Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Tue, Feb 21 2006
95 Percent Not Inspected
If only 5 percent of incoming containers are now being inspected at our ports, then maybe the taking over of operations by United Arab Emirates could actually result in a stepping up of security. It couldn't get much worse if those statistics are correct. That's a very creepy bit of information in itself, no matter who's in charge.
posted at: 12:36 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
If only 5 percent of incoming containers are now being inspected at our ports, then maybe the taking over of operations by United Arab Emirates could actually result in a stepping up of security. It couldn't get much worse if those statistics are correct. That's a very creepy bit of information in itself, no matter who's in charge.
posted at: 12:36 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
Bad spelling isn't illegal, but...
You never know what kind of strange entity will present itself when you point to issues. Boing Boing seems to have acquired a troll of sorts, after featuring a story that concerned the recovery of a lost digital camera.
I have no way of knowing for certain the legitimacy of the person's claim that he(?) is a lawyer. I do know that most attorneys have the benefit of at least one very savvy secretary who checks for typos in outgoing correspondence. Perhaps the sue-happy person threatening Boing Boing simply doesn't realize how relatively easy it is to appear at least marginally professional during one's flights of fancy.
posted at: 07:41 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
You never know what kind of strange entity will present itself when you point to issues. Boing Boing seems to have acquired a troll of sorts, after featuring a story that concerned the recovery of a lost digital camera.
I have no way of knowing for certain the legitimacy of the person's claim that he(?) is a lawyer. I do know that most attorneys have the benefit of at least one very savvy secretary who checks for typos in outgoing correspondence. Perhaps the sue-happy person threatening Boing Boing simply doesn't realize how relatively easy it is to appear at least marginally professional during one's flights of fancy.
posted at: 07:41 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
