Category: Disliked

Upset, dismay, or otherwise unenjoyable.

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Astoria Blacked Out!

Buttons Wonders Where The Food Is

I Was CoNNED

Closed No Power

Guarding The Dark

For those of you who haven’t heard, [Astoria has been under blackout conditions](http://ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=61154) since Tuesday night. We were still under said conditions when I left for work this morning, and expect to be in them through the better part of the weekend, if ConEd is to be believed.

One important thing to remember when you read news stories about this: ConEd loves to throw out this number of “1900 homes”. The proper term should be “1900 customers”. Each building is essentially one customer. I’ve seen estimates that 250,000 people are affected. (Since I originally wrote this post, ConEd has admitted that [the number of customers affected is roughly 25,000](http://www.amny.com/news/local/newyork/am-coned0721,0,580714.story?coll=am-topheadlines).)

After throwing out all of our groceries last night, I decided to get out the camera and walk down Ditmars today; there are a [few more](http://www.flickr.com/photos/remydwd/tags/blackout/) on Flickr.

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A Moment Of Silence (No Whammies)

[From abc7](http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=3988360):

> Peter Tomarken — host of the hit 1980s game show “Press Your Luck” — and his wife were killed when their small plane crashed into Santa Monica Bay. A third person aboard the plane remains missing.

As most of my family could tell you, game shows played a large part in my childhood development; Press Your Luck was by far my favorite. This is a sad day for game show fans.

Press Your Luck [lives on daily](http://www.gsn.com/specific_page_elements.php?link_id=S22) on GSN.

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Revised Bill Of Rights

George W. Bush, 9/20/01:

> Americans are asking, why do they hate us? They hate what we see right here in this chamber — a democratically elected government. Their leaders are self-appointed. They hate our freedoms — our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other.

Amendment IV, US Constitution:

> 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.

Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts, NY Times, 12/16/05

> Months after the Sept. 11 attacks, President Bush secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans and others inside the United States to search for evidence of terrorist activity without the court-approved warrants ordinarily required for domestic spying, according to government officials.

Go back to bed, America. Your government is in control.