you can understand why he can be called "bubbleboy"

We had a tie between the two sides. For any ass and thigh guys, you have someone on the Brasil side to dream of - HULK. Yep, Brasil's version of the Incredible One.Definitely sit on your face and leave you breathless in more than one way. g