Tuesday, April 05, 2005

MSNBC - Sources: Probe to fault 9/11 evacuation

MSNBC - Sources: Probe to fault 9/11 evacuationHow do they find idiots like this?

Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude: al franken is dlc

Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude: al franken is dlc

Seventy-eight percent said the next pope should allow Catholics to use birth control, 63 percent said he should let priests marry and 59 percent said

Eschaton

MaxSpeak, You Listen!: THE GOSPEL OF
JOHN PAUL II

MaxSpeak, You Listen!: THE GOSPEL OF
JOHN PAUL II
: "Most inane comment so far was relayed by Glenn Reynolds (shocking, I know) -- 'Ordinary Poles 2, German intellectuals 0.' Intellectuals. The swine. It happens that the Pope was an intellectual -- a professor of philosophy -- and Reynolds is a professor. One of these days I need to cook up a post to explain how in modern jingoist discourse, 'intellectual' and 'cultural elite' refer to the Jews. But that has nothing to do with Karol Wojtyla."

AMERICAblog: Because a great nation deserves the truth

AMERICAblog: Because a great nation deserves the truth: "During sworn testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Lt. Gen. Sanchez flatly denied approving any such techniques in Iraq, and said that a news article reporting otherwise was false."

Yahoo! News - Jury Says New Orleans DA Guilty of Bias

Yahoo! News - Jury Says New Orleans DA Guilty of Bias

WagNews: Major Media Hyping Fake Story on Iraq Sunnis

WagNews: Major Media Hyping Fake Story on Iraq Sunnis

Disinformation :: William Greider: Pro-Death Politics

Disinformation :: William Greider: Pro-Death Politics

Crooks and Liars

Crooks and Liars
Is this how you help balance the budget at the White House by ripping off retailers in the towns you visit?

Big Brass Blog

Big Brass Blog Why I Hate Bill O’Reilly with a Fiery Passion that Burns Brighter than 10,000 Suns: Part 1,452,595

Steve Gilliard's News Blog : Dear Ms. Cox

Steve Gilliard's News Blog : Dear Ms. Cox
Look, no one begrudges you your right to write books, peddle gossip or make money, which given the way your boss treats you, is understandable. But when everyone in range signs a letter complaining about your incompetent public performances, repeated incompetent performances, you could do one of two basic things: one, be smart, two, shut up.

1115.org: West Coast Cap Peelers

1115.org: West Coast Cap Peelers
Watching the non-stop coverage of the last weeks of Terri Schiavo’s life unfold on cable news was a surreal exercise that seemed more bizarre in context than free of it.

Wing TV - Connect The Dots

Wing TV - Connect The Dots Open 9-11 Letter to George Noory
by Lisa Guliani

Monday, April 04, 2005

Daily Howler: The press is AWOL--and Lithwick is shocked. But the press has been AWOL for years

Daily Howler: The press is AWOL--and Lithwick is shocked. But the press has been AWOL for years

Random Scary Blog: Ambassador Training International

Ambassador Training International: "Ambassador Training International
It is our purpose to call and equip Christians to understand, honor and defend our moral design and obligations as grateful members of the kingdom of God. Our vision, therefore, is to provide teaching that is intended to exalt the virtues, wisdom and glories of the triune God."

Big Brass Blog

Big Brass Blog Homo-bigot South Carolina Senator gets a slap down

Ptech

From The Wilderness Publications: "Clarifications Regarding Ptech Software
3/21/2005
From The Wilderness Publications
Dear Samantha Atkins,
Thank you for the time you invested in critiquing our January 2005 stories about Ptech. We'd like to address the points you raised and make the necessary clarifications. Early in your letter, you write:
There is no such thing as a program that can 'read, operate, and modify the source code' of other programs to the extent of being able to penetrate federal systems
We did not claim that Ptech software was able to 'penetrate federal systems.' Ptech software was the federal system, and the penetration occurred in 1996 when Bill Clinton gave Ptech high military clearance. Thus Ptech (currently Go Agile) began to acquire contracts throughout the US government and across the US military and intelligence agencies.
At the same time, it should be noted that programs have existed for decades that do modify other programs at run time - these are not written in the traditional way. They are meta-model driven.
You go on to state:
First, the source code of most software running on all systems is not even present. Only the actual binary machine language is available. Nor is there only one type of machine language. There are several types. To disassemble machine code to even slightly more compact assembly code would not yield something that could be understood by humans or computers at the semantic level of what the section of code was actually for or attempting to accomplish. Without such semantic understanding meaningful use, subversion and control of the code by a program like the one alleged is utterly impossible.
According to computer scientist Indira Singh, our primary source and consultant for "

spiked-science | Article | Choking on the facts

spiked-science | Article | Choking on the facts: "The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) claimed to have tested the air, and told residents it was safe to breathe. "

C&EN: COVER STORY - CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF A DISASTER

C&EN: COVER STORY - CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF A DISASTER: "The dust 'was unlike any dust and smoke mixture I had ever seen before,' Lioy said. "

USATODAY.com - WTC firefighters sidelined by persistent cough

USATODAY.com - WTC firefighters sidelined by persistent coughAccording to information released Monday by the U.S. Geological Survey, the dust cloud was composed mainly of particles of glass fibers, gypsum, concrete, paper and other common building materials.