Bruce Schneier wrote recently about airport security after a screener seized a 6-oz jar of past sauce from his luggage: “the official confiscated it, because allowing it on the airplane with me would have been too dangerous. And to demonstrate how dangerous he really thought that jar was, he blithely tossed it in a nearby [...]
I received this news alert today from GigaLaw: “The volume of junk e-mail sent worldwide plummeted after a Web hosting firm identified by the computer security community as a major host of organizations engaged in spam activity was taken offline. Experts say the precipitous drop-off in spam comes from Internet providers unplugging McColo Corp., a [...]
For South, A Waning Hold on National Politics in today’s NY Times, and the excellent accompanying interactive graphic, provide more data on the marginalization of the Republican party. Obama’s victory without support of the deep south marks the end of 36 years of the Southern Strategy pioneered in Nixon’s 1972 re-election campaign. A Democrat victory [...]
Not so long ago the Republican Party was ascendant. More new voters registered Republican than Democrat and Republican clubs sprouted on college campuses. Karl Rove spoke of a “permanent Republican majority,” the institutionalization of us-versus-them exclusivity at all stages of electoral politics. No more. The media is filled with stories of the inroads Obama made [...]
Timothy Egan’s post on the NY Times Blog captures some noteworthy facts on Tuesday’s election. It begins “[g]uess who won Joe the Plumber’s vote. Not Joe the symbol and unlicensed tax-dodger coming soon to a garage sale near you, but the ral people about $42,000 a year, the median income for plumbers and pipefitters. Barack [...]
Does playing violent video games increase tendencies toward violence? Researched published today in Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, states that it does. As reported here, “[c]hildren and teenagers who play violent video games show increased physical aggression months afterward.” The research is based on two studies performed in Japan and one [...]
It has been many years* since I cast a vote for the President-elect. I have watched my candidates concede, accepted that I was out of step with the electoral vote, and taken four more years of the other guy. Not tonight. I am amazed and pleasantly stunned. Barack Obama is President-elect. Incredible. ——————– *I voted [...]