Jalopnik: "Among all the shiny concept cars at the New York Auto Show, there's also three bikes. Confederate's Wraith, Fighter and Hellcat are scary pieces of Terminator-inspired robotic art."
Canada's Privacy Commissioner has set up an informative website that describes the nature of DPI. The best parts are the descriptions by various tech gurus of the insidious possibilities related to government (or government-regulated and sponsored telcos) run amok on the Internet.

Civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton and ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis jumped into the fray Tuesday, threatening to bring their vast national networks to march in the streets of Phoenix if Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who is currently under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), does not resign immediately.In a national press event held via teleconference, civil rights leaders railed about Arpaio's immigration enforcement tactics, charging that the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) engages in racial profiling, police brutality, and human rights violations. Speakers included Sharpton, Lewis, NAACP leaders, and other well-known civil rights activists.
Sharpton and Lewis vowed to come to Arizona personally if Arpaio does not resign immediately. Arpaio called a press conference in response and told local media that a small group of vocal opponents is trying to intimidate him by publicly calling him and his officers racists.
Arpaio seemed not to know Al Sharpton, saying, "What is his name? Sharpton? He wants me to resign? Have I got news for him. He can stick that in his pipe and smoke it."
Arpaio went on to say that Sharpton is "living in a fantasyland," adding, "I will never resign."
1991: A Hasidic Jewish driver in Brooklyn's Crown Heights section accidentally kills Gavin Cato, a 7-year-old black child, and antisemitic riots erupt. Sharpton races to pour gasoline on the fire. At Gavin's funeral he rails against the "diamond merchants" -- code for Jews -- with "the blood of innocent babies" on their hands. He mobilizes hundreds of demonstrators to march through the Jewish neighborhood, chanting, "No justice, no peace." A rabbinical student, Yankel Rosenbaum, is surrounded by a mob shouting "Kill the Jews!" and stabbed to death.1995: When the United House of Prayer, a large black landlord in Harlem, raises the rent on Freddy's Fashion Mart, Freddy's white Jewish owner is forced to raise the rent on his subtenant, a black-owned music store. A landlord-tenant dispute ensues; Sharpton uses it to incite racial hatred. "We will not stand by," he warns malignantly, "and allow them to move this brother so that some white interloper can expand his business." Sharpton's National Action Network sets up picket lines; customers going into Freddy's are spat on and cursed as "traitors" and "Uncle Toms." Some protesters shout, "Burn down the Jew store!" and simulate striking a match. "We're going to see that this cracker suffers," says Sharpton's colleague Morris Powell. On Dec. 8, one of the protesters bursts into Freddy's, shoots four employees point-blank, then sets the store on fire. Seven employees die in the inferno.
If Sharpton were a white skinhead, he would be a political leper, spurned everywhere but the fringe. But far from being spurned, he is shown much deference. Democrats embrace him. Politicians court him. And journalists report on his comings and goings while politely sidestepping his career as a hatemongering racial hustler.
A one-room school offers valuable lessons: BMW
While still in concept form, the iQ could be "sold here soon." It features 3+1 seating and an asymmetrical dash to reduce the space needed for HVAC.The president's new science adviser said Wednesday that global warming is so dire, the Obama administration is discussing radical technologies to cool Earth's air.
(Is it so dire that we can call it "global warming" again -- or is it "climate change"?)
John Holdren told The Associated Press in his first interview since being confirmed last month that the idea of geoengineering the climate is being discussed.
One such extreme option includes shooting pollution particles into the upper atmosphere to reflect the sun's rays. Holdren said such an experimental measure would only be used as a last resort.
(This has all the makings of a bad James Bond movie... only Barack Obama is playing Ernst Stavro Blofeld.)
"It's got to be looked at," he said. "We don't have the luxury of taking any approach off the table."Holdren outlined several "tipping points" involving global warming that could be fast approaching.
Once such milestones are reached, such as complete loss of summer sea ice in the Arctic, it increases chances of "really intolerable consequences," he said.
Twice in a half-hour interview, Holdren compared global warming to being "in a car with bad brakes driving toward a cliff in the fog."
(Or being trapped in car with Barney Frank and Chris Dodd during a cross-country trip.)
At first, Holdren characterized the potential need to technologically tinker with the climate as just his personal view. However, he went on to say he has raised it in administration discussions.
...But Holdren noted that shooting particles into the air — making an artificial volcano as one Nobel laureate has suggested — could have grave side effects and would not completely solve all the problems from soaring greenhouse gas emissions.
...Another geoengineering option he mentioned was the use of so-called artificial trees to suck carbon dioxide — the chief human-caused greenhouse gas — out of the air and store it.
(Artificial volcanoes and millions of artificial trees sucking CO2 out of the atmosphere... gee, I can't think of anything that could go wrong with that.)
At first that seemed prohibitively expensive, but a re-examination of the approach shows it might be less costly, he said.
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So, what brilliant scheme are we pitching today, Brain?
Other than the same thing we do every day (taking over the world), here is what I propose, Pinky: to combat the human-created pollutants in the atmosphere that have been changing our climate, we intend to pump human-created pollutants into the atmosphere in order to change our climate.
There are more. I just stopped listing them because I grew weary -- so weary -- of the physical labor associated with cutting and pasting.
During his presidential campaign, then-Senator Obama spoke to a conference of Family USA activists and promised, "I am absolutely determined that by the end of the first term of the next president, we should have universal health care in this country."
Further, 45% of the uninsured will have insurance within the next four months according to the Congressional Budget Office. Many are transitioning between jobs and purchase health insurance through their employers....I was struck by the promotion of this material by Families USA. When I was involved with [group] a few years ago, we checked out Families USA and found that they had almost no individual contributors to their non-profit organization. We obtained their 990 from IRS and found that we were totally funded by Big Labor and served as a "front group" in every sense of the term...
