Snowden: A hero in America, and now in Azeroth, Edward Snowden has disclosed a new trove of documents showing the NSA has been spying on players using World of Warcraft and Second Life. “Fearing that terrorist or criminal networks could use the games to communicate secretly, move money or plot attacks, the documents show, intelligence operatives have entered terrain populated by digital avatars that include elves, gnomes and supermodels,” reports ProPublica.
Snow Den? “A search is on in the mountains of rural northwestern Nevada for a couple and four children who went to play in the snow Sunday and haven’t returned.”
Snow Then? Maybe around Seattle this evening.
When Not Complicit, Outraged: AOL, Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter, and Yahoo tells federal government to cut back on snooping.
Is This Literally Buying an Election? A hand recount, requested by the losing side, of course, will begin today on SeaTac’s $15 minimum wage measure that voters passed by a 73-vote margin. Here’s background on King County Elections’ recount process, which explains the cost is $0.25 for each of the 6,003 ballot cast.
Blow Hard, Says the Seattle City Council: They’re considering bill that would protect whistle-blowers in city government, in part by handing the cases over to the city’s ethics commission.
To Be an Undercover Agent: Officers consider a busting a “snuggle-parlor”:
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin’s ultra-liberal capital city is a place where just about anything goes, from street parties to naked bike rides. But city officials say a business is pushing even Madison’s boundaries by offering, of all things, hugs.
For $60, customers at the Snuggle House can spend an hour hugging, cuddling and spooning with professional snugglers.
Snugglers contend touching helps relieve stress. But Madison officials suspect the business is a front for prostitution and, if it’s not, fear snuggling could lead to sexual assault. Not buying the message that the business is all warm and fuzzy, police have talked openly about conducting a sting operation at the business, and city attorneys are drafting a new ordinance to regulate snuggling.
A new ordinance to regulate snuggling!
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