Zero benefit from US border biometrics

Seeded on Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:04 PM EST ()

Speaking to ZDNet UK last week, Schneier said that there was little evidence that the US-Visit programme, which takes fingerprints and retinal scans from all visitors to the US, had made any impact on reducing the threat from criminals and terrorists.

us-news, dhs, home-land-security, security, terrorism, terrorist, government, us-government, border-security

Mc Cain Changes His Health Care Plan

Seeded on Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:02 PM EDT ()

I guess he realized that it wasn't being viewed very favorably. Click the read article button to see the side by side comparison.

politics, election, mc-cain, obama, mccain, old-fart

Legendary Bluegrass Artist Ralph Stanley Endorses Barack Obama

Seeded on Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:27 PM EDT (YouTube)

Video endorsement of Obama.

politics, obama, mccain, election

House Approves Bailout on Second Try

Seeded on Fri Oct 3, 2008 2:55 PM EDT (The New York Times)

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives gave final approval on Friday to the $700 billion bailout for the financial system, reversing course to authorize what may be the most expensive government intervention in history.

politics, bailout, economics, election, money

Rescue the Rescue

Seeded on Wed Oct 1, 2008 1:43 AM EDT (The New York Times)

Couldn't have said it better myself.

bailout, bail-out, obama, finances, money, mortgage-crisis, mccain, economics, economy, congress

Twine and Other Semantic Web Systems...

Sun Sep 28, 2008 3:00 PM EDT

By Hightechexec (Clipped by dc_123)

I have been using a system called Twine recently with OK, but not awesome results.

Continue reading this entry ...

technology, web-3-0, semantic-twine

Is Sarah Palin really Ms Teen South Carolina?

Seeded on Sat Sep 27, 2008 4:33 PM EDT (Think Progress)

Of course the interview was with a hard hitter, Katie Couric. I defy you to decipher her answer. I have said enough, as the video really says it all.

politics, sarah-pailin, palin, election, mccain, mc-cain, bimbo, airhead, dumbass, moron

Credit-card companies killed Mythbusters segment on RFID vulnerabilities

Seeded on Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:55 PM EDT (Boing Boing)

In the first two minutes of this clip of Mythbusters' Adam Savage telling the folks at the HOPE hackercon about how the Discovery Channel was bullied by big credit-card companies out of airing a program about how crappy the security in RFID tags is

technology, rfid, security, identity-theft, hacking, mythbusters, consumer-rights, censorship, media, myth-busters

The Latest From Bruce Schneier

Seeded on Fri Aug 8, 2008 5:56 PM EDT (www.schneier.com)

Why Being Open about Security Makes Us All Safer in the Long Run. Bruce's latest essay. I love this guy. Not in a gay way though. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

technology, security

US animal-rights extremists firebomb scientists' home, car

Seeded on Fri Aug 8, 2008 5:07 PM EDT (Ars Technica)

The issue at its simplest is that animal rights extremists believe that animals are as deserving of the same rights and protections as humans, and that the use of animals in scientific research is deeply immoral.

us-news, terrorism, animal-rights, animals

Judge Is Dismissed in Guantanamo Bay Case

Seeded on Sat May 31, 2008 4:34 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

A judge hearing a war-crimes case at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who publicly expressed frustration with military prosecutors' refusal to give evidence to the defense has been dismissed, tribunal officials confirmed yesterday.

iraq, terrorism, gitmo, guantanamo, civil-liberties, politics, bush, torture

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Gee, dc, I just read your "lecture" to me about the various definitions and usages of the word elitism. Although this is a little more than dated (from 2008), you went to so much trouble, I did want to acknowledge that I finally read your missive and, sadly, I stand by my comment. Regards.

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