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“Security” is Killing The US Tech Economy and More

By Uncle Dave Wednesday July 30, 2014

Funny how with Israel/Gaza, Ukraine/Russia, The Bachelor finale, and so on, the main stream media seems to have forgotten about all this.

The National Security Agency spying scandal will cost the US technology and telecommunications industries billions of dollars in coming years if potential clients—including corporations and governments—take their business elsewhere following revelations of rampant US surveillance, according to a new study.

The financial cost to trading en eToro for US corporate giants like IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, AT&T and Verizon is just the tip of the iceberg.
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“Too often, we have discussed the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs through the distorting lens of a simplistic ‘security versus privacy’ narrative,” Danielle Kehl, a policy analyst at OTI and the primary author of the report, said in a statement. “But if you look closer, the more accurate story is that in the name of security, we’re trading away not only privacy, but also the US tech economy, internet openness, America’s foreign policy interests, and cybersecurity.”

Movie theatre encourages its patrons to leave their mobile phones on

By McCullough Saturday July 26, 2014

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Mary Poppins Wants To Get A Living Wage

By Uncle Dave Thursday July 24, 2014

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$10/hr seems fine for a small town in North Dakota, but she’s in London where I’m thinking she’d need a tad more. What’s reasonable where you live?

Really good explanation of how gravity works

By Marc Perkel Thursday July 24, 2014

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I’m getting a solar system from Solar City

By Marc Perkel Thursday July 24, 2014

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This is going to be interesting, and I’m going to post updates on the progress. Just ordered a new solar system for my house from Solar City. And it’s not going to cost me anything out of pocket. They come out and put it in and then they become my electricity provider. I still get a small PG&E bill for the meter and gas I use, but the rest is billed from Solar City.

Yes – technically I could have saved even more if I built my own or bought one outright. And probably could have done that. But Solar City is one of Elon Musk’s companies (as in Tesla motors and SpaceX) and I like what he’s doing to improve the world so I decided not just to do what’s easy but I feel good about giving them my business.

School Voucher Systems: Doomed to Fail?

By Uncle Dave Tuesday July 22, 2014

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Why is it so many for-profit programs that replace government run ones slide into nightmare such as for-profit prisons where more people get convicted for lessor things to fill the cells?

Advocates for choice-based solutions should take a look at what’s happened to schools in Sweden, where parents and educators would be thrilled to trade their country’s steep drop in PISA scores over the past 10 years for America’s middling but consistent results. What’s caused the recent crisis in Swedish education? Researchers and policy analysts are increasingly pointing the finger at many of the choice-oriented reforms that are being championed as the way forward for American schools. While this doesn’t necessarily mean that adding more accountability and discipline to American schools would be a bad thing, it does hint at the many headaches that can come from trying to do so by aggressively introducing marketlike competition to education.

This Is Insane! – Don’t Piss Off A Truck Driver

By Uncle Dave Monday July 21, 2014

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Click pic to see what happens.

Here’s the story behind what’s happening. And yeah, it’s four years old. New to me.

Anybody else old enough here to remember seeing Steven Spielburg’s first film on TV that made him famous: Duel?

What Should the US Do About The Ukraine Airliner Shootdown? What Should Putin Do?

By Uncle Dave Friday July 18, 2014

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The immediate hours after the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 brought far more questions than answers.

But one thing was clear: The deaths of nearly 300 people will put new pressure on the White House and European leaders to address the conflict in Ukraine and confront Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a cease-fire Friday in eastern Ukraine and urged the two sides to hold peace talks as soon as possible. A day earlier, Putin had blamed Ukraine for the crash, saying the government in Kiev was responsible for the unrest in its Russian-speaking eastern regions. But he did not accuse Ukraine of shooting the plane down and did not address the key question of whether Russia gave the rebels such a powerful missile.

As a possible turning point in the confrontation between Russia and the West over Moscow’s ongoing campaign to destabilize Ukraine, it could also spell serious trouble for Vladimir Putin.

