Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

There is an old saying that goes, 'It's not paranoia if they really are out to get you.'

It turns out that somebody may very well be watching you, and that somebody is probably the FBI.

A hacker group called Antisec (that's Operation Anti-Security, a movement opposed to the computer security industry) has released over one million Apple device IDs. The information was supposedly obtained after a FBI Regional Cyber Action Team supervisor's notebook was hacked and the IDs were dumped.

This data, if cross-referenced with Apple's developer resources, could potentially identify a unique user's geographic location and other specific information.

What is all of this information good for? What else? Tracking citizens. But why? Do these one million devices belong to terror suspects? And if they do, did the FBI get warrants to track one million citizens?

As we recall from the Fourth Amendment; "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated."

Of course, it is still unclear how much information is being recorded and to what purpose. Antisec has not volunteered any more information and the FBI certainly isn't talking.

But if you have an Apple device you might want to see if yours was one of the IDs released.

And you might want to start looking over your shoulder.

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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*-- 'Tooth Fairy' leaves $3 per tooth in 2012 --*
SAN FRANCISCO - California-based financial company Visa said its survey indicates the "Tooth Fairy" left an average $3-per-tooth for U.S. children this year. Jason Alderman, Visa's senior director of global financial education, said the company's telephone survey of 2,000 U.S. adults indicates the amount of money left by the "Tooth Fairy" this year increased 15 percent over the average from 2011. "The Tooth Fairy may be the canary in the economic coal mine. She's showing signs of life by leaving 40 cents more per tooth this year," Alderman said. "This is not only good news for kids, but an ideal teachable moment for parents to engage their children in thinking about how to budget their windfall by saving a portion." The survey, conducted July 13-17, had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

*-- 2,014-pound burger sets world record --*
CARLTON, Mich. - A Minnesota casino said it set a Guinness World Record by cooking up a 2,014-pound bacon cheeseburger. The Black Bear Casino Resort near Carlton said the burger concocted Sunday handily defeated the previous record of 881 pounds, 13 ounces and a Guinness adjudicator was on hand to verify the record, the Duluth (Minn.) News Tribune reported Tuesday. "What I saw today was a feat of remarkable teamwork that resulted in a world record burger that actually tastes really good," Guinness adjudicator Philip Robertson said. The burger was topped by 60 pounds of bacon, 50 pounds of lettuce, 50 pounds of sliced onions, 40 pounds of pickles and 40 pounds of cheese.

*-- READER COMMENTS --*
Hear, hear! I agree Carrie! That said Lewis, yeah if he didn't want to be criticized, he shouldn't have run. But BO inherited a mess left by a Repugnican admin and Congress, and was then cock-blocked by a congress who made it very clear and public that their sole mission was to fuck him over. So, can we really be surprised that he didn't fix what it took the Repugs 8 years to totally fuck up? -Doug
[Nobody wants to cut spending. Neither the president nor congress. There is too much money to be made from screwing the American public.]

Whenever you're feeling down and like a loser just remember, you're the sperm that won.

Lewis, Usually, I find your "Reader Comments" replies to be valid or, at least, humorous, but you statement that, "You cannot train someone to be moral or upstanding." is incorrect. It starts with the behavior of the parents, from birth and continues until the child is old enough to make his/her own decisions. Habits/behavior patterns are learned over time, NOT overnight! -A parent, citizen and (ex)soldier!
[I'm sorry. I should have been more clear. You are right, of course parents can train children to be upstanding, but we were talking about the military and I meant that military training cannot make someone moral or upstanding.]

Personally, what I'd like to see is a bar (preferably a local one) in the United States where after a hard day at work you could go have a beer and also get a blow job and/or get laid at the end of the day.
[They do have those, only they're illegal in most states. How bad do you need that b.j.?]

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