Archive for the 'Politics' Category

Who Knew An American Car Company Had It In Them?

Sunday, January 7th, 2007

I’m in love . . .
Looks like GM (of all companies) may have the first working, commercially available, electric vehicle on the market.  Dubbed the “Volt” . . .  expect the name to change before it is released.  The new EV is expected to have a 40 mile battery only range, with a small fuel [...]

I don’t make this stuff up . . .

Friday, May 5th, 2006

Republican State Lawmaker in South Carolina has proposed a bill that would make it a felony to sell devices used primarily for sexual stimulation in his state. The bill goes so far as to also allow law enforcement officials to confiscate any such “contraband” when discovered.
Sounds to me like some idiotic lawmaker is trying [...]

A Day Without an Immigrant?

Monday, May 1st, 2006

It’s turning out to be more like a “day without a central or south-americanâ€? . . .
At lunch I saw a caravan of 4 small import cars blaring their horns and driving around downtown Oakland with American, Mexican and Nicaraguan flags flying . . . the unfortunate part was that the largest of the flags [...]

A Day Without A Computer Administrator

Monday, May 1st, 2006

Following up on my previous post about the Bush administration using child pornography as a reason to force ISPs to store records regarding all of your web access, a post over at Identity Woman got me thinking . . .
Maybe we should have a “day without a computer admin”; we could all shut down our [...]

“Work Safe”

Monday, April 24th, 2006

An administrative law judge in New York has recently ruled against the City of New York in a lawsuit filed by an employee terminated for surfing the Internet on city time. The judge ruled that “surfing the web is equivalent to reading a newspaper or talking on the phone” and has suggested that “only [...]

Another Disgusting Power Grab By The Bush Regime

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006

In another power grab orchestrated by the Bush Regime, Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez has announced a push to require ISPs to maintain records of all sites a user may access while online. A particular quote of interest from the article included:
Mr Gonzales also said that he is also investigating ways to ensure that ISPs retain [...]


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