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Police Look to Hack Citizens' Home PCs

Police look to hack citizens' home PCs 'Very intrusive powers – as intrusive as someone busting down your door' wnd Police and state intelligence agencies from several countries may soon be working together to secretly hack into private citizens' personal computers without their knowledge and without a warrant. According to a London Times report, the police hacking process, called "remote searching," enables law enforcement to gather information from e-mails, instant messages an

6 Jan 2009, 3:34 am | click here to view more

The Bush Years — Reprise of a Fraudulent, Criminal and Total Failure!

The Bush Years — Reprise of a Fraudulent, Criminal and Total Failure! Comments (0) Posted on 06 January 2009 Former U.S.-installed Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi — has denounced the policies of President George W. Bush as an “utter failure” that gave rise to the sectarian venom that ravaged his country… Allawi found fault with American management of Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 as well as the government of gift Prime Minister [...] Popularity: 1% [?] bad GOP Bastards,

6 Jan 2009, 3:13 am | click here to view more

World Walls [update]

The other day I was reminded of this post on “Walls around the world” I wrote 18 months ago by a pal and I promised to post it again. Now there are even more walls. The whole of Gaza has always been a walled enclave in the midst of stolen lands. Now it is surrounded [...]

6 Jan 2009, 3:10 am | click here to view more

7 hours in Narita

Back in the day when you flew between the US and Saipan you would have to spend the night in Narita. The airline put you up at a hotel in town. Somebody correct me if I’m wrong, but it used to be called the International Something and now it’s a Radisson. I think.There must be more flights now or something because the last time I had to spend the night was in 2000 went I visited Saipan for Christmas and the turn of the millennium.Anyway, depending on your flight schedule, back in the day you

6 Jan 2009, 2:40 am | click here to view more

Neo-Nazi WorldNetDaily caught lying | Racist Bill Cunningham’s opens his sewer mouth again

Neo-Nazi WorldNetDaily caught lying | Racist Bill Cunningham’s opens his sewer mouth again Comments (0) Posted on 06 January 2009 Racism dipped in a thin, patriotically correct sugar shell of “security” really works on conservatives! The ambiguously racist remarks made by the likes of Don Imus, Limbaugh, Savage, Glenn Beck and Cunningham are calculated, and ubiquitous on right-wing radio- and gives listeners cover for their racist hearts-of-heart. — Michael Hood Neo-Nazi WorldNetDaily c

6 Jan 2009, 2:03 am | click here to view more

Good on Barr

Bob Barr has a remarkably honest op-ed in today’s L.A. Times: In 1996, as a freshman member of the home of Representatives, I wrote the Defense of Marriage Act, better known by its shorthand acronym, DOMA, than its legal title… I’ve wrestled with this issue for the last several years and arrive to the conclusion that DOMA is not working out as planned. In testifying before Congress against a federal marriage amendment, and more recently while making my case to skeptical Libertarians as to why

6 Jan 2009, 1:51 am | click here to view more

Ancestry.com future content

I assume the economic downturn is putting its chill on the genealogy industry. Genealogists will find it more important than ever to spend their money carefully. Perhaps that is why Ancestry.com is taking big steps to woo subscribers. In an e-mail to registered users, Ancestry.com CEO, Tim Sullivan, offered 25% discounts on annual subscriptions and directed users to a web page with a "detailed look at" upcoming content additions. (Non-U.S. content requires a World Deluxe subscription.) The page

6 Jan 2009, 1:05 am | click here to view more

Bush’s failure list grows as Cheney the sinks deeper into ‘Gestapo’ delusion

Bush’s failure list grows as Cheney the sinks deeper into ‘Gestapo’ delusion Comments (0) Posted on 06 January 2009 Add Mid-East To Bush’s Failure List .msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: middle; width: 425px;} .msnbcLinks a {text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px;} .msnbcLinks a:link, .msnbcLinks a:visited

6 Jan 2009, 12:59 am | click here to view more

As Bush’s list of failures grows, Dick Cheney sinks deeper into ‘Gestapo’ delusion

As Bush’s list of failures grows, Dick Cheney sinks deeper into ‘Gestapo’ delusion Posted on 06 January 2009 Add Mid-East To Bush’s Failure List .msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: middle; width: 425px;} .msnbcLinks a {text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px;} .msnbcLinks a:link, .msnbcLinks a:visited {color: #5

6 Jan 2009, 12:59 am | click here to view more

Japan and Immigration

A recent article in The Economist illustrates the fact that opposition to immigration has very little to do with absolute levels of immigration. In Japan, just 1.7% of the population is considered non-Japanese (about 2.2 million out of 127 million), of which 400,000 are people of Korean descent born in Japan and assimilated almost entirely into its culture (some even have parents born in Japan). Thus, only about 1.4% of the people in Japan are foreign born.Another big share of immigrants in

