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October 7th, 2011

We keep wiping it off, and it keeps coming back. We think it’s benign. But we just don’t know.

A virus that: A) knows about Predator and Reaper drone control systems; B) finds it’s way to drone control workstations; and C) keeps coming back? Yeah, I’m going to go ahead and say that this is not “benign” by any stretch. (Don’t forget these drones now often have bombs attached to them…)

An unnamed source familiar with a virus that’s infected America’s Predator and Reaper drones tells Wired it’s ”logging pilots’ every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones.” Sweet Jesus. (via newsweek)

Reblogged from Newsweek

October 7th, 2011

Dubstep played live. Tres cool. Deets and more over on Hackaday.

(Source: pinnpanelle.com)

October 7th, 2011

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adamisacson:

Nailed it.

True.

Reblogged from I have no time for this.

October 6th, 2011

SAPPY ALERT!

But I swear to jeebus, if you tell anyone about this I will gush with new-dad pride!

Disgusting, isn’t it?

(Source: samsara-photography.com)

October 6th, 2011

Said Workman: “I’m on a quest to seek and destroy unnecessary burdens on the freedom and liberties of people. This is an example of Big Brother government. All that it does is prevent some dwarfs from getting jobs they would be happy to get.

I wish this were a joke.

Lawmaker Wants to Legalize “Dwarf Tossing” (via tomelko)

Reblogged from sibilance

October 4th, 2011

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The concept that one can be too poor to continue living is deplorable. If only it weren’t also part of our reality.

wearethe99percent:

The health of my friend should not depend on my lack of money & the greed of corporations.

Reblogged from We Are the 99 Percent

October 4th, 2011

this is why I’m taking Occupy Wall Street — or, perhaps more specifically, the ‘We Are The 99 Percent’ movement — seriously. There are a lot of people who are getting an unusually raw deal right now. There is a small group of people who are getting an unusually good deal right now. That doesn’t sound to me like a stable equilibrium.

The organizers of Occupy Wall Street are fighting to upend the system. But what gives their movement the potential for power and potency is the masses who just want the system to work the way they were promised it would work. It’s not that 99 percent of Americans are really struggling. It’s not that 99 percent of Americans want a revolution. It’s that 99 percent of Americans sense that the fundamental bargain of our economy — work hard, play by the rules, get ahead — has been broken, and they want to see it restored.

Who are the 99 percent? - The Washington Post (via felixsalmon)

Reblogged from Man Bartlett

October 3rd, 2011

This guy’s movement is surreal.

September 29th, 2011

Ron Paul thinks the sick and uninsured should assume responsibility for themselves. This is exactly what he let his campaign chairman’s family do with a $400 thousand dollar debt in 2008, after he died of pneumonia, unable to receive treatment in time because he didn’t have insurance. After he raised over $19 million dollars for Ron Paul’s campaign. “Let him die,” indeed. This perhaps reaffirms the idea that right-wingers/ultra-conservatives will only take action to try and save a life until a baby is born. The Daily Kos goes into more detail, better than I can. And now I’m going to go be sick for a bit. I kinda figured a doctor would have taken the hippocratic oath more seriously, and in all parts of his or her life. Evidently the Tea Party prefers a hypocritical oath.

September 29th, 2011

So be Patriotic. Go out there and get rich. Get so obnoxiously rich that when that tax bill comes , your first thought will be to choke on how big a check you have to write. Your 2nd thought will be “what a great problem to have”, and your 3rd should be a recognition that in paying your taxes you are helping to support millions of Americans that are not as fortunate as you.

Mark Cuban (via urban-fervor)

Reblogged from Things I've Noticed