Happy Halloween

/just don’t overdo it

Al Gore Wasn’t Even There 40 Years Ago

Internet Turns 40 Today: First Message Crashed System Everyone surfing for last-minute Halloween costumes and pictures of black Lolcats today—what you might call the 40th anniversary of the Internet—can give thanks to the simple network message that started it all: “lo.” On October 29, 1969, that message became the first ever to travel between two [...]

In The House Corner . . . Weighing In At 1990 Pages . . . The Affordable Health Care For America Act

From behind the closed doors of Nancy Pelosi’s office, submitted for your perusal . . . Affordable Health Care for America Act If you start now and read several hundred pages a day, you might be able to get through it by the time they start to debate it on the House floor next week. [...]

Domestic Contingency Operation

Remember when the Obama administration replaced the phrase “global war on terror” with the ridiculously politically correct euphemism “overseas contingency operation”? Well, here’s a counterterrorism operation that could have occurred anywhere in Afghanistan or Iraq, but it didn’t, this counterterrorism operation (but don’t dare call it that) took place today in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. Detroit [...]

Missed Us By That Much

Asteroid smashes into atmosphere AN asteroid exploded over Indonesia with the force of three Hiroshima bombs – and no one on Earth knew it was coming. The New Scientist website reports the dramatic explosion over South Sulawesi, Indonesia, on October 8 underscores how blind humanity is to the danger of giant space rocks. NASA estimated [...]

Launch It Quick, Before Obama Cancels It

NASA’s Ares 1-X Rocket: Space Shuttle Replacement? Or Rocket to Nowhere? NASA Preps for Test, Though Obama Could Cancel Program This isn’t your daddy’s space ship — but it is something your grandfather might recognize. The Ares 1-X rocket sitting on the launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center is ready to go, scheduled [...]

Weekly Watch List

GMCR PCLN NEU BUCY BIDU MELI SIRO INT CFSG ISRG SHOO PEGA ATW LFT GOK BWY GES IBN VRX LPS BCSI ADVS GOOG JOSB Additions: ADVS JOSB LPS Subtractions: AM NVEC RKT Last week the market fed the bear a snack, added distribution days, and closed under 10,000. The Dow inched lower 0.2%, the S&P [...]

Sharia Law Lashes Out At Women

Saudi journalist sentenced to 60 lashes A Saudi court sentenced a female journalist Saturday to 60 lashes for her work on a controversial Arabic-language TV show that aired an episode in which a man bragged about his sex life, two sources told CNN. The court in Jeddah also imposed a two-year travel ban on Rosanna [...]

Real Presidents Know How To Play Poker

/by Andy Thomas

Peek A Boo, China Is Waging Undeclared War On You

Is your computer acting squirrelly, your internet connection spotty? It might not be Microsoft after all, it could be Chinese military sponsored hackers. Congressional commission focuses on China’s cyberwar capability In war and possibly in peace, China will wage cyberwar to control the information flow and dominate the battle space, according to a new report [...]