Monday, December 16, 2013
The Crow: City of Angels (PS1, Saturn, Windows 95)
Advertisement for The Crow: City of Angels by Acclaim for the Sony Playstation, Sega Saturn and Windows 95 from the March 1997 issue of GamePro.
China's Jade Rabbit Moon rover sends back first photos
China's Jade Rabbit Moon rover sends back first photos
The first robot rover to land on the Moon in nearly 40 years, China’s Jade Rabbit, has begun sending back photos, with shots of its lunar lander.
Jade Rabbit rolled down a ramp lowered by the lander and on to the volcanic plain known as Sinus Iridum at 04:35 Beijing time on Saturday (20:35 GMT).
It moved to a spot a few metres away, its historic short journey recorded by the lander.
On Sunday evening the two machines began photographing each other.
A Chinese flag is clearly visible on the Jade Rabbit as it stands deployed on the Moon’s surface.
Ma Xingrui, chief commander of China’s lunar programme, declared the mission a “complete success”.
The first robot rover to land on the Moon in nearly 40 years, China’s Jade Rabbit, has begun sending back photos, with shots of its lunar lander.
Jade Rabbit rolled down a ramp lowered by the lander and on to the volcanic plain known as Sinus Iridum at 04:35 Beijing time on Saturday (20:35 GMT).
It moved to a spot a few metres away, its historic short journey recorded by the lander.
On Sunday evening the two machines began photographing each other.
A Chinese flag is clearly visible on the Jade Rabbit as it stands deployed on the Moon’s surface.
Ma Xingrui, chief commander of China’s lunar programme, declared the mission a “complete success”.
Big Brother spying is reaching scary levels
Big Brother spying is reaching scary levels
On Monday, the world’s leading technology companies, including Google and Microsoft, published an open letter to President Obama and Congress demanding reform of U.S. privacy laws to restore the public’s “trust in the Internet.”
This comes after what seems like an endless series of revelations about government surveillance from the secret documents leaked by Edward Snowden.
Let’s start with the latest: American and British spies have gone into online fantasy games to snoop on players, and to see if any militants are communicating with each other dressed as elves or gnomes. Last week, the Washington Post reported that the National Security Agency is “collecting billions of records a day to track the location of mobile phone users around the world.” And we learned recently that the NSA hacked fiber-optic cables and infected 50,000 networks with malware.
Big Brother spying is happening at a scale we could never have imagined.
On Monday, the world’s leading technology companies, including Google and Microsoft, published an open letter to President Obama and Congress demanding reform of U.S. privacy laws to restore the public’s “trust in the Internet.”
This comes after what seems like an endless series of revelations about government surveillance from the secret documents leaked by Edward Snowden.
Let’s start with the latest: American and British spies have gone into online fantasy games to snoop on players, and to see if any militants are communicating with each other dressed as elves or gnomes. Last week, the Washington Post reported that the National Security Agency is “collecting billions of records a day to track the location of mobile phone users around the world.” And we learned recently that the NSA hacked fiber-optic cables and infected 50,000 networks with malware.
Big Brother spying is happening at a scale we could never have imagined.
Friday, December 13, 2013
Thursday, December 12, 2013
U.S. Government Nastygram Shuts Down One-Man Bitcoin Mint
U.S. Government Nastygram Shuts Down One-Man Bitcoin Mint
Mike Caldwell spent years turning digital currency into physical coins. That may sound like a paradox. But it’s true. He takes bitcoins — the world’s most popular digital currency — and then he mints them here in the physical world. If you added up all the bitcoins Caldwell has minted on behalf of his customers, they would be worth about $82 million.
Basically, these physical bitcoins are novelty items. But by moving the digital currency into the physical realm, he also prevents hackers from stealing the stuff via an online attack. Or at least he did. His run as the premiere bitcoin minter may be at an end. Caldwell has been put on notice by the feds.
Just before Thanksgiving, he says, he received a letter from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FINCEN, the arm of the Treasury Department that dictates how the nation’s anti-money-laundering and financial crime regulations are interpreted. According to FINCEN, Caldwell needs to rethink his business. “They considered my activity to be money transmitting,” Caldwell says. And if you want to transmit money, you must first jump through a lot of state and federal regulatory hoops Caldwell hasn’t jumped through.
Mike Caldwell spent years turning digital currency into physical coins. That may sound like a paradox. But it’s true. He takes bitcoins — the world’s most popular digital currency — and then he mints them here in the physical world. If you added up all the bitcoins Caldwell has minted on behalf of his customers, they would be worth about $82 million.
Basically, these physical bitcoins are novelty items. But by moving the digital currency into the physical realm, he also prevents hackers from stealing the stuff via an online attack. Or at least he did. His run as the premiere bitcoin minter may be at an end. Caldwell has been put on notice by the feds.
Just before Thanksgiving, he says, he received a letter from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FINCEN, the arm of the Treasury Department that dictates how the nation’s anti-money-laundering and financial crime regulations are interpreted. According to FINCEN, Caldwell needs to rethink his business. “They considered my activity to be money transmitting,” Caldwell says. And if you want to transmit money, you must first jump through a lot of state and federal regulatory hoops Caldwell hasn’t jumped through.
Obama’s Orwellian Image Control
Obama’s Orwellian Image Control
In response to these restrictions, 38 of the nation’s largest and most respected media organizations (including The New York Times) delivered a letter to the White House last month protesting photojournalists’ diminished access.
A deputy press secretary, Josh Earnest, responded by claiming that the White House had released more images of the president at work than any previous administration. It is serving the public perfectly well, he said, through a vibrant stream of behind-the-scenes photographs available on social media.
He missed the point entirely.
In response to these restrictions, 38 of the nation’s largest and most respected media organizations (including The New York Times) delivered a letter to the White House last month protesting photojournalists’ diminished access.
A deputy press secretary, Josh Earnest, responded by claiming that the White House had released more images of the president at work than any previous administration. It is serving the public perfectly well, he said, through a vibrant stream of behind-the-scenes photographs available on social media.
He missed the point entirely.
Google emulates 1980s-era Amiga computer in Chrome
Google emulates 1980s-era Amiga computer in Chrome
The Amiga 500 lives again — in Google’s browser.
Google developer Christian Stefansen on Thursday resurrected a version of the venerable computer system from the 1980s in the form of a Web app that runs in Chrome. Forty-year-olds who want to relive their childhoods or younger people who want to see just how hard their elders had it can visit the Amiga 500 emulator for Chrome online, boot the machine, and play some games.
The Amiga 500 lives again — in Google’s browser.
