REVOLUTION: Glenn Beck's Call To Action

What If Israel Strikes Iran? - WSJ.com

aux.link.: What If Israel Strikes Iran? - WSJ.com

The Great Ethanol Scam: Inefficiencies And... Destroying Engines?

aux.link.: The Great Ethanol Scam - BusinessWeek

Environmentaljihadists Jealous Of Your Stuff, Make You Feel Guilty For It

aux.link.: Living Environmental alarms raised over consumer electronics Seattle Times Newspaper

One of the comments for the article at the time of this posting is brilliant... "How may Polar Bears will be killed when everyone has to plug in the electric cars we will be forced to buy in the near future?"

Firm Develops Hybrid Hummer H3: 100MPG To Spite Algore

aux.link.: Raser Technologies develops 100MPG Hummer H3 just to spite Al Gore

Three Reasons Why Obama's BlackBerry Is A National Security THREAT

aux.link.: Three reasons why Obama's BlackBerry is a national security THREAT

Behind The Scenes: Welcome Aboard Air Force One

aux.link.: Photographers » Blog Archive » Welcome aboard Air Force One Blogs

Reformed Taliban Mullah Uses iPhone, Encourages High Tech Afghans

aux.link.: FOXNews.com - Mullah Embraces iPhone in Afghan Tech Boom

TRUST: Nigerian Scammers VS. The United States Government

aux.link.: Big Hollywood » Blog Archive » Congratulations: URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED - Payment Notification of your UNCLAIMED STIMULUS

You decide. Kudos to Ernie Mannix.

Ethanol Worst Form of Renewable Energy

aux.link.: Stanford University Study Shows Ethanol to be Worst Form of Renewable Energy

"Mark Jacobson, professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program at Stanford University, recently conducted a study that ranked alternate energies from best to worst. Ethanol was put to the test against, "Solar-photovoltaic (PV), concentrated solar power (CSP), wind, geothermal, hydroelectric, wave, tidal, nuclear, and coal with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology." After looking at reports of air pollutants from energy types on climate and air quality, and comparing how well each energy type was able to power vehicles, the study showed that Ethanol came in dead last.

It seems that the report found that wind-powered battery electric vehicles as well as wind-powered hydrogen fuel cells were the greenest ways to go. The immediate problem now, is the fact that driving a wind-powered battery electric vehicle is horrendously expensive, let alone impractical. And for its part, Ethanol has already received huge support from the automotive industry and the U.S. government. Finding an appropriately sized role for ethanol, with adequate support for the greener of the new green-tech is easier said than done."

Audi: The (New) Ultimate Driving Machine

aux.link.: No Audi R8 competitor coming from BMW - Autoblog

"It's a sign of the times. After having rolled out the delectable M1 Hommage concept, one BMW board member says that the Bavarian automaker has no intention of producing a supercar to compete with the likes of the Audi R8. Instead, BMW will focus on green technologies.

The news comes straight from Klaus Draeger, the board member at the helm of the EfficientDymanics initiative. While Audi continues to produce more powerful and more desirable versions of the R8, Mercedes prepares entirely new supercars and Porsche continues to do what Porsche has always done, the company that once hailed itself as the producers of the "Ultimate Driving Machine" is more concerned with hybrids than sportscars." -Autoblog

Shameless plug for Audi- the official automotive marque of YHPS.

Iran To Amputate The Hands Of Its Bloggers?

aux.link.: Iran considering banning filthy bloggers from meatspace

Proof: Enviros Want Western Lifestyles Changed

aux.link.: Plasma, LCDs blamed for accelerating global warming - ABC News (Australia)

US Lagging Far Behind In Broadband Services

aux.link.: Report: US must have universal gigabit broadband by 2015

Screw NASCAR: Watch 24 Heures du Mans

aux.links: VIDEO: The GT2 finish at Sebring - Autoblog & 24 Hours of Le Mans - Wikipedia

It starts tomorrow, and Audi is going for an unheard-of streak of five wins in a row driving superlative vehicles. Here's a sample from the 12-hour GT2 class in Sebring last year on why it rocks.

Are We Secure? China's Counterfeit Cisco Routers

aux.link: World Tribune — FBI: China may use counterfeit Cisco routers to penetrate U.S. networks

The Common Sense Of Domestic O&G Exploration

aux.link: Saudi oil output hike would not solve US problems: Bush

I hope this trip to Saudi Arabia was just a P.R. move by President Bush, because what he says next is the common sense most of us have known all along. But the visit was worth it alone for him to shine some light on this while in the region to make a point. He's really on a roll this week.

