Mohegan Sun

Buffet: 2.5 stars out of 4.
Plates of food consumed: 4.
Belly: Full.

Al-Qaeda calls Queen an ‘enemy of Islam’

Really smart, Al Qaeda.

Hackers use Sony BMG to hide on PCs

Bwahahahahahahahaha!

Sony is going to get sued up the wazoo! They said they released a patch online, but that option is pathetic. Those who don't have a connection to the internets won't be able to get the patch for a rootkit that can even disable your CD-ROM drive. Also, it puts the burden on you to actually be aware enough of what the hell is going on with your computer to know that it's the fault of Sony. Finally, even if you did fix your PC by completely removing the rootkit, who's to say that little Johnny won't stick that rootkit-laden CD right back into the PC and start the whole process all over again!

The long and short of it is that Sony has put a rootkit out in the wild for others to exploit that nothing can completely eradicate, save people getting the patch, which, by the way, only reveals the existence of the DRM, or simply not playing the protected CDs on their PCs. In essence, you had to pay Sony $15 to get a Trojan horse!

Unbelievable.

A taste of their own medicine

Perhaps now, Palestinians will realize the truth of their own terrorist actions, as suicide bombers, under the command of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi take the lives of 27 Palestinians in the hotel bombings in Jordan.

It's no fun for the terrorist when he becomes the terrorized.

It's about time

It's about time that Muslims in the Middle East stand up against the murdering scum Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

Robertson warns Pennsylvania voters of God's wrath

Pat Robertson, Bible-thumper extraordinaire, tells the sane citizens of Dover, Pa. to expect God's wrath because they rejected 'Intelligent' Design and rightly threw out eight school board members who proposed it.

It reminds me of a favorite Simpsons exchange:

Homer: I am the God, Genesh! This wedding angers me. It will break up or all will die.

Apu: Oh God!

Homer: Please Listen to me!

Indian: Tu begin Ganesh. Ganesh by undercan deay ne! ["You are not Ganesh. Ganesh is graceful"] [chases after Homer]

Homer: [runs off and loses an arm] Stop chasing Ganesh, you're just going to get more Wrath!

Robbing Four Banks, on the Phone All the While

This story reminds me of a recent robbery of a liquor store on my street. The guy walks in talking on a cell phone. He puts his other hand on the counter and mentions to the clerk that he's robbing the store. The clerk then gives the robber the money.

Seriously folks, I don't care if the guy had a knife/gun/whatever. You're going to be able to take the guy out if he doesn't have the weapon in his hand!

The fact that the woman in the article only had a gun in her purse is just un-frickin'-believable. I'm suprised that no one noticed and stopped her!

I've got an idea...

Let's cut pork projects like 'The Bridge to Nowhere' first, before cutting universally popular programs like student loan programs.

World of Warcraft hackers using Sony BMG rootkit

Sony is probably the most incompetent corporation in the world. After losing the battle between Betamax and VHS, they continue their string of spectacular failures in the digital world: for their initial refusal to use MP3 as a standard (they went with their proprietary ATRAC3, even forcing those with MP3s to convert them to ATRAC3 if they had a Sony music player), to their low-capacity, high-cost Memory sticks. Now they're getting a huge amount of flack for their ill-advised DRM technique, that, humorously, helps cheaters in World of Warcraft!

This stuff writes itself! The only things I would ever buy from Sony are their TVs.

Ughh

Can I just say right now that 4-hour meetings suck so bad?!?

Kan. School Board OKs Evolution Language

Idiots. The Flying Spaghetti Monster wins.

One step closer to the Islamists.

Oh, Snap!

Those who wanted full disclosure from the Bush administration for allegedly leaking the identity of Valerie Plame are now knowing what goes around, comes around.

If this investigation is serious, you'll soon see articles about "black sites" disappear from the news as some reporters get thrown into jail protecting their sources. Sources will dry up when the remaining reporters who don't go to jail reveal their informants or stop inquiring into the actions of the government.

Good job, Democrats. Your hysterical need to tear down the Bush administration at any cost may soon be used to limit the protections afforded to journalists and their sources. A check against the government's powers may soon end under the fear of prosecution.

You've sown the whirlwind, now reap it.

Who killed Tupac? Who cares?

Ah, Cynthia McKinney. You're really spending tax dollars wisely in order to investigate who killed Tupac Shakur.

Un-freakin-believable. This woman is a nutjob.

The girl

I'm thinking that she's great, and I'm hoping that it will be something more than casual.

Rage on Rue Picasso

Christopher Dickey of Newsweek writes an article about the riots in Paris and asks, "Will the riots swell the ranks of the jihadists in Europe?"

Chris, what makes you think that the rioters aren't already jihadists?

*EDIT*:

Oh, yeah, and there's that 'R'-word again.

Four arrests linked to Chinese spy ring

Four Chinese people were arrested recently for intelligence-gathering for China. They passed along military secrets, including Aegis technology and data on U.S. submarines.

I think that anyone who works with security clearance and is a naturalized citizen should consent to be monitored for 5 to 10 years. The traitorous actions (and I truly hope we can give them the death penalty, but I don't think so) are a stain on all Chinese.

Rage of French Youth Is a Fight for Recognition

You know, I think the word 'rage' is always associated with any article about Islamists, no matter how much WaPo tries to disguise it.

The U.N. Isn't a Threat to the Net

Right, Kofi. We really believe you when you say that the U.N. isn't a threat to the Interweb.

Given the U.N.'s stellar performance record with everything it touches, do we really want to hand over administration of the Internet to the likes of such bastions of freedom like China?

Bomb-making factory found in Paris

It looks like the Islamists don't really care that France didn't back the liberation of Iraq, as riots around France go into the tenth day. A bomb-making factory was found in Paris.