Google developer Christian Stefansen on Thursday resurrected a version of the venerable computer system from the 1980s in the form of a Web app that runs in Chrome. Forty-year-olds who want to relive their childhoods or younger people who want to see just how hard their elders had it can visit the Amiga 500 emulator for Chrome online, boot the machine, and play some games.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
CEX.io - Bitcoin Commodity Exchange
CEX.io - Bitcoin Commodity Exchange
CEX.IO is the first and leading commodity exchange in the Bitcoin community. Here you can buy or sell GHashes, Futures Contracts for the Bitfury ASIC chips or just trade on the increase or decrease of chip values.
We are the first exchange that offers you an opportunity to buy GHashes and avoid all the usual problems you can face when buying mining equipment, like the frequent delays in delivery, breakage losses, the need for a sufficient power supply or cooling devices, and many other things, that you will probably encounter.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Obamacare Rules Threaten to Torch Volunteer Fire Departments
Obamacare Rules Threaten to Torch Volunteer Fire Departments
Count volunteer fire deparments among the Obamacare-victimized.
Rules governing the health-care reform law championed by President Obama could inadvertently suck in volunteer firefighting companies, meaning the departments or the towns that support them might be forced to offer health insurance coverage or pay a penalty if they don’t.
Count volunteer fire deparments among the Obamacare-victimized.
Rules governing the health-care reform law championed by President Obama could inadvertently suck in volunteer firefighting companies, meaning the departments or the towns that support them might be forced to offer health insurance coverage or pay a penalty if they don’t.
U.S. Sells Off Last of Its General Motors Stock, at $10.5 Billion Loss
U.S. Sells Off Last of Its General Motors Stock, at $10.5 Billion Loss
For one of the few times in its macro economic policy thought and action, the federal government relies on a subtle analysis of “things not seen” to defend its apparent $10.5 billion loss on the General Motors bailout as a success
For one of the few times in its macro economic policy thought and action, the federal government relies on a subtle analysis of “things not seen” to defend its apparent $10.5 billion loss on the General Motors bailout as a success
Thursday, December 5, 2013
BOOM: A Major Wall Street Bank Just Initiated Coverage On Bitcoin And Identified A Fair Value
BOOM: A Major Wall Street Bank Just Initiated Coverage On Bitcoin And Identified A Fair Value
“We believe Bitcoin can become a major means of payment for e-commerce and may emerge as a serious competitor to traditional money transfer providers,” wrote Bank of America currency strategist David Woo in a 14-page note to clients this morning. “As a medium of exchange, Bitcoin has clear potential for growth, in our view.”
“We believe Bitcoin can become a major means of payment for e-commerce and may emerge as a serious competitor to traditional money transfer providers,” wrote Bank of America currency strategist David Woo in a 14-page note to clients this morning. “As a medium of exchange, Bitcoin has clear potential for growth, in our view.”
Young invincibles spurn O-Care
Young invincibles spurn O-Care
A poll released Wednesday by Harvard University’s Institute of Politics found that more than half of 18- to 29-year-olds disapprove of ObamaCare and believe it will raise their healthcare costs.
Even more troubling for the administration is that less than one-third of uninsured young people said they plan to enroll in coverage.
Without a large number of young, healthy people in the insurance exchanges, it could create a “death spiral” of high premiums that could threaten the long-term viability of the marketplaces.
A poll released Wednesday by Harvard University’s Institute of Politics found that more than half of 18- to 29-year-olds disapprove of ObamaCare and believe it will raise their healthcare costs.
Even more troubling for the administration is that less than one-third of uninsured young people said they plan to enroll in coverage.
Without a large number of young, healthy people in the insurance exchanges, it could create a “death spiral” of high premiums that could threaten the long-term viability of the marketplaces.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Some Reid staffers exempt from Obamacare exchanges
Some Reid staffers exempt from Obamacare exchanges
Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, one of Obamacare’s architects and staunchest supporters, is also the only top congressional leader to exempt some of his staff from having to buy insurance through the law’s new exchanges.
Reid is the exception among the other top congressional leaders. GOP House Speaker John Boehner, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell have all directed their staffs to join the exchange, their aides said.
Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, one of Obamacare’s architects and staunchest supporters, is also the only top congressional leader to exempt some of his staff from having to buy insurance through the law’s new exchanges.
Reid is the exception among the other top congressional leaders. GOP House Speaker John Boehner, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell have all directed their staffs to join the exchange, their aides said.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Compute!'s Gazette, January 1985
Compute!'s Gazette, Issue 19, January 1985
Compute!'s Gazette was Compute!'s most successful spin-off magazine. While Compute! was a multi-format magazine, they published a number of other machine specific magazines. Gazette was the only one that lasted having an impressive run, in one form or another from 1983 all the way to 1995. It covered primarily the Commodore 64 but also included the VIC-20 and Commodore 128 depending on the time period. The January 1985 issue includes: Features
Compute!'s Gazette was Compute!'s most successful spin-off magazine. While Compute! was a multi-format magazine, they published a number of other machine specific magazines. Gazette was the only one that lasted having an impressive run, in one form or another from 1983 all the way to 1995. It covered primarily the Commodore 64 but also included the VIC-20 and Commodore 128 depending on the time period. The January 1985 issue includes: Features
- The Move Toward Integrated Software
- Inside View: Bruce Artwick, The Designer Behind Flight Simulator II
- A Window To The World: Modems In The Home
- Seven Cities of Gold
- Childpace
- Also Worth Noting
- Trap 'Em
- Chomper
- Kablam!
- Computing For Families: A Visit With Sweetums The Ogre
- VIC Magic Draw
- Math Dungeon
- Magazine Indexer
- BASIC Magic: Using Variables In 1985
- Hints & Tips: Double Duty Variables
- Machine Language For Beginners: ML Mailbag
- Debugging BASIC, Part 1
- Power BASIC: Stop And Go
- Baker's Dozen, Part 1
- Disk Merge
- The Editor's Notes
- Gazette Feedback
- Simple Answers To Common Questions
- Horizons
- User Group Update
- News & Products
- How To Type In COMPUTE!'s Gazette Programs
- The Automatic Proofreader
- Bug-Swatter: Modifications And Corrections
- Tiny MLX
- C/G BBS
Social Workers Take Woman's Baby From Her Womb, Won't Return It To Her
Social Workers Take Woman's Baby From Her Womb, Won't Return It To Her
Authorities in Great Britain forcibly sedated a pregnant woman from Italy, performed a court-ordered C-section delivery on her, and now plan to put the child up for adoption against her will.
The surreal story, first reported in the Telegraph, sheds light on an “increasing problem” with foreigners being forced to leave their children in the UK, critics say.
