RTFA: http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20070919/cm_then…

Today the US Senate fell four votes short of restoring Habeas Corpus, the fundamental constitutional right of individuals to challenge government detention, which the Republican Congress revoked in last year’s Military Commissions Act. Fifty-six senators supported a procedural move to tie the Habeas provision to legislation authorizing defense spending–a step that requires sixty votes.

Recall, our Attorney General was the person to inform us that we were not guaranteed this right by our Constitution. Now, it would appear, Congress has reinforced this. I’m not concerned, though.

RTFA: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&si…

Canada’s dollar traded equal to the
U.S. currency for the first time in three decades, capping a
five-year run on the back of booming demand for the nation’s
commodities.
The Canadian dollar rose as high as $1.0008, before
retreating to 99.87 U.S. cents at 4:16 p.m. in New York. It has
soared 62 percent from a record low of 61.76 U.S. cents in 2002.
The U.S. dollar fell as low as 99.93 Canadian cents today. The
Canadian currency last closed above $1 on Nov. 25, 1976, when
Pierre Trudeau was Canada’s prime minister.
The move to parity marks a milestone for a currency dubbed
the loonie for the bird that adorns the nation’s one-dollar coin.
Parity also symbolizes Canada’s emerging clout in a world economy
increasingly short of the energy, grains and metals the country
produces.

Things are going GREAT.

RTFA: http://www.heinleinarchives.net/upload/

Welcome to the home of the Robert A. and Virginia Heinlein Archives.

The Heinlein Archives is a cooperative project between The Heinlein Prize Trust and the UC Santa Cruz Archives.

The Heinlein Archives presents digital copies of the entire collections of Robert A. and Virginia Heinlein in downloadable form for research and academic purposes. Heinlein’s OPUS manuscripts is the first complete collection presented. These manuscript files include Heinlein’s files of all his published works with his notes, research, early drafts and edits of manuscripts, to the final published form. These files provide both a look at Heinlein’s creative process and add insights into his intent and the meaning in his stories.

Heinlein rules. This rules.

RTFA: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-570043150…

Almost all of us have childhood dreams: for example, being an astronaut, or making movies or video games for a living. Sadly, most people don’t achieve theirs, and I think that’s a shame. I had several specific childhood dreams, and I’ve actually achieved most of them. More importantly, I have found ways, in particular the creation (with Don Marinelli), of CMU’s Entertainment Technology Center (etc.cmu.edu), of helping many young people actually *achieve* their childhood dreams. This talk will discuss how I achieved my childhood dreams (being in zero gravity, designing theme park rides for Disney, and a few others), and will contain realistic advice on how *you* can live your life so that you can make your childhood dreams come true, too.

Oh boy - this is tricky… I have fond memories of ETC’s purple curtains - theirs was arguably the coolest, most surreal space on campus. I can’t watch this right now - it’s not a matter of time, but one of building up to it. I am posting this now for anyone else who needs to know.

RTFA: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/art…

Troopers arrested an MIT student at gunpoint Friday after she walked into Logan International Airport wearing a computer circuit board and wiring on her sweatshirt. Authorities call it a fake bomb; she called it art.

PEOPLE. You are turning the best Americans into fugatives.