"Uncrackable" AACS encryption for HD-DVD Cracked in 8 Days

Seeded on Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:31 PM EST (forum.doom9.org)

"December 6:

technology, dvd, encryption, hd-dvd, fair-use, aacs, aacs-encryption

Hotel Minibar Keys Open Diebold Voting Machines

Seeded on Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:59 PM EDT (-)

"The access panel door on a Diebold AccuVote-TS voting machine the door that protects the memory card that stores the votes, and is the main barrier to the injection of a virus can be opened with a standard key that is widely available on the Internet."

elections, security, us-news, election-fraud, diebold, voting-machines

Dobbs: Five-weeks off for 'do-nothing Congress' - Aug 2, 2006

Seeded on Thu Aug 3, 2006 10:17 AM EDT (CNN)

"This Republican-led, do-nothing Congress is on its way home for a five-week vacation. I'm sure while there, they'll be glad to explain to their constituents why they need so much rest in a year in which they will work fewer than 80 days.

congress, democrats, politics, corruption, republicans, do-nothing

Top 10 Worst URL Flops

Seeded on Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:34 PM EDT (weirdtechnewshub.blogspot.com)

"1. A site called 'Who Represents' where you can find the name of the agent that represents a celebrity. Their domain name… wait for it… is www.whorepresents.com" And it just gets better...

business, domains, humor, url

RFK Jr., Florida Law Firm to File Suits Against Two Voting Machine Companies

Seeded on Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:47 AM EDT (truthbox.org)

"Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Florida Law Firm to File Federal Whistleblower Suits Against Two Voting Machine Companies! First Case to be Filed Next Week, According to Attorneys Scheduled to Meet with U.S. Dept. of Justice Officials This Week"

whistleblower, politics, voting, diebold, voting-machines

Congressional Pay .vs. Federal Minimum Wage

Seeded on Tue May 30, 2006 11:09 AM EDT (goofyblog.net)

"[A] table comparing congressional salaries and the minimum wage. It also includes values in 2005 inflation adjusted dollars, and the ratio between a congress persons yearly salary and that of a minimum wage worker (assuming 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)"

us, congress, money, politics, minimum-wage, pay, house-of-representatives

American cops taped torturing drug suspect

Seeded on Sun May 28, 2006 2:14 PM EDT (Global Features)

"When Tennessee law enforcement officials showed up at the home of Lester Siler, who they suspected of drug use, they asked Lester's wife and son to leave. They didn't know that Lester's wife had turned on a tape recorder in the kitchen.

media, human-rights, abuse, police, rights, us-news, brutality

Cleveland Women Put In Gulag And Held For Psyh Eval For Trying To Put Up Anti-Bush Poster

Seeded on Mon May 15, 2006 11:27 AM EDT (arcticbeacon.com)

"A Cleveland woman, manhandled by police and charged with two felonies for trying to display anti-Bush posters, was jailed in a Cuyahoga County psych unit last week in what her attorney called a "highly unusual and outrageous" decision."

us, bush, usa, politics, police, war, protest, anti-war, anti-bush