31 Jul 2006
Families Challenging Religious Influence in Delaware Schools

Maybe the folks backing the school board so vociferously need to heed the words of the founder of their movement in the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 7:

15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

After her family moved to this small town 30 years ago, Mona Dobrich grew up as the only Jew in school. Mrs. Dobrich, 39, married a local man, bought the house behind her parents’ home and brought up her two children as Jews.

(link) [New York Times]

12:39 /Asatru | 2 comments | permanent link

Worst Ever Security Flaw in Diebold Voting Machine

Until and unless these machines are open sourced - and I mean hardware and software - they should not be used. Period.

The folks at Open Voting Foundation got their hands on a Diebold AccuVote TS touchscreen voting machine. They took it apart (pictures here), and found the most serious security flaw ever discovered in this machine. A single switch is all that is required to cause the machine to boot an unverified external flash instead of the builtin verified EEPROM.

(link) [Slashdot]

12:08 /Technology | 0 comments | permanent link

China clash as church demolished

Ah, yes! The virtues of the free market - with total social control. This nation definitely deserves to be our most favored trading partner. In fact, our current Administration admires them so much they're trying to emulate them!

Protesters and police clash in eastern China over the demolition of an unauthorised church, reports say.

(link) [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition]

06:08 /Politics | 0 comments | permanent link