Archive for January, 2012
‘Gamers Are Now in Full Battle Rattle with Official U.S. Army Rifle Controllers, Backpacks and Headsets’
January 6th, 2012Start ’em young. Via: Joystiq: CTA DigitalTM (http://ctadigital.com) today announced a partnership with the U.S. ArmyTM to manufacture U.S. ArmyTM branded video game accessories. Virtual soldiers on the video game battlefield can now take pride in Being Army StrongTM. Rifle controllers, backpacks and headsets with an authentic U.S. ArmyTM design are some of the many […]
Feds Want Judge to Force Suspect to Give Up Laptop Password
January 6th, 2012Reader Question: Which Encryption Software Do I Use? M emailed to ask about the encryption software that I use. For full disk encryption, I use TrueCrypt. Whether or not you believe that TrueCrypt can protect your data from all attackers, when used properly, it can definitely protect your data from attackers that you are likely […]
Ron Paul: Race, Ritual and the Scottish Rite
January 6th, 2012Disclosure: I sent $20 to Ron Paul’s 2012 Presidential campaign, even though I don’t vote in U.S. Presidential elections, and haven’t since I voted for Ross Perot in 1996. See: Waiting for Clarity on the Brink of Oblivion, for my opinion on national elections in the U.S. — While many of you might quickly write […]
U.S. Savings Bonds Go Paperless
January 5th, 2012*chortle* Via: CBS News: U.S. savings bonds enclosed in birthday cards have been an American tradition for more than 70 years. But from now on, purchasers will have to be computer savvy. As of January 1, the U.S. Treasury declared that all bonds must be purchased online through the website www.treasurydirect.gov. The buyer can download […]
UK Police Treating Remains Discovered at Queen’s Estate as Murder
January 5th, 2012Via: AP: It’s a case that Sherlock Holmes would have loved to unravel: British police say a woman’s body has been found at the vast rural estate in Norfolk where Queen Elizabeth II and her family celebrated New Year’s. Police are treating the case as a murder, and an autopsy was conducted Tuesday to learn […]
New York Governor Wants State to Take DNA Samples from More People Convicted of Crimes
January 5th, 2012Via: AFP: New York’s governor on Wednesday proposed making the state the first in the country to take mandatory DNA samples from anyone convicted of a crime, including relatively lesser offenses. Governor Andrew Cuomo, in an annual “State of the State” speech to the New York legislature, said currently DNA was collected in less than […]
Disciplined Minds: A Critical Look at Salaried Professionals and the Soul-Battering System That Shapes Their Lives
January 5th, 2012Be warned: If you are having difficulties with maintaining appearances at work, this book won’t make it any easier. Via: Disciplined Minds: A Critical Look at Salaried Professionals and the Soul-Battering System That Shapes Their Lives by Jeff Schmidt: For understanding the professional, the concept of “ideology” will emerge as much more useful than that […]
U.S. to Send Troops to Israel
January 5th, 2012Watch that CNN clip with the soldier talking about voting for Ron Paul before you read the story below: Via: Global Research: In one of the most blacked-out stories in America right now, the US military is preparing to send thousands of US troops, along with US Naval anti-missile ships and accompanying support personnel, to […]
A Brief History of Plutocracy
January 5th, 2012Via: Robin Upton at Chaos Computer Club: This whistlestop re-telling of world economic history squeezes 12,000 years of history into 18 slides. Its focus is the changing nature of money and the rise of the monied class in US and Europe. It outlines how the modern system of banking was instituted, how international organising allowed […]
CNN Pulls the Plug on Live Feed of Soldier Talking About Voting for Ron Paul
January 4th, 2012Update: Soldier in Trouble for Praising Ron Paul on National TV Noguru sent this in. Via: ABC: Rep. Ron Paul likes to silence the GOP rivals who criticize his foreign policy as “dangerous” by reminding them that he receives more financial support from military personal than all the other candidates combined. But the Army is […]