...Unlike the Heritage Foundation [for example], that proudly talks about grass roots financial support from 300,000 Americans, Families has no such support. All they get is a fat check from Big Labor.
Isn't it odd that the moment a hardcore liberal group sends out a study to the media, 200 headlines blossom?
I'm not sure that happens when Heritage or the AEI sends out a study.
I sorta think it doesn't.
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The hijacking is the first to involve a United States-flagged ship and American crew members. TigerHawk has several questions.Why has this not happened before? Why were these pirates not deterred by the prospects of a response from the United States Navy (the very first mission of which was to stop piracy from Africa)? What will our president do about it?This is a far more important moment for Barack Obama than the news media, judging by the lack of coverage on cable news this morning, believes it to be.
Weakness begets conflict. And, unfortunately, this is just the first chapter.
Left ready to sabotage and smear Tea Parties: MalkinPennsylvania ACORN is a chapter of ACORN, the largest low-to-moderate income membership organization in the country. We believe that Pennsylvania should belong to all the people – not just the wealthy and well-connected. We are an independent, multi-racial, progressive organization working through elections and legislative campaigns to advance issues important to poor, working and middle-class people. Current issues include: health care access, foreclosure and predatory lending, and education reform.
PA ACORN is hiring an organizer to recruit & mobilize low and moderate income people to win on a variety of issue based legislative campaigns, including passing health care reform, stopping foreclosures, and increasing resources for local schools. The organizer will also be responsible for working with grassroot leaders to identify local issues for local campaigns.
The organizer would work out of the Pennsylvania ACORN office in Philadelphia with daily travel to specific communities in targeted legislative districts, including Norristown, Upper Darby, & Chester City.
Applicants must be able to demonstrate a commitment to social justice issues, strong work ethic, a commitment to indigenous grassroot leadership, and the ability to work both independently & as part of a team. Previous organizing experience, Spanish, and knowledge of voter databases is also helpful but not required. Starting salary is commensurate with experience and organizer must have valid drivers license and reliable vehicle.
If interested, please send resume and cover letter to Ali Kronley at paacorn@acorn.org, with "Southeastern PA Organizer" in the subject.
Additional Qualifications:
Desired Qualifications:
* A demonstrated commitment to economic and social justice
* Minimum 1 year field organizing/canvassing experience; union, community, or political organizing experience is important.
* Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to meet goals and deadlines while working independently
* Strong work ethic, ability to multi-task, and commitment to local organizing
* Must have own reliable transportation and valid drivers license.
* Knowledge of voter files and databases preferred.
*Although deadline listed below is May 1st, we are looking to fill the position quickly so appreciate receiving applications soon.
Full-name:
Please enter your real name, you will have an opportunity to make up names later
Do you have access to a car or other vehicle?
Yes
No
Don't know/don't remember
If No, do you know how to hot-wire an ignition?
Yes
No
If Yes, how many homeless vagrants or illegal aliens can you transport?
0-1 Coupe
2-4 Sedan
5-7 Minivan
9-11 Conversion van
12-99 Schoolbus
100-199 Semi with empty trailer
Do you know any dead people?
No
Yes
If you had to make up names for some reason, which do you prefer to use?
Dead people
Disney characters
Members of the Dallas Cowboys/NFL team
Cast of Beverly Hills 90210
Cast of Star Trek
Superheroes like "Batman" or "Underdog"
Other cartoon characters like "Tin Tin" or "Jonny Quest"
Names of cheap beers, malt liquors and wines
Series of random letters like "Aasdfasdf Aasdfasfs"
Please check any relevant experience (check all that apply):
Intimidating bank employees
Slashing tires
Arson
Breaking and Entering
Armed Robbery
Pickpocketing
Mail fraud
Wire fraud
Real estate flipping, mortgage fraud
Rating subprime debt tranches "AAA"
How would you prefer to be paid?
Cash
Check
Cigs
Cigs (menthol)
Cheap beers
Cheap malt liquors
Cheap wine (specify red, white or gray)
Crack cocaine
Cans of mackerel
When can you start work?
Now
Tomorrow after 3pm
If tomorrow, do you need written directions to remember how to return here?
Yes
Maybe
Okay... I might get over the outlet in the shower. But I will not accept the toilet paper holder in the shower.
When the power company told its crew to run electricity to this house, I'm pretty sure they didn't mean to just stick all the wires through a hole in the roof!
Pretty safe, isn't it? Notice that the hot lead is at least a quarter inch from a metal oil pipe and it is almost 48 inches off the ground so the children won't touch it...
Yes, go right ahead and connect the dryer vent to the water heater flue.
What the... ?
The county inspector had just signed off on it. Said it was "all he could do since it was a remodel."
If you can't bend metal conduit, just use a few extra junction boxes!
When you do not have an outlet box, use a Nike box. Just do it!
You know you're a redneck HVAC tech when you use a chew can for a junction box.
Main load, acetone, grits, and tool storage panel.
"Screw that I-beam! That's the framer's problem."
Instead of flashing the penetrations, MacGyver installed buckets with pipes under the drips.
The listing read: "...shower and ceiling fan in master bath...." Eh, where does the wire go and how much glue did he use to stick that thing there?
The ad listed the house with a "whole house attic fan". Professionally installed no doubt.
"If you can vent one bathroom exhaust then three should work just as well!"
"Why should I pay an electrician to do it?"
"Yeah, it said to use 4 1/2" bolts. But these nails out of my nail gun ought to do."
"Flashing!? We don't need no stinking flashing!"
"Look: I had 18" of pipe and this bag of couplers."
I think this goes to a ceiling fan mounted on the ceiling of a bathroom on the other side of this wall. Maybe.
Supply air, meet return air.