1

Unemployment jumped again.

"Unexpectedly"!!!!

2 Second?

3 New data based theory challenges the theory of Global Warming and CO2.

4 As opposed to most of Bush's term, where it went down 'unexpectedly.'

Anyone know if the song 'everyday America' is getting much airtime now that we're really in the depression they were pretending we were in way back then?

5

now that we're really in the depression they were pretending we were in way back then?

I've gone from "open-mouthed shock" to "cynical laughter" as my default response to anything on the news. Just keep reminding yourself that we've always been at war with Eastasia, and don't bother with any "But -- you said"s. The road forked, and history took the way toward the brave new world (if I may be allowed to mix my references). I've got the popcorn. Kratos is bringing the beer.

6 No jobs were lost!

Millions have been saved!

7 Why do people hate on Crystal Mangum?

8 Well I sure didn't expect that../sarc

9 On my way to work some mornings i listen to npr. what i learned today:
1. Republicans are party of no, and have only obstructed. They will have difficulty if they ever regain majority, since, they are only able to obstruct. This is a fact. They have offered no ideas but are fortunate in being able to blame the Democrats for failure.

2. The NY southern district is the only bestest court to try terror suspects and anyone who thinks a military tribunal can match their awesomeness is ignorant. We know this because they had a terrorist defense attorney say it on the radio. 145 terrorist have been tried in the courts vs. 3 in tribunals. [no mention of experts that say only about 15 were actual terrorists or that the tribunals have been so slow due to liberal obstructionism]

3. Many Republican politicians are also resigning because they are unhappy with the atmosphere created in Washington by partisanship [which is caused by Republicans, see note 1. above.] So the Reublican strategy of punishing centrists is also hurting some Republican politicians.

Your tax dollars at work.

10

Unemployment jumped again.

"Unexpectedly"!!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2010 09:13 AM (T1boi)

Nobody expects the unemployment to rise!

11 Tawana, if she would just change her last name to "Pepsi" people would love her all over again.

12
I know there are geeks in here..
Adding tabs to my browser supercharged my Web surfing. I didn't need to have dozens of windows open. I could open a dozen sites in a single window. It was like I had gone from crawling to driving a race car.

Unfortunately, progress comes at a cost. Having four dozen tabs open at once really sucks up resources. If you browse like this, things tend to slow down. Sites load slowly. Videos turn choppy. And occasionally, the whole thing crashes.

But you can't be asked to go back to crawling, can you? That would be undignified. If you've experienced these problems, try BarTab. This Firefox extension preserves performance while you go tab crazy.

You often load tabs in the background (e.g., right-click>>Open Link in New Tab). When this happens, BarTab freezes any loading. The tab will only load when you actually click on it. Open all the tabs you want. But only use system resources when looking at them.

(You can manage BarTab from the Tabs tab in the options menu. On a PC, click Tools>>Options. On Mac, click Firefox>>Preferences.)

13 Morning.  Still freezing on the GA coast.  I can haz warm again?

14 Amy Bishop has a celebrity relative.<BR>
Bishop is the second cousin of John Irving, a publicist for the author confirmed today.

Irving is writing a novel and declined to comment about his relationship with Bishop's family. <BR>
http://tinyurl.com/ycpnw53

15

in Virginia news:  our AG is challenging the UN global warming data.  the wingnuts are rabid.  how dare anyone challenge any data re: global warming, much less from the bastion of reliability & integrity, the UN.

also, Gov Bob McDonnell has asked for budget cuts all over, but wingnuts say cuts in education will hurt the poor, children, vulnerable, disabled, hungry etc.

16 Well, morons/ettes.  On the up side of this effed up planet, non of us is DOCTOR Amy Bishop, her pussy husband, or messed up for life kids.  So there's that.

17 #16:  non=none

D'oh

18 UN climate chief (or is it "czar"?) steps down.

But don't cry for him, Argentina. The lying sack of shit is moving into a cushy "advisory" job at KPMG.

19 amy bishop probably had to kill her brother because he was normal. and she couldn't have that.

20

Re Sidebar item: Facebook bashed for building new data center in area of Oregon that uses coal for power generation.

 

All should read that article AND the link to the petition. This illustrates perfectly the utter stupidity of the Gaia worshipping faction of the liberal idiots. I tried to check and see if this organization is a watermelon org but not enough info on their web site.  They have a big picture of Al Frankin on the front page and they support EVERY typical liberal project, including massive socialism. But there isnÂ’t the strong Marxist flavor that you see at a lot of these types of sites.

