Should Obama keep BlackBerry? NSA say no
The problem with the BlackBerry in the Whitehouse appears to be the email facility, Bill Clinton only send 2 emails while in office, ... it out of my hands.” Another reason the Security Service wants to halt BlackBerry usage is the possibility ... demand stricter communication security requirements. So what’s your view, should Obama be allowed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 11:23:17
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U.S. Military Report Warns 'Sudden Collapse' of Mexico is Possible
By Diana Washington Valdez El Paso Times | Mexico is one of two countries that "bear consideration for a rapid and sudden collapse," according to a report by the U.S. Joint Forces Command on worldwide security threats. The command's "Joint Operating Environment (JOE 2008)" report, which contains projections of global threats [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 01:15:52
Or, Maybe The Audience Is Simply Smarter Than You Are
Audience Atomization Overcome: Why the Internet Weakens the Authority of the Press. Take a sheet of paper and make a big circle in the middle ... ) engineers: 61 computer programmers/consultants/systems analysts: 47 management: 46 military: 36 educators: 31 scientists: 28 small business: 28 technicians/technologists: 27 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 16:25:49
Is Bishop Gene Robinson's invite too little, too late?
That's what friend-of-the-Blend Nancy Goldstein says in her post on Salon's broadsheet. In what can only be seen as damage control after the selection of megachurch pastor and megahomophobe Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at the inauguration itself, Bishop Gene Robinson was invited to deliver an infocation at Sunday's inaugural kickoff event [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 19:42:32
Israeli media: 2 rockets fall in northern Israel
JERUSALEM : Media reports say two rockets have fallen on northern Israel in an attack that could signal a second front in Israel’s 19-day offensive against Gaza’s Hamas rulers. Security officials in Israel could not immediately confirm the media reports. Four rockets were fired on northern Israel last Thursday. Lebanon’s Hezbollah guerrilla [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 07:20:37
BCD Travel: Industry Leadership Through Thought and Action
Helping You Achieve Your Program Goals Spotlight on the Asia Pacific Online Market The Asia Pacific region contains nearly one-third of the world’s population. Within 10 years, regional travel spend in Asia Pacific will exceed both that of the U.S. and Western Europe. In fact, current Internet users already exceed those of Western nations [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 00:50:15
Secret Service unveils Obama's new limo
You might call it Limo One. The Secret Service today formally unveiled the new limo that will carry newly sworn President Barack Obama in ... ever. Not much else is being revealed. “Although many of the vehicle's security enhancements cannot be discussed, it is safe to say that this car’s security and coded communications systems [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 17:21:16
Israel pounds Gaza as rockets strike from Lebanon
Israeli aircraft pounded a cemetery, rocket-launching pads, weapons arsenals and dozens of arms smuggling tunnels in the Gaza Strip, witnesses and the military said Wednesday, while militants in Lebanon raised the specter of a new front by sending three rockets crashing into northern Israel. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 08:30:32
Websites I Found Interesting - Diigo 01/14/2009
Update: Microsoft updates free tool to remove persistent worm | InfoWorld | News | 2009-01-14 | By Jeremy Kirk, ... , security, MSRT, educationThe 5 Stages Of Twitter Acceptance. Where are YOU at? | Blog of Mr ... , you do secretly wonder if it will be around all that long. tags: twitter, tweet, adoption, microblogging [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 23:30:00
Top Ten SDG Publications from 2008
#1 The Mischief of Sin This is Watson’s treatise on the devastating effects of sin. It includes four parts: “The Mischief of Sin,” “The Desperateness of Sinners,” “An Alarm to Sinners,” and “Hell’s Furnace Heated Hotter.” The appendix includes a scarce treatment by Watson on “The Mystery of the Lord’s Supper.” [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 01:00:32
What to do about Zimbabwe?
By Cernig Nicole Bell from Crooks and Liars sent me a link today about a report by Physicians for Human Rights on the horror story Zimbabwe has become: PHR found that the Mugabe government has withheld food aid, seed, and fertilizer to rural provinces in order to starve political opponents; [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 04:44:44
Am I the Unbeliever?