Authorities in Great Britain forcibly sedated a pregnant woman from Italy, performed a court-ordered C-section delivery on her, and now plan to put the child up for adoption against her will.
The surreal story, first reported in the Telegraph, sheds light on an “increasing problem” with foreigners being forced to leave their children in the UK, critics say.
Monday, December 2, 2013
San Francisco’s Secret DC Grid - IEEE Spectrum
San Francisco’s Secret DC Grid - IEEE Spectrum
The last direct-current power lines are being dismantled just as DC distribution seems headed for a comeback
The last direct-current power lines are being dismantled just as DC distribution seems headed for a comeback
Nobel Prize economist warns of U.S. stock market bubble
Nobel Prize economist warns of U.S. stock market bubble
An American who won this year’s Nobel Prize for economics believes sharp rises in equity and property prices could lead to a dangerous financial bubble and may end badly, he told a German magazine.
Robert Shiller, who won the esteemed award with two other Americans for research into market prices and asset bubbles, pinpointed the U.S. stock market and Brazilian property market as areas of concern.
An American who won this year’s Nobel Prize for economics believes sharp rises in equity and property prices could lead to a dangerous financial bubble and may end badly, he told a German magazine.
Robert Shiller, who won the esteemed award with two other Americans for research into market prices and asset bubbles, pinpointed the U.S. stock market and Brazilian property market as areas of concern.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Chase H.Q.
Chase H.Q.
Who are these amazing cops with their indestructible car and overflowing police badassery? If Taito’s official Japanese art is to be believed, they are Harrison Ford and Billy Dee Williams. Either it was one way for them to make sure that no one thought this pair was Crockett and Tubbs, or someone at Taito really loved the idea of Han Solo and Lando Calrissian as a modern cop duo. I’m going with the latter, if only so I can imagine Harrison Ford saying, “Hear me baby? Hold together” each time I ram into some punk’s perpmobile. Let’s go, Mr. Driver!
Who are these amazing cops with their indestructible car and overflowing police badassery? If Taito’s official Japanese art is to be believed, they are Harrison Ford and Billy Dee Williams. Either it was one way for them to make sure that no one thought this pair was Crockett and Tubbs, or someone at Taito really loved the idea of Han Solo and Lando Calrissian as a modern cop duo. I’m going with the latter, if only so I can imagine Harrison Ford saying, “Hear me baby? Hold together” each time I ram into some punk’s perpmobile. Let’s go, Mr. Driver!
Altered Beast
Altered Beast
Altered Beast, called Juuouki (獣王記) in Japan, is a Sega System 16 arcade game released in 1988 by Sega. It was developed by the creator of Golden Axe, Makoto Uchida and shares many graphical similarities as a result. The game was notable as it allows the player could take on the form of “Were Animals”.
A year later it was ported to various consoles, including the Sega Mega Drive, which it was bundled with during the console’s early years. There was a watered down port for the Sega Master System also, and several ports to non-Sega systems, including console rivals the Famicom and PC Engine
Altered Beast, called Juuouki (獣王記) in Japan, is a Sega System 16 arcade game released in 1988 by Sega. It was developed by the creator of Golden Axe, Makoto Uchida and shares many graphical similarities as a result. The game was notable as it allows the player could take on the form of “Were Animals”.
A year later it was ported to various consoles, including the Sega Mega Drive, which it was bundled with during the console’s early years. There was a watered down port for the Sega Master System also, and several ports to non-Sega systems, including console rivals the Famicom and PC Engine
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Almost 80 million with employer health care plans could have coverage canceled, experts predict
Almost 80 million with employer health care plans could have coverage canceled, experts predict
According to projections the administration itself issued back in July 2010, it was clear officials knew the impact of ObamaCare three years ago.
In fact, according to the Federal Register, its mid-range estimate was that by the end of 2014, 76 percent of small group plans would be cancelled, along with 55 percent of large employer plans.
According to projections the administration itself issued back in July 2010, it was clear officials knew the impact of ObamaCare three years ago.
In fact, according to the Federal Register, its mid-range estimate was that by the end of 2014, 76 percent of small group plans would be cancelled, along with 55 percent of large employer plans.
Monday, November 25, 2013
Nintendo Power, September/October 1988
Nintendo Power, Issue Number 2, September/October 1988
Nintendo Power was never a favorite magazine of mine. I always preferred multiformat video game magazines as opposed to ones dedicated to a particular console. There is no doubt that Nintendo's official publication was immensely popular and useful for NES owners in the early years. Issue number 2 of Nintendo Power from September/October 1988 includes: Features
Nintendo Power was never a favorite magazine of mine. I always preferred multiformat video game magazines as opposed to ones dedicated to a particular console. There is no doubt that Nintendo's official publication was immensely popular and useful for NES owners in the early years. Issue number 2 of Nintendo Power from September/October 1988 includes: Features
- Bionic Commando - Shatter the evil scientist's ambitions!
- Life Force - Vic Voiper takes off again!!
- Castlevania II - Simon's Quest - Get in on all the gory details.
- Super Mario Bros. 2 - ravel on in Mario's big dream adventure!
- Renegade - Rid the streets of hoodlums and deadbeats.
- R.C. Pro-Am - Claim the Winner's Trophy!
- Classified Information - Ultra-techniques to make you a Power Player!
- Howard & Nester - And now, The Amazing Nester!
- Counselors' Corner - Solve your problems with the pros.
- Player's Contest
- The Player's Poll
- Next Issue/From the Editor
- Golgo 13 - The fate of the world is in your hands!
- Blaster Master - Can you save the world from evil Mutants?
- Xenophobe
- Seicross
- Superman
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf
- 1943
- Jackal
- Hudson's Adventure Island
- Magmax
- Pac-Man
- Joust
- Millipede
- Donkey Kong / Donkey Kong Jr.
- Galaga
- Xevious
- Pak Watch - Here's a sneak peed into the future of NES Game Paks.
- NES Journal - Read all about the new NES Power Set, the new fall TV line-up, and much more!
- Mail Box - Letters keep pouring oin from coast-to-coast.
- NES Achievers - Can you meet or beat these high scores?
- Video Spotlight - Take a look at these Power Player profiles!
- Top 30 - How do your favorites rank with other players, pros, and dealers?
Friday, November 22, 2013
Why Super Mario World is better than Super Mario Brothers 3
Why Super Mario World is better than Super Mario Brothers 3
Super Mario Bros. 3 is one of the best games ever made. In fact, there are many innovations that were first featured in SMB3, and likely would not have made their way into other Mario games (Super Mario World included) had Nintendo not experimented with the concepts in their penultimate NES platformer. However, Super Mario World perfected most of these concepts. In fact, I would put forward that Super Mario World is better than Super Mario Bros. 3 in the same way The Empire Strikes Back is better than Star Wars. While they both are excellent movies, Empire Strikes Back took everything that was great about the original and made it even better. The same is true for Super Mario World. So here is my point-by-point breakdown as to why Mario’s first SNES outing is superior.
