Archive for February, 2008

Gun-Free Zones Or Killing Fields?

Posted by 3wire on February 27th, 2008

From: Investors Business Daily As Northern Illinois University restarts classes this week, one thing is clear: Six minutes proved too long. It took six minutes before the police were able to enter the classroom that horrible Thursday, and in that short time five people were murdered, 16 wounded. …as happens time after time in these [...]

Religion of Peace – Words vs Actions

Posted by 3wire on February 26th, 2008

The Words: “Fears that Muslims want to introduce Sharia law and make Islam the supreme religion in this country are false and only meant to generate hostility between us and our Christian and Hindu brothers. Islam does not suppress other religions.” -Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga (claims to be Obama’s cousin ) The Actions: As [...]

Disk Encryption Not Secure

Posted by 3wire on February 22nd, 2008

From: Wired Researchers with Princeton University and the Electronic Frontier Foundation have found a flaw that renders disk encryption systems useless if an intruder has physical access to your computer — say in the case of a stolen laptop or when a computer is left unattended on a desktop in sleep mode or while displaying [...]

Feds Suspend Security Checks at Obama Rally

Posted by 3wire on February 22nd, 2008

From: UPI DALLAS, Feb. 21 (UPI) — The Secret Service told Dallas police to stop screening for weapons while people were still arriving at a campaign rally for Barack Obama, a report said. … Several Dallas police officers — speaking on condition of anonymity because the order came from federal officers — told the newspaper [...]

Flying Police Robots Over Miami

Posted by 3wire on February 20th, 2008

Thats right. Miami Police are going to deploy hovering UAVs a la Dark Angel and Minority Report. Finally, something I can shoot down with my shot gun that PETA wont give me grief over. Full Story

Honeybees Disappearing by the Billions

Posted by 3wire on February 18th, 2008

From: Celsias.com The phenomenon is recent, dating back to autumn, when beekeepers along the east coast of the US started to notice the die-offs. It was given the name of fall dwindle disease, but now it has been renamed to reflect better its dramatic nature, and is known as colony collapse disorder. It is swift [...]

The Falling Man

Posted by 3wire on February 18th, 2008

The Falling Man September 11, 2001 72 minutes.

The Savagery Of The Enemy

Posted by Q Ball on February 14th, 2008

DISCLAIMER: Graphic Video Here is a video of Islamofascists burning people alive!

A Wise and Frugal Government

Posted by 3wire on February 11th, 2008

“[A] wise and frugal government… shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.” —Thomas Jefferson

Athletes Silenced On Chinese Government

Posted by Q Ball on February 10th, 2008

British athletes have been asked to sign a contract stating they will not criticize the communist government if selected to go to the Olympics. The move – which raises the spectre of the order given to the England football team to give a Nazi salute in Berlin in 1938 – immediately provoked a storm of [...]

American Woman Arrested in Riyadh Starbucks

Posted by 3wire on February 8th, 2008

From: Sonia Verma – Fox Two weeks before Yara, an American businesswoman, was arrested by Saudi Arabia’s religious police for sitting with a male colleague at Starbucks, she said she strolled past the very same cafe with another businessman: Neil Bush. Bush, President George W. Bush’s younger brother and CEO of the education software company [...]

The Case for Disunity

Posted by 3wire on February 6th, 2008

From: Susan Dunn – Washington Post Why political unity is not such a great idea.  What Obama and others, captivated by the notion of unity, could reasonably promise is not national unity but simply unity within the Democratic Party or within the Republican Party. For Republicans and Democrats do not and should not agree. Different, [...]

Big Brother Is Here To Help

Posted by Q Ball on February 1st, 2008

England has just installed several cameras in a park that have speakers connected to them, so that operators may tell off people who are behaving in an “anti-social” manner. “We are not in a police state, we are in a democracy and people understand we are doing it for their safety. This will help make [...]