NIF

Quick Thoughts * News * Interesting * Funny * Quote(s) of the Day * Closing
South Park : New episode tonight! (And Drawn Together as well!)

Quick Thoughts News * Interesting * Funny * Quote(s) of the Day * Closing
Iraq : Terrorists continue attacks ... one US GI killed, condolences
... Terrorists kill 19
... Saddam, defiant ... shocker ('cuz he has always been so cooperative in the past!)

Wilma : Cat5! ... might be the strongest (lowest pressure, highest winds) hurricane ever (recorded, anyway)

Earthquake : Oct 8^th quake death toll approaching 80,000 ... continued prayers & condolences

Maryland : More on the tunnel closure yesterday ... 6 being questioned
... 'Chalk it up to a costly rehearsal'

Massachusetts : Questionable dam prompts evacuation

Quick Thoughts * News Interesting * Funny * Quote(s) of the Day * Closing
Islamofascism : Cali court hearing 'Islamic indoctrination' case ... TMLC fighting for America, unlike that other 4LA (ACLU)
... ' The absurd and the sinister'

Iraq : Some thoughts on Saddam ... and Clinton's WMDs :)

Lebanon : US, France untied against Syria ... remember the assassination of Rafik Hariri

Homeland Security : Was DC already hit by BioTerror attack? ... "tularemia"

Military Tech'ish : "Aluminum Windows" can stop a .50 cal AP bullet! ... "aluminum oxynitride" ... downside = "$10 per square inch" (for now)

Religious Freedom : Not in New York Kindergarten!

Computing : RedHat -1 founder ... Bob Young resigns from Board
... 'DVD Jon lands dream job stateside'
... DEAL : 300GB UATA/100 HDD = $90 ... incl $50 MIR

Internet : MSN Messenger + Yahoo IM beta registration available ... not the client itself, but the chance to get the client in a month or so
... France has better, cheaper broadband than we do? ... that is SO wrong!
... Google losing "GMail" trademark ... in UK, anyway
... 24x7 wireless connectivity not all good
... Web2.0 is nothing more than evolution ... not a revolution

Gaming : "The Governor" to keep Blizzard honest?

InfoSec : Oracle bugs / patches ... Symantec raised ThreatCon to "2"
... Cisco updates Network Admission Control (NAC) offerings
... Malware targeting Skype ... say hello to "MyTob (AKA Fanbot)"

Home Networking : How To; and I don't just mean getting an Internet connection for your laptop

Telecom : Unlicensed frequencies, and how we can kill the FCC

UselessNations : We must resist Globotaxes, UNternet
... In bed with ACLU, vs America

Left : Byrd Flu ... "That's our lawmakers: Think small. They bring home the Baco Bits."
... Berkeley gives vets the finger

Right : Big spending cuts, finally! ... shooting for $50B!
... 'Can they get it done?' ... let's hope so!
... Plamewilsonnovakcoopermillerlibbyrovegate + The Twins

SCOTUS / Eminent Domain : Maryland to protect property ownership ... as every state should!

SCOTUS / Miers: Bork is not supportive
... GOP a little more positive

Govt : Are we too accepting of Govt intrusion into our lives? ... YES (especially WRT smoking, helmet laws!) ... although I am OK with the military use part

Avian Flu : Thoughts on how to react, contain ... H5N1 in EU now (Turkey, Romania, Greece) ... still only bird-2-human
... Over-Hypation happening?

Health : Surgery not so safe an option to obesity ... how about eating less / better, exercising more?
... Young women have flawed eggs as well

Cool Patents : Electronic eye(ball), neutron explosive detection, dancing cel phone

Jeep : New ad campaign - The Mudds ... wish they'd push Wranglers instead of Commanders :)

Fake Religion : Scientology can't take a joke

Homosexuals : Are we victims or a marketing juggernaut?

Space : New rocket engines being developed, tested ... "Integrated Powerhead Demonstrator (IPD)" ... all liquid!
... Mars + plate-tectonics

"Global Warming" : "Antarctic ice sheets are slipping into the ocean at an unprecedented rate"
... US expected to experience "increase in heat, heavier rainfalls and shorter winters" by end of century ... more extreme than previously thought

Geology : Exploding rocks being dredged from sea floor ... "pressurized volcanic gases trapped within the lava rocks"

Morse Code : - .... .. ... + .. ... + .--. .-. . - - -.-- + -.. .- -- -. . -.. + -.-. --- --- .-.. ... found via IMAO

Quick Thoughts * News * Interesting Funny * Quote(s) of the Day * Closing
OOTS : #233 and #234

Avian Flu : YOU think YOU are worried??

MSM : 10 ways to boost their sagging profits

Islamofascism : Al Qaida going the Underpants Gnomes route?

Computing : Latest iPod to be implant

Iraq : 'Accepting unlicensed US Military a** whupping tops new Hussein charges'
... Saddam's trial, IMAO style

Health : CDC warns of impending "viral marketing" pandemic

Illegal Immigration : Catch and Deport all aliens; Indians agree

SCOTUS / Miers : W's Top 10 reasons for nominating Miers
... Rove hoping for nomination

Space : Chinese Dragon attacks ISS

Right : 'DeLay vows to continue fundraising in prison'

Sports : NBA's ban on chains = racist ... "I for one completely support ... all the Negroes that want to wear chains. It just proves my ancestors were right all along"

Wrasslin' : McMahon fires everyone, except for Triple H

Caption This : Hurricane Survival Kit

UF : Spielberg + EA = HELL

Katrina / Rita : New Orleans recovering faster than Anderson Cooper

Quick Thoughts * News * Interesting * Funny Quote(s) of the Day * Closing
White Trash Wednesday :
So, when you think Knoxville, don’t just think hayseeds, banjos, mountains and moonshine. Think drivebys and bad-a$$ white trash cracker-ass gangstas. Their parents must be so proud.
--thanks SMB!