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Saturday, December 30, 2006
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Monday, December 25, 2006
Toilet Train Your Cat
$30 kit to toilet train your cat.
* Never scoop litter again
* Eliminate offensive odors
* Maintain a healthier home
* Save over $175 per year on litter (Source - ASPCA 2005)
* No More Litter Mess - Just Flush!
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Cell phone off? FBI can still listen...
ABC News: Cell phone users, beware. The FBI can listen to everything you say, even when the cell phone is turned off.
A recent court ruling in a case against the Genovese crime family revealed that the FBI has the ability from a remote location to activate a cell phone and turn its microphone into a listening device that transmits to an FBI listening post, a method known as a "roving bug." Experts say the only way to defeat it is to remove the cell phone battery.
Read more Thanks Doc Hardy
A recent court ruling in a case against the Genovese crime family revealed that the FBI has the ability from a remote location to activate a cell phone and turn its microphone into a listening device that transmits to an FBI listening post, a method known as a "roving bug." Experts say the only way to defeat it is to remove the cell phone battery.
Read more Thanks Doc Hardy
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Acceptance of Evolution Gravity in the United States
This *IS* true
This Might as well be:
Via Colin Purrington
See this also:National Geographic Reports: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries
This Might as well be:
Via Colin Purrington
See this also:National Geographic Reports: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries
Monday, November 27, 2006
War on Christmas? - Town Fines woman for "Peace Wreath"
Somehow I'm sure this isn't what Bill O'Reilly is fighting for....
DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- A homeowners' association in southwestern Colorado has threatened to fine a resident $25 a day until she removes a Christmas wreath with a peace sign that some say is an anti-Iraq war protest or a symbol of Satan.
Via CNN
DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- A homeowners' association in southwestern Colorado has threatened to fine a resident $25 a day until she removes a Christmas wreath with a peace sign that some say is an anti-Iraq war protest or a symbol of Satan.
Via CNN
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Famous painters copied photopraphs
No invention of the Industrial Revolution influenced Impressionism more than the camera. Most of the Impressionists had cameras and experimented with their new images. Photography inspired impressionists to capture the moment, but did you know that some of the most famous paintings of Van Gogh, Toulouse Lautrec or Paul Gauguin were inspired on an original photograph?
See more examples
Friday, November 10, 2006
11/ 7 Changed Everything
The Right was Right!
Now that the election is behind us, and the Democrats control both houses of Congress, there's no reason not to admit it: the Right was right about us all along. Here is our 25-point manifesto for the new Congress:
Here's some excerpts:
1. Mandatory homosexuality
2. Drug-filled condoms in schools
3. Introduce the new Destruction of Marriage Act
4. Border fence replaced with free shuttle buses
6. Withdraw from Iraq, apologize, reinstate Hussein
and a late addition :
All buildings named for Ronald Reagan to be converted to low-income housing
Read em all at: The right was right
Now that the election is behind us, and the Democrats control both houses of Congress, there's no reason not to admit it: the Right was right about us all along. Here is our 25-point manifesto for the new Congress:
Here's some excerpts:
1. Mandatory homosexuality
2. Drug-filled condoms in schools
3. Introduce the new Destruction of Marriage Act
4. Border fence replaced with free shuttle buses
6. Withdraw from Iraq, apologize, reinstate Hussein
and a late addition :
All buildings named for Ronald Reagan to be converted to low-income housing
Read em all at: The right was right
Monday, November 06, 2006
Britons wary of Bush more than Kim Jong-il
The United States is seen as a threat to world peace by its closest neighbors and allies, with Britons saying President George W. Bush poses a greater danger than North Korea's Kim Jong-il, a survey found on Friday.
Yahoo News
"American Conservative" Editorial: GOP Must Go!
Wow, and this is just the warmup:..
From the page "It should surprise few readers that we think a vote that is seen--in America and the world at large--as a decisive "No" vote on the Bush presidency is the best outcome. We need not dwell on George W. Bush's failed effort to jam a poorly disguised amnesty for illegal aliens through Congress or the assaults on the Constitution carried out under the pretext of fighting terrorism or his administration's endorsement of torture. Faced on Sept. 11, 2001 with a great challenge, President Bush made little effort to understand who had attacked us and why--thus ignoring the prerequisite for crafting an effective response. He seemingly did not want to find out, and he had staffed his national-security team with people who either did not want to know or were committed to a prefabricated answer."
Read the Rest Via American Conservative Magazine
Republicans "fake call" Democrats to suppress the vote.
In effort to annoy voters, the GOP is paying robocallers to pose as democratic candidates and harass voters.
