2011-01-28

Spam kills

'A spam message wishing a Russian woman happy new year may very well have killed her, and saved hundreds of intended targets, according to an account by The Telegraph's Moscow correspondent, Andrew Osborn.

The woman, dubbed "The Black Widow," who Russian authorities suspect was part of the same militant group that killed 35 people at Moscow's Domodedovo airport on Monday, was at a house preparing for the attack, which would have occurred on New Year's Eve at Red Square. Instead, the woman's mobile phone, which served as the device's detonator, was activated hours early by a spam message wishing her a happy new year. She was killed, while a man and woman suspected of being accomplices escaped from the house.

Russian security forces told The Telegraph that phones are usually kept off until the last minute for detonation, but in this case, "the terrorists were careless."'

http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/01/28/5942012-spam-text-kills-suicide-bomber-russian-police-say

2011-01-12

Fwd: fathers and red lights



From: larry.r.trout

'About 2 1/2 hours before the attack, authorities said Wednesday, an Arizona state wildlife officer stopped Loughner for running a red light but had no reason to search the vehicle and allowed the young man to leave with a warning.'

'In the hours before Jared Lee Loughner allegedly tried to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and killed six others, his father chased him into the desert as he carried a mysterious black bag in his hand, the Associated Press reported.'

It's too bad his father did not call the police, saying he did not know what his son had or planned.

Then the red light pull-over may have had probable cause.

Even so it was a legally possesed gun and he hadn't committed a crime yet.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/loughners_father_chased_alleged_shooter_into_deser.php

http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/John_A._Boehner

2011-01-11

Goldman Sachs admits it misled investors, pays $550M fine

I heard a financial talk show host on the radio say that Goldman Sachs
got off easy ... that they are laughing all the way to the bank.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/banking/2010-07-15-goldman-sec-
settlement_N.htm

Likewise, I heard a socialist claim that Obama is in bed with Goldman
Sachs.