A good and dear friend recently updated me on developments in her recent spiritual journey. Let’s stop here. If you’re reading this, here’s a question for you: What do you expect to hear now? Thought about it? Good. Let’s go on. Most of what she told me about would go in the category of signs and wonders [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 03:22:28
Can the TARP be Fashioned into a Safety Net?
Good Evening: As the U.S. stock market heads into earnings season, one immediate question on the collective minds of investors is whether the correction in equity prices since the January 6 highs has run its course. The Dow, S&P, and NASDAQ have all corrected 8% or so (from high print on 1/6/09 to the low print today) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 05:04:06
Bricks - A Personality Test
A friend of mine posted this in Facebook. I thought it’s hilarious and strangely accurate. Worthy of a re-post. Put 400 bricks in a closed room. Put your new hires in the room and close the door. Leave them alone and come back after six hours ... . If they are sleeping, put them in Security. If they have broken the bricks into pieces, put them in [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 00:51:29
Mortgage rates: First-time buyers are missing out on low-cost deals
Nationalised bank Northern Rock announced today it was only passing on half of last week's interest rate cut to its variable rate mortgage customers. The lender is reducing its standard variable rate (SVR) by 0.25% to 5.09% with effect from 1 February; at the same time tracker mortgage customers will see their rates fall by the full 0.5% [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 15:18:17
U.S. Military Report Warns Sudden Collapse of Mexico Is Possible
Mexico is one of two countries that “bear consideration for a rapid and sudden collapse,” according to a report by the U.S. Joint Forces Command on worldwide security threats. The command’s “Joint Operating Environment ... response based on the serious implications for homeland security alone.” The U.S. Joint Forces Command [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 23:25:20
NYPD: Lax Security Leading to New York Bank Robberies
Thirty representatives from more than a dozen banks attended a meeting convened by New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly at Police Headquarters to address measures bank security should take to protect against robberies in their institutions’ branches in the five boroughs. The meeting follows a 57% increase [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 00:49:21
Confirmed: Plurality Of Democrats Oppose Israeli Self-Defense, US Support Of Israel
Confirmed: Plurality Of Democrats Oppose Israeli Self-Defense, US Support Of Israel The most shocking poll since last week's one from Rasmussen that said the exact same thing. Apparently polling companies are now sending out regular reminders that American Jews have the collective political acumen of brain damaged gerbils: [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 23:50:16
Ford’s 4-Year Green Plan Includes A 100% Electric Vehicle By 2011
This past Sunday at the North American Auto Show, Ford announced their fairly aggressive plan to introduce a whole line of electric, hybrid, and plug-in hybrid vehicles over the next four years. Part of that plan involves collaborating with the Canadian auto parts manufacturer, Magna International, to help introduce a small, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 18:12:17
New presidential limousine unveiled
The Secret Service has unveiled the new presidential limousine, to debut on Inauguration Day next Tuesday. “Although many of the vehicles’ security enhancements cannot be discussed, it is safe to say that this car’s security and coded communications systems make it the most technologically advanced [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 22:00:24
Cloud Joins Politico
The internal announcement: We are very pleased to announce that David Cloud, formerly of the New York Times, will join Politico Jan. 26 as our chief national security writer. David, as many of you know, is among Washington’s top reporters on foreign policy, the military and national security matters. Jeanne Cummings and Jim [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 21:18:10
GPX: The Corporate Training Penny Stock For 2009
Jonas Elmerraji says battered companies are paying more attention to their most valuable asset: people ... . And with a strong management and solid balance sheet, Jonas says this stock looks a great buy for 2009 ... , many companies are making the decision to invest in an asset that’s not always noticed by investors… [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 12:28:53
I Thought "We Only Have One President At A Time"
While it seems a bit humorous to see the press corps continue to ask President-Elect Barack Obama questions related to the economy, Israel, national security, the federal bailouts, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the usual response ... such as regional security and immigration policies?In addition, when several [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 19:32:19
Mail Theft in Arlington, WA
KING 5 Reports, “‘Tis the season for mail theft” In early December, ... . Crooks are targeting mailboxes, especially those without a lock and key, filled with gifts and money ... a gift card. That way, all you lose is the money, not any personal information. Another piece [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 02:28:31
What to do about Zimbabwe?