Super Mario Bros. 3 is one of the best games ever made. In fact, there are many innovations that were first featured in SMB3, and likely would not have made their way into other Mario games (Super Mario World included) had Nintendo not experimented with the concepts in their penultimate NES platformer. However, Super Mario World perfected most of these concepts. In fact, I would put forward that Super Mario World is better than Super Mario Bros. 3 in the same way The Empire Strikes Back is better than Star Wars. While they both are excellent movies, Empire Strikes Back took everything that was great about the original and made it even better. The same is true for Super Mario World. So here is my point-by-point breakdown as to why Mario’s first SNES outing is superior.
ISON, Encke, Mercury, and Home
ISON, Encke, Mercury, and Home
On November 21, 2013, comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) entered the field of view of NASA's STEREO "Ahead" spacecraft's HI-1A camera. It joined Earth, Mercury and comet 2P/Encke!
On November 21, 2013, comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) entered the field of view of NASA's STEREO "Ahead" spacecraft's HI-1A camera. It joined Earth, Mercury and comet 2P/Encke!
Oregon healthcare exchange website never worked, has no subscribers
Oregon healthcare exchange website never worked, has no subscribers
Oregon, a state that fully embraced the Affordable Care Act, is enduring one of the rockiest rollouts of President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, with an inoperative online exchange that has yet to enroll a single subscriber, requiring thousands to apply on paper instead.
Unlike most other states, Oregon set an ambitious course to make its insurance exchange, dubbed Cover Oregon, an “all-in-one” website for every individual seeking health coverage, including those who are eligible for Medicaid.
But instead of serving as a national model, Oregon’s experience has emerged as a cautionary tale, inviting comparisons to technical glitches that have plagued other state-run portals and the federal government’s website for those states lacking exchanges of their own.
Oregon, a state that fully embraced the Affordable Care Act, is enduring one of the rockiest rollouts of President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, with an inoperative online exchange that has yet to enroll a single subscriber, requiring thousands to apply on paper instead.
Unlike most other states, Oregon set an ambitious course to make its insurance exchange, dubbed Cover Oregon, an “all-in-one” website for every individual seeking health coverage, including those who are eligible for Medicaid.
But instead of serving as a national model, Oregon’s experience has emerged as a cautionary tale, inviting comparisons to technical glitches that have plagued other state-run portals and the federal government’s website for those states lacking exchanges of their own.
TSA Spent $878 Million on Screening Program That Probably Doesn't Work
TSA Spent $878 Million on Screening Program That Probably Doesn't Work
The Transportation Security Administration has spent almost $900 million dollars since 2007 on a program to scan crowds for signs that someone is a terrorist. The Government Accountability Office reviewed the program. Their finding: Congress ought to shut it down, because there’s no evidence that the tactic works.
The Transportation Security Administration has spent almost $900 million dollars since 2007 on a program to scan crowds for signs that someone is a terrorist. The Government Accountability Office reviewed the program. Their finding: Congress ought to shut it down, because there’s no evidence that the tactic works.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
NUMBERS FABRICATED JUST BEFORE LAST YEAR’S ELECTION?
NUMBERS FABRICATED JUST BEFORE LAST YEAR’S ELECTION?
Just before last year’s election some odd numbers floated out of the USBLS. Strikingly, just weeks before the election, unemployment slid from 8.1% to 7.8%. Many economists and CEOs said, “No way. It’s just not true.” Those who attacked the numbers were immediately labeled racist, conspiracy theorists who just wanted the president to lose reelection.
Jack Welch, former General Electric CEO, was particularly outspoken about the numbers. Welch took to Twitter, “Unbelievable jobs numbers…these Chicago guys will do anything…can’t debate so change numbers.” The Obama administration immediately attacked back by calling Welch’s claims, “Ridiculous.”
According to a report by the NY Post, a Census employee was told to fabricate information by his superiors. The report added that the issue continues to this day.
Just before last year’s election some odd numbers floated out of the USBLS. Strikingly, just weeks before the election, unemployment slid from 8.1% to 7.8%. Many economists and CEOs said, “No way. It’s just not true.” Those who attacked the numbers were immediately labeled racist, conspiracy theorists who just wanted the president to lose reelection.
Jack Welch, former General Electric CEO, was particularly outspoken about the numbers. Welch took to Twitter, “Unbelievable jobs numbers…these Chicago guys will do anything…can’t debate so change numbers.” The Obama administration immediately attacked back by calling Welch’s claims, “Ridiculous.”
According to a report by the NY Post, a Census employee was told to fabricate information by his superiors. The report added that the issue continues to this day.
Healthcare.gov ‘may already have been compromised,’ security expert says
Healthcare.gov ‘may already have been compromised,’ security expert says
“And if I had to guess, based on what I can see … I would say the website is either hacked already or will be soon.”
Kennedy told FoxNews.com he based this on an analysis revealing a large number of SQL injection attacks against the healthcare.gov website, which are indicative of “a large amount” of hacking attempts.
“Based on the exposures that I identified, and many that I haven’t published due to the criticality of exposures – if a hacker wanted access to the site or sensitive information – they could get it,” he told FoxNews.com.
A spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services, which runs the nation’s new healthcare website, did not immediately respond to a request to for more information.
One key problem facing Healthcare.gov is that security wasn’t built into the site from the very beginning, he said — an opinion shared by both Kennedy and Fred Chang, the distinguished chair in cyber security at Southern Methodist University.
“And if I had to guess, based on what I can see … I would say the website is either hacked already or will be soon.”
Kennedy told FoxNews.com he based this on an analysis revealing a large number of SQL injection attacks against the healthcare.gov website, which are indicative of “a large amount” of hacking attempts.
“Based on the exposures that I identified, and many that I haven’t published due to the criticality of exposures – if a hacker wanted access to the site or sensitive information – they could get it,” he told FoxNews.com.
A spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services, which runs the nation’s new healthcare website, did not immediately respond to a request to for more information.
One key problem facing Healthcare.gov is that security wasn’t built into the site from the very beginning, he said — an opinion shared by both Kennedy and Fred Chang, the distinguished chair in cyber security at Southern Methodist University.
