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Media & Politics 16-Jan-09 Permanent link to MTA daily media news Outgoing CIA director defends detainee interrogation program (McClatchy) ... of Bush’s policies will be grudging, if silent, acknowledgement of how much he got right.” Holder Agrees [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:21:21

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SGViralScan.com

SGViralScan.com Threat Level: SGViralScan.com is a fake anti-spyware site promoting fake security software Spyware Guard 2008. SGViralScan.com simulates a system scan, and then sends you some “security” alerts. How thoughtful. These SGViralScan.com popups read: “http://SGViralScan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 18:17:07

Beau Biden Will Not Accept Senate Appointment

Beau Biden Will Not Accept Senate Appointment Vice-president elect Joe Biden and his son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, embrace at the Democratic National Convention in August. Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden will not accept an appointment to the Senate to replace his father, according to knowledgeable state sources, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 17:40:57

AK-Senate: Begich Wins

AK-Senate: Begich Wins UPDATE, 9:00 pm: Democrat Mark Begich has defeated Sen. Ted Stevens (R) in the Alaska Senate race, according to the Associated Press. With roughly 2,500 overseas ballots still to count, Begich, the mayor of Anchorage, leads by 3,724 votes [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 23:20:00

Sunday Reading: Broder Hammers Obama

Sunday Reading: Broder Hammers ObamaPresident-elect Barack Obama's popularity ratings may still be sky high but the Post's David Broder -- dean of the political press corps in Washington -- isn't happy with the performance of the former Illinois Senator in recent weeks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 18:15:00

SG9Scanner.com

SG9Scanner.com Threat Level: SG9Scanner.com is a site promoting fake anti-spyware Spyware Guard 2008. SG9Scanner.com simulates a system scan, and then sends you some “security” alerts. How thoughtful. These SG9Scanner.com popups read: “http://SG9Scanner.com says: Warning!!! [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:14:23

Obama To Hold Fiscal Responsibility Summit

Obama To Hold Fiscal Responsibility SummitPresident-elect Barack Obama visits the Post newsroom after a meeting with the editorial board and ... , but resisted questions about how quickly the average American can expect to see tangible results [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:58:11

10 Tips to Keep Identity Theft from Ruining Holiday Travel Plans

From Brian Lapidus, Chief Operating Officer for Kroll Fraud Solutions Attention Holiday Travelers: There’s good news and bad news to report about the 2008 holiday travel season. The good news ... operating officer for Kroll Fraud Solutions, offers these important tips for a safe journey and a happy [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 06:24:11

Voinovich Announces Retirement, GOP Problems Mount

Voinovich Announces Retirement, GOP Problems MountOhio Sen. George Voinovich is retiring in 2010, the fourth Republican to announce he is stepping aside at the end of his term.Voinovich announced his retirement this morning after a weekend filled with speculation that he was planning to step aside [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 16:00:06

Hackers Hijacked Large E-Bill Payment Site

Hackers Hijacked Large E-Bill Payment Site Hackers on Tuesday hijacked the Web site CheckFree.com, one of the largest online bill payment companies, redirecting an unknown number of visitors to a Web address that tried to install malicious software on visitors' computers, the company said today [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 22:49:55

Obama Cuts Radio Ad for Carmouche

Obama Cuts Radio Ad for Carmouche President-elect Barack Obama has recorded a radio ad that will hit the airwaves today in support of the Democratic ... some level of credit if one or both win (Carmouche is the more likely winner at this point) and to avoid [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 17:30:24

Young Out in GOP Housecleaning

Young Out in GOP Housecleaning By Ben Pershing Amid the intense focus on two Democrats with ethics problems, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Rep ... and Ethics in Washington's "Most Embarrassing Reelected Members of Congress" report [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 18:00:00

1,000 Words: The Many Faces of George W. Bush

1,000 Words: The Many Faces of George W. BushAP Photo/Gerald HerbertPresident George W ... this photo? Offer it in the comments section below. We'll pull out a few of the best and feature them ... | January 16, 2009 10:47 PM | Report abuse MANY FACES - and he only showed US two of them [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:00:00

Palin Does Georgia: What Does It Mean?

Palin Does Georgia: What Does It Mean? Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin used some of her star power at campaign appearances for Sen. Saxby Chambliss (right) ... to dispute that there is no more appealing face for the party faithful at the moment than her's. Though [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 10:50:03

From the Front: 01/06/2009

News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front ... like to take credit for how good it looks, but of course, my all-too-talented friend Nancy deserves the credit. Thanks, Nancy!!! I'd like to say that I' m getting into the swing of things [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 18:39:00

Digging Deeper Into the CheckFree Attack

Digging Deeper Into the CheckFree Attack The hijacking of the nation's largest e-bill payment system this week offers a glimpse of an attack that ... of bills consumers can pay through CheckFree are military credit accounts, utility bills, insurance [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 18:58:08

Public consultation takes back seat to Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s closed-door pre-budget roundtable discussions with Canadian business leaders

