If you use wireless in public location (like Starbucks), it’s possible that someone else can use a Firefox extension called Firesheep to “sidejack” your Amazon, Facebook, Twitter or Google account (among others). This allows them to do things in your name on those accounts, and perhaps even steal your password (under rare circumstances). Though the …
Archives for October 2010
Fear and Self-Loathing
I’m glad he finally pointed this out: President Obama deflected heckling by AIDS protesters during a Saturday rally, suggesting they take up their cause with “the other side” that’s opposed to funding. A group of people interrupted Obama’s speech before 9,000 in Connecticut chanting “Fund Global AIDS.” The president was quick to respond to the …
Carter
Bill Maher’s entire interview with Jimmy Carter has been posted at HBO, and it’s worth watching just to remember the disconnect between the view of Carter that’s been cemented into pundit’s brains and the reality of the man, who was a smart, pragmatic and effective president. This interview spends a little time on Ted Kennedy’s …
Early Morning Open Thread: Lucky
From commentor Gemina13: In 2004, I lived in Brea, CA… I took the 110 (Harbor) Freeway to work and back home each day. Traffic at rush hour was usually slow torture. On July 26th, 2004, it was the hottest day of the year, with temperatures in the 90s and relative humidity. I had just mentioned …
A simple voter’s guide to the Arizona elections
I’ll confine my advice to the state-wide propositions. You can basically assume that anyone you vote for in Arizona with an (R) next to their name is going to be well to the right of Barry Goldwater and most Democrats are going to vote similarly to your moderate Northeast Republicans. Arizona is far from the reddest …
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What Al said…
Back in 2007 and 2008 there were two people who seemed consistently correct in their pre-election analysis in the long primary season and then the General. One of them was Nate Silver and his 538, but his analysis was (and is) mostly about the numbers and very little about the why. The better analysis to …
I Don’t Have the Energy
To properly tear into this Pat Caddell piece in the WaPo, so if someone else would like to, I’ll gladly post it. It really is the most breathtakingly shameless thing I think I’ve ever read in the WaPo. I’m sure Breitbart will quote it in his new gig at ABC news. Heckuva job, media. Also, …