“Enemy of the State” now a realiality

August 26, 2010

Yes, I mean that movie with Will Smith and Gene Hackman. Sure, anyone who has lived in the real world this past decade knows that we’ve long since developed the technology to do all the fancy things shown in the film. What you may not know, though, is that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals [...]

Nothing is free

August 25, 2010

For anyone wondering why the US Armed Forces went ape shit over removable media last year, the secret is out: apparently, some jackass thought that Chinese official handing out free thumb drives in Afghanistan was legit. The Washington Post: Now it is official: The most significant breach of U.S. military computers was caused by a [...]

Peace

October 9, 2009

So… Obama received the Nobel peace prize today. That’s special, I guess. I don’t really follow the process, so I have little knowledge of the qualifications involved, etc. I hear from some of my right-leaning friends that he’s grossly under-qualified. Something about not actually having accomplished anything in his nine months in office. Personally, I [...]

That Cartoon

February 21, 2009

If you follow the news, you’ve probably seen this image plastered all over creation.  Gods know… that media whore Al Sharpton certainly has. Now, I’m no fan of Mr. Sharpton — his less than pure motives are about as subtle as a freight train rumbling through at 2 a.m.  That said, ignoring for the moment [...]