"Our problem in America gets solved when we aggressively go for domestic exploration. Our problem in America gets solved if we expand our refining capacity, promote nuclear energy and continue our strategy for the advancing of alternative energies as well as conservation," he said.

"One interesting thing about American politics these days is those who are screaming the loudest for increased production from Saudi Arabia are the very same people who are fighting the fiercest against domestic exploration, against the development of nuclear power and against expanding refining capacity."

'Expelled' Asks The Root Of All Science Inquiries

aux.link: Ben Stein is EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed

Principally, where the hell did the cellular infrastructure of life come from? How did DNA come to be? Some Darwinists will tell you from molecules bonding and mutating on the backs of crystals, or perhaps it was all just seeded here from alien lifeforms who decided to drop-by millions of years ago. But it definitely was NOT a god. Ok, failing that, there's a better chance in a trillion-trillion that this all happened to come together one magical day and work well enough to produce you reading this... WTF?

'Expelled' exposes Darwinists for the close-minded elitest loons they are, and shows that Intelligent Design isn't mutually exclusive from 'Big Science'. They coexist and both have something to bring to the table. If you think this is a film for the Religious Right, you're only kidding yourself and missing the point you have been all the while. Ben Stein is brilliant in this piece, and has pulled off one of the most important documentaries of our time. You must see it.

RUSH: Cubans Granted Mobile Phone Sales, Use

aux.link: FOXNews.com - Cubans Mob Cell Phone Stores as Service Becomes Available

This is great, though a very small start. I hope there are plenty of old Chevy and Trabant body shop mechanics ready for a swell in business...

US Intel Agencies Using Google Appliances

aux.link: CIA enlists Google's help for spy work - Times Online

'Fitna' Film Getting Banned Across The Web!

aux.link: Video: Fitna the Movie: Geert Wilders' film about the Quran (English) - Google Video

Except from Google Video, though they won't recognize it in their 'Movers and Shakers' rankings.



But even highly-credited LiveLink.com, four days early than the anticipated launch date, gives this in return:

"Following threats to our staff of a very serious nature, and some ill informed reports from certain corners of the British media that could directly lead to the harm of some of our staff, Liveleak.com has been left with no other choice but to remove Fitna from our servers. This is a sad day for freedom of speech on the net but we have to place the safety and well being of our staff above all else. We would like to thank the thousands of people, from all backgrounds and religions, who gave us their support. They realised LiveLeak.com is a vehicle for many opinions and not just for the support of one. Perhaps there is still hope that this situation may produce a discussion that could benefit and educate all of us as to how we can accept one anothers culture.We stood for what we believe in, the ability to be heard, but in the end the price was too high."

Proves the point- I hope this catches on like wildfire this weekend.

McCain's Support From Cisco, eBay, HP Bosses

aux.link: John McCain 2008 - John McCain for President

"WASHINGTON -- A pair of high-profile former Silicon Valley executives have signed on to help John McCain's presidential campaign, offering a boost to the presumptive Republican nominee's economic credentials and fund-raising abilities.

Meg Whitman, the retirement-bound chief executive of eBay Inc., joined the McCain team Friday as a national co-chairwoman. She made the move after more than a year as an adviser to Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts who ran a tough campaign against Sen. McCain. Ms. Whitman joins Carly Fiorina, the former head of Hewlett-Packard Co., who was named the Republican National Committee's "Victory" chair earlier this month.

He already has the help of longtime supporter John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems Inc., as both a fund-raiser and an adviser."

Solid news for the backing of educated and well-paid IT professionals in America, a 12-million-strong voting block of which I am a member, who donate and are politically-active according to CompTIA. I'm proud to patronize services and wares from all three of these companies already.

Dutch Politician Soon To Launch Anti-Islam Film?

aux.link: A Dutch Antagonist of Islam Waits for His Premiere

"Mr. Wilders, 44, is in the news here these days for a 10-to-15-minute film he says he has made depicting the Koran as the inspiration for terrorist attacks and other violence. Having failed to persuade a single Dutch television network to broadcast the film in its entirety, he said he planned to release it on the Internet by the end of this month."

Showwww iiiiiit!!! Hype during the last year of this thing is about to drive me over the edge! If it's credible and any good, I really hope Wilders releases this soon in an easily-distributed form so it can spread as far and wide as quickly as possible. I will watch this in the YHPS control room with a Heineken mini-keg to celebrate when it debuts.

UPDATE 3/23/08: The film's website has been taken down by US host Network Solutions... boycott?

"The site formerly showed the film's title, "Fitna" ("Coming Soon"), and an image of a gilded Koran. Now it shows a note that the U.S. company, Network Solutions, is investigating whether the site violates its terms of service.