Monday, November 18, 2013
Fed nominee Janet Yellen objects to audit of monetary meetings
Fed nominee Janet Yellen objects to audit of monetary meetings
Ms. Yellen said she strongly opposes legislation to audit the Fed if it allows Congress to scrutinize and pressure the central bank’s internal deliberations over interest rates and monetary policy. Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, is pushing a bill that would give congressional watchdogs authority to audit such internal deliberations, and is demanding a vote on the bill as the price of allowing the Senate to vote on Ms. Yellen’s nomination to become the Fed’s next chairman in January.
Ms. Yellen said she strongly opposes legislation to audit the Fed if it allows Congress to scrutinize and pressure the central bank’s internal deliberations over interest rates and monetary policy. Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, is pushing a bill that would give congressional watchdogs authority to audit such internal deliberations, and is demanding a vote on the bill as the price of allowing the Senate to vote on Ms. Yellen’s nomination to become the Fed’s next chairman in January.
The Government's Bailout Of General Motors Is Strangling GM
The Government's Bailout Of General Motors Is Strangling GM
One would think it would have outperformed the market, but it’s selling for just about the same price as the 2010 IPO for the “new” GM, around $35 a share when the rest of the market is up 40 percent.
The significant government stake in the company has hindered recovery. The White House forced policies on GM’s management that were oriented toward its own ideology rather than market factors. Obama himself bragged about it at a town hall meeting in Minnesota in 2011: “What we said was, if we’re going to help you, then you’ve also got to change your ways. You can’t just make money on SUV’s and trucks….And so what we’ve now seen is an investment in electric vehicles.”
That “investment” gave us the money-losing Chevy Volt, and political control of the company led to a series of other policy decisions that sapped the energy out of GM’s rebirth. These decisions including everything from union pension policies to advertising campaigns that did more for Obama’s reelection than GM’s market share.
One would think it would have outperformed the market, but it’s selling for just about the same price as the 2010 IPO for the “new” GM, around $35 a share when the rest of the market is up 40 percent.
The significant government stake in the company has hindered recovery. The White House forced policies on GM’s management that were oriented toward its own ideology rather than market factors. Obama himself bragged about it at a town hall meeting in Minnesota in 2011: “What we said was, if we’re going to help you, then you’ve also got to change your ways. You can’t just make money on SUV’s and trucks….And so what we’ve now seen is an investment in electric vehicles.”
That “investment” gave us the money-losing Chevy Volt, and political control of the company led to a series of other policy decisions that sapped the energy out of GM’s rebirth. These decisions including everything from union pension policies to advertising campaigns that did more for Obama’s reelection than GM’s market share.
What Yellen didn't tell Congress and why it matters
What Yellen didn't tell Congress and why it matters
The most revealing thing about Janet Yellen’s widely praised Senate confirmation hearing performance last week might not have been what she said, but what she didn’t say - and how she didn’t say it.
President Barack Obama’s nominee to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve smiled and nodded her way through a two-hour hearing on Thursday without giving the Senate Banking Committee any real clues as to how she views near-term monetary policy choices.
The most revealing thing about Janet Yellen’s widely praised Senate confirmation hearing performance last week might not have been what she said, but what she didn’t say - and how she didn’t say it.
President Barack Obama’s nominee to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve smiled and nodded her way through a two-hour hearing on Thursday without giving the Senate Banking Committee any real clues as to how she views near-term monetary policy choices.
Thursday, November 14, 2013
AL GORE'S FIRM POISED TO CASH IN ON OBAMACARE DEBACLE
AL GORE'S FIRM POISED TO CASH IN ON OBAMACARE DEBACLE
In 2004, David Blood and former Vice President Al Gore co-founded Generation Investment Management. Schweizer says despite the perception that Gore’s investments are all green energy-related, Blood and Gore’s investment portfolio is currently comprised of 27% health care investments and stands poised to score big from Obamacare.
“David Blood was a bundler for Barack Obama,” said Schweizer. “Even though they talk about being in green technology, 27% of their investment portfolio right now is in health insurance companies designed to profit from this sector.”
Blood bundled over $500,000 in campaign donations for Obama in 2012.
In 2004, David Blood and former Vice President Al Gore co-founded Generation Investment Management. Schweizer says despite the perception that Gore’s investments are all green energy-related, Blood and Gore’s investment portfolio is currently comprised of 27% health care investments and stands poised to score big from Obamacare.
“David Blood was a bundler for Barack Obama,” said Schweizer. “Even though they talk about being in green technology, 27% of their investment portfolio right now is in health insurance companies designed to profit from this sector.”
Blood bundled over $500,000 in campaign donations for Obama in 2012.
Core, Volume 1, Number 3
Core, Volume 1, Number 3
Core / Hardcore Computist was a magazine dedicated (primarily) to the Apple II. It was technically oriented but also included typical content such as reviews.
- Constructing Your Own Joystick - ...if you can find the parts.
- Compiling Games - Ways to speed them up.
- Game Reviews - Over 30 of the latest and best.
- Pick of the Pack - Our all-time Top 20.
- Destructive Forces - When the aliens invade and divide Earth.
- Eamon - Creating the adventure.
- Graphics Magician and GraFORTH - Review of two games utilities.
- Dragon Dungeon - Yobtralite lights dragons in BASIC.
- Departments
- Note to Subscribers
- Letter from the Publisher
- COREspondence
- COREctions
- Advertising Index
- Program Index
- Destructive Forces
- Dragon Dungeon
- Dragon Mazer
- Dragon Mover
- Checksum Index
- Dragon Dungeon
- Destructive Forces
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Obamacare’s Enrollment Numbers Aren’t Real Enrollment Numbers
Obamacare’s Enrollment Numbers Aren’t Real Enrollment Numbers
Combine the reported federal enrollments with the 49,000 people estimated to have enrolled in state-based exchanges, and you still have less then twenty percent of the administration’s enrollment goal.
But these numbers shouldn’t be taken at face value. That’s because the administration isn’t actually counting enrollments. Instead, it’s counting the number of people who have placed health plans in their online shopping carts—not necessarily people who have signed up and agreed to be billed, and certainly not people who have actually paid the premium for the first month of coverage. It’s the equivalent of Amazon counting a TV sold every time someone puts a TV in his or her online shopping cart, regardless of whether or not they actually go through the checkout process.
Combine the reported federal enrollments with the 49,000 people estimated to have enrolled in state-based exchanges, and you still have less then twenty percent of the administration’s enrollment goal.
But these numbers shouldn’t be taken at face value. That’s because the administration isn’t actually counting enrollments. Instead, it’s counting the number of people who have placed health plans in their online shopping carts—not necessarily people who have signed up and agreed to be billed, and certainly not people who have actually paid the premium for the first month of coverage. It’s the equivalent of Amazon counting a TV sold every time someone puts a TV in his or her online shopping cart, regardless of whether or not they actually go through the checkout process.
