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23rd September 2007 Archive

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  • Sealand seeks satellite and movie deals

    Reality-challenged communications hub in works?

    That tiny speck of sovereign delusion known as Sealand will finally reclaim its former glory as a platform for pirate radio, the fantastical micronation hinted this week on its website, and Mike Newell, of Donnie Brasco fame, has agreed to direct a movie based on those very same pirate radio origins. Full circle, and to a …

    Telecoms 23 Sep 17:35

  • Iraq fiasco creeps into NSA surveillance controversy

    Congress to lick Bush at last?

    The battle over domestic electronic surveillance returned to prominence last week with fresh hearings in Congress and the usual Cheney administration demagoguery. In a clear attempt to shape the debate, on Wednesday the President took to the bully pulpit at NSA headquarters in Fort Meade to demand that Congress stop pussy- …

    Government 23 Sep 17:44

  • Messaging snafu madness blows pot deal up in smoke

    Man texts cops flogging 'reefer'

    A West Virginia man sent a text offering weed to the State Police by mistake Wednesday, and is now cooling his heels in the big house, AP reports. Joshua Wayne Cadle, 19, allegedly sent the message Wednesday to a phone number that used to belong to a 'friend', only to discover that the cursed number now belonged to the state …

    Bootnotes 23 Sep 17:46

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