Posts Tagged “hackers”
- A new bird flu vaccine made from lab-grown cells instead of chicken eggs could be a major step forward in prevention of the potentially deadly virus, as it cuts production time nearly in half and allows health officials to better match annual shots to when flu strains are circulating. It also improves the odds of having an omlette that doesn’t kill you…
- Two House members claim that several of their computers have been compromised by people inside China, which follows on the heels of an investigation into whether the contents of a government-owned laptop were copied when Secretary Of Commerce Carlos Guiterrez visited China recently. Maybe they’re just angling to add an event to their Olympics this summer–Power Hacking…
- A bill to extend unemployment benefits to workers whose aid is running out passed the House, but not by enough votes to expedite it as Democrats wished, nor enough to override a possible veto if President Bush does see it. In other words, they came up short–just like the people they were trying to help…
- One of Barack Obama’s vice-presidential selection team has resigned his position amid criticism of personal loans he received from a subprime lender Obama has often attacked. When you have to vet the vetters, it’s time for somebody to take a chill pill…
- John McCain said yesterday that avoiding casualties in Iraq is more important than when they might be coming home. Of course, if they come home that will totally avoid casualties…
- A West Virginia city council has voted to raise its mayor’s pay–only the mayor says he will veto it, since other city workers will be without a pay increase. Unfortunately, this man has no future in politics…
Tags: Barack Obama, China, Democrat, economy, hackers, health care, House, John McCain
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