 

So yes, they are socialist, but I donÂ’t know if I would call them watermelon or not. Note that they are home based in San Francisco.

 

Their stupid petition basically says if you build in any area served by a coal plant that you are bing powered by coal.  They are too stupid to understand that you are powered by the “grid” whch gets power from everything.  

21 sickinmass,
Thanks for the tip. I solved most of my slugishness by upgrading RAM (2G) but i also have javascript and flash turned off and a linux box

some sites still slow it down so i will give it a try.

22 Vic, and CA imports a lot of energy from Utah and Nevada coal plants,....

23

#1 :

From the AP at   http://tiny.cc/r7ouN

Headline reads:  "Jobless claims rise unexpectedly"

with this pearl of wisdom at the end:

 "Some experts say the snowstorms may have cost the economy as many as 100,000 jobs in February. Government hiring for the census also could be delayed."

Must've been some snowstorm.

Heh.

24 There have been 16.8 million jobs lost since the recession began in December 2007.

25 Re-post, but sufficiently nauseating from the always class Bill Maher:   "...while we were off, Sarah Palin agreed to do commentary at Fox News.  Which is actually very similar to her day job - talking to a baby with Down Syndrome."

26 re: census hiring.  I have mentioned the PT census work to several of my unemployed minority friends.  they don't want it because it involves paperwork.

27 Tried to listen to Beck this morning for about 5 minutes.  He needs to be put on suicide watch.  Certainly makes me want to drive my off a bridge.  Sheesh. 

28 Bill Maher.  What a waste of human flesh.  Mr. D'oh and I have a dear friend suffering from advanced pancreatic cancer.  A truly lovely person.  Life is not fair.

29

27 re: census hiring.  I have mentioned the PT census work to several of my unemployed minority friends.  they don't want it because it involves paperwork.

Oh fuck me sideways. Is there a job that involves going to their houses and punching them in the face? Because if there is, I want it, paperwork or no. I've got a job that I absolutely loathe, and I come to it every morning and I'm damn grateful for it. Fucking snowflakes. Not everybody gets to do what they want all the time in life. Deal.

30

maddogg, this is what settled science looks like, eh?

MiskolcziÂ’s research was greeted less than cordially by his bosses. After submitting his results to Applied Optics, a respected peer-review journal, he was told to withdraw the paper by his employer, Analytical Services and Materials, a NASA contractor. When he protested (the paper was midway through the review process), his boss withdrew it...

Explains Zagoni: “First the government tried to frighten me, and then when that did not work, they kicked me out from my job. I lost my job because of my scientific convictions. I wanted to talk publicly about Dr. MiskolcziÂ’s results, but in the pre-Copenhagen days it was not tolerated by my government superiors.”

31 jane d'oh:  advanced pancreatic  cancer won't  keep your friend here long. 

32 The Sound Of Settled Science at Small Dead Animals.

  “I know. At this point, posts like this are almost unseemly, thereÂ’s a nasty sense here of “piling on”. All I can say about that to my warmist friends is this – “better get used to it“.”

Q. How do you guarantee warmer temperature measurements from your weather station?
A. Put it in line with jet blast from airliners taking off.

33 27 re: census hiring.  I have mentioned the PT census work to several of my unemployed minority friends.  they don't want it because it involves paperwork.

Posted by: kelley in virginia at February 18, 2010 09:43 AM (Oan2w)

Mrs. dananjcon is in between teaching gigs unitil spring, She came home w/a census job propaganda pamphlet...the rest of the night did not go so well but she now knows what to do when they com a knockin, tell them how many people live in the house then close the door.

    

34 Six Months Later, Pan Am Bomber is Still Alive For some reason I woke up this morning wondering if the Lockerbie Bomber was still around and kicking. As of three days ago the answer is yes. Still sickened from the White House's involvement in releasing this monster.

35 That Crystal Mangum headline is just fucking awesome.

That, "The Brits and especially the Scottish Government are a bunch of lying cynical pussies" (Pan Am Bomber) headline is not.

36 Since B+rry lied about raising taxes will he suffer the same fate as GHWBush and have to parachute in his eighties? I mean, really?

