- The National Republican Congressional Campaign, the House GOP's campaign arm, is under fire for using fake Democratic candidate websites to fundraise for Republicans.
- Several senators are sponsoring a bipartisan bill aimed at requiring President Obama to get congressional approval for keeping any troops in Afghanistan past 2014.
- Day one of the Sochi Winter Games opened with snowboarding, alpine skiing and figure skating preliminary events all taking place before the opening ceremonies for the first time in 30 years.
- India is turning to increasingly cheaper solar power to help farmers operate water pumps instead of increasingly expensive diesel fuel.
- Comcast users receiving new cable modems are finding out that the default setting for the new equipment allows them to function as public wi-fi hotspots for Comcast customers.
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"The National Republican Congressional Campaign, the House GOP's campaign arm, is under fire for using fake Democratic candidate websites to fundraise for Republicans."
ReplyDeleteCrimony. What would happen if the Rethugs ever channeled their ingenuity into doing something positive for the country?
Naaah.
"Comcast users receiving new cable modems are finding out that the default setting for the new equipment allows them to function as public wi-fi hotspots for Comcast customers."
ReplyDeleteChrist. Thank goodness I'm using a 3rd-party modem. If I ever do have to use another Comcast modem, I'll have to stick it in a Faraday cage first. Wonder what the spacing between the cage wires needs to be? Is there a physicist reader of this site that can help?