President Obama is taking a page from his Indonesian counterpart’s book of executive imagery:
Enraged by protesters likening him to a “big and stupid” water buffalo, Indonesia’s president has ordered the beasts and other animals banned at street rallies, a decision some Indonesians said shows their leader can’t handle criticism. AP
There is a lot of unnecessary bile about Google getting security help from the National Security Agency. Well, unnecessary unless you believe in vampires, staged moon landings, “Bill Gates will give you a million bucks if you forward this email” or that nuclear fusion is highly sensitive to temperature, and massive stars have higher temperature cores so that they can support the greater mass of the star, all leading to the high luminosity.
Feh! SOME people. read more…
In the wake of two recent posts here on the subject of cyber security (“Beck’s Lie” and “Continued Negligence“) comes this news report – from which I borrowed this title.
I’ve been wondering why SO MANY people read this blog. There isn’t much in the way of news. Mostly what shows up here is my opinion and, though it IS the superior opinion available, why does anyone care?
There are no posts with naked or even semi-naked women. There is no comedy nor do readers get to play any nifty on-line flash games.
So…?
To find out WHY – I’ve decided to do a scientifically precise poll. Please, take a moment to help me solve this mysterious mystery.