That's called lying and cheating in order to suppress the vote, and it's illegal. And the Republican party admits they're doing it.
States in which GOP fake calls are happening so far:
Via America Blog
That's called lying and cheating in order to suppress the vote, and it's illegal. And the Republican party admits they're doing it.
States in which GOP fake calls are happening so far:
Via America Blog
The Simpsons take on the Iraq war
Operation Enduring Occupation
Don't worry, we still have the citizens hearts and minds
Don't worry, we still have the citizens hearts and minds
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Right wing evangelist confesses to being a hypocrite
In his apology letter, Haggard made no mention of drug use, but said "I am guilty of sexual immorality." He also noted that "the things I did opened the door for additional allegations.
I'm not holding my breath or anything but, doesn't he owe an apology to the gay community for using his "religion" to make their lives miserable?
Conservative Columnist: "This is not an election anymore, it's an intervention."
Conservative Andrew Sullivan said the president was "so in denial," comparing the Rumsfeld endorsement to applauding the job FEMA's Michael Brown did on Katrina: "It's unhinged. It suggests this man has lost his mind. No one objectively could look at the way this war has been conducted, whether you were for it, as I was, or against it, and say that it has been done well. It's a disaster.
"For him to say it's a fantastic job suggests the president has lost it, I'm sorry, there's no other way to say it.....These people must be held accountable." He added that today, Richard Perle, a leading neocon and Iraq war backer, had today called the administration "dysfunctional."
Conservative columnist Andrew Sullivan reacting to Bush's statement Nov 1, 2006:
"Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Cheney "are doing fantastic jobs and I strongly support them."
Read more via E&P
"For him to say it's a fantastic job suggests the president has lost it, I'm sorry, there's no other way to say it.....These people must be held accountable." He added that today, Richard Perle, a leading neocon and Iraq war backer, had today called the administration "dysfunctional."
Conservative columnist Andrew Sullivan reacting to Bush's statement Nov 1, 2006:
"Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Cheney "are doing fantastic jobs and I strongly support them."
Read more via E&P
Saturday, November 04, 2006
The Retarded Child Emperor
Subpoena power is for closers
Bill Maher offers last minute advice for Democrats
Watch it. Its great
Bill Maher offers last minute advice for Democrats
Watch it. Its great
Airport screeners miss 20 of 22 "devices"
Five years after 9/11, when the Gov't tightened security at US airports, and 2 months after retightened security procedures due to the "war on moisture" banning liquids on airplanes......
Screeners at Newark Liberty International Airport failed 20 of 22 security tests conducted by undercover U.S. agents last week, missing an array of concealed bombs and guns at checkpoints throughout the hub's three terminals, federal security officials familiar with the results said.
"We can do better, and training is the path to improved performance," said Mark Hatfield Jr., Newark Airport's federal security director.
Gee Mark do you really think so?
More Via NJ Star Ledger
Screeners at Newark Liberty International Airport failed 20 of 22 security tests conducted by undercover U.S. agents last week, missing an array of concealed bombs and guns at checkpoints throughout the hub's three terminals, federal security officials familiar with the results said.
"We can do better, and training is the path to improved performance," said Mark Hatfield Jr., Newark Airport's federal security director.
Gee Mark do you really think so?
More Via NJ Star Ledger
Neocons : Bush admin one of the most incompetent teams in the postwar era.
Two of the top architects of the Iraq War are now coming out against it.
Richard Perle, who chaired a committee of Pentagon policy advisers early in the Bush administration, said had he seen at the start of the war in 2003 where it would go, he probably would not have advocated an invasion to depose Saddam Hussein. Perle was an assistant secretary of defense under President Reagan.
Kenneth "Cakewalk" Adelman was mistaken in his high opinion of Bush's national security .
"They turned out to be among the most incompetent teams in the postwar era," he said. "Not only did each of them, individually, have enormous flaws, but together they were deadly, dysfunctional."
Via CNN
Army Times Calls for Rumsfeld's Resignation
An editorial to be published Monday in independent publications that serve the four main branches of the U.S. military will call for President Bush to replace Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
"Basically, the editorial says, it's clear now, from some of the public statements that military leaders are making, that he's lost the support and respect of the military leadership," said Robert Hodierne, senior managing editor for the publications' parent company Army Times Publications.
Duh! Ya think?
Read more Via Cnn
Top evangelical pastor Hypocrite resigns after gay affair.
The country's top evangelical leader is ousted after he admitted "seeking a massage" from and purchased methamphetamine from a male prostitute. But the Rev. Ted Haggard said he never had sex with Mike Jones and threw away the drugs. He has denied that he paid the escort for sex over three years.
Read more Via CNN
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power
This is sounding more and more believable ....
