Bob Morris on Dec 20, 2009, 8:45 pm Marcos Arturo Beltran Leyva, “jefe de jefe”of the Beltran Leyva cartel was betrayed by his chief lieutenant–Edgar Villareal Valdez, “el Barbie”” who was head of the cartel’s enforcement/security division. Valdez disappeared right before Arturo opened the door to his condo and was shot dead with armor piercing bullets. He was planning to meet with “Gen. [...] Bob Morris on Dec 20, 2009, 3:45 pm Allen Stanford when first arrested Allen Stanford after several months in prison (Reuters photo) Look, I have little sympathy for Allen Stanford and think he’s no doubt guilty of a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme. But while Bernie Madoff stayed in a penthouse awaiting trial, Stanford has been put into the general prison population, [...] Derek Wall on Dec 20, 2009, 10:45 am The dominant figures in the current SWP are very much batten down the hatches, sell the paper, recruit the next generation of students and get involved with whatever demos and industrial battles are going on….i.e the same as the last 50 years of SWPism. Briefly in the 1970s and 60s the SWPs forerunner International Socialist, [...] Bob Morris on Dec 20, 2009, 5:45 am All is takes is $26 worth of software and satellite dishes and anyone can track what US warplanes and drones are seeing. How could this be? It’s because data sent from the planes to the ground is not encrypted. The military has known about this vulnerability for years but chose to ignore it. Now [...] Bob Morris on Dec 20, 2009, 12:10 am Bob Morris on Dec 19, 2009, 6:26 pm WordPress 2.9 was released yesterday. I just did the auto-upgrade with no problems. As always, disable all your plugins first, upgrade, then enable them. Old, flaky plugins are a major reason that a WordPress upgrade can have problems. Also, MySQL 4.1.2 or above is now required. It won’t work with older versions. [...] Bob Morris on Dec 19, 2009, 1:29 pm “My message to the President: What the world needs is a just and equitable deal. What the world needs is a transparent, democratic, participatory process for concluding a deal. What the world needs is a sense of solidarity and a commitment to help those who need to be saved, as we speak today.” – [...] Bob Morris on Dec 19, 2009, 11:17 am Flickr: Vaucher photo “The rich countries of the north helped bankers, the big banks. I’ve forgotten the figure, but it’s astronomical. What they’re saying on the streets is that ‘if the climate was a bank they would already have saved it’. I think it’s true.” – Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela Dave Riley in [...] Bob Morris on Dec 19, 2009, 6:34 am Maghreb All manner of criminals, terrorists, and renegades are linking up in a lawless area of northwest Africa. The DEA just arrested three of them, who were linked to al Qaeda, in a sting in Ghana. (How the DEA gets access into Ghana certainly bears pondering but this is no phony threat. Read on.) [...] Bob Morris on Dec 19, 2009, 12:33 am Christmas Lights – Amazing Grace – Holdman Christmas DisplayMichael | MySpace Video | Independent Voter NetworkArticles by Bob Morris on California and Arizona renewable energy, budget and border issues |
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