So, today it made the news that our graceful and suave president gifted the Queen of England a new iPod. At first, I thought this was an April fools joke; but, no. This latest guffaw occurs not long after Obama gifted the prime minister a collection of DVDs. Add all this to [...]
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US authorities know Storm Worm suspects
According to a blog post by Brian Krebs on the Washington Post site US authorities know who the people are involved with the Storm Worm. However people in power in St. Petersburg are protecting these suspects. According to Dmitri Alperovitch, director of intelligence analysis Secure Computing:
… government of Russian President Vladimir Putin and [...]
Lakota Indians withdrawl from treaties [Update: 12/26/2007]
WASHINGTON (AFP) — The Lakota Indians, who gave the world legendary warriors Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, have withdrawn from treaties with the United States, leaders said Wednesday.
That was the headline this week as the Lakota Indian tribe officially withdrew from treaties with the US. There were a couple of interesting things I found [...]
Columbia to Hugo Chavez: You’re fired!
So I found this article over on the American Thinker blog about how Hugo Chavez was fired from his role in mediating between Columbia’s leadership and narco-terrorists. In the article they quote an Investor’s Business Daily article:
In theory, a mediator should persuade two sides to each give up something to achieve a common end. The [...]
Spain’s hottest new ring tone: “Why don’t you shut up?” by the King
Apparently Spain’s hottest new ring tone rings with:
Por que no te callas?
Translated that is “Why don’t you shut up?”. This of course is from when the King of Spain asked Socialism’s rock star Hugo Chavez to shut up. They may have gotten it wrong after the Madrid bombings by pulling out of Iraq [...]