6 Jan 2009, 12:41 am | click here to view more

Guest Voice: BEST AND WORST OF 2008 by Chuck Baldwin

Disclaimer: The following article is presented here for informational purposes only. It should NOT be considered an endorsement of the writers ideas, politics or opinion. —— With 2008 just concluded, today’s column will be my analysis of the best and worst of the year just spent. First, the best: my wife, Connie, and our family. As the Constitution Party candidate for President, I logged more than 30,000 miles and visited more than 30 states. I traveled most of those miles alone–as costs pro

5 Jan 2009, 11:09 pm | click here to view more

Guest Voice: BEST AND WORST OF 2008 by Chuck Baldwin

Disclaimer: The following article is presented here for informational purposes only. It should NOT be considered an endorsement of the writers ideas, politics or opinion. —— With 2008 just concluded, today’s column will be my analysis of the best and worst of the year just spent. First, the best: my wife, Connie, and our family. As the Constitution Party candidate for President, I logged more than 30,000 miles and visited more than 30 states. I traveled most of those miles alone–as costs pro

5 Jan 2009, 11:09 pm | click here to view more

“The Department of Homeland Security in Action”

“The Department of Homeland Security in Action” January 5th, 2009 Just in time for the launch tomorrow night (Tuesday, Jan. 6th) of the the new DHS “reality” television show, Michael Yon has a timely post about an aspect of DHS reality that the “embedded” television production crews probably won’t show us: Border Bullies: The Department of Homeland Security in Action. Read the whole story. The devil is in the details of how Michael’s pal was treated on arrivial in the USA (en route to spen

5 Jan 2009, 11:07 pm | click here to view more

Anonymous, Unaccountable Avatars

An interesting debate cropped up today, but in a maddening way, spanned Facebook, various blogs, and of course the inevitable Plurks and Twitters and inworld IMs so you can't look it every properly. What it boils down to is this: o Harper Beresford launched a blast on her blog against unnamed charities that she felt were duplicitous and stealing money in SL, but without naming names, so who the hell knows what she is talking about. It was one of those classic provincial, narrow-minded, insinuatin

5 Jan 2009, 10:57 pm | click here to view more

Now That’s Korean Ingenuity

You gotta give Koreans this — they’re great problem-solvers: A South Korean lady barred from entering Japan last year has reportedly passed through its immigration screening system by using tape on her fingers to fool a fingerprint reading machine. The biometric system was installed in 30 airports in 2007 to improve security and prevent terrorists from entering into Japan, the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper said. Japan spent 4 billion yen to install the new system.

5 Jan 2009, 10:54 pm | click here to view more

Tolerating our allies

There is an interesting discussion here based on a speech by law professor Drew Fraser last March.In the first part of the speech, Fraser traces the roots of white racial consciousness through the period of slave-owning in the American South, the development of white skin privilege and white equality, and the emergence in the North of the fundamentals of modern human rights.“In Australia,” he asks, “how can you run an immigration policy on the basis of discrimination between white and non-white,

5 Jan 2009, 10:51 pm | click here to view more

SF Chronicle: 30 Percent of City’s Illegal Immigrant Juveniles Really Adults

Illegal immigration has every but disappeared as an issue on the MSM radar screen since the primaries wrapped up, and it’s unlikely to be resurrected given the generally liberal immigration stances of both Sens. McCain and Obama. Nonetheless, some credit is due to the San Francisco Chronicle for not one but two articlesin the Septmeber 17 paper on the city’s so-called sanctuary policy and its problems. For one thing, 3-out-of-10 juvenile offenders who were not reported to the feds as illegal

5 Jan 2009, 10:41 pm | click here to view more

NYT: Downside of Napolitano Appointment to Leave Republican ‘Zealots’ in Charge of Arizona

Adsense Code] Although the New York Times enthusiastically supports the appointment of Janet Napolitano as Homeland Security secretary, they fear a downside for the state of Arizona. bad Republicans would be left in charge. The Times editorial lays out the tone of their concern starting with the very title: “State of Fear.” You can pretty much tell the liberal Times attitude towards Republicans right from the receive-go of their editorial (emphasis mine): If Gov.

5 Jan 2009, 10:41 pm | click here to view more

Unsurprisingly, Illegal Deported for Armed Robbery Finds NYT in His Corner

Adsense Code] A criminal without legal status deported by US immigration officials is the subject of the latest pity party thrown by The New York Times. The Times seems to find it lamentable that this gang member and armed thief was deported from “his homeland” — that would be the USA — to Cambodia, the land of his birth (one he left when he was a 3-year-old). Why does the NYTimes bemoan the deportation of this thug? Why would he make a fine American despite hi

5 Jan 2009, 10:41 pm | click here to view more

Bob Barr, Federalism and DOMA

Log Cabin has been saying for years that the federal government should not be in the business of making marriage policy.  Whether done through a federal constitutional amendment or the Defense of Marriage Act signed by President Clinton, such laws aren’t just discriminatory - they’re anti-American.  Now, former Republican Congressman and 2008 Libertarian presidential nominee Bob Barr, the author of DOMA, realizes this too.  From today’s Los Angeles Times: In effect, DOMA’s language reflects on

5 Jan 2009, 10:40 pm | click here to view more