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By Jan Dembowski on March 12, 2010
Some people will never get it and this debate will never go away.
George W Bush’s former top adviser has said he is “proud” of the use of harsh interrogation techniques – including waterboarding – during the War on Terror.
via Bush aide Karl Rove insists ‘waterboarding is not torture’ – Times Online.
Why stop at waterboarding? The [...]
Posted in Just Stupid, Politics | Tagged President Bush, Waterboarding
By Jan Dembowski on January 10, 2010
Here we go.
“He’s really an unwelcome guest,” Lautenberg told The Record of Bergen County. “He should be returned to his homeland.”
via Controversy swirls over graduate student who breached security at Newark Airport | New Jersey Real-Time News – – NJ.com.
This translates into
“I’m 85 years old but may want to get re-elected anyway. So I’m going [...]
Posted in Just Stupid, Politics | Tagged Newark Airport, security, TSA
By Jan Dembowski on January 9, 2010
Nice to see Senator Lautenberg still goes for the sound bite. Is he up for re-election?
“This was a terrible deed in its outcome — it wasn’t some prank that didn’t do any harm — it did a lot of harm because it sent out an alert that people can get away with something like this,” [...]
Posted in Just Stupid, Politics | Tagged security, TSA
By Jan Dembowski on December 31, 2009
I have not yet found where to turn off this annoying HP nagware. Anyone know where it lives? You’ll note that the two options are
Bug me to death later.
Activate the trial that you don’t want.
Seriously HP and Norton, can’t you just get the hint? I am fine with losing all my data.
Update: After bugging me [...]
Posted in Just Stupid | Tagged HP, Just Stupid, Norton
By Jan Dembowski on December 30, 2009
No matter what risk to passengers, Unions Must Be STOPPED!
DeMint said Wednesday that he is concerned that Southers would let TSA screeners join a labor union.
via GOP Senator Says Dems Trying to Rush TSA Nominee – NYTimes.com.
Laughable. It must be nice being in the Party of No, not really much to do just complain and [...]
Posted in Just Stupid, Politics | Tagged GOP, Politics
By Jan Dembowski on November 28, 2009
Honestly, some people do need to be made into an object lesson.
The couple’s lawyer, Paul W. Gardner of Baltimore, asserts that the Salahis had been “cleared, by the White House,” to be at the event, and so were not really “crashing.” Mr. Gardner declined a request to elaborate on his assertion.
But a Secret Service spokesman, [...]
Posted in Just Stupid, News | Tagged Just Stupid, News, Reality TV
By Jan Dembowski on November 4, 2009
This morning I heard the results of an election I was following: NY-23 went to Bill Owens.
Just to be clear, NY-23 is a district that is on the Canadian border and except for it being a special election it was no big deal. What made it a big deal is that when a moderate was [...]
Posted in Just Stupid, News, Politics | Tagged Just Stupid, Politics, Republicans
By Jan Dembowski on October 18, 2009
Publicity stunt, huh? I think the Balloon Boy’s Dad will be lucky if he can get elected dog catcher now. Likely will face a fine and be banned from any TV.
Posted in Asides, Just Stupid, News | Tagged Balloon Boy
By Jan Dembowski on October 17, 2009
Since Verizon messed up my order yesterday, they informed me that my order was set for 8 AM – 12 noon today. That sucked but it was better than waiting till next week. And I have to dial into work around 10 AM today so what the heck, I’ll just go with it.
Before 8 AM [...]
Posted in Geek, Just Stupid | Tagged FIOS, Verizon
By Jan Dembowski on September 12, 2009
Update: Look before you click. The McAfee component is optional and you are given the chance to not install it on the Abobe web page.
-Original posting below.-
So I downloaded the updated Firefox 3.5.3 and when it came up it said “Hey, your Flash player is outdated. Click here to get an upgrade”. You can read [...]
Posted in Just Stupid, Software | Tagged Adobe, Flash, Just Stupid, McAfee
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