This program and hardware are being used to assess road conditions, but there is some talk of using it to register speeds and ticket accordingly. Is it just me or are people actively looking for ways to Big Brother each other?

Missouri To Track Through Cell Phones

“It’s a federal law, sir; a Secret Service agent came and explained it to us.”

Priest Accosted by Police Citing WiFi Law

In Bozeman, Montana, a truck carrying thousands of bees overturned, spilling them over the roadway. It took many beekeepers to clean up the wreckage, as the spilled hives caused the bees to be quite agitated.

Amazingly, no deaths have been reported despite the fact that one beekeeper in full gear recieved 60 stings.

News of the Weird: Bee Truck Overturns

From jwz's blog:

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http://billmon.org/archives/001514.html

# Presidential Powers: "To protect subordinates should they be charged with torture, the memo advised that Mr. Bush issue a 'presidential directive or other writing' that could serve as evidence, since authority to set aside the laws is 'inherent in the president.'"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1231089,00.html

# Welcome to America: "'So you're a journalist,' he said, accusingly, and for the first time I sensed that, in his eyes, this was not a good thing to be. 'It seems that we will probably have to deport you.'"

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/06/08/t_to_check_packages_bags_at_random?mode=PF

# Bill of what? "Next month, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will become the first transit agency in the nation to institute a permanent policy of randomly inspecting passenger bags and packages on subway and commuter trains, MBTA police officials disclosed yesterday."

http://articles.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0MKY/is_9_27/ai_108881880

# But in bread-and-circuses news, that kooky old man with the funny hat thinks Dubya is the Antichrist: "The pontiff wishes he was younger and in better health to confront the possibility that Bush may represent the person prophesized in Revelations." So at least there's that.

This is some bad shit, yo.