Day June 16, 2006

It’s 100 degrees here today

The San Fernando Valley area of L.A. is seriously toasty today. However, we have central air, so actually are more comfortable than those in the somewhat cooler areas of L.A. where many don’t have air conditioning, much less central air.…

Genuine Advantage is Microsoft spyware

From the current Windows Secrets newsletter, by Brian Livingston, (scroll down a bit), emphasis added. Windows Genuine Advantage â┚¬â€ the controversial program Microsoft auto-installed as a “critical security update” on many PCs starting on Apr. 25 â┚¬â€ not only causes…

Democrats pretend to dissent

Congress plunged into divisive election-year debate on the Iraq war Thursday as the U.S. military death toll reached 2,500. Hey, it’s not their kids getting maimed and dying, now is it? The Senate soundly rejected a call to withdraw combat…

The (Anti-) Palestinian Authority

The real rift in Palestinian society is between those fighting to preserve the class privileges of Oslo and their opponents who uphold the essentials of the Palestinian cause. As the Oslo process has brought calamity after calamity on the Palestinian…