FEMA’s Phones hacked “old school”

Source: AP
WASHINGTON - A hacker broke into a Homeland Security Department telephone system over the weekend and racked up about $12,000 in calls to the Middle East and Asia.
The hacker made more than 400 calls on a Federal Emergency Management Agency voicemail system in Emmitsburg, Md., on Saturday and Sunday, according to FEMA spokesman Tom [...]

Who, Who did it? The Peterson owl theory makes a comeback

Source: WRAL
A single microscopic feather listed in an SBI crime lab report could be the key to proving that Mike Peterson was not responsible for the staircase death of his wife nearly seven years ago, an attorney and former neighbor of the Durham novelist says.
Larry Pollard says he believes an owl, possibly mistaking Kathleen Peterson [...]

Obama in, my pick, McCain supports a Military draft

I attended last night’s Obama Town Hall in Raleigh and I have to say while I do not feel it was one of his strongest speeches, seeing the man in person is something I hope everyone gets a chance to experience. The energy in the crowd was one of excitement and desire, a desire for change and [...]

Your Inbox: Going for the Gold

Well sorta, this one seemed fitting with the Olympics taking place, for this weeks email funny. Although there are certainly some ouch moments in this one. When did become okay to toss a guy over a bridge during a bike race? It should have been named “Going for the ER”.
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Like Many Food Suppliers, Whole Foods Beef Company Was a Repeat Offender

Source: Martha Rosenberg - OpEdNews
Scratch the surface of a food offender whether they abuse the environment, workers, animals, the public trust or public funds and you usually find they are repeat offenders.
Nebraska Beef, the Omaha, NE-based supplier Whole Foods says it didn’t know its supplier Coleman Natural Foods was using (right) recalled more than 5 [...]

Six Questions about the anthrax attacks

I ran across this article today “Six Questions About the Anthrax Attacks That the Public Should Demand” The writer poses some pretty good questions. While it is true the US media is losing interest in the resolution of this case I don’t believe this issue will go away anytime soon.
For me number 4 is telling.
4. What [...]

Army Secretary orders review of USAMRIID at Fort Detrick

Anthrax case raises concerns about highly secure programs
Source: Greg Carlstrom - The FederalTimes.com
Bruce Ivins, the biologist suspected of sending anthrax-laced letters to politicians and journalists in 2001, began showing signs of mental illness as far back as 2000 — but he was allowed to access sensitive research facilities until as recently as last year.
And that [...]

McCain’s Mansions

 
McCain vs McCain

Net Neutrality:Why you should give a damn

By Michael Janover - The Rocky Mountain News

OK, I’m old. I was around when Channel 2 went on the air in Denver in the early 50’s and brought us Blinky the Clown. It was exciting. Television. In Colorado!
In the mid-60s, cable TV and the dish staked their claims, and folks in the mountains could finally [...]

Are we Safer?

Source: Brian Finlay-OpEd-The Baltimore Sun
The impending closure of the FBI’s investigation of the anthrax-laced mailings of 2001 has generated new interest in the question: Are we safer today than we were when anthrax was distributed up and down the Eastern seaboard, killing five people and sickening 17 others? Unfortunately, the answer is probably no - [...]