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Authorities consider hacker alert system

Posted by Marine59, in Government 17 October 2010 - - - - - - · 19 views
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Lolita Baldor
Associated Press

WASHINGTON The government is reviewing an Australian program that will allow Internet service providers to tell customers if hackers take over their computers and could limit online access if people don't fix the problem.

Obama administration officials have met with industry ...


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New gov't rules allow unapproved iPhone apps

Posted by Marine59, in Political Comments 26 July 2010 - - - - - - · 6 views

By JOELLE TESSLER
AP Technology Writer

Owners of the iPhone will be able to legally unlock their devices so they can run software applications that haven't been approved by Apple Inc., according to new government rules announced Monday.

The decision to allow the practice commonly known as "jailbreaking" is one of a handful of new...


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WHAT HAS AMERICA BECOME

Posted by Marine59, 21 July 2010 - - - - - - · 6 views

If we lie to Congress, it's a felony and if Congress lies to us it is just politics.

If we dislike a black or brown person, we're racist and if a black or brown dislikes whites, it's their 1st amendment right.

The government spends millions to rehabilitate criminals and they do almost nothing for the...


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Race-Card Fraud

Posted by Marine59, in Political Comments 20 July 2010 - * * * * - · 6 views

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Thomas Sowell
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July 20, 2010 12:00 A.M.
Race-Card Fraud
There is not now, nor has...


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How to Verbally Attack a Liberal

Posted by Marine59, in Political Comments 16 July 2010 - - - - - - · 6 views


This article first appeared in the Feb. 26, 1963, issue of NATIONAL REVIEW.

By Steve Allen

A, er, Liberal celebrity addresses the conservative community on how we should deal with him — what’s fair, and what isn’t. Proceed with caution…

Audubon Society members interested in the Golden-Throated Warbler, the...



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Mechanical Failure

Posted by Marine59, in Political Comments 12 July 2010 - - - - - - · 7 views

From the July 19, 2010, issue of National Review.

The Democrats are pushing for yet another stimulus package to revive our moribund economy. As of this writing, they have been unable to round up the requisite 60 votes to push the package through the Senate. President...


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Federal Investigators find abuse of Energy Star Program

Posted by Marine59, 01 April 2010 - - - - - - · 12 views

Fifteen phony products won certification as energy efficient.
Fifteen phony products – including a gasoline-powered alarm clock – won a label from the government certifying them as energy efficient in a test of the federal Energy Star program.

Investigators concluded the program is “vulnerable to fraud and...


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The systematic deconstruction of the U.S.

Posted by Marine59, 31 March 2010 - - - - - - · 7 views

Freedom
The government at times has advised us about what is good or bad for us. Yet, we have had the free will to follow this advice or not. There was no danger of losing our freedom if we didn’t follow government advice. People were free to do what they thought was best for them. The freedom to make decisions has...


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FREEDOM PROGNOSIS TAKES TURN FOR WORSE

Posted by Marine59, in Political Comments 23 March 2010 - - - - - - · 5 views

Making America more like Europe may leave president, Democrats feeling ill.
Liberty died a little on Sunday. The government gained a little more control over our most personal decisions, about our health, about our very lives, on the promise that some taxpayers will subsidize the health insurance – which every American...