Fight to the Death. Almost.

"Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama are essentially tied for the Democratic presidential nomination, according to a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, the first time that the New York senator hasn't clearly led the field.

The Illinois senator bests Clinton by a single percentage point, 30%-29%, if the contest includes former vice president Al Gore.

Clinton bests Obama by a single point, 37%-36%, if it doesn't include Gore.

The survey of 310 Democrats and 160 independents who "lean" Democratic, taken Friday through Sunday, has a margin of error of +/-5 percentage points."

Seems like a good race so far. I don't know how acccurate the polls are, but if they are true, then it would be difficult to predict who actually will represent the Democratic party.

Google Gone Too Far. Continued.

One of the plotters behind the alleged scheme to explode gas pipelines at John F. Kennedy airport directed his co-conspirators to use Google Earth to obtain detailed aerial photos of the targeted facility. In a federal criminal complaint, an excerpt from which you'll find below, one of the accused, Abdul Kadir, reportedly told cohorts to use the popular satellite software after he determined that surveillance video shot by the men was "not sufficiently detailed for operational purposes." Kadir, a Guyanese citizen and former member of that country's parliament, made the Google suggestion during a February meeting with an alleged co-conspirator and a government informant (Kadir and three other men have been charged with planning the terror attack). According to the complaint, the snitch followed through and obtained the Google aerial images of JFK, which the men code named the "chicken farm." At a May 11 meeting in Guyana, Kadir was shown the surveillance video and the Google Earth maps of JFK by the informant and Russell Defreitas, one of those charged in the airport attack plan. Defreitas, the complaint notes, "identified, among other things, the fuel tank locations and air traffic control tower." For his part, Kadir "asked many questions about the maps, including the distance between the street and the fuel tanks." (6 pages)

Google has this amazing feature, but what is it really used for? Most people still resort to Mapquest and Google Maps to find their directions around but to have this much detail doesn't really provide much help for the usual consumer. But in the case of terrorist, they get to see where things are from an aerial view. Even the new Google invention where you can zoom so far in where you can actually see how the streets would look if you stood there is going a bit far. You can vividly see license plates and people walking around. What's the main purpose of it? For vacationing purposes where you would know exactly how the streets look like? That's a bit excessive. Plus, how does this affect our national security?

America's not that safe.

"More murders and robberies in 2006 sent U.S. violent crimes higher for the second straight year, the FBI said on Monday, with the increase blamed on gangs, youth violence, gun crimes and fewer police on beats.

The FBI reported that the number of violent crimes nationwide went up by 1.3 percent last year, following a 2.3 percent increase in 2005. That had been the first rise in four years and the biggest percentage gain in 15 years.

The report showed that murders in big cities jumped last year by 6.7 percent. Robberies, an important indicator of crime trends, increased 6 percent nationwide.

Drudge Report: 16,185 MURDERS; 92,837 RAPES A YEAR IN USA...

Cities with big increases in the number of murders included Orlando and Miami in Florida; Oakland and San Diego in California; Phoenix, Arizona; Corpus Christi, Texas; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Reno, Nevada and Little Rock, Arkansas."

That's a staggering amount of murders and rapes a year in the USA. I have no idea how accurate it is, but if it is true, then why aren't we trying to fix it? There are examples of many ways to help this, such as increasing police activities and to get law enforcements deep into the scheme of things. I'm surprised by these stats. Are you?

Google Gone Too Far

The new Google service offers 360-degree images of locations as seen from the ground, instead of the usual overhead satellite image and matching map. So far, it covers parts of five metropolitan areas — San Francisco, New York, Las Vegas, Denver and Miami.

How’d Google get the images in the first place? In San Francisco, Google staffers drove vans around town for the past year snapping pictures, CNET said. In the others, Google formed a partnership with a company called Immersive Media to do something similar. The images, taken with a 11-lens camera — are static, not real-time webcams. It is not clear how often they will be updated.

Even so, privacy concerns are starting to spread like wildfire. The Drudge Report, that early-warning system for democracy, is now using a screencap of someone peering out of a living room window as his top image. If that didn’t scare you, the banner headline might: SMILE, YOU’RE ON GOOGLE EARTH!"

Although it seems like a cool feature, what's the main purpose of it? Seems a bit excessive and even Matt Drudge thinks it invades on privacy. What would people really use this for other than vacation planning? Plus the level of detail is rather outrageous. Would it affect national security if it was in the wrong hands? Google, sometimes you are too smart for ever yourselves.

Rosie.

Is Evil

Think Different.

Don't Vote for Hillary.

People will sell anything. ANYTHING!

"If you thought donning tin foil caps was excessive, Isabodywear is out to make those contraptions looks mighty mild. While the debate about just how dangerous (or not) cellphone radiation is still rages on, there's certainly a paranoid sect that will snap up anything that claims to "protect them," and this Swiss garb maker is latching onto said opportunity. The briefs are purportedly constructed with threads made of silver, which the company claims will fend off harmful cellphone radiation; moreover, in an effort to really prove just how effective these undergarments are, it suggests that phone calls originated within the confines of your new underwear simply won't connect. Reportedly, 4,000 pairs have been created so far, and for folks willing to give these a try and fill out a survey, the first 500 of you to email in and request one will seemingly have one sent out gratis. There's no word on when you can expect the Slipways to hit the market, but they should sell for CHF29.90 ($24) apiece when retailers start stocking."

Really, how stupid do you have to be to buy one of these. I'd rather buy tin foil and wrap myself in it to blind the surround people while I walk around in sunny California than to spend a staggering $24 on that crap.