At a US port of entry citizens and non-citizens alike have no 4th or 5th Amendment rights. So things like laptops, smartphones, and USB flash drives are subject to search as a condition of entry to the country. A demand of passwords to devices and social media appears to be in line with existing law.

Ah, yeah. Hobby Lobby provided 16 different kinds of contraception choices for their employees. They declined to offer 4 additional types. The legal controversy was exclusively over those 4 types.

Based on Lifehacker’s recommendation I’ve used Tunnelbear for almost a year. It has worked well for me and rarely, if ever causes any slowing of my Internet traffic. Very happy paying customer.

Yeah- who cares if foreign intelligence services secretly turn on the mic of the Trump cellphone?

If you are ignorant of the F.M.C.S.R. it’s ok to say “I was mistaken”

Oh, you’re correct. My bad

That trailer had no HazMat placards as required- i.e. no indication any HazMat were being transported by this truck.

Fed. rules only require commercial vehicles carrying HazMat or passengers (e.g. school bus, Greyhound coach) to stop before a railroad track even if the crossing signals are not active.

Cruz sent Deadspin a pic (via Twitter) of himself playing b-ball. 

Cool!

“No more bailouts!!!” except for us spoiled .001% who live in the NE Corridor and commute via Amtrak.

Cool, just think how many poor Americans can be helped with those ex-UN funds!!

Weird, I just heard half-dozen leaders of March for Women say today they were modeling their movement after the Tea Party. Some failure.

Gizmodo is a home for ex-Gawker ultra-partisan writers

So the Gizmodo story from a week ago that had to be updated to this possibility was just another post-Gawker *Nevermind*

This is what “no more bailouts” looks like

The lower cost of suburban homes is a competitive advantage for them vs the higher-price of urban homes.

Love Is Love

I’m an unlimited data customer with VZW. So I’ve been following this issue for years. In the forums I participate in I see users posting screenshots of their data meters with totals of 1 or even 2TB of data. I have seen as much as 11TB in a single month from one of the gamers.

LOL the update shows the concern is nothing more than partisan worry