Day December 21, 2004

An inventive new use for Google!

Web Worm Uses Google To Spread Virus.  …a web worm named Santy is utilizing Google to help it spread to web bulletin boards using the PHP scripting language.  The worm sends Google a specific search request, essentially asking for a…

Is Santa a commie?

Santa does indeed dress almost entirely in red and appears to engage in wealth redistribution across the planet, all of which would strongly imply he is at least a pinko, or would be if he had half a chance. However,…

Iraq war going badly for US and Dubya

The president warns that troop levels will not be cut next year and acknowledges that training of local forces has had mixed results. Getting drafty in here, isn’t it? Painting a far more sober picture of the situation in Iraq…

Even the FBI can’t stomach US military torture tactics

FBI agents complained of prisoner abuse FBI agents have lodged repeated complaints of physical and mental mistreatment of prisoners held in Iraq and Cuba, saying in reports that military officials have placed lighted cigarettes in detainees’ ears The order to…

Make that a veggie burger, please

U.S. meat plants are allowing brains and spinal cord from older cattle to enter the food supply, violating strict government regulations aimed at preventing the spread of mad cow disease, a federal meat inspectors union said on Monday. The FDA,…