"Network Solutions has received a number of complaints regarding this site that are under investigation," the note said.The company could not immediately be reached for comment. Its terms of service contain a sweeping prohibition against objectionable material of any kind or nature."

UPDATE2: Network Solutions also hosts the English version site for Hezbollah. Boycott indeed. Found that off Digg, which had a great post from someone else regarding Fitna: "And you retards thought Scientology was a problem." Yep- this is why this film needs to come out March 31.

US Olympic Tourists Warned About Monitoring

aux.link: US Olympic tourists warned about monitoring in hotels

"Americans traveling to China for the Olympic Games in August can expect their hotel rooms there to be monitored, the State Department warned on its website. "All visitors should be aware that they have no reasonable expectation of privacy in public or private locations," according to the State Department site. "All hotel rooms and offices are considered to be subject to on-site or remote technical monitoring at all times. Hotel rooms, residences and offices may be accessed at any time without the occupant's consent or knowledge," it said. It added that many hotels and apartment buildings may be poorly built, lack emergency exits, fire extinguishers, carbon monoxide monitors and basic security like locks, alarms, and personnel."

Good point- don't expect any rights to security, privacy or otherwise while travelling in China. It's not our jurisdiction, and of no concern to them how you feel. One has to wonder how well this is going to go over with American tourists once they realize this. Personally, along with our eyes on the Tibeten chaos, I'm hoping for a full-on boycott to the point of cancellation so the free global community can give its vote of no confidence to the idiots at the IOC who chose Beijing for 2008. Sorry, athletes- nothing personal.

Security Concerns Halt 3com + Huawei Deal

aux.link: Bain ends 3Com deal

Thank God- this was quite unsettling news that I caught wind of in January. Glad some folks a little higher on the food chain thought so as well.

"Bain said on Thursday that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) had said it would block the $2.2 billion deal that would also have given Huawei, China's biggest network equipment maker, a minority stake of up to 21.5 percent in 3Com. Several U.S. lawmakers have complained that the deal threatened national security due to Huawei's alleged ties to the Chinese military. 3Com sells security technology and network equipment to government agencies and large businesses.

Huawei had maintained that it is a private company owned by employees, but founder Ren Zhengfei was a former People's Liberation Army soldier. Huawei and 3Com representatives were not immediately available for comment."

Bain was trying to make it happen even after the security concerns were raised! I can't stand companies that don't consider ethics and security like this. Romney, go slap 'em up.

Middle Eastern Investors Eyeing US Telcos

aux.link: Kuwait's Investment Dar eyes U.S. telecom firm Reuters

This is the kind of stuff that scares me. Not that Kuwait is an enemy - as they're actually one of the friendliest countries in that region - but they're still not the country I'd chose if we had a foriegn buyout of any section of our country's telecommunications infrastructure. Why not Canada? I think I'm going to be ill.

Inside The Nigerian Cyber Scammer World

aux.link: Nigerian Cyber Scammers - Los Angeles Times

Old news, but still a worthy read more than two years later.

A Note To Steve Jobs / Apple's Political Agenda

aux.link: YouTube - Randy Newman - Macworld Expo 2008, Apple Keynote, Part 1/3

Babbling nonsense, especially hate against America, with no tune from a crotchety, old, senile man, does not make the embarassment of his existance on stage at an electronics tradeshow 'entertainment'. WTF is Apple thinking these days? Oh, but he was conveniently playing a piano while comparing President Bush to Hitler and Stalin, so it's ok. Everyone clap along.

Is he really that extraordinary, Steve? That's frighteningly telling for an otherwise visionary man like yourself. Why couldn't you have snagged U2 to close out your keynote speech instead? You know, someone your global audience generally likes and respects? Your company may make the best consumer IT products on the market of which I am becoming more of a fan, but that doesn't keep you from being a total douchebag. I feel equal parts cutting-edge and dirty every time I pick up my iPhone now. I knew Apple was fairly 'left', but this goes beyond the pale.

Antics like this and your incessant showcasing of The New York Times in every one of your product advertisements demonstrating any Internet capabilities, zooming in on questionable articles of obvious intent, keeps me from leaving my HP Xeon workstation behind for a new Mac Pro. Wake up and realize that your target market isn't full of Paulitards and environmentaljihadists any longer. Spin your energy attempting to mislead others about global affairs into giving us a 3G iPhone already. Marketing is obviously your place in society, not politics. A global showcase of great products to attract more market share - not less - is the worst place possible to advertise your ideologies. Give it up- quick.

Wow, Randy Newman isn't black. I had no idea.

