Big news in drunk driving laws

People can be arrested for driving drunk on frozen lakes, a Wisconsin state appeals court has ruled. However A Pennsylvania Court rules riding a horse while drunk is NOT a crime. And in an exciting related story New Yorkers dreading…

What goes around, comes around

“… Even where there is no prospect of achieving their election the workers must put up their own candidates to preserve their independence, to gauge their own strength and to bring their revolutionary position and party standpoint to public attention.…

Rally in support of striking hotel workers, L.A

Please join us for a spirited demonstration in support of San Francisco hotel workers and to demand a good contract for hotel workers in Los Angeles. Date:  Tuesday, Oct 5, arrive between 4 and 5Place: Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown…

Firefox patches security hole in 1.0 pre-release version

From Slashdot Firefox 0.10.1 was released today to fix a security flaw that could potentially allow a malicious site to erase files from the user’s Download directory. If you already have Firefox 0.10 installed, you can go to Tools, Options,…

John Lennon still a threat to security, says FBI!

We are not making this up! More than two decades after his death, John Lennon is apparently still a threat to national security–or so the FBI still contends. The enemies-obsessed Nixon government, along with the rest of the country, took…

How the ANSWER Coalition was formed

ANSWER was created the day after 9/11 as the organizers, many with decades of experience, knew what was coming. When the U.S. was attacked on its own soil on September 11, 2001, very few organizations were rushing into the streets to…

Attention wireless network geeks!

I’m planning to move a two node network plus a laptop to a wireless net with cable modem Net access. There appears to be a blizzard of wireless net protocols. Some, I’m told, have security built-in. The router has a…