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“ A Defense Department official has been charged with conspiracy to communicate classified information to an agent of a foreign government, David Kris, Assistant Attorney General for National Security; Dana J. Boente, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; and Arthur M. Cummings, II, Executive Assistant Director of the FBI’s National Security Branch, announced today. A criminal complaint unsealed today in the Eastern District of Virginia alleges that, from approximately Nov. 2004 to Feb. 11, 2008, James Wilbur Fondren, Jr., while serving as an employee of the Defense Department, unlawfully and knowingly conspired with others to communicate classified information to another person who he had reason to believe was an agent or representative of a foreign government.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation - The Washington Field Office: Department of Justice Press Release

I get cold war chills reading this press release. Apparently, he was selling classified docs to China.

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posted : Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Cold War Modern: 1945-1970 a photo gallery of retro futurist fashion and design via naver.com

Cold War Modern: 1945-1970 a photo gallery of retro futurist fashion and design via naver.com

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Dispatch From Lostinthought

retropolitics:

Screw trying to raise my Tumblarity! I want to win-win-win! I’m gonna see how fast I can tank my numbers. If my overnight stats are any indication - I outta be dead in the water in no time at all.

/snarkydispatch

Actually, apparently you need do nothing to tank your numbers. The algorithm seems to be sentient and suffering from a heavy case of PMS. My figures were up by 100 cookie points this morning. By getting new posts out and doing what I regularly do (which is goof around, post my regular drivel, etc.), I lost 120 of said points three or four hours later. It’s the most bizarre and unpredictable application I have seen so far. And if today is any indication, one to be ignored as well.

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posted : Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

reblogged from : Retro❉Politics

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mattpayton:

SONG OF THE DAY

My favorite The Velvet Underground song

“Venus In Furs”

from the 1967 album The Velvet Underground & Nico

It has to be my favorite Velvet Underground song as well…

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posted : Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

reblogged from : Matt Payton's Tumble-o-rama

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Eurovision 2009 Armenia first Semi Final [Exclusive] Live (via yerkich)

Number 6 made me do it by mentioning Eurovision corniness!

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posted : Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

off southwark road (via ms lady bump) None other than the lovely Ms. lil’ bumps has called my attention to her awesome Flickr set of icecream vans.

off southwark road (via ms lady bump)

None other than the lovely Ms. lil’ bumps has called my attention to her awesome Flickr set of icecream vans.

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dink-a-tron:

Do you ever get the feeling, that what you are about to undertake is nothing but folly?

Oh hai! welcome to my life! Would you like some tea to go with the folly?

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posted : Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

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“ Dubbed dial-a-fatwa and dial-a-sheikh in its native Egypt, [the phone line] will draw on the expertise of scholars from Cairo’s al-Azhar University to provide perplexed believers with help and religious rulings (fatwas) on everyday dilemmas. British callers can ring in with their problems, and access the answer up to 48 hours later by punching in a pin number. The hotline will also include an email facility, with advice sent in English, Urdu and Arabic at a cost of 69p [$1.05] a message.
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Dial-a-Fatwa - Schott’s Vocab Blog - NYTimes.com

Since I am still incensed over the “but she is ugly” comments in my previous post, I shall call and ask for instructions on how to publicly flog ugly people to punish them for their boldness.

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posted : Wednesday, May 13th, 2009