The Effort to Stigmatize Privacy as Anti-American
The Effort to Stigmatize Privacy as Anti-American
Most terrorist attacks are plotted, at least in part, inside terrorists’ dwellings. In the U.S. those are subject to Fourth Amendment protections and built with opaque walls, doors with locks, and windows that are frequently covered with the products of dastardly curtain and mini-blind companies, who facilitate all sorts of bad behavior by being complicit in the method by which it is hidden from view. Wouldn’t police be more able to stop bad guys if we all lived in glass houses?
In the analog world, everyone recognizes the absurdity of effectively outlawing privacy or the notion that the government should be empowered to conduct surveillance on everyone in order to catch a few bad apples. Why do so many Americans totally lose that understanding when the conversation turns to the digital world? It is not radical to believe Americans should be free to talk to their friends, lovers, family members, and associates in private, without anyone listening. And it is no more radical to suggest that they ought to be able to do so via email.
Most terrorist attacks are plotted, at least in part, inside terrorists’ dwellings. In the U.S. those are subject to Fourth Amendment protections and built with opaque walls, doors with locks, and windows that are frequently covered with the products of dastardly curtain and mini-blind companies, who facilitate all sorts of bad behavior by being complicit in the method by which it is hidden from view. Wouldn’t police be more able to stop bad guys if we all lived in glass houses?
In the analog world, everyone recognizes the absurdity of effectively outlawing privacy or the notion that the government should be empowered to conduct surveillance on everyone in order to catch a few bad apples. Why do so many Americans totally lose that understanding when the conversation turns to the digital world? It is not radical to believe Americans should be free to talk to their friends, lovers, family members, and associates in private, without anyone listening. And it is no more radical to suggest that they ought to be able to do so via email.
Andrew Huszar: Confessions of a Quantitative Easer
Andrew Huszar: Confessions of a Quantitative Easer
Where are we today? The Fed keeps buying roughly $85 billion in bonds a month, chronically delaying so much as a minor QE taper. Over five years, its bond purchases have come to more than $4 trillion. Amazingly, in a supposedly free-market nation, QE has become the largest financial-markets intervention by any government in world history.
And the impact? Even by the Fed’s sunniest calculations, aggressive QE over five years has generated only a few percentage points of U.S. growth. By contrast, experts outside the Fed, such as Mohammed El Erian at the Pimco investment firm, suggest that the Fed may have created and spent over $4 trillion for a total return of as little as 0.25% of GDP (i.e., a mere $40 billion bump in U.S. economic output). Both of those estimates indicate that QE isn’t really working.
Where are we today? The Fed keeps buying roughly $85 billion in bonds a month, chronically delaying so much as a minor QE taper. Over five years, its bond purchases have come to more than $4 trillion. Amazingly, in a supposedly free-market nation, QE has become the largest financial-markets intervention by any government in world history.
And the impact? Even by the Fed’s sunniest calculations, aggressive QE over five years has generated only a few percentage points of U.S. growth. By contrast, experts outside the Fed, such as Mohammed El Erian at the Pimco investment firm, suggest that the Fed may have created and spent over $4 trillion for a total return of as little as 0.25% of GDP (i.e., a mere $40 billion bump in U.S. economic output). Both of those estimates indicate that QE isn’t really working.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
The Republican Party Isn't Really the Anti-Science Party
The Republican Party Isn't Really the Anti-Science Party
Republicans, and members of the traditionally Republican coalition like conservatives and the religious, are criticized for rejecting two main areas of science: evolution and global warming. But even those critiques are overblown. Believing in God is not the same as rejecting science, contrary to an all-too-frequent caricature propagated by the secular community. Members of all faiths have contributed to our collective scientific understanding, and Christians from Gregor Mendel to Francis Collins have been intellectual leaders in their fields. Collins, head of the Human Genome Project and an evangelical Christian, wrote a New York Times bestseller reconciling his faith with his understanding of evolution and genetics.
Numerically speaking, according to Gallup, only a marginally higher percentage of Republicans reject evolution completely than do Democrats. Yes, an embarrassing half of Republicans believe the earth is only 10,000 years old—but so do more than a third of Democrats. And a slightly higher percentage of Democrats believe God was the guiding factor in evolution than Republicans.
Republicans, and members of the traditionally Republican coalition like conservatives and the religious, are criticized for rejecting two main areas of science: evolution and global warming. But even those critiques are overblown. Believing in God is not the same as rejecting science, contrary to an all-too-frequent caricature propagated by the secular community. Members of all faiths have contributed to our collective scientific understanding, and Christians from Gregor Mendel to Francis Collins have been intellectual leaders in their fields. Collins, head of the Human Genome Project and an evangelical Christian, wrote a New York Times bestseller reconciling his faith with his understanding of evolution and genetics.
Numerically speaking, according to Gallup, only a marginally higher percentage of Republicans reject evolution completely than do Democrats. Yes, an embarrassing half of Republicans believe the earth is only 10,000 years old—but so do more than a third of Democrats. And a slightly higher percentage of Democrats believe God was the guiding factor in evolution than Republicans.
Trio of young coders build health-care website in days
Trio of young coders build health-care website in days
How hard is it to create a website to help people get health insurance under the Affordable Care Act?
For three 20-year-old programmers in San Francisco, it took about three days’ worth of work.
Spurred by the problems that have surrounded the rollout of the official HeathCare.gov site, the trio created an alternative, Health Sherpa, quickly and cheaply.
How hard is it to create a website to help people get health insurance under the Affordable Care Act?
For three 20-year-old programmers in San Francisco, it took about three days’ worth of work.
Spurred by the problems that have surrounded the rollout of the official HeathCare.gov site, the trio created an alternative, Health Sherpa, quickly and cheaply.
Monday, November 11, 2013
Company Sued for Fraud Gets Multi-Million Dollar ObamaCare Contract
Company Sued for Fraud Gets Multi-Million Dollar ObamaCare Contract
The company’s primary purpose is to get jobs for people in need. In New York City, a $22 million dollar federally funded contract helped 6,500 people jobs – or so they claimed. A 2012 investigation found that 1,400 of those jobs were faked. The company would scan job websites for resumes and when those people got jobs, they would take the credit.
Now, Seedco has been given another multi-million dollar contract in New York, Tennessee, Maryland and Georgia to set up ObamaCare navigators. They’re supposed to help people navigate HealthCare.gov, but because the website doesn’t work, they fill out your personal information.
