MetaFilter posts tagged with outragefilter

Don't hug me, bro!

HuronBob — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:34:23 -0800

Police in Denmark target bike riders. SLYT Police in Denmark take drastic steps to change the habits of bike riders...

Remember Total Information Awareness?

[expletive deleted] — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:35:14 -0800

Two years ago, then NSA-chief Gen. Michael Hayden said its domestic surveillance program was "not a driftnet over Lackawanna or Fremont or Dearborn, grabbing all communications and then sifting them out." Today, a story in the Wall Street Journal alleges this is precisely what is happening. Total Information Awareness seems to not have died, but to have just been quietly absorbed into the NSA's already extensive surveillance apparatus, all without the hassle of any kind of transparency or oversight.

corporate profiting in Iraq

nickyskye — Sun, 13 May 2007 15:52:04 -0800

"On May 10th, 2007, this video was banned in Congress" - Filmmaker, Robert Greenwald, wanted to show a four minute clip of his film when testifying to Congress, but Republicans disallowed it. This is the clip from his excellent movie now available on Google Video, Iraq for Sale.

If you don't like it...

Kwantsar — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 23:31:19 -0800

...you can follow a complaint (maybe). Your daily dose of outragefilter. Video courtesy of South Florida's CBS 4.

Obligatory Onion Link

crasspastor — Wed, 27 Aug 2003 22:41:34 -0800

This is just too funny. Check it out. The Onion is soooooo good!!!!