37 Well, morons/ettes. On the up side of this effed up planet, non of us is DOCTOR Amy Bishop, her pussy husband, or messed up for life kids. So there's that. Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 18, 2010 09:34 AM (UOM4 Gee there's a warm and fuzzy thought

38 #14 Haz Irving beat any one to death with a book yet?

39 Hey guys! What's going on today? Anyone heard from Joe?

40

maddogg, this is what settled science looks like, eh?

No, it's what left wing politics looks like.

41

will he suffer the same fate as GHWBush and have to parachute in his eighties?

Well, he already seems to be free falling...

42 Sounds like that big tough Mayor of Las Vegas is going to cave. What a shock.

43
Was anyone even able to watch Lindsey Vonn win a gold yesterday?  3 golds, 6 overall in one day and I didn't see a second of it.  THANKS, nbc- you guys rawk.

44  Crystal Mangum + Bill Maher = ___________ 

45 #28 Jane, I lost a buddy due to that. He was gone before I knew it. Didn't even get to say goodbye. Spend time with your friend. Us bloggers will be here when you get back. God speed.

46 Crystal Mangum + Bill Maher = A zany new reality show! Come on, work with me here.

47 Did anyone comment on this yesterday?

 Change! Barack Obama Mocked at This YearÂ’s Mardi Gras Parade

I like him with the Green Jacket.

48

Global climate change causes joblessness!

 

Well, you knew that one was coming eventually.

In other news, wish me all luck -- just handed in another job application...this time to fill a convenience store clerk position (yeah, the job market is that freaking bad where I live; I've applied for everything from college posts to, now, convenience store clerk...hopefully something will come through).

 

49 28 Bill Maher.  What a waste of human flesh.  Mr. D'oh and I have a dear friend suffering from advanced pancreatic cancer.  A truly lovely person.  Life is not fair.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 18, 2010 09:45 AM (UOM4

Jane- my prayers for your friend.

As for Mr. Maher- that snarky little sh*t will get his soon enough, perhaps even now.  A long life of venom and bitterness is it's own punishment.

50 re: census hiring.  I have mentioned the PT census work to several of my unemployed minority friends.  they don't want it because it involves paperwork.

I've got a friend unemployed going on a year now who won't do it because it involves knocking on doors in urban neighborhoods where bad things happen to lone white girls.  I'm OK with her decision. 

51 #45  She's gone to a cancer center out of state.  She's been really strong and brave about it.  I've lost so many great people to cancer and heart disease.  And when I see someone like Bill Maher or Joyless Bahar, so filled with hate, it makes me physically ill.  Again, life isn't fair.

52

Washington Post article about ignorant, red-neck, bitter, clinger, barber shop going, gun toten', racist, surface mining, truck drivin', ignorant, health care denying, washington distrusting, white sorry excuses for americans.

http://tinyurl.com/yf7s729

53

Is anyone on the nets live blogging from CPAC?

(can't stream video at work)

54 50 re: census hiring.  I have mentioned the PT census work to several of my unemployed minority friends.  they don't want it because it involves paperwork.

I've got a friend unemployed going on a year now who won't do it because it involves knocking on doors in urban neighborhoods where bad things happen to lone white girls.  I'm OK with her decision. 

Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 18, 2010 10:12 AM (mR7mk)

Reason #25 why I didn't want wifey to take the non-cencus gig.

55 Sean, another thing that has dropped from view is the donation of Obama's Nobel Prize monies -- to whom and when?

56
teehee - "snowballing" a problem at the olympics hee hee hee

57

Bill Maher.  What a waste of human flesh.

A friend of mine ( who worked in comedy) told me that she had been at several parties when Maher was there and he pretty much had a hooker under each arm. And this was in the early '90's. Even though I liked him at the time, that sort of changed my perspective of him. Which has been downhill ever since, just too keep with an Olympic theme here.

58 Stagflation, it's coming.

59 51 #45  She's gone to a cancer center out of state.  She's been really strong and brave about it.  I've lost so many great people to cancer and heart disease.  And when I see someone like Bill Maher or Joyless Bahar, so filled with hate, it makes me physically ill.  Again, life isn't fair.
  That's one of the reasons I really believe in an afterlife--to right life's wrongs.  I'm sorry about your friend, Jane.  Pancreatic cancer sucks because like ovarian, the symptoms are so vague, it's often not diagnosed til fairly late. 

