Neatorama:
According to Kevin McCullough, feminists (and by 'feminists' he means lesbians, and by 'lesbians' he means women who make more money than him or laugh at him in bed) are making plans to make Planet Lesbo Prime a reality but, hah!, he's gonna have the last laugh on them because he is the repository of the missing ingredient:
Members of the Iraqi government have erected a "shadow" secret service that critics say is driven by a Shiite Muslim agenda and has left the country with dueling spy agencies. The minister of state for national security, a Shiite named Sherwan Waili, has built a spy service boasting an estimated 1,200 intelligence agents out of a second-tier ministry with a minimal staff and meager budget, Western officials say. "He has representatives in every province," a Western diplomat said, speaking on condition of anonymity. "At the moment, it's a slightly shady parallel organization." Via Bush Beat
Energy inspectors brought in for the new property sales packs will not be regulated with criminal record checks - sparking fears that homeowners will be at risk from potential burglars.Meanwhile, my wife has just received her THIRD certificate in less than eight months following yet another enhanced criminal records check, each one carried out by exactly the same people for different organisations. Should she be asked to become a member of yet another committee or organisation next week she will then have to go through the same process yet again. Ironically she was actually the person in charge of the criminal records register in Kent for years, a very minor part of her job there. Oh, and she no longer deals directly with members of the public. You have to laugh.
In six weeks, anyone selling their home will be legally obliged to supply buyers with a property information pack, which will include an energy-performance certificate awarded by a new army of inspectors. The Domestic Energy Assessors (DEAs) will have to be given access to every room in the house - but the Department of Local Government and Communities (DLGC) has still not formally chosen which organisations will keep a check on their backgrounds. And disturbingly, even once the organisations, called 'accreditation bodies', are set up they will not be permitted under law to contact the Criminal Records Bureau.
A catalogue of “inexcusable” errors in the office of the Defence Secretary led to the story-selling fiasco over the sailors taken hostage in Iran, it can be revealed. Des Browne was out of touch with his advisers and most senior aides for almost 24 hours as naval chiefs drew up plans to allow the sailors and Marines to talk and profit financially from their 13-day “ordeal”, sparking accusations that he “went Awol”.
I think there is such a thing as good music and bad music, and that these values exist outside my subjectivity. I believe that the more you know about the technical aspects of music, the more likely you are to possess the language to express criticism — that is, describe exactly why a piece of music is good or bad. Quite a few — indeed, probably all — “my-band-rocks-your-band-sucks” arguments arise from pure inarticulacy and nothing more.An interesting piece by Neddie (with great comments). I have such an eclectic taste in music I should probably stay out of the argument. I’ll let Congresswoman Malinda Jackson Parker sing (sic) on my behalf. Good or bad this version of ‘No Bananas’ is considered a classic by those ‘in the know’. Say no more:
BOISE, Idaho: A pilot involved in a 2003 friendly fire incident that killed a British soldier is among about 200 Idaho Air Guard members being deployed to Iraq next month. The airmen are part of the Boise-based 190th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron. Two of the unit's A-10 pilots were involved in the death of British soldier Lance Cpl. Matty Hull...One of the pilots involved in the incident will be deployed next month because of his extensive combat experience (sic), Air Guard spokesman 1st Lt. Tony Vincelli said. The other pilot has retired.
The DNS Security Extensions Protocol, or DNSSec, is designed to end spoofing by allowing the instantaneous authentication of DNS information — effectively creating a series of digital keys for the system.
One lingering question — largely academic until now — has been who should hold the key for the so-called DNS Root Zone, the part of the system that sits above the so-called Top Level Domains, like .com and .org. Several experts have suggested that possessing the Root Zone Key would make the U.S. government the only entity that could “spoof” DNS addresses.