According to The Guardian UK:
"George Bush's grandfather, the late US senator Prescott Bush, was a director and shareholder of companies that profited from their involvement with the financial backers of Nazi Germany.
The Guardian has obtained confirmation from newly discovered files in the US National Archives that a firm of which Prescott Bush was a director was involved with the financial architects of Nazism.
His business dealings, which continued until his company's assets were seized in 1942 under the Trading with the Enemy Act, has led more than 60 years later to a civil action for damages being brought in Germany against the Bush family by two former slave labourers at Auschwitz and to a hum of pre-election controversy."
The evidence has also prompted one former US Nazi war crimes prosecutor to argue that the late senator's action should have been grounds for prosecution for giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
Read more in The Guardian - Thanks golemon
According to The Guardian UK:
"George Bush's grandfather, the late US senator Prescott Bush, was a director and shareholder of companies that profited from their involvement with the financial backers of Nazi Germany.
The Guardian has obtained confirmation from newly discovered files in the US National Archives that a firm of which Prescott Bush was a director was involved with the financial architects of Nazism.
His business dealings, which continued until his company's assets were seized in 1942 under the Trading with the Enemy Act, has led more than 60 years later to a civil action for damages being brought in Germany against the Bush family by two former slave labourers at Auschwitz and to a hum of pre-election controversy."
The evidence has also prompted one former US Nazi war crimes prosecutor to argue that the late senator's action should have been grounds for prosecution for giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
Read more in The Guardian - Thanks golemon
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Better know a Candidate
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Bush Family: Dynasty of Death
On Oct. 20, 1942, the U.S. government ordered the seizure of all banking operations being carried out by Prescott Bush for the Nazis, Under the Trading with the Enemy Act, however by that time he and the other associates at W.A. Harriman & Co. had already made their fortunes financing and arming Adolph Hitler.
Interesting historical perspective of the Bush family and their involvement/profiteering in every major war since the industrial age. I had no idea that Eisenhower's farewell address warning of the growing military industrial complex, was actually a reference to GWB's Grandfather
Interesting and worth reading
Friday, October 27, 2006
EEK A RAT!
Cowboys assistant suing McDonald's Files $1.7M suit for finding a dead rat in salad in June.
The dead rodent, believed to be a juvenile roof rat, was about 6 inches long and was found on its back with its mouth opened, Scott Casterline, a spokesman for the family, told The Associated Press.
According to the lawsuit, Christine Haley and Kelley had eaten part of the salad purchased June 5 before the dead rodent was uncovered.
Personally, I like to hope I'm perceptive enough to notice a 6 inch dead rat in my salad **before** I start eating.
Via CNN
The dead rodent, believed to be a juvenile roof rat, was about 6 inches long and was found on its back with its mouth opened, Scott Casterline, a spokesman for the family, told The Associated Press.
According to the lawsuit, Christine Haley and Kelley had eaten part of the salad purchased June 5 before the dead rodent was uncovered.
Personally, I like to hope I'm perceptive enough to notice a 6 inch dead rat in my salad **before** I start eating.
Via CNN
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Iraq Better Than Expected
"Iraq was better than expected. Overall, there is nothing really to question or be skeptical about. I think the results are very good."
Jeff Tillery, analyst with Pickering Energy Partners Inc
reacting to a 22% increase in Halliburton's 3Q net income
Via J-Walk
Jeff Tillery, analyst with Pickering Energy Partners Inc
reacting to a 22% increase in Halliburton's 3Q net income
Via J-Walk
Monday, October 23, 2006
Bush : We never said "Stay the Course"
During an interview today on ABC’s This Week, President Bush tried to distance himself from what has been his core strategy in Iraq for the last three years. George Stephanopoulos asked about James Baker’s plan to develop a strategy for Iraq that is “between ’stay the course’ and ‘cut and run.’”
Bush responded, ‘We’ve never been stay the course
Think Progress has transcripts of him saying just that.
Think Progress has the video
Bush responded, ‘We’ve never been stay the course
Think Progress has transcripts of him saying just that.
BUSH: We will stay the course. [8/30/06]
BUSH: We will stay the course, we will complete the job in Iraq. [8/4/05]
BUSH: We will stay the course until the job is done, Steve. And the temptation is to try to get the President or somebody to put a timetable on the definition of getting the job done. We’re just going to stay the course. [12/15/03]
BUSH: And my message today to those in Iraq is: We’ll stay the course. [4/13/04]
BUSH: And that’s why we’re going to stay the course in Iraq. And that’s why when we say something in Iraq, we’re going to do it. [4/16/04]
BUSH: And so we’ve got tough action in Iraq. But we will stay the course. [4/5/04]
Think Progress has the video
America supports Dem Agenda: Cheaper Meds, Raise Wages, and Investigate Bush and Congress
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi is thinking 100 hours, time enough, she says, to begin to "drain the swamp" after more than a decade of Republican rule.
