Though at one time barely considered worthy of the appellation of literature, scholars of popular culture have today established the thesis that comic books and other forms of media expression derived from these illustrated periodicals serve as a snapshot of the perspectives and assumptions prevalent at particular points in American history
Certain characters and series evoke […]

I am not a huge fan of politics. I tend to view politics right up there with Professional Wrestling. It doesn’t matter one iota who wins, the entertainment is in the storyline.
The long march to becoming the GOP candidate to face off against Obama in November has been great entertainment, Of course all good things […]

As if the people don’t have enough to worry about, now CNN is reporting that there could possibly be someone out there posing as a police officer pulling drivers over on Mississippi Highways and then shooting them dead.
There have been two known cases just this month where drivers were found in their cars dead on […]

We have now been at Camp Leatherneck for two weeks. My platoon wants to start doing their job but the outgoing unit is still here. When you deploy you are normally replacing a unit that has reached the end of their tour. There are usually a couple of weeks when you change over with that […]

Even in these extraordinary economic, social and political times around the world the core essence of an advanced Nation’s status is rarely endangered. This is not, however, the case with the United Kingdom. More by accident than design the Union is threatened for the first time in generations at the same time that our membership […]

As spring is in full swing, so are the advertisements for upcoming concerts. I, for one, look forward to getting on my Harley, snagging easy parking, and taking in a few shows this year. And, as with all seasonal activities and events, scammers are gearing up to take advantage of another opportunity to prey upon […]

EFTPOS skimming has become increasingly prevalent over the past few years. EFTPOS skimming—which stands for “electronic funds transfers at the point of sale”—involves either replacing the self-swipe point of sale terminals at cash registers with devices that record credit and debit card data, or remotely hacking a retailer’s POS server.
In one such case, Romanian hackers […]

Like the anthology Killer Fiction: 11 Short Stories of  Killers, Fixers, and P.I.’s  the anthology does not waste time with an introduction of some type.  While the Killer Fiction anthology had a decidedly noir bent in style, A Woman’s Touch- 11 Short Stories of Murder and Misdemeanors anthology is much more on the cozy side […]

If only he had the simple ideals of Virtue, Charity, Freedom, Liberty, and Justice, even as an imposter, Obama might have been a good leader. Surely we have been led in the past by those without some of these ideals. With his wordsmithing and charisma Barack could have been a uniter of people as he […]

In their new book, Getting Jefferson Right: Fact Checking Claims about Our Third President, Christian college professors Warren Throckmorton and Michael Coulter challenge claims about Thomas Jefferson made in the New York Times best selling book, The Jefferson Lies by David Barton.
In The Jefferson Lies and his talks about the book, Barton claims that Thomas Jefferson

included all the words of […]

A man that had just been put on the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted List, Adam Mayes was found in a wooded area a few miles from his home in Union County, Mississippi. The girls, who Mayes had allegedly kidnapped were also found alive and well, unharmed.
Jo Ann Bain and her 14 year old daughter, […]

The local news has been following Chinese threats against the Philippines, and China is getting more threatening.
For years, China has claimed to own the Spratlys Island area, which is claimed by the Philippines, Brunai, Taiwan and Viet Nam.
These countries have insisted on international arbitration for the claim, something that China is not very happy about, […]

Google has increasingly become under fire from a variety of sources both domestic and overseas for what might be anti trust violations. For years Google has faced criticism of their activities. Some accuse the company of favoring their own ‘real estate holdings’ over that of their competitors in how search results are listed.
Various studies have […]

The story keeps unfolding as the days go by about the kidnapping of the mother and her three daughters, who was reported missing on April 27, 2012.  Now according to Adam Mayes’s mother-in-law, Josie Tate, he seemed to believe that the two younger girls, Alexandria and Kyliyah Bain were his own daughters and it had […]

This latest book featuring recovering alcoholic Bruce Kohler and his friends Jimmy and Barbara, is another good one. While it could be read as a stand-alone this novel is later in time after Death Will Get You Sober and Death Will Help You Leave Him and thus should be read after those two good books.
 
