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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:48:30 EST

"As an American citizen whose appearance and passport allowed her to blend into Western society, LaRose represents one of the worst fears of intelligence and FBI analysts focused on identifying terrorist threats." Hey Dimwits!! Aren't you glad that our officials don't pay attention to your desire to "profile"? Read about a blond haired, blue eyed terrorist Here

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:39:16 EST

"Liberal groups reacted angrily, seeing the potential about-face as a betrayal of the president's campaign promise and an unwelcome endorsement of Bush administration practices. They said the Obama administration would be closing Guantanamo only to re-create the same problematic situation on U.S. soil." Count me among them. I want him tried in a civilian court. I want all trials that are not on a literal battlefield to occur in a civilian court. Military courts are, by definition, kangaroo courts. Read more Here

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:15:48 EST

"The divided Oscar categories merely insult women, because they suggest that women would not be victorious if the categories were combined. In addition, this segregation helps perpetuate the stereotype that the differences between men and women are so great that the two sexes cannot be evaluated as equals in their professions." What an idiot. The reason that there are two categories is because everybody likes it that way. Of all the things that don't diminish womens status in society, it is not having both genders represented in what is arguably a mere popularity contest. Jeez. Read the goofball's story Here

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:33:45 EST

"Synecdoche: Figurative language in which a part of something stands for the whole to give an other than literal meaning; Green Bay doesn�t play St. Louis, but their football teams do." And lots of other great literary terms. Check them out Here

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:25:37 EST

So, Sarah Palin is, obviously, a right-wing idiot. She is intellectually unsophisticated and shows her talent only when given opportunities for knee-jerk quips. This brings to mind another of her unpleasant characteristics: She's a whiny bitch.

I watched the clip of this supposed bitter offense (here) and have to tell you, I don't see anything about it, I mean anything, that appears to make fun of Trig. Sarah Palin and her knuckleheaded daughter are just plain fabricating outrage.

The character, the daughter of "an accountant and an ex-governor of Alaska" has Down syndrome, is out to dinner with a boy that claims he's wanted to go out with her for a while. Were I Trig's parent, I'd be thinking, that looks like a pretty good outcome.

Now, if they had complained about the character's whining and complaining (the real 'joke' of this bit), they might have a point. Of course, she isn't doing that because 1) not having anything to do with Down syndrome, it wouldn't support high dudgeon, and 2) most everyone would think, "whiny bitch? the apple doesn't fall far from the tree."

The willingness of these people to fabricate controversy is yet another reason to hold them in contempt. The fact that a lot of people seem to join in, is a reason to support representative government. Idiots all.

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:12:35 EST

"TQ Does Windows, after all" If you have any interest in using .NET, you might find my experiences as I turn into a .NET programmer interesting. Check out my new blog Here

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:55:11 EST

"It's the mind-set that concerns me" You have to love it when the opposition is reduced to talking about your mindset. It makes pretty clear that your 'reality-set' is working well enough that criticism isn't meaningful. Rear about Dick Cheney's loser argment Here

But, at least it will improve the economy

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:34:51 EST

I sort of appreciate Cox for establishing a cost. Even if they can shirk on getting a court order, the police have to get a purchase order. Checks and Balances in the Brave New World.

On the other hand, this establishes a profit motive. Once the government establishes the "secure" l-commerce site (law-commerce) that allows them to shop for your mail and files online, you know that Cox and the rest will be adding services left and right as they realize that there is money in violating your privacy helping to fight terrorism.

Woe is me!

Cost Reimbursement

(18 U.S.C.§ 2706)
To defer the cost to Cox of compliance, payment of the following minimum fees is required for all subpoena, court order and warrant requests, except for: (1) child endangerment or harassing call investigations, if documented when requested and unless expedited response is sought; and (2) Cox subscriber telephone toll record and listing requests that are not voluminous in nature:

$40.00	Per account for basic information*
$80.00	Per account for expedited handling

$40.00/Month	Telephone *call detail* records (other than toll)
No Charge	Telephone *toll record* and basic subscriber records of 10 or less**

$0.25/Page	Photocopies and facsimiles exceeding ten pages
$25.00	Data on CD-ROM
$25.00	Express delivery

$75.00/hr./staff	Requests requiring greater than 0.5 hours ($40.00 minimum)
$80.00 plus $150.00/hr./staff	Preservation or expedited handling, if available

No charge	Non-expedited child endangerment investigations or harassing call investigations, if documented when requested and unless expedited handling is requested

Pen Register/Trap and Trace	$2,500 for each 60 days � $2,000 for each additional 60 days
Wiretap	$3,500 for each 30 days � $2,500 for each additional 30 days

	* Requests based on IP addresses must include date, time and time zone information in order to receive a response. ** Telephone subscriber requests from law enforcement in excess of 10 accounts or otherwise voluminous may be charged for under 18 USC 2706. Inaccurate requests concerning non-Cox subscribers require a fee of $25 per non-Cox request. Law enforcement can determine providers at http://www.npac.com. Telephone account information in civil cases is charged at $40.00 per account.