(Read the full details of the Democratic Agenda)
A majority of Americans agree according to a Newsweek Poll:
Cheaper Meds: 74%, including 70% of Republicans
Raise Minimum Wage: 68% including 53% of Republicans
Investigate Congress: 62%
Investigate Gov't Contracts in Iraq: 58%
Investigate Why we went to Iraq: 52%
(Read the full details of the Democratic Agenda)
A majority of Americans agree according to a Newsweek Poll:
Cheaper Meds: 74%, including 70% of Republicans
Raise Minimum Wage: 68% including 53% of Republicans
Investigate Congress: 62%
Investigate Gov't Contracts in Iraq: 58%
Investigate Why we went to Iraq: 52%
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Katherine Harris ordered Holy Water cure for Florida Citrus crops
Katherine Harris, then Florida's secretary of state — and now a member of the U.S. House of Representatives — ordered a study in which, according to an article by Jim Stratton in the Orlando Sentinel, "researchers worked with a rabbi and a cardiologist to test ‘Celestial Drops,' promoted as a canker inhibitor because of its ‘improved fractal design,' ‘infinite levels of order,' and ‘high energy and low entropy.'"
The study determined that the product tested was, basically, water that had apparently been blessed according to the principles of Kabbalic mysticism, "chang[ing] its molecular structure and imbu[ing] it with supernatural healing powers."
Via MSNBC
Read more
The study determined that the product tested was, basically, water that had apparently been blessed according to the principles of Kabbalic mysticism, "chang[ing] its molecular structure and imbu[ing] it with supernatural healing powers."
Via MSNBC
Read more
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Monday, October 16, 2006
Man lifts 22,000 lb blocks by himself
Wally Wallington has demonstrated that he can lift a Stonehenge-sized pillar weighing 22,000 lbs and moved a barn over 300 ft. What makes this so special is that he does it using only himself, gravity, and his incredible ingenuity.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Nietzsche Family Circus
When you pair a randomized Family Circus cartoon with a randomized Friedrich Nietzsche quote, Family Circus finally makes sense.
Go play
Go play
Hidden Litter Box
Wish I thought of this first. A litter box hidden in a planter
Terra Cotta Decor Ivy Model $94.95 Available from hiddenlitter.com
Via (J-Walk)
Terra Cotta Decor Ivy Model $94.95 Available from hiddenlitter.com
Via (J-Walk)
Friday, October 06, 2006
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Rice, Rumsfeld, & Ashcroft ignored the "connected dots" before 9/11
Of course none of them claim to remember it either.
A new book by Bob Woodward of The Washington Post alleges that Rice failed to take the July 2001 warning seriously when it was delivered at a White House meeting by Tenet, Cofer Black, then the agency's chief of top counterterrorism, and a third CIA official whose identity remains protected.
Full story here
One official who helped to prepare the briefing, which included a PowerPoint presentation, described it as a "10 on a scale of 1 to 10" that "connected the dots" in earlier intelligence reports to present a stark warning that al-Qaida, which had already killed Americans in Yemen, Saudi Arabia and East Africa, was poised to strike again.
A new book by Bob Woodward of The Washington Post alleges that Rice failed to take the July 2001 warning seriously when it was delivered at a White House meeting by Tenet, Cofer Black, then the agency's chief of top counterterrorism, and a third CIA official whose identity remains protected.
Full story here
Cheney has man arrested for "Caustic Remark"
Last June, Steven Howards 54, saw VP Dick Cheney shaking hands and posing for photos. Howards and his son walked over and told Cheney that his policies in Iraq are "reprehensible." Howards said he may have touched Cheney on the elbow or shoulder, like others in the crowd.
Howards kept walking to his son's piano lesson. He returned to the spot about ten minutes later with another son, and that's when Secret Service agent Virgil Reichle handcuffed and arrested Howards for assaulting the vice president.
The charge was later reduced to harassment, then dismissed in Eagle County Court a month later.
Read the whold story from the Denver Post
via ThursdayNight
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
**The color Blue is a Trademark of The Dow Chemical Company
Dow Chemical, has a trademark on the name "Styrofoam" and the color Blue.
What is STYROFOAM?
