Okay, if you came to this page hoping to find some academic sociological evaluation then I must apologize for the misleading headline. While I had hoped to peak your curiosity, I had no intentions of misleading. So…
If you’re still reading, thank you for your understanding and patience. I read the following anecdote only moments ago [...]
Entries from July 2006
A day in the life: cultural differences between America and Mexico
July 30th, 2006 · 2 Comments
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Government orders medical treatment against patient’s wishes
July 26th, 2006 · 1 Comment
Do you think the government has a right to use a court’s authority to order you to submit to medical treatment?
This is the plight of 16-year old Abraham Cherrix. A judge has ordered Abraham to submit to chemotherapy, a treatment that the boy had begun but then refused to continue. His parents support his decision.
But [...]
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9 State Senators and 52 Assembly Representatives Oppose Freedom of Speech
July 22nd, 2006 · 2 Comments
Yes, these 61 lawmakers are United States government representatives. Sad but true.
They all signed a letter that was sent to the University of Wisconsin-Madison urging the University to fire an instructor, Kevin Barrett, who has expressed his views that the September 11th attack was an “inside job” orchestrated by the United States government (full story: [...]
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PowerPoint virus via email - do not open!
July 20th, 2006 · No Comments
Yes, it’s another virus exploiting a Microsoft software product. This time the vulnerable piece of software is Microsoft’s slide-presentation application known as PowerPoint, and the versions affected are PowerPoint 2000, 2002 and 2003.
The virus is embedded in a PowerPoint presentation attached to an email. If you open an infected PowerPoint attachment, the attachment will install [...]
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Feel free to look around
July 15th, 2006 · 1 Comment
I will be largely unavailable for blogging from Saturday, 15 July 2006 through Thursday, 20 July 2006. I’m BACK! And I missed blogging for all of you so… back to writing I go! (resume original post below)
Feel free to look around the site during this break. Use the categories-based tag cloud (in the left column [...]
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