Random thoughts, Spurious comments and Assorted observations

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Hodge Podge

Yes, today is a hodge podge of statements of things.

Hackers have now shifted their attention to completely illegal activities in response to arrests of some members.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/attacks/231300411

While I might have supported some of their efforts, I no longer do. When they start hacking police files, posting Social Security numbers taken from incident reports (these people probably did not commit a crime, but called for police to help them) and so forth, they have crossed a line.

They are now involving innocent people who have done nothing more than asked for help from law enforcement authorities. They are also guilty of theft, according to the story.

M'self? I say it's time to amp it up the response. A few well-placed swings with a baseball bat will do nicely. Yes. I am advocating vigilante justice and violence in this case.

You come after me, you give me the right to come after you.

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This is just cool. No matter how you look at it.

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-08/double-amputee-sprinter-oscar-pistorius-will-be-first-amputee-compete-world-championships

I do have to agree with some detractors that he's using artificial technology to compete. Makes it unfair for athletes using their own bodies. While he's not likely to win the race, it's only a matter of time before the sci tech reaches the point that such athletes can outperform athletes with unmodified bodies.

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Mom?

Did life originate on Earth? Not an unusual question.


http://www.hindustantimes.com/Are-we-all-aliens/Article1-731169.aspx

The article references new research which shows the "building blocks" of life are coming to Earth via interstellar curve balls.

Anyone else remember the "microfossils" found inside a meteorite some years ago? It looked like tiny bits of dirt to me and to a lot of other scientists.

Seriously. What kind of fossil is an amoeba gonna leave behind anyway?

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Despite some changes, the Mormon religion continues to oppress women, even if some groups don't practice polygamy any more.

I still say if it is OK for the man, it is OK for the woman. To say otherwise is prove the speaker to be an idiot who should be sterilized to avoid any more people like him.

I don't get it either, but it looks cool.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-mormonism/2011/08/03/gIQAyIhTwI_story.html

"Church policy permits widowed and some divorced men to be sealed for all eternity to more than one wife, while Mormon women may not be sealed to more than one husband."

And this comment:

"It is true that mainstream Mormonism does not accord women equal status with men."

What more evidence do you need? The article was written by a Mormon, who admits women are not equal to men. Seems to me that DOES mean women are second class citizens in Mormon culture. If you disagree, then explain to me how I'm wrong.

I'm not gonna hold my breath. You are welcome to hold yours.

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Til they glow, then shoot 'em in the dark.

When is the president going to announce that we are invading Great Britain? Haven't you heard about the riots going on over there? Citizens are up in arms, as much as they can be, over the shooting of a man there.


The government is hammering down on the citizens.


If this was in the Middle East, our bombers would be leveling the place.

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Diana Nyad didn't make it to Cuba by swimming. Dang it.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14456081


I was hoping she'd get all the way there. That would be awesome!


Instead of getting flotillas of Cuban refugees, we could use her as a role model and start shipping our idiots to Cuba. We could start with the president and work our way through government.


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Criminals fear armed homeowners. So do governments.

People who are opposed to private ownership of firearms would do well to read this.


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/08/us/08crime.html


While the three criminals who broke in had guns, they could just as easily have used knives, my aforementioned bats or pretty much anything else. A hammer in the skull kills just as well as any bullet.


911 - Government sponsored dial-a-prayer.


You break into my house and I catch you, I will not be calling the police department. Well. Not exactly true. I will call the chief and let him know, after I've called the coroner.