Sunday, October 12, 2003

Homeland Security deports fiancee of Homeland Security staffer Dan Hughes sez, This just hit the wire about my brother, who works *for* Homeland Security, and his fiancée who was incarcerated on Yom Kippur last week *by* Homeland Security. The story broke on the front page this morning. Beate (Bay - ah - tah), Trevor's fiancée, was returning to the US from Germany. She had interviewed with career diplomats at the American Embassy just weeks before and was granted a 6-month visa. Nevertheless, when she landed in Atlanta she was interrogated for six hours, led away in handcuffs with criminals, booked into the Atlanta prison system (finger prints, mug shots and a group cell) and the next day was placed in solitary confinement in a white room with nothing save a toilet. She was left without food for 20+ hours and finally deported to Germany. The whole time being told that she was not a criminal, nor suspected of any crime! [via Boing Boing Blog] 7:30:42 PM

Abolish the Catholic Church Now! Absolute madness from the Catholic church, telling people that condoms are useless in preventing the spread of HIV. [Antipixel] 12:41:08 AM

How is this even possible? Bush Unsure if Name Leaker Will Be Caught: I don't get it. How can Bush think we'll find Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, but doesn't believe we'll find a snitch on his own staff? [megnut] 12:39:28 AM

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