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Bush Signs the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

Monday, May 26, 2008

In an effort to go down in history as the second worst and not the worst president in US history, Bush has signed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) which would make it illegal for health care companies or employers to discriminate against people based on their generic information (e.g. Bob has a gene that [...]

If Martial Law, Arizona Will Secede

Saturday, May 10, 2008

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Marc Chung sends in a very interesting tidbit of information covering Arizona bill HCR 2034: ” abolish federal government; state sovereignty”. More specifically the bill covers the situation in which the US government declares marshal law then Arizona will join with 34 or more (majority) of states and declare their own independence from the Union… interesting [...]

New Net Neutrality Bill in the Works

Friday, May 9, 2008

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If you were thinking of killing yourself with a hammer or moving to Sweden over the issue of Net Neutrality and the big ISPs inability to play fair when it came to traffic, don’t do it quite yet… there is some light at the end of the tunnel. It seems that US lawmakers are taking another [...]

Blue Jeans Cable Pwns Monster Cable

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

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Grant Gochnauer send in this badass piece of news… it looks like Monster Cable company, the world champions of bullshit-priced cabling (that have no real-world performance edge), served Blue Jeans Cable with a cease-and-desist motion targeted at their Tartan line of cables (something having to do with the connectors being “confusingly similar” to what Monster [...]

Best Buy Sucks: $54 Million Lawsuit

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

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In a continued effort to continue sucking at everything except selling, Best Buy was slapped with a $54 million lawsuit after a DC woman Raelyn Campbell had her $1100 laptop lost during a routine warranty repair. Best Buy’s original response to loosing her $1100 machine and all the data on it was “Here’s a $900 gift [...]

5th Underwater Internet Cable Faulting, Precursor to Iran War?

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

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It started when the first 3 underwater internet cables were cut by “boat anchors” (even though that had never happened in the histories of the cables before… and now it happened 3x in 3 days) then reports came in about the 4th cable getting taken offline due to “power issues” and now Robert Heron sends [...]

3rd Undersea Cable Cut in 3 Days

Friday, February 1, 2008

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… really? We are doing just fine for 20 years, a mistake here and there… and then woopsie… 3 cables cut in 3 days? Boat anchors! … seriously? Entire country economies, security and banking infrastructures rely on these things to stay intact, and you are telling me these fucking things aren’t marked on every maritime map in [...]

4 Indicted from The Pirate Bay

Thursday, January 31, 2008

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The Local reports that 4 leaders from The Pirate Bay site have been indicted on charges of being accessories to breaking copyright law: Hans Fredrik Neij Per Svartholm Warg Peter Kolmisoppi Carl Lundström While I certainly understand why the US is pressuring Sweden to go after these guys (now that TPB is the biggest BT site on the web) [...]

Medical Marijuana Vending Machine Opens in L.A.

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

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Robert Heron sent in news that L.A. has deployed it’s first and second medical marijuana vending machines that work in the following fashion (from article): Customers bring their prescriptions for approval at the AVMs, housed in enclosed room guarded 24/7. They are fingerprinted and photographed. They receive a pre-paid credit carded loaded with their individual profiles. They choose [...]

New York Seeks to Ban Geiger Counters & Air Monitoring Hardware

Monday, January 28, 2008

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The Village Voice is running a story that New York officials are lobbying to remove Geiger counters (and any other kind of air quality or asbestos detector) from the hands of citizens unless authorized to carry them by the police: And it’s not just devices to detect weaponized anthrax that they want the power to control, [...]

Congress to Investigate the FCC over Comcast Investigation

Friday, January 11, 2008

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Confused about why Congress would investigate the FCC? No worries… let me explain: Comcast starts blocking and shaping user traffic quietly and denies it when asked about it. The block and shaping is independent confirmed by techies and researchers The Associated Press finally confirms it and publishes their findings The FCC takes notice, and announces they will investigate Comcast *MY [...]

Get Depressed about Politics in the US Fast!

Sunday, January 6, 2008

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You having a good day today? Things are going along pretty well? Got some extra time on your hands and want to get depressed as hell over the political situation in the United States? Sweet, then read on… Scientists agree the US is “doomed” if a pro-creationist president is elected (e.g. Huckabee or any other right-winger [...]

New RFID Passports: Staging for the NAU

Thursday, January 3, 2008

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We have blogged in the past about the desire of the international bankers to create the North American Union (Canada, United States, Mexico) along with a common currency: The Amero. Now you can watch for yourself as the first steps towards creating this reality are set into place, regardless of the outcry against it. First Step: Create [...]

Presidential Candidate Compass

Thursday, January 3, 2008

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Electoral Compass is a handy Flash-based tool that asks you 25 or so questions to determine where you fall on the compass of political positions with relation to the existing presidential candidates. Not knowing much about the politics of individual candidates, it was a handy to use this tool to get an idea of where I [...]

Zeitgeist: Christianity, 911 and The Federal Reserve

Monday, December 31, 2007

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NOTE: This post may offend people that are religiously oriented, in the military or otherwise find yourself aligned with the policies of the Bush administration. … a few weeks ago we blogged about the Bilderberg Group and World Domination. To summarize, the Bilderberg group is a private, highly secretive group of 100 or so of the [...]

Election 2008 Candidate Positions on Science & Technology

Sunday, December 23, 2007

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Popular Mechanics put together a pretty bad-ass chart of the 2008 presidential candidate’s stances on Science and Technology. You can keep it handy as a reference when voting time comes around along with the 2008 Presidential Quick Reference Guide.

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Bush Signs the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

If Martial Law, Arizona Will Secede

New Net Neutrality Bill in the Works

Blue Jeans Cable Pwns Monster Cable

Best Buy Sucks: $54 Million Lawsuit

5th Underwater Internet Cable Faulting, Precursor to Iran War?

3rd Undersea Cable Cut in 3 Days

4 Indicted from The Pirate Bay

Medical Marijuana Vending Machine Opens in L.A.

New York Seeks to Ban Geiger Counters & Air Monitoring Hardware

Congress to Investigate the FCC over Comcast Investigation

Get Depressed about Politics in the US Fast!

New RFID Passports: Staging for the NAU

Presidential Candidate Compass

Zeitgeist: Christianity, 911 and The Federal Reserve

Election 2008 Candidate Positions on Science & Technology

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