60 58, Stagflation, it's coming. Posted by: taylork I am not going to wear a Leisure Suit. Once was enough.

61 Six Months Later, Pan Am Bomber is Still Alive

For some reason I woke up this morning wondering if the Lockerbie Bomber was still around and kicking. As of three days ago the answer is yes. Still sickened from the White House's involvement in releasing this monster.

Posted by: Sean Foushee at February 18, 2010 09:52 AM (HNJBy)

The must have a government option in Dirtbagistan.

62

Re #52

I especially like this part" Race is also a factor. Sometimes it's subtle, such as when Obama is described as un-Christian or un-American. "

 

How the author squares that circle I'd lilke to know. I mean seriously, what the fuck. over. The jackassery of that simple statement is to large to actually comprehend.

 

But I WANT this bumpersticker: "Earth First: We'll mine the other planets later"

63

Bill Maher.  What a waste of human flesh.

Mark Levine the other night was alternately quoting Maher's comments on teabaggers wanting it to be the 1950s but how that was a bad era for women and minorities and then calling Maher an "anus" because he can't say "asshole" on the air.

Levine pointed out that no tea partier wants it to be the 1950's they just don't want it to be the 1950s in China.

64 Very sorry to hear about your friend's illness, Jane.

65 Where'd everybody go? Come on, I've got work to avoid...

66 An example of government efficiency from that anti-Obama rag - the LA Times. 

If by "stimulating the economy" Bambi means wasting a sh*tload of money, then by golly he's done it!  I just spent about $20K to re-stucco and put new windows in my house.  Bambi's spending nearly three times that just to "weatherize".

You know how I know libs are idjits?  They don't even know they're idjits, that's how.

67
Jane killed the thread with her morose story.

68 Where'd everybody go?

They are all watching this video

69 Why does Michele Malkin feel the need to go "Attack Dog" on the Mt. Vernon statement?

Is she on the rag this week, or sumpin?

70 Where'd everybody go? They are all watching this video Yes, that's pretty heart warming.

71 65 Where'd everybody go? Come on, I've got work to avoid...

Posted by: joncelli at February 18, 2010 10:36 AM (RD7QR)

Eh...I actually have work to do and the boss is lurking!!!

Damn, I always miss the juicy threads after Ace wakes up.

 

72 Your government at work on weatherization of homes:

There were some other things to figure out. It seems the law also requires some kind of National Trust for Historic Preservation review for most homes before any contracts could be estimated to be negotiated to be signed to be let to be begun. And states like Michigan have two people assigned to such tasks.

You can't make this sh*t up. 

I used to think the guys at the Onion were genius.  Now I know where they get their ideas.

73 I am not going to wear a Leisure Suit.

I'm willing to grow my jesus hair back, more than a bit grayer though.

74 Unexpected can happen twice...

75 I've got the popcorn. Kratos is bringing the beer.

Posted by: Joanna at February 18, 2010 09:19 AM (HaYO4)

I'm bringing the whiskey

76
Big-ass train derailment about 60mi south of Houston.  Always makes me wonder if a lone jihadi spiked the tracks; dozens of trains a week on this track for years and nothing happens.  Big petro-chemical shipments.

77 70 Why does Michele Malkin feel the need to go "Attack Dog" on the Mt. Vernon statement?

Read it and you'll see why.

78 Why does Michele Malkin feel the need to go "Attack Dog" on the Mt. Vernon statement?

Is she on the rag this week, or sumpin?

She seriously hates (and rightly so, IMO) Grover Nordquist.

79 If I lived in this school district, I would be LIVID:

http://americasright.com/?p=3159

80

That's awesome news about Mangum. I'd dip my balls in it if I weren't so worried about VD.

Here's hoping Nifong is next.

81

I love this...

Some members of the Scottish Parliament have called on Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill to better explain why a second medical opinion was not sought before deciding to release the terrorist. MacAskill has responded saying the medical report stating Megrahi was dying of terminal cancer is accurate.

>snip<

But nearly six months later, al-Megrahi is still calling in about twice a month from Libya to authorities in Scotland as part of the terms of his release.

Seems this chap MacAskill has a future in Climatology.

82 Why does Michele Malkin feel the need to go "Attack Dog" on the Mt. Vernon statement?

Also, it's not very good.  Tere's way too much room for interpretation on in it.

