ProLife - ProObama (1)
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Worth sharing, I think, for some of those single issue voters.
New Jersey Elections Board Says This Election Is Too Important To Allow (6)
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Transparency is key to a functioning democracy. No, we don't always have it, but we absolutely should be striving for it, or you can almost guarantee corruption will take over. That's why we've been so focused on the problems with e-voting machines for so many years, and pushing for increased transparency. Now, some of the researchers who wrote a recent suppressed report, about potential security problems with the Sequoia e-voting machines used in New Jersey, ...
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pfm said:
and so it begins...
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trygve said:
That's a little alarming and sad that they won't allow non-partisan experts in electronic voting security observe the elections to help ensure things go smoothly and everything is legitimate.
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Mark said:
Banana Republicization of the US proceeds at a breakneck pace.
Troopergate investigation finds Palin ‘abused her power.’ (5)
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The investigator authorized by the Alaska Legislative Council to examine the “Troopergate” scandal released his report today, and found that Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) “abused her power” by pushing State Police Commissioner Walt Monegan to fire her former brother-in-law Mark Wooten: For the reasons explained in section IV of this report, I find that Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 2952.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act. Alaska Statute 2952.110(a) ...
Credit Where Credit's Due (1)
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by publius McCain finally steps in and tells his audience to be respectful. Good for him. It's not exactly an easy thing to do at a campaign rally, but it's the right thing. David Kurtz has more.
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trygve said:
I agree, credit where it's due, and he's trying to do the right thing here because the level of anger among his supporters has been getting out of hand. Though he & Palin totally brought this on themselves in recent days.
Kids who photograph themselves naked are child pornographers and sex offenders in Ohio (13)
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A fifteen year old girl in Newark, OH faces being labelled a "sex offender" for sending naked cellphone photos of herself (a minor) to other minors. If convicted, she'll spend the next ten years on public registries, classed as a producer of child pornography. No word on what compensation she (as the victim of the crime) will be able to get from herself (as the perp). According to Ohio law, 2907.323(A)(3) states anyone possessing material ...
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trygve said:
No, kids obviously shouldn't be sharing naked pics of themselves to begin with, but this is not the right kind of response. That poor girl's life will probably be ruined by this label.
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Chris said:
stupid law.
Geek Apparel of the Week: Star Wars '08 (2)
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Since the economy is screwed and we're all going to hell in a handbasket anyways, there's only one election that really matters—the Rebel Party or the Imperial Party. Zazzle has these and dozens more Star Wars/election themed shirts, including the Obama-inspired "A New Hope," "Vote [Your Name] for Grand Moff '08" and many more (oh, there's an AT-ST Imperial Party shirt too, if you prefer it over the AT-AT, in which case we can't be ...
Major Shock: Eavesdropping Powers Abused Without Oversight (5)
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(updated below - Update II - Update III) In the most unsurprising revelation imaginable, two former Army Reserve Arab linguists for the National Security Agency have said that they routinely eavesdropped on -- "and recorded and transcribed" -- the private telephone calls of American citizens who had absolutely nothing to do with terrorism. The two former NSA employees, who came forward as part of journalist James Bamford's forthcoming book on the NSA, intercepted calls as ...
Analysis: data mining doesn't work for spotting terrorists (5)
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McCain changes homeowner plan (3)
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New plan is more generous to financial institutions and more costly for taxpayers. See also: Obama opposes
Youtube Audio Preview (46)
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Wow. It seems someone at YouTUBE took this comic seriously and decided to add an “Audio Preview” feature. Now you can hear your comments read aloud to you. Of course, it’s an optional button using speech synth rather than a mandatory dramatic reading, so it’ll just be used for entertainment by people who haven’t played with a speech synthesizer before: But then, after a little more browsing around, I see this: So maybe there’s hope ...
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Kuushal said:
Yay Billy!
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trygve said:
Hahaha, Google follows xkcd's suggestions, that's awesome.
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Vamsee Kanakala said:
Rofl. XKCD has pretty heavy fans at Google, it would seem.
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Blaise said:
Changing the world, one comic at a time...
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Helvick said:
Genius :)
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Daniel said:
Audio preview of YouTube comments? Seriously.
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Ciaran Rooney said:
Cool!
McCain Lobbies For Taiwan Arms Sales After Taiwan Signs Lobbying Contract With His Adviser’s Firm (1)
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The Bush administration is currently in discussions to send $6 billion in arms to Taiwan. Yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) sent a letter to President Bush, urging him to “add more submarines and new fighter jets to the package” as Taiwan had requested: “The package will not include submarines or new F-16 aircraft. I urge the administration to reconsider this decision, in light of its previous commitment to provide submarines and America’s previous sales of ...
Did Bush Kill Plans For A ‘Diplomatic Presence In Tehran’ To Help McCain? (2)
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On July 16, news broke that President Bush had “authorized the most significant U.S. diplomatic contact with Iran since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.” The report indicated that Bush planned to send a high ranking diplomat to participate in talks with Iran regarding its nuclear program. A day later, the Guardian reported that the Bush administration was taking the even more dramatic step of planning “to establish a diplomatic presence in Tehran.” The decision was ...
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Because helping the party is more important to them than helping the country with a potentially very dangerous foe.
Think Progress & One Week After McCain Claims Vets &8216;Know I&8217;ll Take Care Of Them,&8217; IAVA Gives Him A &8216;D&8217; (4)
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During the first presidential debate, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) repeatedly emphasized his love of veterans — and their fondness for him in return. “I’ll take care of them. And they know I’ll take care of them,” he said. McCain frequently exaggerates his level of support for and from veterans groups, claiming to have “received the highest award from literally every veteran’s organization in America” and to have “a perfect voting record” on veterans’ issues. Watch ...
Big Insurer’s Spending Habits Disclosed - NYTimes.com (2)
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At a hearing on compensation and spending at A.I.G, one lawmaker criticized the “unbridled greed” of executives.
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Lindsey Lu said:
If I got $85 billion, I'd totally go spend $750,000 on a retreat, too.
Catch Tonight's Presidential Debate on Hulu [Politics] (19)
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Streaming video site Hulu will host its first-ever live broadcast tonight by airing the presidential debates at its Election '08 hub. You can also catch up on past debates, convention speeches, and related clips from The Daily Show and Colbert Report. [via]
The Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Terrorists (35)
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Most counterterrorism policies fail, not because of tactical problems, but because of a fundamental misunderstanding of what motivates terrorists in the first place. If we're ever going to defeat terrorism, we need to understand what drives people to become terrorists in the first place. Conventional wisdom holds that terrorism is inherently political, and that people become terrorists for political reasons. This is the "strategic" model of terrorism, and it's basically an economic model. It posits ...
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Jeremy said:
Ha! Finally an article that shows how terrorists do not actually have a political agenda. No point to negotiate, since that will change nothing.
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Bryn said:
Schneier's tears really do cure cancer..... Now if only he would cry.
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tumbleweed said:
Interesting read. Not hard to see truths in this.
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trygve said:
Fascinating read.
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anders.norgaard said:
Seems really important!
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Ken Kennedy said:
I hope people pay attention!
Technology News: Critical Issues: Signposts on the US Government's Trail of IT Failures (1)
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Six Stumbling BlocksGunther McGrath distills the reasons for IT failures into six categories: lack of good governance structures;a "waterfall" method of systems design; all-at-once funding; scope creep; automating before redesigning; and failing to budget for "cleanup."
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A comprehensive report from the National Research Council makes an iron-clad case against attempts to use automated data mining to spot terrorists and terrorist cells.Read More...Contribute comment
