How Not To Blog ?

And there's no mention of this story in the press because... no one is concerned with virii coming out of Asia?

More than 10,000 people, mostly children, suffered from flu symptoms during an outbreak in southern China during the weeklong Labour Day holiday, a Hong Kong newspaper reported Sunday.

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You're right! The story will most likely die with this post. The blogosphere only wants to run with mild media blackouts relating to their own sorry asses.

Gevil can KISS MY ASS!

Why the fuck do they feel the need to cache every fucking page on their webservers with their Google Accelerator? The trust people place in them is truly amazing.

I've got to hand it to the Google crew. They're one bad %et45#$#$

Here's an idiot's guide to the Real ID Act.

What does that mean for me?
Starting three years from now, if you live or work in the United States, you'll need a federally approved ID card to travel on an airplane, open a bank account, collect Social Security payments, or take advantage of nearly any government service. Practically speaking, your driver's license likely will have to be reissued to meet federal standards.

The Real ID Act hands the Department of Homeland Security the power to set these standards and determine whether state drivers' licenses and other ID cards pass muster. Only ID cards approved by Homeland Security can be accepted "for any official purpose" by the feds.

It goes on to...

...you'll need to bring a "photo identity document," document your birth date and address, and show that your Social Security number is what you had claimed it to be. U.S. citizens will have to prove that status, and foreigners will have to show a valid visa.

State DMVs will have to verify that these identity documents are legitimate, digitize them and store them permanently. In addition, Social Security numbers must be verified with the Social Security Administration.

Sounds like a big mess.

Here's the saddest part:

Why did these ID requirements get attached to an "emergency" military spending bill?
Because it's difficult for politicians to vote against money that will go to the troops in Iraq and tsunami relief.

What a strange state of democracy we are in that anything can be attached to any bill (by non-lawmakers, even), and passed without being read.

Sounds like the beginnings of an official police state to me. A de-facto national identification card will most likely be a mandatory item to carry around. The more important issue is the creation of the massive, national tracking database that such a program dictates. So much for freedom and anonymity.

Leave while you still can.

The United States has signed an agreement to build a US$245 million road along the western coast of the Indonesian province of Aceh.

The area was devastated by the earthquake and tsunami on December 26, 2004.

The 240-kilometre highway will connect the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, with the city of Meulaboh, which was almost wiped out by the tsunami.

We have our own tsunami right here in the fucking United States of America. It's called the economic tsunami of 2000-2005 and counting. It's called the political tsunami of 2000-2005 and counting. It's the social tsunami of 2000-2005 that's tearing our damn people apart, and no one from the high house to the crack house seems to give a shit. They're all hypnotised by the psycho.

There's nothing wrong with aid to those who need it. But a highway where before there was none? Built by the "old boys network", I'm sure.

I guess the US military wants a bigger foot in the door to the region, too, and paying for this shit is the only way the local leaders will allow it.

Here's a new type of concrete that's supposedly 500 times more flexible and 40 times lighter than regular concrete.

Here's the video. (And if you're on a Mac, you're special.)

One step closer to the bridge to space.

How the fuck do you run one of the most popular websites on the planet, the #1 search engine, and your site is down for 15 minutes? I start shitting my pants after 5 if one of my ecommerce sites is down. Obviously, they don't give a shit.

Googling stopped for 15 minutes on Saturday. The world's leading internet search engine shut down from 6:45 to 7 p.m. eastern time, according to Google spokesman David Krane.

"It was not a hacking or a security issue," said Krane. He said the problem was related to the DNS, or Domain Name System, though Krane did not elaborate. The DNS translates domain names for computers.

They really do suck balls.

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