The UN says Zimbabwe's government is hiding the full scale of its cholera epidemic. Original video from the UK's Sky News. Nicole Belle sent me a link today about a report by Physicians for Human Rights on the horror story Zimbabwe has become: PHR found that the Mugabe government has withheld food aid, seed, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 01:30:20
And You Thought Krugman Was Bad
He was, and is, but he is not alone. Writing in Time magazine (January 19 issue, online here) ... for, what else--bigger government. We need to "restore national prosperity and security with a smartly ... --for health care, climate change, energy security, education, infrastructure and peaceful diplomacy [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 01:17:44
Over at Good Math, Bad Math, Mark Chu-Carroll heard Mayor Micheal Bloomberg refer to Social Security as a Ponzi Scheme and said,This is, ... and Mark enumerates them.Ponzi Schemes are investments and voluntary. Social Security is a tax and non ... at the bottom aren’t getting anything. In Social Security benefits are paid out to all recipients based [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 02:32:08
Cheating on Employment Tests: Should We Be Concerned?
Last week the Wall Street Journal ran a very interesting article: “Test for Dwindling Retail Jobs Spawns a Culture of Cheating ... of us in the testing industry have always been concerned with the security of our tests and have taken ... should spell doom and gloom for employment testing. Security is an important issue for any industry [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 23:42:52
The Trouble With Politeness
Lurking amidst a fairly dull article about regional strategy in the Middle East, Richard Haass and Martin Indyk offer a provocative proposal: When it comes to settlement activity, the Olmert government reduced new construction beyond the security barrier, but it also gave [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 17:12:53
Paris Hilton Kicked Out After Trying To Crash Golden Globes Party
Paris Hilton hid out in the bathroom at Creative Artist Agency’s big post-Golden Globes bash Sunday night, ... s giant shoes probably stuck out under the stall door! Kevin was NOT happy about the party-crashing ... was so bent on staying that LAPD security and event planners had to wait for the self-entitled idiot [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 21:30:50
Paris Kicked Out of Golden Globes Party?
The New York Daily News is reporting that Paris was forced to hide in a bathroom at a Golden Globes after-party to avoid being booted from the ... get her out of here immediately!’” Apparently the LAPD security that had been hired for even security ... hiding for 15 minutes and realizing the security wasn’t going away, the heiress came out looking red [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 00:41:10
Security Round-up
The January 2009 issue of Linux Journal is all about security. At LinuxJournal.com, searching for the term "security" returns 435 results, which might take some time to wade through. Here are my picks from articles that recently have been popular on-line: read more [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 17:05:29
All mod cons
REPUBLICANS haven't spent much time harshly examining their party since the election: ... anti-government rhetoric and start offering solutions on "energy, security, education ... for congressional Republicans and President Bush in 2001 to 2005 was a factor of national security rising [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 15:54:26
Al-Qaida remains No.1 threat to US
Washington, Thursday 15 Jan 2009: US President-elect Barack Obama has said that al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden remain the “number one threat” to country’s security, after a new voice recording emerged from the terror group’s leader. “Bin Laden and al-Qaida are our number one threat when it comes to American security,” Obama told reporters [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 01:44:41
Michigan representatives back resolution supporting Israeli attack on Gaza
Despite protests against Israel’s attacks on Gaza in several Michigan communities, Democratic Sen ... with the Government of Israel as it takes necessary steps to provide security to its people ... the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution calling for a cease fire in Gaza. The U.S. abstained [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 23:51:48
Feds Cite Racist Chatter for ‘Higher State of Alert’ in Inauguration
Federal agents are on “a higher state of alert” because of hate talk by white supremacists about Barack Obama’s Inauguration, ... for the Inauguration by the FBI and Homeland Security Department citing agitated hate groups was sent ... Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 03:11:00
Operation Cast Lead: Day 19
Israel continues to be bombarded with rockets, although not only from Gaza. Three more rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel. Those attacks headed for Kiyrat Shimona, where schools continue their classes, but from within bomb shelters. Watch for Hizbullah to issue denials, but they're just biding their time [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 14:40:00
Are You Sure You Are The One Choosing What You Eat?