Which side really did shoot down the plane? Could the plane have been shot down on purpose by ____ to force ____ to do something about the Ukraine conflict? Or just an accident of war? Or something else? What’s your theory on it all?

Security Theater’s New Toy – Used At World Cup

By Uncle Dave Friday July 18, 2014

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The whole process is simple. You hold your ticket up to the machine, and it assigns you a pod, in which you place your bag in. Each pod is about the size of a big microwave, so will fit most bags, but maybe not the biggest carry-ons you can take on a plane (though Qylur presumably could tweak the size). Close the door and walk around to the other side. In the time it takes you to get over there, the machine scans the bag for a range of threats. Qylur isn’t keen on explaining how the technology works, but we know it has radiation and chemical sensors to pick out explosives. With a multi-view X-ray, it runs the images it sees through a detection engine that uses machine learning to pick out prohibited items like guns and knives. If it sees a threat, it silently alerts a security officer, and the back door of the pod turns purple. If not, the door turns green, and you unlock it with your ticket. Take your bag and go.

Finally, an Honest Politician

By McCullough Thursday July 17, 2014

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Blue States Needed to House Undocumented Aliens – Volunteer Your State Here

By McCullough Thursday July 17, 2014

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You may not see your state on this map, but if Obama gets his way, illegals will be dumped everywhere. Expect Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and Idaho to be the next batch of states that Obama tries to dump illegals in. It’s funny though how you don’t hear anything in the media about the states that rejected the illegals so far. All you get is the Murrieta people blocking the buses and being called racist by the corrupt state run Obama mania media. Funny that even in Maryland, their two extremist left wing senators denied Obama’s request to dump illegals at a vacant Social Security Administration Building in downtown Baltimore.

“We need a ‘constant, unrelenting stream’ of immigrants, “Not dribbling,” Biden explained. “Significant flows.” – Joe Biden

“The Border is secure!” – Harry Reid

“I wish I could take all those children home with me,” – Nancy Pelosi

So That’s How They Did That — ‘Scanners’ Exploding Head

By Uncle Dave Saturday July 12, 2014

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Man Catches Two Elderly “Ladies” Stealing his Beach Gear

By McCullough Thursday July 10, 2014

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Baker Faces Legal Action for Refusing Bert and Ernie Cake

By McCullough Thursday July 10, 2014

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A Northern Ireland bakery run by devout Christians could face legal action after it refused to make a gay-themed cake depicting the Sesame Street couple Bert and Ernie.

Ashers Baking Company published a statement on its website defending its decision to refuse to bake the cake as the slogan above the puppets was in support of gay marriage. Northern Ireland’s first openly gay mayor, Andrew Muir, has backed legal action against the bakery, saying businesses should not be able to pick and choose who they serve.

In its statement, the firm’s general manager, Daniel McArthur, said: “The directors and myself looked at it and considered it and thought that this order was at odds with our beliefs. It certainly was at odds with what the Bible teaches, and on the following Monday we rang the customer to let him know that we couldn’t take his order.”

McArthur said the company had offered to fully refund the customer, who wanted to have the logo of the pressure group QueerSpace on the cake.

Continuing the lefts agenda to shut down any business that disagrees with them. I’m not sure which is worse, the fundamental Christians or the radical Left when it comes to shoving their ideals down your throat. Either way, it’s extremely annoying to me.

Pic of the Day – Broncos Fanatic Greets the Prez

By McCullough Wednesday July 9, 2014

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Colorado’s 3 top Democrats to miss Obama event at Cheesman Park

WASHINGTON — The biggest name in the Democratic Party plans to speak Wednesday at Denver’s Cheesman Park, but President Barack Obama won’t be sharing the stage with three Colorado Democrats now in the fight of their political careers.

Missing from the morning event — which is closed to the public but open to the media — will be U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, Gov. John Hickenlooper and Andrew Romanoff, the former state House speaker now running for a seat in Congress.