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NSA Demands Verizon Turn Over Caller Database

By Tom Wyrick on June 6, 2013 in Culture, Odds And Ends, Politics

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Do […]

Pepsi Leaves Bad Taste In A Whole New Way

By Mordechai Osdoby on June 3, 2013 in Culture, Internet, Odds And Ends, Science, Social Media

In what may be an identity thief’s wet dream, an ad agency has created a Pepsi machine that dispenses cans in exchange for Facebook likes. Did you catch the sinister, Orwellian note to the end of that video? And thanks to this new way of sampling we know exactly who liked, tried, and enjoyed an ice […]

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