Bain Capital, Chinese Firm Privatise 3Com

aux.link: 3Com to sell itself to Bain Capital, Huawei Tech for 2 bln usd - Forbes.com

And also from my other entry today above, "Bain Capital is partnering with China's Huawei Technologies in a buyout of 3Com, the U.S. company that provides the technology that protects Pentagon computers from Chinese hackers." -Pat Buchanan

Old news I somehow didn't catch last year. Our government's VOIP systems, Ethernet switches, WAN routers - or in essence, their internal network and telecommunications backbone - now all controlled by the Chinese, in part. Somebody call up Mitt Romney and tell him to talk some sense into his old establishment, Bain Capital, the other part. Suddenly, my model 3103 phone doesn't look that cool anymore. Hmm, wonder what Cisco has now...

With the recent economic headlines dealing with such foreign investment, now I'm starting to get uncomfortable. And as a telecom guy, this bit in particular.

Controversy Stirs Over Federal 'Real ID' Program

aux.link: New Driver's License Rules Are Issued - WSJ.com

And this is bad... why? Secure, domestic passports would provide us better security, help to stomp out fake IDs, and keep the illegal aliens honest (and heading south). Especially if they contained an embedded 64k memory chip (re: SIM card technology) holding vital data for emergency or security personnel.

Packet Sniffing Coming To An IP Pipe Near You

aux.link: AT&T and Other ISPs May Be Getting Ready to Filter

Now that I'm out of college with a job (in telecommunications dealing with AT&T every day, no less) and a nice income where I don't have the desire to pirate any longer, I fully support this measure. I see no harm or foul in filtering out the blatantly illegal content online like copywritten movies that were just released 3 hours ago. Keep in mind that cops in these United States will come close your pirated DVD stand up on the streets of NYC, but the protests still occur in Berkeley and red light district enterprises everywhere continue to stay open in specifically zoned areas. They're not proposing China here, folks.

Israel Now Controlling Middle Eastern Airspace

pwn3d. A great case study of United States technology trumping Russian technology (that the Iranians and Syrians are dependent upon) as usual. These articles make me giddy inside.

Report: Israel 'blinded' Syrian radar

Israeli raid caused electronic disruption over wide areas of Syria

Chicken In Every Pot, Microchip In Every Arm

Sure this may not be a very conservative thing to start backing, but this is the 21st century. RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags in everyone over the age of 18 ought to be mandatory, right when you get your booster shot before going to college as an adult. Think of the advantages; wouldn't you like to know if you take a walk in the park with your daughter that a sex offender is deciding to also take a stroll closeby? RFID alerts can come in handy via SMS on your mobile phone at-hand, especially for criminals who are blacklisted in a system monitoring their wherabouts. F*** their civil rights- they lost those when they knocked up that 12-year old last year.

Go ahead- tell me this is not one of the best ways to not just fight crime, but prevent terrorism. What have you got to hide?

Microchip Implants Raise Privacy Concern

Iranians Beat Authoritarianism With Mobiles

Makes sense when your government is so backwards that they don't understand how to keep much of a reign on the latest Western technologies. Gotta love this.

"But more than anything, the rise of shared videos alarms the government, to the degree that private service providers can no longer offer MMS — multimedia services — until appropriate filters are developed.

That won’t stop bawdy file sharers like Balthazar, who owns an impressive collection of clips. "Haven’t these idiots ever heard of Bluetooth?" he asks, before offering a Photoshopped video of Ahmadinejad at a circus. Hint: The president is not sitting in the audience."

A 'Celler's' Market for Information in Iran

Now That's Backwards

How do you know you live in a third world country? When it takes a whole day for even your authorities to explain and identify for certain what the sonic boom and streak of light you experienced in the sky was that morning.

Atlantis shuttle's return flight triggers panic in Mexican village

Blogs From Iran

I stayed up way too late combing these interesting online journals. If you've got time to kill, you should do the same. What you read may surprise you.

Iran blog resource Jerusalem Post

US Missile Defense Test "Phenomenal"

Just in time relief for ever-increasing global tensions, the United States missile defense system has experienced repeated successful counter-measure tests. With the latest over White Sands Missile Range being called "phenomenal" by the THAAD project manager. Cool article- check it.



Las Cruces Sun-News - White Sands missile test phenomenal'

If You Got It, Flaunt It

Israel has apparently shoved back in regards to the threats from Iran. It's about time they start flexing some muscle to the media of the degree that the U.S. has the tendency to do. Israel quietly has the nuclear capability to not only wipe Iran off the map as they proclaimed today, but probably most of Europe and Russia as well if they had to.

Why the rest of the Middle East doesn't respect this is beyond me. It's pretty simple really. When it comes down to conflict in that region, don't f*** with Israel. There isn't another country in the world that has more intelligence and warcraft backing from the United States of America than they do.

Jerusalem Post 'Iran can also be wiped off the map'