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Richard Stenger at CNN - Christmas eclipse to provide rare holiday light show: if you live in North America, and the weather cooperates, you'll be able to see a partial eclipse of the sun on Christmas day. The northeast will get the best show. CNN has a list of times by city. [/.]
Brian Fitzgerald is singing the DMCA Blues.
Robert Moody at LewRockwell.com - My Experience with the DMV, Part II: Mr. Moody relates getting his driver's license in Atlanta, a state that collects your fingerprint when you renew your license. Papieren, Bitte. [lew]
When I called my state representative to complain about having to provide my fingerprint to renew my driver's license, he told me about all of the new features on the license, one of which is a hologram. He was trying to think of the word "hologram" when he asked me, "Is it... holocaust?" I said, "No, that's what's going to happen after we give the state a copy of our fingerprints."