Vatician City is about to become the world's first carbon-neutral state, while back in the U.S.S.R. airport screeners are collecting extensive data on air travelers, including personal items they carry and books they're reading, and storing the data for years. Both links via MeFi.
That's Paul McCartney rocking Red Square in 2003. History is strange sometimes. Just another example: even an hour ago I never would have predicted I'd ever have anything nice to say about Pope Benedict.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Posted by Gerry Canavan at 1:31 PM
Labels: airport security, America, Back in the USSR, Catholicism, climate change, ecology, police state, politics, Red Square, surveillance society
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