Dec
30
Huckabee Litmus Test
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[From Davenetics*]
Mike Huckabee reacted to the Bhutto assassination by explaining it was just one more example of the urgent need to crack down on illegal immigration.
In light of what happened in Pakistan yesterday, it’s interesting that there are more Pakistanis who have illegally crossed the border than of any other nationality except for those immediately [...]
Dec
28
THREAT LEVEL’s Year in Review — 2007
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[From Wired.com]
By Kevin Poulsen
It was a year of soul searching at THREAT LEVEL, every day a fresh challenge to our fundamental beliefs and convictions: Alberto Gonzales made us pine for John Ashcroft; Google made us love roving surveillance cams; and Jammie Thomas’ internet spoofing defense was enough to make us secretly root for the RIAA.
If [...]
Dec
23
Huckabee: Gitmo Is “Too Nice”
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[From: From The Road]
From CBS News’ Joy Lin and Mary Hood:
DAVENPORT, IA – Asked about Guantanamo, Mike Huckabee said he had visited the facility and said it was “disappointingâ€? that military personnel were eating meals that averaged $1.60 while the detainees were eating Halal meals that cost over $4 each.
“The inmates there were [...]
Dec
23
Paul Defends Asking for Special Projects
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[From: Newsvine ]
Jennifer C. Kerr, AP Writer
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul on Sunday defended his efforts in Congress to bring home money to his Texas district, despite his long-held aversion to big government and congressional votes to reign in federal spending.
“I’ve never voted for an earmark in my life,” the Texas congressman [...]
Dec
20
Colorado voting machines tossed out
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[From Yahoo! News]
Colorado voting machines tossed out
By GEORGE MERRITT
DENVER – Colorado’s secretary of state has declared many of the state’s electronic voting machines to be unreliable, but said Tuesday that some of them could still be used in November if a software patch was installed.
Other machines that failed could be replaced with equipment certified for [...]
Dec
20
EU mandates electronic IDs for sheep and goats
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[From The Register]
Pilot program for the last judgement?
By Joe Fay
The European Union has pledged to make life easier for both farmers and putative messiahs by ensuring that goats and sheep will in future be identified electronically.
The council of ministers has set December 31, 2009 as “the obligatory implementation date for the introduction of electronic identification [...]