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Bye Bye Freedom

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:34:04 EST

But cybercrime investigators are frustrated by the speed of traditional methods of faxing, mailing, or e-mailing companies these documents. They're pushing for the creation of a national Web interface linking police computers with those of Internet and e-mail providers so requests can be sent and received electronically.

CNET has reviewed a survey scheduled to be released at a federal task force meeting on Thursday, which says that law enforcement agencies are virtually unanimous in calling for such an interface to be created.

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Other components include renewed calls for laws requiring Internet companies to store data about their users for up to five years and increased pressure on companies to respond to police inquiries in hours instead of days. (here)

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:39:44 EST

"China's hackers subverted the access system Google put in place to comply with U.S. intercept orders." The government is your enemy. Read more Here

Notice to Google

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:51:43 EST

Google Maps is not reliable. I have had four, specific, identifiable occasions in the last several months where Google Maps gave me the wrong information. In one case, it was a place I had been before so I avoided a 20 mile detour (and who knows how many hours of being lost) in rural Minnesota in the winter.

In one case, the Coke Museum in Fort Knox, the manager of the museum has contacted Google several times to no avail.

The other two were perfectly normal, local places.

I can no longer jump out of the house, confident that Google will get me to where I want to go. That lack of confidence is a huge blow to the goodness of Google, and my life.

tqwhite|tqwhite

Senator Reid

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:53:16 EST

Harry reid made the perfectly sane observation that Barack Obama would benefit from his light-skin and lack of accent. There was no condemnation, no hidden sense of racism, nothing bad. He was explaining his support. Is it possible to see that he comes from a racist country in the comments, yes. That's because he does.

Trent Lott, with whom Reid is now compared, was praising Strom Therman for his racist past. He said that America would not have such "troubles" if they had chosen him for President. He was clearly pandering to his audience's racist leanings.

These are 100% different things. I don't see any reason for Harry Reid to have apologized. He didn't say anything negative, mean or racist. Trent Lott did.

This also shows what a huge bunch of idiots the Democrats are. None of them say, "Tempest in a teapot." None of them say, "The two situations are diametrically opposed." None of them say, "He didn't say anything wrong." None of them have any fortitude of any sort.

We are so screwed.

(here)

tqwhite|tqwhite

Joking

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:32:13 EST

While traipsing around the blogosphere, I found this joke.

A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."

The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, "You're in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above ground elevation of 2,346 feet above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude.

"She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be an Obama Democrat."

"I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"

"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct. But I have no idea what to do with your information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me."

The man smiled and responded, "You must be a Republican."

"I am," replied the balloonist. "How did you know?"

"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are or where you are going. You've risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. You're in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but somehow, now it's my fault." Read the blog it came from (here)

tqwhite|tqwhite

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:29:09 EST

"Despite this, the proposed fixes focus on the details of the plot rather than the broad threat. We're going to install full-body scanners, even though there are lots of ways to hide PETN -- stuff it in a body cavity, spread it thin on a garment -- from the machines. We're going to profile people traveling from 14 countries, even though it's easy for a terrorist to travel from a different country. Seating requirements for the last hour of flight were the most ridiculous example." Bruce Schneier explains why the response to the underwear bomber is stupid. Read more Here

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:25:21 EST

"Brent White, a University of Arizona law professor, notes that a family who bought a three-bedroom home in Salinas, Calif., at the market top in 2006, with no down payment (then a common-enough occurrence), could theoretically have to wait 60 years to recover their equity. On the other hand, if they walked, they could rent a similar house for a pittance of their monthly mortgage." A clear-headed discussion of why a homeowner who finds that his house and mortgage are no longer worth keeping should let them go. Read the case in favor of "strategic default," ie, voluntary foreclosure, Here

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:27:22 EST

"Visa Reigns with Silent Tax" Very interesting article that finally explains how this whole thing works. (Spoiler: it's an anti-competitive, rip-off scam.) Read more Here

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:00:34 EST

"'What this brings home is that we can't be complacent,' she said. 'We have a determined enemy and you can't put the United States in a big Tupperware container. That's not our nation. Those are not our values.'" Janet Napolitano shows that she's a reasonable person, and interesting. Read about an interview Here

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:19:07 EST

"She tried it. A huge tumor grew where she had injected the virus and another grew on the other wing where she had made the wound" Much cool new information on the new perspectives in cancer research. Read more Here

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:37:53 EST

"We�re simply going to make people miserable for no apparent reason. There have been precisely three attempts over the last eight years to commit acts of terrorism aboard commercial aircraft. All of them clownishly inept and easily thwarted by the passengers. How many tens of thousands of flights have been incident free? And, yet, we�re going to make hundreds of thousands of people endure transcontinental flights without reading materials or the ability to use the restroom?" Skip Hawley is an idiot. Wait, it's someone else now. He's also an idiot. Read the comment Here

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:09:48 EST

"[P}erhaps it�s time to try a different kind of gift. ... So here�s my quirky holiday list of nifty, unknown charities" Sometimes he's a bit of a moralizer but I love Nickolas Kristoff anyway. This article lists international aid charities that need money. Read about them Here