83 78 & 79

I don't like Grover very much, either.  But he's only one of a pretty big group of people who drafted a pretty good statement of conservative principles.

She's being unreasonably obtuse.

84

taylork, look up "Grover Norquist's Strange Alliance with Radical Islam" in the New Republic, by Franklin Foer, 2001.

The PC nonsense which brought 9/11 on our heads was bipartisan. Bush had run to Gore's left on the issue in 2000.

85

Admittedly that only shows why conservatives like Malkin bear a general grudge against him. Norquist's specific ideas on small government aren't at issue here.

86 f I lived in this school district, I would be LIVID:

http://americasright.com/?p=3159

From one of the commenters on the site:

what really happened was the kid sent out dirty pics of himself, and now theyÂ’re trying to build a case they can use to defend him against pornography distribution charges

87 I didn't kill the damned thread, jackasses.  Had to force myself to do some laundry. 

88 i read her statement...i think she makes a valid point....

89 The PC nonsense which brought 9/11 on our heads was bipartisan. Bush had run to Gore's left on the issue in 2000.

But Bush changed his opinion when it was clear it needed changing. Besides, the guy's name is Grover and I consider it to be an affront to a beloved Sesame Street character--(because no one cares about Grover Cleveland anymore).

90 "43
Was anyone even able to watch Lindsey Vonn win a gold yesterday?  3 golds, 6 overall in one day and I didn't see a second of it.  THANKS, nbc- you guys rawk.

Posted by: Dang Straights at February 18, 2010 10:06 AM (fx8sm)"

Last night in the middle of it all  they started talking about a gold medal that we won that day.  Everyone looked at one another and said "did we see that?"...nope they just ruined it by telling us about the medal and then never showing the event.  It was, to say the least, bizarro.

91 I'm bored to death.  I'd welcome more crazy news about Dr. Amy.  Bring teh crazy!

92 But I WANT this bumpersticker: "Earth First: We'll mine the other planets later" So I was watching something on the Global Climate Hysteria channel... uh, I mean NatGeo... about the outer planets, and there was a "scienceytist" touching upon exploration of Saturnian moons. He made a comment about avoiding "contamination" of any moon by preventing a Cassini crash into one upon end of mission. He followed this up with, I kid you not, another comment about setting these places up as preserves, so we don't exploit them. He actually said something like "should we really go mine these places for materials?" The cluelessness of leftard scientists boggles the mind. Just stop and think for a brief second. Can you imagine the energy expenditure necessary, not to mention the titanic expense, to bring back a single kilogram of material from, say, Titan... and the purpose would be MINING? You can't satirize this sort of thinking. I would like to ask this bozo exactly who in his elevated circle of scienceytists thinks mining the satellites of outer planets for raw fucking materials is even microscopically relevant or likely in any imaginable scenario. Especially when they all think we'll be parboiled under rising sea levels next week on account of "climate change" otherwise known as global warming hysteria. I'm starting to think "hard science" is seriously rotting as an intellectual edifice, as well as pseudosciences like "social science."

93 watching cpac and i'm bored already

94 It was only then that Blake Robbins’ father, Michael, verified from Assistant Principal Lindy Matsko that the school district did in fact have the capability of remotely activating the cameras embedded in the district-issued laptop computer wherever the computer may be situated and regardless of whether the student is using it, and that the school district could at any time choose “to view and capture whatever images were in front of the webcam, all without the knowledge, permission or authorization of any persons then and there using the laptop computer.”

I also wouldn't trust the  Assistant principals technical knowledge about this. Led alone that they have someone on staff with the ability to do it.

95 ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA.  ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE.

96 My cat attacks me when I laugh.That makes me laugh harder and the attacks intensify.Ace and the morons are resposible for many scratches.

97 Jean, agreed. I'd love to see one of the White House press "corpse" ask Gibbsy about Obama's donation of his Nobel Prize monies, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

98 Volunteered a day at Whistler - ski events. Vancouver's volunteer committee sucks the big one. Their green electric equipment is failing. They haven't got a clue. Catorina Lemay Doan ( the torch lighting fail) was absolutely fantastic to the volunteers from Calgary. What a sweetheart! Vancouver does not have the volunteering spirit like Calgary has. This is a huge socialist city and it shows. We have the Calgary Stampede(google it) which provides us with numerous experienced volunteers annually. Hey at least i got an olympic ski jacket out of it!

