Month September 2006

Nearly half blame Bush for 9/11

And they blame Clinton almost as much, according to a CNN poll. Extraordinarily high numbers, aren’t they? The public has little faith in either party, something which must make the ruling class nervous indeed. Imagine what would be accomplished if…

Open source vs. monolith

Watch this mind-boggling video to see what a genuinely innovative and powerful user interface, XGL under Linux, can do. Plus, it runs just fine on a regular video card with no high-powerful computer needed. XGL was created in the open…

Greedheads in high places

Many of those CEOs granting fraudulent stock options for themselves and others may have rationalized it by thinking, hey, everyone does it, plus it’s a ‘gray area.’ Backdate the options so they’re worth more, whoa, we are so clever… Gregory…

Headline of the Day

Hewlett-Packard’s spying is like totally prosecutable The headline is from DealBreaker, who expects the Feds will be getting involved in the HP investigation quite soon. They also ask, why has no Democrat sponsored a bill to stop Ken Lay’s conviction…

Dastardly Disney and Holy Joe

Is a right-wing propaganda movie from Disney that deliberately distorts the facts about 9/11 really the most important news event? To be sure, it’s a noxious attempt to slime Clinton and Democrats. But should anyone be in the least surprised…