I just saw this report on NY Fox 5 News (well it took them a little bit of time to post it to their website):
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/port-authority-police-radio-concerns-100118
I cannot believe that the NY/NJ Port Authority is not using a “more proprietary” radio frequency. Listening to the radio transmissions, it seems that they are on the same frequency [...]
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Recently there has been lots of buzz about using full body scanners in US airports as a means to fight terrorism. Well follks, I hate to burst your bubble, but I personally do not think it would help one bit. The flying public would all get digitally strip searched by the TSA and we [...]
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According to a Wall Street Journal report, our pilotless drones has been hacked into.
References:
http://cbs2.com/national/predator.drones.hacked.2.1375262.html
http://online.wsj.com/video/news-hub-was-us-intelligence-compromised/A0CDCC4B-0DB5-4C0E-A41C-FC2C16CA3BE7.html
I cannot believe the video feeds are NOT encrypted! In this day and age, what is the Department of Defense thinking?
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Posted in news & politics on Jun 16th, 2009 No Comments »
FDA: Zicam Nasal Spray Can Cause Loss Of Smell
The Food and Drug Administration says Zicam nasal spray can permanently damage users’ sense of smell. The FDA says consumers should stop using Zicam Cold Remedy nasal gel and related products immediately. All the over-the-counter products contain zinc. Scientists say that ingredient may damage nerves in the [...]
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Officials: Husband-Wife Spies Lured by Stranger – Political News – FOXNews.com
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This couple should have just retired and gave up spying … at their age, they should enjoy what life they have left. Now they have none.
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I just came across a website that allows people to publish articles. It is called Scribd and it is very interesting to find that Barack Obama uses them to publish his proposals and rescue plans (found here on Scribd). Guess it is an efficient way of getting his ideas out in writing.
It has [...]
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Today in the New York Times, it is reported that President Obama will announce on Tuesday tougher regulations on auto emissions along with better fuel economy requirements. All I can say “it is a about time someone did something about this”. Having various state standards gave car manufacturers ways to circumvent tougher regulations. [...]
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In today’s New York Times article Credit Card Industry Aims to Profit From Sterling Payers, it makes you think … why should we continue to use credit cards, if we are charged a fee to use it and get nothing back? … also why should stores accept credit cards, if the cut the credit card [...]
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People needs to be very careful of what they twitter, especially corporate ‘tweets’. According to a Wall Street Journal article, Corporate Blogs and ‘Tweets’ Must Keep SEC in Mind, some regulations may need to be put in place.
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Posted in news & politics on Apr 28th, 2009 No Comments »
Is our government trying to gag our lobbyists from telling US citizens the details of the stimulus plan? Maybe there is something they want to hide in the most expensive spending plan in American history. Isn’t it our American taxpayers right to know what our children and grandchildren (if not great-grandchildren) would be [...]
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