Styrofoam Insulation on house
Invented by Dow more than 50 years ago and identified worldwide by the distinctive Blue** color, STYROFOAM* products are the most widely recognized brand in insulation today. In the early 1900s, The Dow Chemical Company invented a process for extruding polystyrene to achieve a closed cell foam that resists moisture. Recognizing its superior insulating properties, buoyancy and "unsinkability," it was originally adopted in 1942 by the Coast Guard for use in a six-man life raft. That was the start of many other wartime applications by the Coast Guard and Navy.
Today, the Dow STYROFOAM brand includes a variety of building materials (including insulated sheathing and housewrap), pipe insulation and floral and craft products. But there isn’t a coffee cup, cooler or packaging material in the world made from STYROFOAM.
These common disposable items are typically white in color and are made of expanded polystyrene beads. They do not provide the insulating value, compressive strength or moisture resistance properties of STYROFOAM products. In order to protect the Dow trademarked name “STYROFOAM”, such other material should be referred to by the generic term “foam.”
What is STYROFOAM?
Styrofoam Insulation on house
Invented by Dow more than 50 years ago and identified worldwide by the distinctive Blue** color, STYROFOAM* products are the most widely recognized brand in insulation today. In the early 1900s, The Dow Chemical Company invented a process for extruding polystyrene to achieve a closed cell foam that resists moisture. Recognizing its superior insulating properties, buoyancy and "unsinkability," it was originally adopted in 1942 by the Coast Guard for use in a six-man life raft. That was the start of many other wartime applications by the Coast Guard and Navy.
Today, the Dow STYROFOAM brand includes a variety of building materials (including insulated sheathing and housewrap), pipe insulation and floral and craft products. But there isn’t a coffee cup, cooler or packaging material in the world made from STYROFOAM.
These common disposable items are typically white in color and are made of expanded polystyrene beads. They do not provide the insulating value, compressive strength or moisture resistance properties of STYROFOAM products. In order to protect the Dow trademarked name “STYROFOAM”, such other material should be referred to by the generic term “foam.”
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Get behind thee Jesus
Jesus Appears on Backside of Beloved Pet!
Angus MacDougall is a three-year-old terrier mix that has recently been blessed with the revered and holy image of Jesus Christ on his hindquarters. Is this manifestation of The Prince of Peace a coincidence or a bona fide miracle?
See the miracle for yourself
Angus MacDougall is a three-year-old terrier mix that has recently been blessed with the revered and holy image of Jesus Christ on his hindquarters. Is this manifestation of The Prince of Peace a coincidence or a bona fide miracle? See the miracle for yourself
Friday, September 29, 2006
Thursday, September 28, 2006
What did Bush do to stop 9/11?
Condolezza Rice denied being left a plan to combat terrorism by the Clinton administration. Looks like she meant to say they left us one, but we ignored it.
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Santorum has problems besides Abramoff
Seems Sen Santorum has 2 problems other than trailing Casey by 14 points in the latest poll.
1) He was forced to admit he doesn't actually live in Pennsylvania.
2) The Green Party candidate he was backing to siphon votes from his opponent, was thrown off the ballot.
Newsweek’s latest cover, by geographical region
As you can see, Newsweek's international editions focused on losing Afghanistan.The US edition, featured photographer Annie Liebowitz "My Life in Pictures"
I guess they couldn't get a picture of Tom Cruise's baby.
Via Rising Hegemon
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Bill Clinton Strikes Back at Fox News
The Republicans hounded him everyday about his private life, accused him of wagging the dog every move he made, yet he still managed to get more done than President Vacation has with a congressional chorus line. The same Republicans that kept his hands tied, blame him for not doing more.
"I got closer to killing him (Osama) than anybody has gotten since. And if I were still President, we'd have more than 20,000 troops there trying to kill him. Now I never criticized President Bush, and I don't think this is useful. But you know we do have a government that thinks Afghanistan is 1/7 as important as Iraq."
Crooks and Liars has the video and transcript.
Watch and read it.
"I got closer to killing him (Osama) than anybody has gotten since. And if I were still President, we'd have more than 20,000 troops there trying to kill him. Now I never criticized President Bush, and I don't think this is useful. But you know we do have a government that thinks Afghanistan is 1/7 as important as Iraq."
Crooks and Liars has the video and transcript.
Watch and read it.
Gov't confirms: Iraq has made us less safe
A stark assessment of terrorism trends by American intelligence agencies has found that the American invasion and occupation of Iraq has helped spawn a new generation of Islamic radicalism and that the overall terrorist threat has grown since the Sept. 11 attacks.
The report “says that the Iraq war has made the overall terrorism problem worse,” said one American intelligence official.
Via The NY Times Read the rest
The report “says that the Iraq war has made the overall terrorism problem worse,” said one American intelligence official.
