Video posted proving Android phones record you illegally

As the title says really scary stuff. Everything done on an Android phone or that it is used for is recorded and sent to some "company" in California. Not kool. Make sure to watch the video though skip to 5 mins in where things get juicy.

The company told Wired.com last week that Carrier IQ’s wares are for “gathering information off the handset to understand the mobile-user experience, where phone calls are dropped, where signal quality is poor, why applications crash and battery life.” The company denies its software logs keystrokes. Eckhart’s 17-minute video clearly undercuts that claim. Every button you press in the dialer before you call,” he says on the video, “it already gets sent off to the IQ application. From there, the data — including the content of  text messages — is sent to Carrier IQ’s servers, in secret.

More news you can use!

Who owes what in the Eurozone
CPS charged with perjury, RICO violations of civil rights, fraud upon the court, obstruction of justice
Alien crop circle looks like giant penis
Canada to record children in school to enforce French language use laws
Obama fired 157 Air force majors to avoid paying retirement benefits
Coalition of 10-year-old boys asks people to call police if they see rape
Anna Mccaffrey, one of the first fantasy authors I read as a kid, passed away
Also dead this week : Josef Stalin's daughter
Sweden considers overtuning 1944 law that legalizes sex with animals
Elementry school treacher throws "bras and panties" party for students

I'll make a man out of you (MOTW)

Another great song I've babble-fished to Spanish..anyone want to give it a shot translating it? Click below

Strangers like me (MOTW)

I'm giving my refugees some Disney songs to translate back into English for practice. Anyone want to give a shot at translating my Spanish version ? Click below to see it. 

The Citizens Campaign

I heard the head lawyer behind The Citizens Campaign group interviewed on NPR today. The Citizens campaign is a nonprofit in New Jersey trying to help people play an active role in government that doesnt involve "politics" and donations. The most interesting point I heard is how folks dont know about the huge lists of open smaller commitment positions in government that virtually anyone can get simply by asking for the mayors office for the appointment. And once your in...your one of "them". Anyhoo they have a bunch of video "classes" on their website on how to change laws or snatch up open elected positions and they claim if you are truly interested they'll provide free legal legwork. I think you should at least check out the instructional (free) videos

Yoda says "Boil Japan!"

Blind Kitten! So Cute!

Love the music, love the kitty, had to post it - via Dori Monsen show.

So much news you can use!

Lots of interesting links! Clicky Clicky!

Internet Censorship bill passing in both houses of Congress
National Geographic photography contest winners
Kid, tired of pothead parents, calls the cops
Jesus of the Rocks
Dept. of Homeland Security directing Occupy Wallstreet crackdowns
Michael Jackson charged Sunday with kidnapping 11yo boy
Major US Lab charged with illegal breeding programs
Baby Born at 11:11am on 11-11-2011
Accused PennState child rapist's lawyer knocked up and married 16yo
Why are there "do nothing jobs" in public school system?
Congress declares Pizza a vegetable for the purposes of school lunches
Newest rage with the kids :: Vodka soaked tampons?
Dont stick full sized dolls up your butt
GE pays no taxes on 14 billion dollars in profits

Obama loves the military

 I voted for Obama the first time because I thought he'd drastically cut back the military spending and foreign action. The guy has done the complete opposite as maintaining and growing the strength and reach of the military industrial complex has been his priority.

Obama planning for "wars" in the Pacific
Obama paying private mercenary air farce to replace us in Iraq
Obama has increased the total size of the military

Either there is some great threat which only the presidents know about or Obama is trying to reduce unemployment statistics by bloating military recruitment.

Someone actually does something!

I like what this guy did here. Its about time people stop with the lips and move with the hips. Why bother ? Well to prevent a coup of course

Rambling about school

My refugee isnt doing too well in middle school.

Why are my Tax dollars paying for this ?

Congress cant come to agreement on basic needs such as medical care and social security but the Democratic and Republican parties each was just awarded 50 milllion dollars  in taxpayer money to pay for the security during their political conventions. I'm sorry but most of the candidates are multimillionaires and can pay for their own security thank you very much.

Thanks to Costco for making the effort

Props to Costco for offering interviews to the displaced employees. I'm not sure how many will take them up on the offer given they have the choice of not working and still being paid via unemployment, but at least Costco tried.

Important people apparently go missing regularly

I was looking into this story about the PennState guy showering with kids and I came across an interesting side story. In 1998 this coach was recorded by police admitting to having sex with one of the victims. The question at that point becomes why wasn't this guy changed then? The world may never know as the DA assigned to the case mysteriously vanished and even more suspicions the guy's computer hard drive washed up in some remote river

Costco's next funded Inititive : Let us sell pot

Via the Dave Ross show Costco efforts on liquior may make or break the legalize Pot movement

"Costco, confident that legislation allowing retail sales of liquor will pass, is already envisioning the next frontier: wholesale marijuana." Think about it. The legalization of marijuana all depends on whether its eventual sale is properly controlled and regulated. There's only one way to really regulate that and that's to have a store to sell it..“Our one concern is that customers will come in for some dope and spend all day milling around the sample tables.”

Italian's successfully test "Cold Fusion" power plant

As long as the mystery buyer isnt some coal company, we may now have limitless clean energy at our fingertips. Bet all the coal executives are crapping their pants about now.

Sneeze of News

 Several interesting tidbits not really big enough for their own post. Enjoy!

Syria breaks Arab League peace agreement (world still does nada)
2 books for girls about women in the army
Mom takes 4yo to get fuel for stranded car, leaves 2yo in car
Congress passes Bill declaring "In God We Trust" national motto
Foot long single celled critters found on Ocean floor
Parents can buy chickenpox via mail order!
Congress passes Bill giving wealthy farms free insurance
Parents who name baby "Hitler" loose custody of 3 kids
Fl Gov screws over small casino's to make way for 3 "Mega-resort" casinos
Another wonderful "children locked in cages" story

Wrong way to think about jobs

A story in the Orlando Sentinel today has all me riled up!

Nationwide, the defense industry could lose 1 million jobs, the study concluded.

Wacky dates

Via the Dave Ross show- We've got a palindrome date (11022011) coming up as well as the infamous 11/11/(20)11...of course since our calendar is set to some arbitrary date the Byzantine church set 1500~ years ago I'm not sure how much it means. Its important to remember the world we live in is VERY western history-centric regardless of the thousands of years human civilization has been around. And this is only the stuff we know from what didnt rot away or was otherwise lost over time.