Archive for January, 2007
The Radical Christian Right Is Built on Suburban Despair
January 20th, 2007WOW! It’s amazing how much I share in common with these people, in terms of the root causes of despair. I can empathize with their despair. I’ve personally felt it. The difference, however, between people like them and people like me, are the approaches we choose to the solutions. It’s easy to criticize from afar, […]
Any Lawyers Out There Want to Help Me Sue Microsoft?
January 19th, 2007Reader SB submitted the following screenshot of Cryptogon on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7: Screenshot of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 warning users that Cryptogon is a, “Suspicious website.” Here’s a large version of the image. The browser includes a fault prone routine that attempts to guess whether or not a site is a phishing site. Since […]
NEW HAMPSHIRE: FEDERAL INCOME TAX TRIAL RESULTS IN ARMED STANDOFF
January 19th, 2007Via: Boston Globe: A man who has holed up with armed supporters in his fortress-like house for most of his tax evasion trial was found guilty Thursday, along with his wife, of engaging in an elaborate scheme to avoid paying federal income taxes for a decade. … Brown and about 25 supporters said they will […]
Oil at Twenty Month Low
January 18th, 2007Via: CNN: Oil prices slipped Thursday, having dipped below the $50 mark, following a government report that revealed a bigger than expected increase in U.S. crude inventories. U.S. light crude for February delivery fell as low at $49.90 a barrel, its lowest trading level since May 25, 2005, but pared some of its late-session losses […]
Federal Workers Owe Billions in Unpaid Taxes
January 18th, 2007HA! Via: WTOP: As the 2006 tax season approaches, the federal government is still trying to recover nearly $3 billion from its own employees who failed to file income tax returns for 2005. More than 450,000 active and retired federal employees did not voluntarily comply with federal income tax requirements for the 2005 tax year, […]
EEstor Press Release
January 18th, 2007But still too busy to build a website. Via: PESN: The first commercial application of the EESU is intended to be used in electric vehicles under a technology agreement with ZENN Motors Company. EEStor, Inc. remains on track to begin shipping production 15 kilowatt-hour Electrical Energy Storage Units (EESU) to ZENN Motor Company in 2007 […]
Cheap, Safe Drug Kills Most Cancers
January 18th, 2007Via: New Scientist: It sounds almost too good to be true: a cheap and simple drug that kills almost all cancers by switching off their “immortalityâ€. The drug, dichloroacetate (DCA), has already been used for years to treat rare metabolic disorders and so is known to be relatively safe. It also has no patent, meaning […]
CONGRESS: POLITICAL BLOGGERS MUST REGISTER OR FACE JAIL
January 17th, 2007UPDATE: Legislation requiring bloggers to register as lobbyists, struck down… By Republicans?! Dems wanted it. * * * What is netwar? The diabolical fascists are about to find out. They are trying to clear a smoke filled room with broadswords. The harder they swing, the faster they will suffocate and die. Every day is a […]
Iraq War Cost: $1.2 Trillion
January 17th, 2007Via: New York Times: In the days before the war almost five years ago, the Pentagon estimated that it would cost about $50 billion. Democratic staff members in Congress largely agreed. Lawrence Lindsey, a White House economic adviser, was a bit more realistic, predicting that the cost could go as high as $200 billion, but […]
Iran Shoots Down U.S. Spy Drone
January 17th, 2007Via: Xinhua: Iranian troops have shot down a U.S. pilotless spy plane recently, an Iranian lawmaker announced on Tuesday as the Islamic Republic was facing increasing military pressure from its arch rival — the United States. The aircraft was brought down when it was trying to cross the borders “during the last few days,” Seyed […]
