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Friday, September 19, 2003

Government Says It Has Yet to Use New Power to Check Library Records. Department officials pointed to this fact as evidence that the raging public debate over the government's expanded powers has been much ado about nothing. By Eric Lichtblau. [New York Times: Politics] So why have the powers if you're not using them? They must not be that good then, so relinquish them. 4:14:53 PM  Permalink  comment []

You be Emmylou, and I'll be Gram. Today is the 30th anniversary of the death of Gram Parsons (famous, of course, for the corpse's subsequent adventures). Read a long bio starting here, a small interview, or page through one of his notebooks and the guestbook that sits in his last hotel room. [MetaFilter] 4:02:59 PM  Permalink  comment []

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