Group Think, Duct Tape and Slam Dunks
Ewen MacAskill in WashingtonFriday August 17, 2007Guardian Unlimited The Pentagon was billed over $20m in a 10-year period. Photograph: Angela Stafford/US air force/AP Plumbers are notorious for excessive bills. But none has come even remotely close to matching an extravagant claim by a South Carolina firm: almost $1m (£500,000) for two metal washers worth 19c […]
MoreFOX hacks FARK? By: John Amato @ 12:01 PM – PDT First Wikipedia and now this….Slashdot has some info…Drew Curtis believes FOX hacked him… The first rule of hacking, after all, is “Don’t get caught.” And Fox newsman Darrell Phillipsmay have broken that rule, says Drew Curtis. Curtis, left, is the founder of Fark.com, a […]
MoreThe Anonymous Liberal……GETTING IT DONE Was the DOJ Kept in the Dark About Key Aspects of the NSA Program? In response to a request from Congress, FBI Director Robert Mueller has turned over his personal notes from the days leading up to and following the showdown in John Ashcroft’s hospital room in 2004. Think Progress […]
MoreThe formal declaration: US President George W Bush has warned Iran to stop supporting the militants fighting against the US in Iraq.In a speech to US war veterans in Reno, Nevada, Mr Bush renewed charges that Tehran has provided training and weapons for extremists in Iraq. “The Iranian regime must halt these actions,” he said. […]
MoreDiebold: New name, same bad voting machines! “Diebold Election Systems” are three words synonymous with the aggressive pursuit of failure. Not only did the company badly implement a dubious concept — unverifiable electronic touch-screen voting machines — but it did so with determined flourish, letting its code and internal communication leak out onto the Web; […]
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