2017 archive
German Cops Cast Net over Botnetter 0
A British hacker is on trial in Germany for attacking Deutsche Telekom to establish a botnet.
The Briton told the court he was paid $10,000 (about €8,500) by a Liberian telecom company which wanted to use the botnet to damage a rival company.
Six Months In 0
Really. Donald Trump’s been President for only six months?
Dick Polman looks back:
(snip)
All this, from a guy with a 36 percent approval rating, by far the worst of any elected president at the six-month mark — but what we’ve learned by now is that he “governs” for that 36 percent, the people who think he’s kickass because he stokes their grievances and hates the same institutions they hate.
Follow the link for the complete article.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet more familial politeness . . . .
The bullet grazed a nine-year-old in the chest and then hit the boy’s arm.
The Name Game 0
Thom speaks with guest Greg Palast (Investigative Reporter, Filmmaker – The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, Contributor – Rolling Stone, BBC, and more) about the Trump administration’s “voter fraud” witch hunt lead by Mike Pence and Kris Kobach, which is officially underway.
All about the Benjamins 0
Shorter Michael-in-Norfolk: Follow the money.
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
Daniel Ruth has a few suggestions for other things Donald Trump’s “dubiously titled Commission on Election Integrity” should investigate when they have finished gutting out the vote.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family value.
Aside:
Have you noticed how, in police-speak, once someone has been exposed to politeness, he or she is no longer a “man” or a “woman” or a “boy” or a “girl,” but rather becomes an impersonal “male” or a “female”?
Hoist on the Elmer Gantry 0
Timothy Egan marvels at the unwavering support that evangelical they-call-themselves-Christians have for Donald Trump, a venal vulgarian who makes Bob Guccione look like a choir boy, and concludes
Patriotism is supposed to be the last refuge of scoundrels, but religion surely is a close second.
Follow the link to learn why he says that.
Russian Impulses 0
Josh Marshal thinks the Trump-Russia thing may be even worse than imagined. Me, I don’t know. I’m in a frequent state of “who woulda thunk” over the actions of our President, overwhelmed by the cavalcade of villainy and stupid (or it is the stupid villainy?). But over my years of reading Josh Marshall, I’ve found him a sober and reasonable interpreter of events.
A snippet:
It’s been noted that President Obama spoke for a few minutes one-on-one once with Dmitry Medvedev when he was President or Russia. My understanding is that Medvedev actually speaks decent English; so translation is less of an issue. But no one had any reason to believe that President Obama was compromised by the Russian government or somehow in league with it. We have plenty of reasons to believe that about President Trump. (Is this circular reasoning? No, as I’ll explain in a moment.) I see no plausible explanation for this latest revelation other than President Trump wanting to discuss things with President Putin that he does not want any other American citizen to hear.
Wingnut Synergy 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., notes that it’s a thing:
More at the link.