The company’s primary purpose is to get jobs for people in need. In New York City, a $22 million dollar federally funded contract helped 6,500 people jobs – or so they claimed. A 2012 investigation found that 1,400 of those jobs were faked. The company would scan job websites for resumes and when those people got jobs, they would take the credit.
Now, Seedco has been given another multi-million dollar contract in New York, Tennessee, Maryland and Georgia to set up ObamaCare navigators. They’re supposed to help people navigate HealthCare.gov, but because the website doesn’t work, they fill out your personal information.
Blame game as insurers dump doctors
Blame game as insurers dump doctors
The nation’s largest health insurer, UnitedHealthcare, claims the Affordable Care Act is responsible for forcing it to boot doctors from its Medicare Advantage program that serves thousands of elderly patients in the New York metro region.
CEO Jack Larsen, under fire for separating seniors from their MDs, took out full-page ads to explain that cuts in Medicare spending forced the insurer’s hand.
“We are working to collaborate with a more focused network of physicians to help us provide higher quality and more affordable health care coverage to meet the needs of our members, and help them get more from their health plan benefits,” Larsen said.
“This work has become even more urgent in light of the severe funding reductions for Medicare Advantage plans that have come from Washington.”
The nation’s largest health insurer, UnitedHealthcare, claims the Affordable Care Act is responsible for forcing it to boot doctors from its Medicare Advantage program that serves thousands of elderly patients in the New York metro region.
CEO Jack Larsen, under fire for separating seniors from their MDs, took out full-page ads to explain that cuts in Medicare spending forced the insurer’s hand.
“We are working to collaborate with a more focused network of physicians to help us provide higher quality and more affordable health care coverage to meet the needs of our members, and help them get more from their health plan benefits,” Larsen said.
“This work has become even more urgent in light of the severe funding reductions for Medicare Advantage plans that have come from Washington.”
Friday, November 8, 2013
End runs around the Constitution -- the NSA, Obama and the Fourth Amendment
End runs around the Constitution -- the NSA, Obama and the Fourth Amendment
The NSA and its congressional apologists have argued that because its task is essentially to gather foreign intelligence for national security purposes only, and because the Fourth Amendment, which requires detailed language in search warrants particularly describing the person or place to be searched and the person or thing to be seized, only restrains the government when it is engaged in criminal prosecutions and not when it is on a fishing expedition for intelligence purposes, the Fourth Amendment does not restrain the NSA.
Yet, the plain language of the Fourth Amendment protects everyone in America from government intrusion in their persons, houses, papers and effects, whether the government is looking for evidence of crimes or of evidence of sophistry.
The NSA’s argument that the Fourth Amendment only regulates criminal prosecutions is nonsense. It never has seriously been made to or accepted by the Supreme Court, and it defies what we now know about the client list of the NSA.
The NSA and its congressional apologists have argued that because its task is essentially to gather foreign intelligence for national security purposes only, and because the Fourth Amendment, which requires detailed language in search warrants particularly describing the person or place to be searched and the person or thing to be seized, only restrains the government when it is engaged in criminal prosecutions and not when it is on a fishing expedition for intelligence purposes, the Fourth Amendment does not restrain the NSA.
Yet, the plain language of the Fourth Amendment protects everyone in America from government intrusion in their persons, houses, papers and effects, whether the government is looking for evidence of crimes or of evidence of sophistry.
The NSA’s argument that the Fourth Amendment only regulates criminal prosecutions is nonsense. It never has seriously been made to or accepted by the Supreme Court, and it defies what we now know about the client list of the NSA.
TSA to Pre-Screen Air Travelers’ Tax Info, Property Records, Travel History
TSA to Pre-Screen Air Travelers’ Tax Info, Property Records, Travel History
Owe money to the IRS? Having trouble making your mortgage payments? Ever been sued or been arrested?
Soon, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will know the answers to these questions before you pass through security, and they might affect whether you are cleared for travel.
In a recently published article, the New York Times reported:
The Transportation Security Administration is expanding its screening of passengers before they arrive at the airport by searching a wide array of government and private databases that can include records like car registrations and employment information.
Owe money to the IRS? Having trouble making your mortgage payments? Ever been sued or been arrested?
Soon, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will know the answers to these questions before you pass through security, and they might affect whether you are cleared for travel.
In a recently published article, the New York Times reported:
The Transportation Security Administration is expanding its screening of passengers before they arrive at the airport by searching a wide array of government and private databases that can include records like car registrations and employment information.
Rand Paul slams Chris Christie on Sandy ads
Rand Paul slams Chris Christie on Sandy ads
At a Senate hearing on Sandy recovery efforts, Paul asked Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan whether it was appropriate for Sandy aid money to be used to air the ads — and while Paul never named Christie, it was a clear reference to ads made by the state of New Jersey in which Christie appeared after the devastating Oct. 2012 hurricane.
“Some of these ads, people running for office put their their mug all over these ads while they’re in the middle of a political campaign,” Paul said at the hearing, per ABC News. “In New Jersey, $25 million was spent on ads that included somebody running for political office. Do ya think there might be a conflict of interest there?”
At a Senate hearing on Sandy recovery efforts, Paul asked Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan whether it was appropriate for Sandy aid money to be used to air the ads — and while Paul never named Christie, it was a clear reference to ads made by the state of New Jersey in which Christie appeared after the devastating Oct. 2012 hurricane.
“Some of these ads, people running for office put their their mug all over these ads while they’re in the middle of a political campaign,” Paul said at the hearing, per ABC News. “In New Jersey, $25 million was spent on ads that included somebody running for political office. Do ya think there might be a conflict of interest there?”
STAR WARS: EPISODE VII TO OPEN DECEMBER 18, 2015
STAR WARS: EPISODE VII TO OPEN DECEMBER 18, 2015
With pre-production in full-swing, a confirmed release date of December 18, 2015, has been set for Lucasfilm's highly anticipated Star Wars: Episode VII.
"We're very excited to share the official 2015 release date for Star Wars: Episode VII, where it will not only anchor the popular holiday filmgoing season but also ensure our extraordinary filmmaking team has the time needed to deliver a sensational picture," said Alan Horn, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios.
With pre-production in full-swing, a confirmed release date of December 18, 2015, has been set for Lucasfilm's highly anticipated Star Wars: Episode VII.
"We're very excited to share the official 2015 release date for Star Wars: Episode VII, where it will not only anchor the popular holiday filmgoing season but also ensure our extraordinary filmmaking team has the time needed to deliver a sensational picture," said Alan Horn, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios.
