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INTERNET CONTROL: OBAMACYBER TO SCAN YOUR PRIVATES
Reuters: “The US government is expanding a cybersecurity programme that scans internet traffic headed into and out of defense contractors to include far more of the country’s private, civilian-run infrastructure. As a result, more private sector employees than ever before, including those at big banks, utilities and key transportation companies, will have their emails and […]
BOB COSTAS: ANOTHER OBAMA SQUIRREL
December 5, 2012
Those opening words, ‘Space, the final frontier’…, were so very true. The freedom of the Internet, those virgin days, the roots of the Rand proposal, a network with no central authority, multiple data paths, redirection, rerouting, data streaming, and eventually packet switching. In the late ’60′s ARPANET was created evolving eventually into the Internet, interface […]
FTC CANNOT KILL OBAMA’S GOLDEN GOOSE: GOOGLE
October 16, 2012
A lib from Colorado, rep Polis, is out there now fighting the FTC possible legal action against Google. He claims the online search market is already extremely competitive and the enforcement of more anti-trust would only complicate the situation further. “The FTC should tread carefully when reviewing Google… or any other tech company, given the […]
OBAMA: TO SIGN INTERNET EXECUTIVE ORDER?
August 6, 2012
The Senate left DC without taking up yet more legislation, the the cyber security bill. They lacked the votes to bring it up. In response to The Hill Carney said: “In the wake of Congressional inaction and Republican stall tactics, unfortunately, we will continue to be hamstrung by outdated and inadequate statutory authorities that the […]
DATA MINING: THEY ALL DO IT
June 11, 2012
We talked about the 150 techies on that 6th floor data mining operation yesterday and in the end asked: “What’s the advantage to government knowing all the personal details?” It was not to ignore the fact that they all do it, Romney too. The point being Romney has different motives, what are Obama’s? CS Monitor […]
OBAMA’S ADVANTAGES
June 10, 2012
Off the top of my head; Obama’s electoral advantage, Obama’s recovery advantage, Obama’s cash advantage, Obama’s foreign policy advantage, Obama’s Wall St advantage, Obama’s Hollywood advantage, Obama’s bin Laden advantage, Obama’s jobs advantage, Obama’s education advantage, Obama’s energy advantage, Obama’s ObamaCare advantage, Obama’s housing advantage…, and now Obama’s data advantage. In a weekend dump, Politico […]
MARYLOU’S COFFEE: ANOTHER OBAMA WITCH HUNT
May 27, 2012
Boston Herald: “The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has been quietly probing Marylou’s’ hiring practices for nearly a year, the Herald has learned, with investigators pulling reams of job applications, interviewing company brass and grilling the 29-store chain’s pink-clad clerks about their co-workers’ gender, age, race and body type, according to the company” Marylou VP: “When […]
CHICAGO: AMERICA’S NEW MILITARY ZONE
May 21, 2012
NATO was here and has gone but Chicago’s new police zone remains. Guardian: “With Nato delegates arriving Saturday night, the City of Chicago has been turned into a police state. Courtesy of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who several months ago began implementing new draconian anti-protest measures, Chicago has gone on security lockdown. Starting early Friday night, […]
NO SMOKING BARS: COULDN’T GET WORSE?
April 30, 2012
The last bar where I smoke a cigar was in Jackson Hole Wyoming. In St Louis it got so controlled that Ballwin passed a no smoking law for bars, including those which owned their buildings and property. They built outside decks and amendments were passed to extend no smoking to outside, after the decks had […]
March 22, 2013
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