Via The NY Times Read the rest
Saturday, September 23, 2006
Jesus Camp Documentary
Speaking in tongues, weeping for salvation, praying for an end to abortion and worshipping a picture of President Bush — these are some of the activities at Pastor Becky Fischer's Bible camp in North Dakota, "Kids on Fire," subject of the provocative new documentary, "Jesus Camp."
Thousand-Hand Bodhisattva Masterpiece
Perfomance by the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe.
Amazingly the performers are all deaf.
Amazingly the performers are all deaf.
Widow Rented Rotary Phone for 42 Years
A widow rented a rotary dial telephone for 42 years, paying what her family calculates as more than $14,000 for a now outdated phone.
Ester Strogen, 82, of Canton, first leased two black rotary phones — the kind whose round dial is moved manually with your finger — in the 1960s. Back then, the technology was new and owning telephones was unaffordable for most people.
Until two months ago, Strogen was still paying AT&T to use the phones — $29.10 a month. Strogen's granddaughters, Melissa Howell and Barb Gordon, ended the arrangement when they discovered the bills.
Read the rest
Ester Strogen, 82, of Canton, first leased two black rotary phones — the kind whose round dial is moved manually with your finger — in the 1960s. Back then, the technology was new and owning telephones was unaffordable for most people.
Until two months ago, Strogen was still paying AT&T to use the phones — $29.10 a month. Strogen's granddaughters, Melissa Howell and Barb Gordon, ended the arrangement when they discovered the bills.
Read the rest
The 20 Most Corrupt Members of Congress
Burns, Frist, Santorum Top List of Corrupt Pols
Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN)
Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA)
Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL) Rep. Katherine Harris (R-FL)
Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA)
Rep. Gary Miller (R-CA) Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV)
Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO) Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA)
Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ) Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Rep. John Sweeney (R-NY) Rep. Charles Taylor (R-NC)
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA)
Dishonorable Mentions
Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT) Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-IL)
Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) Rep. John Murtha (D-PA)
Rep. Don Sherwood (R-PA)
Details and more here
Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN)
Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA)
Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL) Rep. Katherine Harris (R-FL)
Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA)
Rep. Gary Miller (R-CA) Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV)
Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO) Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA)
Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ) Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Rep. John Sweeney (R-NY) Rep. Charles Taylor (R-NC)
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA)
Dishonorable Mentions
Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT) Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-IL)
Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) Rep. John Murtha (D-PA)
Rep. Don Sherwood (R-PA)
Details and more here
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
“Hotel Minibar” Keys Open Diebold Voting Machines
Computer Scientists at Princeton University found:
The access panel door on a Diebold AccuVote-TS voting machine — the door that protects the memory card that stores the votes, and is the main barrier to the injection of a virus — can be opened with a standard key that is widely available on the Internet.
Using such a standard key doesn’t provide much security, but it does allow Diebold to assert that their design uses a lock and key. Experts will recognize the same problem in Diebold’s use of encryption — they can say they use encryption, but they use it in a way that neutralizes its security benefits.
The bad guys don’t care whether you use encryption; they care whether they can read and modify your data. They don’t care whether your door has a lock on it; they care whether they can get it open. The checkbox approach to security works in press releases, but it doesn’t work in the field.
Read the rest
The access panel door on a Diebold AccuVote-TS voting machine — the door that protects the memory card that stores the votes, and is the main barrier to the injection of a virus — can be opened with a standard key that is widely available on the Internet.
Using such a standard key doesn’t provide much security, but it does allow Diebold to assert that their design uses a lock and key. Experts will recognize the same problem in Diebold’s use of encryption — they can say they use encryption, but they use it in a way that neutralizes its security benefits.
The bad guys don’t care whether you use encryption; they care whether they can read and modify your data. They don’t care whether your door has a lock on it; they care whether they can get it open. The checkbox approach to security works in press releases, but it doesn’t work in the field.
Read the rest
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Senate Republicans won't help "9/11 Heros"
Senate Republicans killed a bid for nearly $2 billion to help sick 9/11 responders yesterday - blocking the measure without letting it come up for a vote.
Senate leaders invoked parliamentary rules, saying Sen. Hillary Clinton's (D-N.Y.) amendment to a measure funding port security was not "germane."
People suffering the effects from 9/11's toxic dust were outraged by the move.
"How could they just throw this out?" said Laura Picurro, of Toms River, N.J., whose husband, Joe, became disabled after doing volunteer iron work at Ground Zero.
"Maybe they should talk to these sick and dying workers," she said. "I find it absurd they didn't even consider it."
Read more
Senate leaders invoked parliamentary rules, saying Sen. Hillary Clinton's (D-N.Y.) amendment to a measure funding port security was not "germane."
People suffering the effects from 9/11's toxic dust were outraged by the move.