“We want you to get lost.” said Tim Magill, designer of Mall of America, as quoted by Douglass Rushkoff in the second chapter titled “Atmospherics” from his book Coercion: Why We Listen to What “They” Say. Rushkoff goes on to examine the transformation of the outdoor open-air market to the mall: [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 03:28:00
The top 20 episodes of “Lost” so far: #14 and #13
We are just a week away from the S5 premiere of the best show on television, and I hope that we’ve been keeping you entertained ... The episode that featured the infamous blast-door map is one of Season 2’s top outings, showing Locke and Ben (then “Henry”) working together to unseal the Swan station’s security system. A rather [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 01:30:51
Charleston Daily Photo?
St. Philip St., Charleston, SC Now that I am a member of the City Daily Photo group, one picture a day is posted on the City Daily Photo homepage ... on St. Philip St. and take a picture of the neat old door and grumble about new smears of graffiti. I stepped in the yard automatically this time and as soon as I took the picture a security officer [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 02:03:38
The Inaugural Anointing (File Under WTF?!)
On January 7, second-term Republican Rep. Paul Broun of Georgia and two friends prayed over a door ... security concern for both his department and the Secret Service. With his back turned to the door ... . It was not just any door, but the entranceway beneath the Capitol that President-elect Barack [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 21:39:00
Client Hypervisor and I/O Virtualization
When we were in the early stages of developing NxTop Engine, our bare metal client hypervisor, one of the more challenging exercises we faced was determining how to best address the various input/output (I/O) paradigms on a PC. On one hand, we wanted to fully abstract the hardware from the operating system, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 02:47:33
Feds Cite Racist Chatter for 'Higher State of Alert' in Inauguration
Federal agents are on "a higher state of alert" because of hate talk by white supremacists about Barack Obama’s Inauguration, ... for the Inauguration by the FBI and Homeland Security Department citing agitated hate groups was sent ... officials cited security concerns Tuesday for new restrictions on those attending the ceremonies - a throng [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 22:08:13
Bush Directive on Arctic Policy Stresses U.S. Sovereignty
Though many Americans might not realize it, “The United States is an Arctic nation,” President Bush declared this week, ... Administration’s last National Security Presidential Directive, NSPD-66 on Arctic Region Policy, dated ... Although many National Security Presidential Directives are classified, and the subject matter [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 16:06:34
Pimp my ride, presidential edition
What do you get when you cross a Hummer with the Batmobile? ... on Inauguration Day next Tuesday. “Although many of the vehicles’ security enhancements cannot be discussed, it is safe to say that this car’s security and coded communications systems make it the most [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 01:22:32
Mobigrip - phone security for the butterfingered
It is, as always, a fine line twixt clever and stupid. Quite which side of that line the Mobigrip lies is still to be determined. Basically, a sticky pad with a loop of cord you stick your finger through, the Mobigrip is designed to stop you dropping your precious phone when you are using it one-handed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 10:30:29
Egypt: Muslim judge ejects convert's lawyer from courtroom
More on this story. "Egypt: Judge ejects lawyer for Christian from court," from Compass Direct News, January 13 (thanks to Jacko) ... security personnel to remove his lawyer from court. Attorney Nabil Ghobreyal was expelled ... that his nephew was denied a position in state security agencies because of his uncle’s religious “double [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 19:25:36
Security State in DC
Security State in DC Posted by Kathryn Muratore at 07:45 AM Bush declared a state of emergency in Washington, DC ... for security. He expects to spend about $75 million, also known as $32.50 per attendee. Welcome ... a security checkpoint, where you will be treated with suspicion. There will be thousands of armed men [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 13:45:06
It's time for the Palestinisns to "get over it"
David Gelertner writes that, after 60 years, it's time to tell the Palestinians to get over themselves.ow, every human being on earth who cares about facts and can tell a lie from a truth knows that there was no such thing as "Palestinian nationalism" until modern Zionism created it out of whole cloth, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 12:19:43
Osama Bin Laden Releases New Audio Message
Osama bin Laden says in a new audio message that Israel attacked Gaza because of the “great and swift decline in America’s influence, ... Reblog this post with Zemanta This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 14:50:17
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