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Big Unions May Get Their Obamacare Exemption After All
Big Unions May Get Their Obamacare Exemption After All
Robert Scardelletti, president of the Transportation Communications International Union/International Association of Machinists (TCU/AIM), estimates that under current ACA rules, his union’s multiemployer health fund will have to pay $27 million in taxes. He’s not happy about it.
At the convention, labor said that if their demands weren’t met, then the Affordable Care Act should be repealed.
Three days after the convention the Obama administration told labor– no exemptions. It was not legally possible.
However, those exemption requests by labor are now coming to fruit. Last week the Obama administration released hundreds upon hundreds of pages worth of new rules and regulations for the healthcare law. Inside, a new loophole for unions was discovered. A disclosure exists that the administration will propose exempting “certain self-insured, self-administered plans” from the laws reinsurance tax. Such a description applies to the majority of the Taft-Hartley union healthcare plans, which act as their own insurance company and claims processors.
Robert Scardelletti, president of the Transportation Communications International Union/International Association of Machinists (TCU/AIM), estimates that under current ACA rules, his union’s multiemployer health fund will have to pay $27 million in taxes. He’s not happy about it.
At the convention, labor said that if their demands weren’t met, then the Affordable Care Act should be repealed.
Three days after the convention the Obama administration told labor– no exemptions. It was not legally possible.
However, those exemption requests by labor are now coming to fruit. Last week the Obama administration released hundreds upon hundreds of pages worth of new rules and regulations for the healthcare law. Inside, a new loophole for unions was discovered. A disclosure exists that the administration will propose exempting “certain self-insured, self-administered plans” from the laws reinsurance tax. Such a description applies to the majority of the Taft-Hartley union healthcare plans, which act as their own insurance company and claims processors.
Franklin lawyer mocks prosecutor with demand to be called 'Captain Justice'
Franklin lawyer mocks prosecutor with demand to be called 'Captain Justice'
When prosecutors in Williamson County tried to ban a defense attorney from referring to them as “the government” in court, defense attorney Drew Justice had a demand of his own:
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If the court sided with Rettig, he demanded his client no longer be referred to as “the Defendant,” but instead be called “Mister,” “the Citizen Accused” or “that innocent man” — since all defendants are presumed innocent until a judge or jury finds them guilty. As for himself, clearly “lawyer” or “defense attorney” wouldn’t do him, well, justice.
“Rather, counsel for the Citizen Accused should be referred to primarily as the ‘Defender of the Innocent.’ … Alternatively, counsel would also accept the designation ‘Guardian of the Realm,’ ” Justice wrote.
And since prosecutors are often referred to formally as “General” in court, Justice, in an effort to be flexible, offered up a military title of his own.
“Whenever addressed by name, the name ‘Captain Justice’ will be appropriate.”
When prosecutors in Williamson County tried to ban a defense attorney from referring to them as “the government” in court, defense attorney Drew Justice had a demand of his own:
...
If the court sided with Rettig, he demanded his client no longer be referred to as “the Defendant,” but instead be called “Mister,” “the Citizen Accused” or “that innocent man” — since all defendants are presumed innocent until a judge or jury finds them guilty. As for himself, clearly “lawyer” or “defense attorney” wouldn’t do him, well, justice.
“Rather, counsel for the Citizen Accused should be referred to primarily as the ‘Defender of the Innocent.’ … Alternatively, counsel would also accept the designation ‘Guardian of the Realm,’ ” Justice wrote.
And since prosecutors are often referred to formally as “General” in court, Justice, in an effort to be flexible, offered up a military title of his own.
“Whenever addressed by name, the name ‘Captain Justice’ will be appropriate.”
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
▶ MegaCon 2013 - Saturday - part 3
▶ MegaCon 2013 - Saturday - part 3
Walking around at MegaCon 2013 on Saturday.
http://youtu.be/UrLleHhTKR4
Walking around at MegaCon 2013 on Saturday.
http://youtu.be/UrLleHhTKR4
49-State Analysis: Obamacare To Increase Individual-Market Premiums By Average Of 41%
49-State Analysis: Obamacare To Increase Individual-Market Premiums By Average Of 41%
One of the fundamental flaws of the Affordable Care Act is that, despite its name, it makes health insurance more expensive. Today, the Manhattan Institute released the most comprehensive analysis yet conducted of premiums under Obamacare for people who shop for coverage on their own. Here’s what we learned. In the average state, Obamacare will increase underlying premiums by 41 percent. As we have long expected, the steepest hikes will be imposed on the healthy, the young, and the male.
One of the fundamental flaws of the Affordable Care Act is that, despite its name, it makes health insurance more expensive. Today, the Manhattan Institute released the most comprehensive analysis yet conducted of premiums under Obamacare for people who shop for coverage on their own. Here’s what we learned. In the average state, Obamacare will increase underlying premiums by 41 percent. As we have long expected, the steepest hikes will be imposed on the healthy, the young, and the male.
Don't Appear to Be Clenching Your Buttocks When Pulled Over For Not Coming to a Complete Stop or Be Tortured by Doctors: America, This is Your War on Drugs
Don't Appear to Be Clenching Your Buttocks When Pulled Over For Not Coming to a Complete Stop or Be Tortured by Doctors: America, This is Your War on Drugs
According to a federal lawsuit, Eckert didn’t make a complete stop at a stop sign coming out of the parking lot and was immediately stopped by law enforcement.
Eckert’s attorney, Shannon Kennedy, said in an interview with KOB that after law enforcement asked him to step out of the vehicle, he appeared to be clenching his buttocks. Law enforcement thought that was probable cause to suspect that Eckert was hiding narcotics in his anal cavity. While officers detained Eckert, they secured a search warrant from a judge that allowed for an anal cavity search.
The lawsuit claims that Deming Police tried taking Eckert to an emergency room in Deming, but a doctor there refused to perform the anal cavity search citing it was “unethical.”
But physicians at the Gila Regional Medical Center in Silver City agreed to perform the procedure and a few hours later, Eckert was admitted.
According to a federal lawsuit, Eckert didn’t make a complete stop at a stop sign coming out of the parking lot and was immediately stopped by law enforcement.
Eckert’s attorney, Shannon Kennedy, said in an interview with KOB that after law enforcement asked him to step out of the vehicle, he appeared to be clenching his buttocks. Law enforcement thought that was probable cause to suspect that Eckert was hiding narcotics in his anal cavity. While officers detained Eckert, they secured a search warrant from a judge that allowed for an anal cavity search.
The lawsuit claims that Deming Police tried taking Eckert to an emergency room in Deming, but a doctor there refused to perform the anal cavity search citing it was “unethical.”
But physicians at the Gila Regional Medical Center in Silver City agreed to perform the procedure and a few hours later, Eckert was admitted.
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