Archive for the 'government' Category

Thoughtful piece on the history of the NSA, the future of information (yottabytes?!), and political and electrical power.

Visualized history of the colored alert system of the Department of Homeland Security. Demonstrates that in the history of the color alert system, there has never been a day when the alert has been Green or Blue.

DoS document detailing the history of the Great Seal and its uses and associated protocols.

"The following galleries display the official seals of the 50 states, federal district, and territories of the United States of America."

Its sort of amazing that all the high-profile jabs that Republicans have made against government spending have been against totally reasonable science programs that, on the whole, don't really cost that much.

Scanned civil defense comic from 1954 distributed to DC and MD area residents. Angel and I came up with some likely sequels, amongst which were: "Guys Peeing in the Street and You," "Kids These Days and You," "Truancy and You," and "Backtalk and You."

"...is a large-format publication about 300 pages long and containing almost 800 maps. Data from decennial censuses prior to 2000 support nearly 150 maps and figures, providing context and an historical perspective for many of the topics presented."

Nice longish read about the history of the US's war on drugs. For fans of Traffik/c and The Wire.

Three things:
- Big ups to the VA for posting the newly approved Wiccan symbol so quickly.
- The Atheist symbol is possibly the lamest thing I've ever seen.
- Copyright?