Paul Buchheit

"He has filed so many lawsuits that a judge barred him from doing so in any federal court without preliminary approval. He prepared to run as a Democrat for Congress in Connecticut, where paperwork for one of his campaign committees listed as one purpose “to exterminate Jew power.” He ran as a Republican for the Florida State Senate and the United States Senate in Illinois. When running for president in 1999, he aired a television advertisement in New Hampshire that accused George W. Bush of using cocaine. His newfound prominence, and the persistence of his line of political attack — updated regularly on his Web site and through press releases — amazes those from his past. “Well, that’s just a bookend for me,” said Tom Slade, a former chairman of the Florida Republican Party, whom Mr. Martin sued for refusing to support him. Mr. Slade said Mr. Martin was driven like “a run-over dog, but he’s fearless.”" - Paul Buchheit via Bookmarklet

That's not the guy suing for Obama's birth certificate, is he? - Gabe

So that's the sickeningly sweet smell I'm smelling at 2 in the frikkin' morning. - April Buchheit

I want to eat those right now! amazing! - Kipp Bodnar

The more I see Paul and April communicating this way, the more it appears they have separate residences. - Louis Gray

"But platinum, especially palladium, is extremely under-priced now, if you understand who produce these metals and what their cost basis are, and particularly if you understand the continuing South African electricity crisis. South Africa produces 85% of the world's platinum, and 35% of palladium. According to a recent survey, SA's PGM industry average cash cost is about US$1000 per ounce basket PGM metal (60% platinum, 35% palladium and 5% rhodium). That was based on one year old data. Today, due to high inflation rate in SA and US dollar depreciation, the cash cost is probably close to $1200 per ounce basket metal. Adding administrative overhead cost, the total operating cost is probably some where in the neighborhood of US$1350 per ounce basket metal." - Paul Buchheit via Bookmarklet

“After man landed on the moon, there's been not a single live tree or fish within 1800 kilometers radius from the landing site!!!” – me - Amit Patel

How do you know, Amit? Have you been there? - Gabe

"They were caught sleeping in their bed by a group of police officers who had invaded their home in the hopes of finding them in the act of sex (another crime). In their defense, Ms. Loving had pointed to a marriage certificate on the wall in their bedroom, and that, instead of defending them, became the evidence the police needed for a criminal charge since it showed they had been married in another state. Specifically, they were charged under Section 20-58 of the Virginia Code, which prohibited interracial couples from being married out of state and then returning to Virginia, and Section 20-59, which classified "miscegenation" as a felony punishable by a prison sentence of between one and five years." - Paul Buchheit via Bookmarklet

Thanks, Paul. It's surprising how many people do not know about this. The Racial Integrity Act was not repealed until *1979.* And no apology was given for it until *2001.* - Karim

see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.... The Nazis and the U.S. looked to each other for inspiration as far as eugenics. "Plecker commented upon the Third Reich's sterilization of six hundred children in Algeria who were born of German women to black fathers. 'I hope this work is complete and not one has been missed,' he wrote. 'I sometimes regret that we have not the authority to put some measures in practice in Virginia.'" - Karim

http://friendfeed.com/e/de44e9... - MikeAmundsen

funny I am listening to this *now* and I see this pop up on FriendFeed :-D - Karim

This was a wonderful piece. Thanks for posting it. - Robert Konigsberg

Bruce, some bills just have to be really long. How are you going to pass a budget to fund the entire US government with a bill short enough to read? - Gabe

"Oct 9, 2002: 7286 - New 2002 low - Dow down 37.8% from Jan 14, 2000 all time high. October 9, 2007: 14164 - New all time high on the Dow" - Paul Buchheit via Bookmarklet

I'm buying some Apple on Monday. Once the market calms down it still will be a good market for a stock-picker. Right now, the market is acting as a stock market, and not like a market of stocks. This will change, When and at what price the market bottoms, is hard to say, but I'll be ready when it does! - Michael Fidler

it will be interesting to see how apple's announcements change stock price in this climate. their stock usually goes crazy when they have something to say. - paulm

"Global Secure Systems has said that a Russian's firm's use of the latest NVidia graphics cards to accelerate WiFi ‘password recovery' times by up to an astonishing 10,000 per cent proves that WiFi's WPA and WPA2 encryption systems are no longer enough to protect wireless data. David Hobson, managing director of GSS, claimed that companies can no longer view standards-based WiFi transmission as sufficiently secure against eavesdropping to be used with impunity. He also said that the use of VPNs is arguably now mandatory for companies wanting to comply with the Data Protection Act." - Paul Buchheit via Bookmarklet

Does anybody know what the Data Protection Act means? - Gabe

Yahoo has always required VPN on their wireless network. Guess that is for good reason. - Sam Pullara

I think the article overstates the problem, though VPN, properly configured, surely makes for a more secure path. Just make sure that if you are using WPA (Personal, particularly), use a passphrase that is sufficiently long and of high entropy. - £ogical €xtremes

superb - cheers Paul - Zee from WeDoCreative

There's the duplication on Plurk's feed.:( - Igor Poltavskiy

Thanks! - Michael Fidler via twhirl

Wow. Is there something missing? Perhaps something taken out of context? It's hard to imagine that both sides are talking about the same events. - Gabe