"How could they just throw this out?" said Laura Picurro, of Toms River, N.J., whose husband, Joe, became disabled after doing volunteer iron work at Ground Zero.
"Maybe they should talk to these sick and dying workers," she said. "I find it absurd they didn't even consider it."
Read more
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Ney (R) Ohio, Admits Guilt in Abramoff Case, Faces Prison Term
U.S. Representative Bob Ney, an Ohio Republican, is facing more than two years in prison after becoming the first lawmaker to admit criminal conduct in connection with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Ney, 52, agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy and making false statements, admitting in court papers he accepted gifts and travel from Abramoff and thousands of dollars in gambling chips from another business executive in return for legislative favors. The congressman also said he has a problem with alcohol dependence and is seeking professional help.
Bloomberg.com
Ney, 52, agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy and making false statements, admitting in court papers he accepted gifts and travel from Abramoff and thousands of dollars in gambling chips from another business executive in return for legislative favors. The congressman also said he has a problem with alcohol dependence and is seeking professional help.
Bloomberg.com
01.20.09 Bush's Last Day Countdown Keychain
01.20.09™ Bush's Last Day Countdown Keychain A great way to keep track of how many more days left, but who's counting? Clock shipped preset and running to 01.20.09.
3 year warranty.
Friday, September 15, 2006
Teacher won't shave until bin Laden caught
After the September 11 terrorist attacks, Gary Weddle followed the news so closely he forgot to shave. After a week he decided not to shave until Osama bin Laden was caught or killed.
At the start of each school year he gives students a brief explanation of his beard, which stretches more than a foot and has started turning gray.
Read on
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
CNN: 43% still believe Saddam directly connected to 9/11
Five years after 9/11 and 43 percent of Americans still believe that Saddam was personally involved in the attacks.
Story and video on Alternet
Story and video on Alternet
Olbermann - Mr. President... May this country forgive you.
When we are scolded, that if we merely question, we have "forgotten the lessons of 9/11"… look into this empty space behind me and the bi-partisanship upon which this administration also did not build, and tell me:
Who has left this hole in the ground?
We have not forgotten, Mr. President.
You have.
May this country forgive you.
Crooks and Liars has the transcript
President Bush uses Little Richard as translator
Bush claims Iraq is "struggle for civilization"
Then why did he only send in 130,000 troops? John Stewart
Then why did he only send in 130,000 troops? John Stewart
VegiForms: Finally, "foot binding" for plants!
For years I've been saying "If they can put a man on the moon, why can't they invent a way to force my vegetables to grow in strange unnatural shapes?"
Thanks to modern science, the wait is over! Introducing VegiForms.
Thanks to modern science, the wait is over! Introducing VegiForms.
Vegiforms are almost as easy to grow as ordinary vegetables. Just plant regular seeds in your garden, in the usual way. When the young vegetable forms, place it into the two part plastic mold and watch it grow to fill the mold. That's all there is to it. The whole process is so easy and the results so fascinating that I honestly believe Vegiforms will be a part of most home gardens in a few years.
Saturday, September 09, 2006
PA Cops Use Craigslist For Prostitution Sting
Police in Bucks County have arrested 16 people on prostitution and drug charges after finding the suspects using the popular craigslist Web site in a sting operation.More via NBC10 Philadelphia
The best Antivirus is ......
Not Norton or Mcafee, But I could have told you that.
Virus.gr tested quite a few different software companies to see how they would stack up against each other. How did the 147,000+ virus test pan out? Here are the results
Virus.gr tested quite a few different software companies to see how they would stack up against each other. How did the 147,000+ virus test pan out? Here are the results
Create your own magazine cover
Upload a picture and add the text. Also available: Photo mosaics, movie posters, calendars, motivational posters and more. FD's Flickr Toys
Friday, September 08, 2006
1,235 lb man to have weight loss surgery
Manuel Uribe Garza, a mechanic from northern Mexico, has weighed as much as 1,235 pounds but recently lost weight with the help of doctors.
For the past five years, Uribe has been bedridden. He keeps a television and a computer he uses to update his Web site near his iron bed.
"People think that I can eat a whole cow, but it's not just overeating, it's also a hormonal problem," Uribe said.
Read more ABC News
Maybe he can get one of those new cameras below.
HP "Slimming" Camera takes pounds off
They say cameras add ten pounds, but HP digital cameras can help reverse that effect. The slimming feature, available on select HP digital camera models, is a subtle effect that can instantly trim off pounds from the subjects in your photos!
Good idea, but I'm trying to imagine my horror when the girl on the left shows up instead of the one on the right.
