Giving the FBI What It Wants, or At Least What It Thought It Wanted

An ornery electronic manifesto cum art project by Bangladeshi media artist Hasan Elahi, who after getting grilled and tracked as a terror suspect by the feds for no clear reason began to document his life online - 100 posts a day, every meal, bed, errand - so officials wouldn't have to look for him. An 'if you can't beat 'em' strategy for the Patriot Act era.

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This Is How Democracy (Eventually) Works

Cool scene in Nashville, where state troopers arrested Occupiers - and reporter Jonathan Meador, who repeatedly argued he was press and then recorded his own arrest - for violating a curfew. But a judge ruled the governor can't set a curfew - that little matter of freedom of assembly - and promptly released the protesters. "I have reviewed the regulations of the state of Tennessee, and I can find no authority anywhere for anyone to authorize a curfew anywhere on Legislative Plaza."

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Nachos, Hogwash, Give the Woodchuck A Tuna Melt

Herman Cain is having a tough time. He faces charges of sexual harassment , illegal campaign funding , idiocy - well, that's old. But this should make him feel better: The Bad Lip Reading guys have honored him with his ode to cowboys, anthrax, Tom Hanks and big potato moths. Memorable.

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