“People went to work. They enjoyed time with their families and friends. Nothing fell apart. Life went on.”

A special message from Nancy Pelosi.

Retroactive immunity for the telecoms, and the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence are empowered “to authorize warrantless surveillance of foreign parties whose communications pass through U.S. switches, even when they are communicating with Americans.” Is anybody surprised? No? Right.

I won’t find out just how fucked up the final season of The Wire is until it’s on DVD. So I guess now I have several months to worry about how many sharks my favorite TV show decided to jump over. Sounds like maybe a few, though.

Iran’s internet is probably not down entirely. Four cables down in a week is still an awfully big convenient coincidence, but it’s not quite as drastic.

Three undersea cables in Asia have been cut this week, leaving Iran entirely without internet connectivity.