Mark in Mexico has this one covered so I’ll leave the details to him. This crux of the story is this: a 3% tax was added to long distance phone calls to pay for the Spanish-American War – in 1898. Apparently, Congress just got around to killing it after overcharging by, oh, about $15 Billion. [...]
Ever since the story surfaced some weeks ago, I have been keeping an eye out for information about an incident in Haidtha, Iraq wherein US Marines may have killed noncombatant civilians, including women and children. It now appears that the investigation into the incident – no, the atrocity – may be nearing its conclusion. And [...]
(See the update at the bottom.) A story released yesterday is claiming that the popular Norton security products for PC’s has a “gaping security flaw” that could permit hackers to exploit millions of user systems worldwide: A gaping security flaw in the latest versions of Symantec’s anti-virus software suite could put millions of users at [...]
In the face of widespread disapproval from the public, the Senate has passed the abomination they called a “comprehensive” immigrations bill. Think you know what’s in it? Guess again. From Dana Rohrbacher at the Washington Times: This “shamnesty” bill spells out the level of contempt the Senate has for middle-class Americans. This “comprehensive” bill includes: [...]
A story released yesterday is claiming that the popular Norton security products for PC’s has a “gaping security flaw” that could permit hackers to exploit millions of user systems worldwide: A gaping security flaw in the latest versions of Symantec’s anti-virus software suite could put millions of users at risk of a debilitating worm attack, [...]