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty with Economic Advisory CouncilBudget 2009 Consultation Presentation - Slide #2Budget 2009 Consultation Presentation - Slide #6Budget 2009 Consultation Presentation - Slide #12Budget 2009 Consultation Presentation - Slide #16Stephen Harper’s Conservative government is selling its pre-budget consultation as the widest [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 21:19:00

The Best House Campaigns of 2008

The Best House Campaigns of 2008 In the third installment of our "Best Campaigns" series, ... atop the Republican target list for 2010 but he deserves credit for making it to Congress in the first ... and, to her credit, quickly and effectively pivoted [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 11:16:11

License plate scanners coming to a community near me

Last month I happened to open an email on a neighborhood listserv I follow ... and report not only matches but which database contained the vehicle of interest. Vehicle matches [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 22:41:12

Wag the Blog: The Geithner Dilemma

Wag the Blog: The Geithner DilemmaDoes Timothy Geithner's issue with back taxes disqualify him from serving as treasury secretary? (Chip Somodevilla/Bloomberg News)Revelations yesterday that Tim Geithner, the secretary of treasury designate for President-elect Barack Obama, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:30:23

Permanent Link to 372. Fusion Centers and Domestic Intelligence

372. Fusion Centers and Domestic Intelligence One of the criticisms of US law enforcement in the run up to 9/11 was that it failed to connect the ... in connecting them. As described in a November 2007 ACLU report and a July 2008 update, fusion [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 08:57:43

Posts about Home Sales as of January 13, 2009

Want to Make Money Selling Info? 5 Basic Skills You Must Have! - stefsertich.blogspot ... :Dispute Stalls an Ambitious Upper West Side ConversionBy CHRISTINE HAUGHNEYPublished: January 12, … [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 14:21:30

Salon Radio: NPR's Tom Gjelten and ACLU's Harvey Grossman

(updated below w/ transcript) Two interviews are featured today on Salon Radio: (1) ... complaints were made to NPR last week in the wake of his radio report.  The discussion was roughly 25 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 20:03:00

How to Remove False Libelous Info About Yourself Online

Bloggers are usually well aware of the dangers of being accused of libel, ... how many of these situations arise out of a gross misunderstanding. Communicating with the other [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 22:01:54

Barack Obama and the Culture of Leaks

Barack Obama and the Culture of Leaks Throughout the election cycle President-elect Barack Obama and his campaign remained tight-lipped. These days, it's tougher to keep a secret. (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images) Throughout President-elect Barack Obama's primary and general election campaigns, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 11:00:36

The Thing List 2008: A Year In Non-Categorised Stuff

As is now becoming tragically traditional, ... leaked raised many important questions of privacy, data protection, and how democratic institutions deal [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 09:00:02

Mint and 30 Free eBooks About Personal Finance!

Mint seems to be all the rage, everywhere I look someone is talking about Mint ... accounts constantly and sending alerts for low balances and credit limits. Mint allows users to take [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:29:13

Profiles of America's Beloved TV Celebrities (22) - Eartha Kitt, CIA Target

Edited by Alex ConstantineBy Danny Millerwww.huffingtonpost ... Deep South, born in the tiny town of North, South Carolina, in 1927. Her mother was a poor African [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 21:27:00

“Security errors detected” popup

“Security errors detected” popup Threat Level: “Security errors detected” popup is a message that appears on SGViralScan.com, a fake anti-spyware site promoting rogue software Spyware Guard 2008 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 18:45:50

Weekly Insider: Jan 16 (Guest Column, Cleantech & VC)

FORBES/WOLFE Weekly Insider:JAN.16.2009 by Josh Wolfe (email: nanotech@forbes.com ) ... , I expect cleantech’s coming 2009 reset in this financing tundra to force scores of flimsy companies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:56:00

Excellent Analytics Tip #14: Measuring Value of Ecommerce Sales Tools

An Analysis Ninja, let’s call him Philip Walford, asked a delightful question ... of credit to Philip and his crew for being skeptical [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 09:18:01

The Best Senate Campaign of 2008

The Best Senate Campaign of 2008 DALLAS, Texas -- As the new year approaches (and the Fix vacation continues), we have begun to reflect on 2008 and the campaign that was. Over the next few days [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 18:15:25

UK Health News 01/07/2009

Simon Jenkins: Who will cure ministers of illiberal headline addiction? ... : Spending is no remedy for mental health credit crisis [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 10:15:24

Pétition contre l'utilisation d'armes radioactives - Petition against the use of radioactive weapons

.Gaza & Israël: Tous les articles importants - Série no.2 Voici toutes les dernières informations et sources qui sont abordées dans ces deux derniers textes publiés sur Les 7 du Québec et dans l'émission de L'Autre Monde du 8 janvier 2009 (demain).Gaza: lorsque la vie et la vérité sont sacrifiésGaza et Israël: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 19:33:00

Wag the Blog Redux: Media Bias?

Wag the Blog Redux: Media Bias? Is the media biased? ... for alleged 'inexperience,' 'backwardness,' and 'political incorrectness'... If you had been fair [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 23:18:00

Stolen Social Security Numbers are Sold To Crookes

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Date: 2009-09-29 12:26:06

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