Jason, right but I wished his camp hadn't gone there in the first place, it was unnecessary and distasteful. - Sally Church

No doubt. I'm glad to see John McCain still has a limit on how far he'll debase his dignity and the dignity of the presidential election process. Hopefully this will lead to a repudiation of the Rovian campaign tactics and we'll see them look for a new way to run substantive campaigns. - Jason Carreira

"Donald Henry Segretti was a political operative for the Committee to Re-elect the President (Nixon) during the 1970s. Segretti was hired by friend Dwight L. Chapin to run a campaign of dirty tricks (which he dubbed "ratfucking") against the Democrats. His actions were part of the larger Watergate scandal. Karl Rove was Segretti's protege during the 1972 Nixon campaign. In 1974, Segretti pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of distributing illegal (in fact, forged) campaign literature and was sentenced to six months in prison, actually serving four months. One notable example of his wrong-doing was a faked letter on Democratic presidential candidate Edmund Muskie's letterhead falsely alleging that U.S. Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson, a fellow Democrat, had had an illegitimate child with a 17-year-old." - Paul Buchheit via Bookmarklet

oh yeah.... - MikeAmundsen

Small-scale false flag ops sometimes morph into large-scale false flag ops. - Sean McBride

"David Talbot reports on what would have been the crowning achievement of Alaskan Independence Party founder Joe Vogler had he not been first killed in a plastic explosives deal gone bad: Vogler's greatest moment of glory was to be his 1993 appearance before the United Nations to denounce United States "tyranny" before the entire world and to demand Alaska's freedom. The Alaska secessionist had persuaded the government of Iran to sponsor his anti-American harangue. ... The following year, Todd and Sarah Palin attended the AIP convention, and Todd Palin joined the party shortly thereafter." - Paul Buchheit via Bookmarklet

I dunno, Paul. I think that global warming will just change our cash crops, like from corn to sugarcane. - Gabe

So Nebraska will become America's sugar basket? - Paul Buchheit

Palin needs to work on her uptalk. - torque

"The Bush administration this month is quietly cutting off birth control supplies to some of the world’s poorest women in Africa. Thus the paradox of a “pro-life” administration adopting a policy whose result will be tens of thousands of additional abortions each year — along with more women dying in childbirth. The saga also spotlights a clear difference between Barack Obama and John McCain. Senator Obama supports U.N.-led efforts to promote family planning; Senator McCain stands with President Bush in opposing certain crucial efforts to help women reduce unwanted pregnancies in Africa and Asia." - Paul Buchheit via Bookmarklet

Paul, check into the recent legislation regarding hospitals who receive medical funding and their doctors not having to perform abortions *or* refer a patient to a doctor who will if they find it morally objectionable. The wording of abortion indicates it's anything that prevents the implantation of a viable embryo, which includes certain types of birth control i.e. IUDs. They've already got us down half of the slippery slope... - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

This is the point at which religious rhetoric meets practicality and shows the ultimate fail. It's stuff like this that make me view things more like my husband; that humans often allow religion to cloud their judgment past all point of common sense. - Cyndy

oh no. - torque

An excellent show that in no way should be associated with McCain. Who are you? I am number 2. Who is number 1? You are number 6. I am not a number I am a free man! Be seeing you. - AJ Kohn

I don't know -- I think McCain's whole campaign might be based on that episode of "The Prisoner." It featured the sudden, inexplicable appearance of an idiotic woman whose grasp of English was somewhat impaired -- hellooo? remind you of anyone? -- but she's really this scheming manipulator who turns out to be... The Real Number 2. "My fellow prisoners," indeed. [two-fingered salute] Be seeing you. - Karim

Seems unlikely to me. - Paul Buchheit

it's real Paul, I just drove down a side street in Princeton, NJ and counted 7 M/P signs and 2 O/B. In a college town, in a deep blue state. Sry Paul, I read to quickly. I recently saw some bumper stickers that said "free our oil" that weren't a joke. - Sarah Miller

Disgusting. - Mo Kargas

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I've been there. - Kamilah Gill

Paul, I just got back from Sushi Tomi, but the one here in Orlando. - Mike Reynolds

There's a direct flight to San Jose! - Paul Buchheit via Bookmarklet

Yeah, going there at the end of the month! - Anne Bouey

It's San Jose, Costa Rica, in case anyone was going to use it for commuting. - Chris White

I <3 Costa Rica - Clare Dibble

"The 'Gastronomical Festival of the Cat' – dubbed the 'Massacre of the Moggies' – sees townsfolk in Canete, near Lima, feast on the fluffy pets for two days. They believe that eating cat burgers – and fried cat legs and tails – can cure bronchial disease. It is also believed that feline meat serves as an aphrodisiac. The cats are bred especially for this festival – which takes place at the end of September on the Day of Santa Ifigenia." - Paul Buchheit via Bookmarklet

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