99 I'm starting to think "hard science" is seriously rotting as an intellectual edifice, as well as pseudosciences like "social science."

I agree. Climate science and the global warming hysteria has dealt a gigantic blow to the credibility of science as a whole.

100

Posted by: steevy at February 18, 2010 11:09 AM (usWl3)

Lead poisoning is a sure cure for attack cats!

101

Posted by: George Orwell at February 18, 2010 11:05 AM (AZGON)

That is probably why we will never land on Mars. All the "human contamination" and such. Hell, I've seen that coming for years.

102 I say every time "unexpectedly" is claimed, this admin has to fire somebody.

This shit is too serious to be go around saying "My bad yo"

 

103 I don't like Grover Nordquist either. That cockholster is an islamist. He can take the express elevator to muslim hell. I consider him a mole in the conservative movement and they should purge the bastard right out of the movement. His kind we do not need.

104 100 I'm starting to think "hard science" is seriously rotting as an intellectual edifice, as well as pseudosciences like "social science."

I agree. Climate science and the global warming hysteria has dealt a gigantic blow to the credibility of science as a whole.
  What is this science?  I've never heard of it.  It's probably a subject best left to the cable shows.

105 Good lord.  Politico has the most unflattering series of photos of Jonathan Krohn, the 14 year old conservative kid who's speaking at CPAC.  Have to admit, the kid looks like he needs to go outside and ride a bike or take up a sport. 

106 98 Jean, agreed. I'd love to see one of the White House press "corpse" ask Gibbsy about Obama's donation of his Nobel Prize monies, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

Posted by: Sean Foushee at February 18, 2010 11:10 AM (HNJBy)

I keep seeing this question popping up...I heard he donated it to Haiti Relief, just sayin. 

107 99 Volunteered a day at Whistler - ski events. Vancouver's volunteer committee sucks the big one. Their green electric equipment is failing. They haven't got a clue. Catorina Lemay Doan ( the torch lighting fail) was absolutely fantastic to the volunteers from Calgary. What a sweetheart! Vancouver does not have the volunteering spirit like Calgary has. This is a huge socialist city and it shows. We have the Calgary Stampede(google it) which provides us with numerous experienced volunteers annually. Hey at least i got an olympic ski jacket out of it!     That's very cool.  Did you get to see Lindsay Vonn and Julia Mancuso?  Boy the women's downhill was incredible.  I couldn't believe how icy the course was.  So many people fell.

108 So, what do we have to expect from the next ice age?

109

I'm starting to think "hard science" is seriously rotting as an intellectual edifice, as well as pseudosciences like "social science."

I agree. Climate science and the global warming hysteria has dealt a gigantic blow to the credibility of science as a whole.
  What is this science?  I've never heard of it.  It's probably a subject best left to the cable shows.

Next thing you know, Obama will be calling for virgin sacrifices to appease the gods.

110

I keep seeing this question popping up...I heard he donated it to Haiti Relief, just sayin. 

 

Where did you see that?  I thought he and Michelle donated from their personal stash.  The last I heard, the Nobel Committee said he hadn't picked up the check yet.  (I'm thinking he's waiting til he's going to leave office so that he doesn't have to be under any scrutiny about donating it.  Or he's going to start a "non-profit" organization (like Bill Clinton) and "donate" the award to his "foundation."  He's probably trying to figure out a way to not pay taxes on the thing.

111 Did anyone else see this Friedman article where he recommends global warming be called "global weirding" (note, link is to NYT piece)?

This was one of my first suspicions that man made climate change was a sham: wherein every odd weather event is evidence that humans are fucking shit up, as determined by people who have no knowledge in climate science.

112

So, what do we have to expect from the next ice age?

Bad. Very bad...

113 who's this Joshua Manuel? young conservative, awesome

114 106 Good lord.  Politico has the most unflattering series of photos of Jonathan Krohn, the 14 year old conservative kid who's speaking at CPAC.  Have to admit, the kid looks like he needs to go outside and ride a bike or take up a sport. 

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 18, 2010 11:16 AM (UOM4

Politico: pimping for the Dims as always.

115 Next thing you know, Obama will be calling for virgin sacrifices to appease the gods.

I was just thinking that.

116 Was anyone even able to watch Lindsey Vonn win a gold yesterday?  3 golds, 6 overall in one day and I didn't see a second of it.  THANKS, nbc- you guys rawk.