This […]

The body of work left behind by Christopher Hitchens, who died last year at the age of 62, is remarkable but none of it is more worthy of our respect than his “Case against Religion” “God is not Great”. It is an extraordinary book not so much for its coruscating destruction of the whole basis […]

Unless you have a cynical mind, (or have been trained to question authority) you might agree with this article in the AMA News:
Aggressive end-of-life care for Medicare dialysis patients is pervasive
Hospitalization, ICU admissions and feeding tubes are common. Nephrology guidelines call for advance planning and advise caution in elderly dialysis.
The article goes on to […]

We watch videos on the news of a Cruise Missile taking out some bad guys in a far flung place. We watch video of a stealth bomber dropping its payload. But these are events that are happening far away. We know that death is involved, but we don’t see the killing, merely the spectacle of […]

The is an advert on TV for a genealogy web site, it has the interesting observation, ‘You don’t need to know what you are looking for, you just have to start looking’. This a great observation. For a couple of months I have been delving into the 1970’s band The Strawbs. I had several other […]

The Skeleton Box: A Starvation Lake Mystery is the third book in the series and opens in March 2000 with somebody breaking into houses in Starvation Lake on bingo nights. Despite the break-ins, the victims report that nothing has been taken. The motive as well as the identity or identities of those involved remain a […]

During the first Bangalore Cyber Security summit in 2009, a promise was made by the then Presiding officer Sri Rajesh Tandon that he would be happy to see the setting up of a southern bench on CAT in Bangalore as proposed by Naavi. The then Home minister of the Sate, late Sri M. V. […]

On April 27, 2012 a 31 year old mother and her three daughters were reported missing from their home in Whiteville, Tennessee. Reports are that 14 year old Adrienne, 12 year old Alexandria, and 8 year old Kyliyah Bain along with their mother, Jo Ann Bain had been abducted by a 35 year old man, […]

Contrary to popular belief, cybercriminals are hard workers. They work long hours, often through the night. In fact, many are “third-shifters”—up late at night, into the early morning hours.
For example, the number one online fraud offender does his best work at 1:00 am local time in Ghana, or 5:00 pm PST. For the number two […]

It is the subtitle on this 2011 release that really says it all ‘The Best Of And Then Some’. Without doubt it was the ‘then some’ that caught my eye. Of course I like the ‘best of’ aspect, new treatments of old songs is always a great adventure. But new, and unusual material always gets […]

Just about anyone can set up a fake account on just about any website. Facebook and other social media sites are popular targets due to the amount of traffic they get and the variety of scams that can be perpetrated against legitimate users.
Facebook estimates that as of December 31, 2011, false or duplicate accounts represented […]

 
How long will it be before companies get the message that internet users don’t want to be stalked? Back in 2009 I wrote an article about some bunch of asses doing the same thing. Who had ever heard of ScoreCardResearch.com? Well based on my article reads, I’d say the almost 50,000 people are now better […]

AN OPEN LETTER
To
Sri D.V.Sadananda Gowda
The Honourable Chief Minister of Karnataka
Bangalore
Dear Sir
Karnataka is one state in India which has been in the forefront of IT development. Bangalore as a city does not escape the attention of Mr Obama whenever he thinks of winning an election in US. In the light of the US attention on Bangalore, a suggestion was […]

Digital Empowerment Society, New Delhi along with the Association of Progressive Communication (APC) along with the DIT and NIXI has organized a multi stake holder consultation on Internet Rights, Accessability, Regulation and Ethics at Delhi today the 3rd may 2012.
Ms Aruna Roy inaugurating the Multi Stake stakeholder consultation on Internet Rights in Delhi highlighted […]

The News Media works in strange ways, they tend to act like Guppy’s in a fish tank. If one outlet picks up on a story, the rest are ready to join the School in search of sustenance and safety in numbers.
The Matthew Owens story is a complex one. Mr. Owens was beat into an unconscious […]

A 12 year old girl, Alyssa Marie Sedletzeck, was last seen on Sunday by her family. She was first listed as a runaway but after she didn’t show up with any of her friends and didn’t show up at school, the Vigo County Sheriff’s department Detective Karen Cross said they decided to issue an Indiana […]