The New York Nerd

A voters’ watchdog group just took apart a Diebold voting machine, and they were horrified to see a switch inside that lets anyone with a screwdriver flip between memory A and memory B. This means that the machine can be tested forever to be accurate, and then on voting day they flip the switch and it’s a completely rigged voting machine, holy mackeral. These are touch screen voting machines with no paper trail, so an election can be completely stolen and noone could ever provide a shred of evidence.

You have seen those maniacs fly by you on the highway, but you always say to yourself, well they probably know what they’re doing or they’d be dead already. Well, this clip shows just how stupid these guys can be.

Bill Bonner of Money Week just published a very interesting article. He discusses the top 5 trends going on right now that are going to have a major impact. While I agree with most of his assertions, my only complaint is that he hypes up gold and then advertises gold investments after the article. But his own capitalism there aside, the article is well thought out and raises issues that are important for people to be well aware of.

I knew the bible was full of hypocrisy, but this is ridiculous. They have a list of direct contradictions, I hope your mouse wheel is working because you’re about to scroll.

As you may be aware there is a major front in the war on software piracy vs. freedom for information exchangers in Sweden. Now a new company has join the fold on the side of the file traders, Tankafritt.nu (Swedish, “download freely”) and Delaut.se (Swedish, “share”). They offer insurance. For $20 a year you get full coverage to cover any penalties you get hit with.

This live MSNBC poll asks the question, should George Bush be impeached… the answer? A resounding 87% of the respondants so far say yes!

If you want to know why we need to legalize drugs immediately, the answer is right here, in a brilliant article by Norm Stamper. Norm Stamper is former chief of the Seattle Police Department and an advisory board member of NORML and Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP). He is the author of “Breaking Rank: A Top Cop’s Exposé of the Dark Side of American Policing” (Nation Books, 2005).

Floyd Landis just failed his drug test following the final stage of the Tour de France, in which he rallied from behind for one of the most dramatic victories in The Tour’s history. He tested positive for epitestosterone, which unfortunately would disqualify his win if confirmed.

This article exposes a side of being poor that is rarely thought of, it’s expensive! People can’t have a bank account because they charge minimum balance fees, so they have to pay hefty fees to cash their meager checks. They pay more points to get a car loan or mortgage. They don’t have Sam’s Club in the ghetto, but rather buy everything at convenience stores. The list goes on, but the bottom line is, the poor are screwed!!

The photographer who took this picture won a Pulitzer Prize and then committed suicide. War sucks, especially this type of war, that causes wide spread suffering.