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
ABC Refuses to Provide Copies of Path to 9/11 to Clinton, Albright, Berger
ABC has been aggressively advancing its inaccurate and politically slanted miniseries, “The Path to 9/11,” to the right wing. Big players like Rush Limbaugh have been provided copies, as have obscure right-wing bloggers like Patterico.
Both Berger and Albright are harshly criticized in the film in scenes that, according to former counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke, are “180 degrees from what happened.”
Here is an excerpt from Albright’s letter:
While I have requested a copy of the broadcast, I have yet to receive one. I have been informed by some who had been given the right to view the broadcast that the drama depicts scenes that never happened, events that never took place, decisions that were never made and conversations that never occurred; it asserts as fact things that are not fact.
For example, one scene apparently portrays me as refusing to support a missile strike against bin Laden without first alerting the Pakistanis; it further asserts that I notified the Pakistanis of the strike over the objections of our military. Neither of these assertions is true. In fact, the 9/11 commission reports states (page 117), “Since the missiles headed for Afghanistan had had to cross Pakistan, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs was sent to meet with Pakistan’s army chief of staff to assure him the missiles were not coming from India. Officials in Washington speculated that one or another Pakistani official might have sent a warning to the Taliban or Bin Ladin.”
You can read the full text of Berger’s letter here and Albright’s letter here.
Think Progress Via DovBear et al (Go there for informed discussions)
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Return of the Original Twisted Sisters: The Ross Sisters: Solid Potato Salad
This jumpin jivin film clip from 1944 features The Ross Sisters as they sing, dance, and contort themselves in a spectacular tribute to Potato Salad.
Watch it while you can. It probably won't last long.
Watch it while you can. It probably won't last long.
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Being Jackson Pollock
Fun site that lets you explore your inner Jackson PollackClick the mouse to change colors. Thanks EGS
Another fun game to eat your time.
If the terrorists wanted to disrupt our economy, all they'd need to do is find a way to manufacture bubble wrap that makes a laser sound when you pop it. Whole industries would grind to a complete halt as people grabbed handfuls of the stuff and offices would sound like a scene from Star Wars. This game comes close. It's easy, addictive and pointless. You can make some amazing bankshots, and if you eliminate one color at a time, til you're only left with 2, points rackup and the popping really takes off.
Try it.
Own the S.S. Minnow from Gilligan's Island
The ship that stranded the crew and eclectic passengers of 1960s television classic "Gilligan's Island" on an uncharted desert island following a torrential storm is for sale by its Canadian ownerNo word on whether you can just rent it for say .. 3 hours or so
Saturday, September 02, 2006
My cat went Boing Boing
The other day I posted a link to a friend's site BombOrNot and submitted it to various sites, reddit, digg, among others. Cory Doctrow of Boing Boing saw the site and added it to BoingBoing ( The internet equivalent of making it to Carnegie Hall) While this site didn't get any "finders" credit, they did use Lucy to illustrate the article. I just hope it doesn't go to her head. If anyone has any other Lucy sightings, let me know.
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Bomb Or Not - Training for Government Agents
See if you qualify for the TSA by correctly identifying which items are and are not bombs.
Play BombOrNot
Play BombOrNot
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Move over Mel Gibson, here's anti-semite Katherine Harris for congress
Remember Katherine Harris who handed Florida to Bush in 2000? She's still a candidate for Congress with the GOP, the new "Party of God" - also called Hezbollah in Arabic.*
Rep. Katherine Harris sought Saturday to smother a campaign brushfire stoked by an earlier claim that failure to elect Christians to public office would allow lawmakers to "legislate sin.
Speaking in Fla, Harris said: "If you are not electing Christians, tried and true, under public scrutiny and pressure, if you're not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin."
On Friday, Jews, Muslims, Christians, Democrats and Republicans blasted the comments, saying Harris was suggesting non-Christians were less suited to govern or should be excluded altogether.
State GOP leaders — including Gov. Jeb Bush — don't think she can win against Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson (news, bio, voting record) in November. Fundraising has lagged, frustrated campaign workers have defected in droves and the issues have been overshadowed by news of her dealings with a corrupt defense contractor who gave her $32,000 in illegal campaign contributions.
Full story here
*Quote and story from (AmericaBlog)
Puppy Lion Cub: Part II
Someone asked for more info on the puppy/lion cub (I guess cute pictures just aren't good enough for some people.) I googled, and this is what I found. They were living together at the San Diego Wild Animal Park, the puppy an Italian mastiff was brought in to help socialize the lion cub after it's twin died.
The full story and some more pictures are here. Unfortunately, a keeper at the zoo left a fence open and the cub was mauled by an adult lioness and euthanized that story is here