I don't know if you're able to access it in the States, but CTV's Olympics website is really good. You can watch live stuff, and replay full events. Smooth, fast, no buffering.

117 Fox News: Single engine plane crashes into FBI building in Austin, Texas.

118

109 So, what do we have to expect from the next ice age?

The balls shall separate from the brass monkey.

And, oh yeah, a shitload of Yankees gonna learn burrowing techniques...

All kidding aside, only a major eruption of Yellowstone could compare. It will be the end for millions and millions.

119

"More than 75,000 computer systems at nearly 2,500 companies in the United States and around the world have been hacked in what appears to be one of the largest and most sophisticated attacks by cyber criminals discovered to date, according to a northern Virginia security firm.

The attack, which began in late 2008 and was discovered last month, targeted proprietary corporate data, e-mails, credit-card transaction data and login credentials at companies in the health and technology industries in 196 countries, according to Herndon-based NetWitness."

Sheesh, I thought it was a blurb about the "cyber attack scenario" thing they are planning to do as like a test but no, it's real apparently.

120 this guy up on CPAC is hillarious

121
Single engine plane crashes into FBI building in Austin, Texas.

Same day as a  train derailment in Santa Fe on the coast.  Hmmmmm.

122 www.uncoverage.net  live CPAC

123 haha dick "barney faggot" army is going to speak!

124 pg 125, poor guy, one slip of the tongue and he's got it (figuratively) tattooed on his neck ever after. What's really ironic is that he's a libertarian at heart, with no interest in slamming gays.

125 87

If they hadn't invade privacy, they wouldn't know.  Since when is it okay to reprimand a student for something they did at home.

If my daughter had the computer on in her bedroom and was photographed while dressing, there's no way to spin that as OK.

126

Did you get to see Lindsay Vonn and Julia Mancuso?  Boy the women's downhill was incredible.  I couldn't believe how icy the course was.  So many people fell.

I am amazed that none of the three women who crashed were seriously injured, especially the one from Sweden who I was sure must have broken some limb. Although the lady from Italy just looked pissed off rather than hurt--I am sure the Italian cuss words were pouring forth but there was no audio of them.

127 Live coverage / video of Dallas FBI bldg here:

http://bit.ly/bY79LU

128 If my daughter had the computer on in her bedroom and was photographed while dressing, there's no way to spin that as OK.

Of course, that's not okay. My points are that 1) It doesn't look like the school district actually invaded his privacy. Naughty pictures have a way of getting around, 2) there's no guarantee that the assistant principal knows jack about what the district is capable of doing technically (I say this as someone working in a neighboring district were 99% of the staff can barely run an excel sheet, and 3) it's unlikely they even have a staff member who sits around all day and looks at web cams. The people who probably have access to this stuff most assuredly don't know how to use it.

So yes, it's a concern but my guess is that something like that is not likely to happen.

129 taylork - point taken. 

130 I thought he and Michelle donated from their personal stash.

$15k.

For comparison, he got a $500k advance for "Dreams from my Father" being reconfigured/abridged into a book appropriate for children (I'm guessing they'll purge the cocaine references). 

131

curious at February 18, 2010 11:25 AM

Well that explains how somebody got my C.C. number.

132
Local radio is reporting that the pilot of the plane that hit the IRS offices in Austin set his own house on fire this morning.   Looking for a link.

133 A wealthy suburban Philadelphia school district spied on its students with webcams in school-issued laptops, a lawsuit filed by one studentÂ’s parents charges.

Students only found out about the snooping when a principal told a student they had a picture of him doing something wrong in his home, the suit says.

“The school district has the ability to intercept images from that webcam of anyone or anything appearing in front of the camera at the time of activation,” the lawsuit against the Lower Merion School District claims.

134 @136

See my previous posts.  I wouldn't count on the assistant principal as the technical expert on what the district can or can't do with this stuff.

My guess is they can "intercept" images that occur while the student is using the webcam during a school related cam session and nothing more.

135 thought I had heard his name before

http://tinyurl.com/yzs3ytl

136 Since when is it okay to reprimand a student for something they did at home.

When the student is using a computer provided by the district and engaging in activity that was likely prohibited by the agreement he signed prior to be issued the laptop.

That's when.

137

138 138

If that is the case, I can see your point. 

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