AT&T is in the news, this time they are alleged to have updated their privacy policy to include language that grants them ownership over customers’ data according to an article by David Lazarus of the San Franscisco Chronicle. Yesterday, the Associated Press wrote about how police agencies across the country have been using private data…
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Still here, I guess, and so are the spammers
Wow, I haven’t posted for a long time, I guess I have nothing to say publicly, at least not using my real name! Yes, I do post elsewhere under the alias that I’ve used for something like 7 or more years now, but posting under a real name seems, somehow, different. I’m under no illusions…
Continue readingMovie Theatre Popcorn Secret Ingredient?
Yay! It took me 30+ years to figure out one secret of movie theater popcorn.
Continue readingWarrentless Wiretapping: Prosecute Them
On Monday, while testifying at a congressional hearing investigating the Executive Branch’s authorization of without-a-warrant wiretapping of U.S. citizens, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales said, “I gave in my opening statement, Senator, examples that President Washington, President Lincoln, President Wilson, President Roosevelt have all, uh, authorized electronic wiretapping.” I watched this on CSPAN, live, as…
Continue readingProduct Placement: Advertising in TV shows
Most all of us who have watched television cannot miss the flood of commercials that, we have often been told, help support the artists creating the entertainment as well as the corporate distribution network that brings the shows to us. It seems to me that the time granted to commercials on television versus the time…
Continue readingFlight 924 and alleged bombs
Yesterday, Time Magazine online published an article regarding the airport shooting on Flight 924 by federal air marshals which contradicted what had been characterized by television news reports, as the incident unfolded, of a man with a bomb who threatened to blow up the plane. TIME reported in part that a passenger by the name…
Continue readingFlip-Flop Republican Vote Fails
Last night, a measure authored by Duncan Hunter which called for the immediate termination of U.S. forces in Iraq, was voted on twice by the House of Representatives and was soundly defeated on the second vote. Hunter was apparently inspired to author the bill after hearing of a speech given by Representative Murtha.
Continue readingGAO Report on Voter Registration and Challenges in 2004
Government Accounting Office documents voter registration issues and other irregularities in the 2004 election.
Continue readingI Lewis “Scooter” Libby Indicted
Patrick Fitzgerald has indicted I Lewis Libby, Cheif of Staff to the Vice President of the United States.
Continue readingAre Earthquakes and Weather Phenomenon related?
Is there a relationship between the Salton Sea earthquake swarm near Obsidian Butte and the hurricane Katrina? Astrology says maybe.
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