The websites of 49 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, were hacked and defaced with a nasty, expletive ridden message left behind for President Barack Obama. The U.S. Congress has called for an investigation into the incident and demanded that computer security be increased.
As someone who has been unlawfully and unjustly subjected to daily computer intrusions, I can attest, the fact of the matter is, anything can be hacked. Any system can be foiled and the contents compromised or stolen.
McCollum seeks hearings on cybersecurity
Sat, Jan 30 2010 2:13 pm - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Betty McCollum is calling for congressional hearings on cybersecurity, two days after her own official House Web site was defaced by hackers.
The hackers, who identified themselves as the Red Eye CREW, were able to access the Websites of 49 House members Wednesday night, posting profanity on a Website that usually contains an inoffensive collection of links and photos of McCollum at various events...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader John Boehner, in a letter sent Thursday, asked the House's chief administrative officer to work with that subcommittee in doing a full review of security standards.
There was a video clip on CNN, regarding thousands of Haitian people gathering and singing in unity, even in the midst of trouble, after a devastating earthquake hit the island this month. It is good that they are keeping their spirits up and remain hopeful. Haiti's capital can be rebuilt better than ever and aid continues to stream into the island.
I urge the world not to give up on helping Haiti. What happened in Haiti is truly a human crisis, but they need all the help they can get, to emerge from it stronger than before.
Beware of the company Cash Advance that also goes by the name Advance America (www.advanceamerica.net). This company gives out advance payday loans, whilst holding personal checks from customers in the event one does not repay the $500-$1000 loan.
However, they have been engaging in corrupt business practices. They have been repeatedly sending in some customers checks days and weeks earlier than the agreed upon loan repayment deadlines, creating massive overdrafts in customers bank accounts.
These are serious financial crimes, which are violations of Federal and local laws. As such, the public needs to be very careful of this company, as they can end up costing you hundreds of dollars in bank overdraft fees, defeating the financial purpose they claim they are assisting you with. They are unreliable and untrustworthy.
The F.T.C. and S.E.C. would do well to watch this company, as its employees are dishonest with money and robbing the American public, via predatory penalty and overdraft fees, during a national financial crisis.
Taylor Momsen, one of the stars of the television show "Gossip Girl" has been spiraling out of control. She's been seen out in public looking high as a kite. In other photos she has been photographed smoking.
When asked about what she will do to contribute to victims of the earthquake tragedy in Haiti, she said she has more important things to do. She goes around wearing such revealing clothes and showgirl make-up, that she looks 30-years-old instead of 16, which just might get her inappropriate attention from older men.
Where's her mother (rhetorical). She's been pictured out with her wayward daughter, smiling in approval, but clearly is not doing her job. Have they not learned from child stars of the past that were allowed to grow up too fast, engaging in promiscuous sex and drug use in their early teens, then went on to crash and burn.
Megan Fox
Megan Fox must be so glad this chick is around to take some of the heat off her. Seriously, are you two related, because the similarities in attitude and sexually exploiting yourselves at a young age are uncanny.
Taylor Momsen, 16, Slammed for Smoking
Friday – January 29, 2010 – 5:46pm - Where there's smoke, there's fire. Taylor Momsen, 16, was spotted huffing away on a cigarette on the New York City set of Gossip Girl Wednesday -- much to the chagrin of an anti-smoking activist.
"She really has an extra responsibility to bear as an actress idolized by little girls out there," Patrick Reynolds, the director of the Foundation for a Smoke-Free America, tells UsMagazine.com. "For her to be smoking sends the wrong message to kids. Evidence shows that stars do influence kids to smoke."
Not that Momsen cares too much about what her young fans may think of her.
When asked about being a role model, she told the UK Times, "To be honest, I don't f--king care. I didn't get into this to be a role model. So I'm sorry if I'm influencing your kids in a way that you don't like, but I can't be responsible for their actions. I don't care.
"Honestly, if I'd have ended up as Hannah Montana, I don't know if the show would have gone as well. I probably would have told them all to go f--k themselves by the time I hit 11...
January 15th, 2010 8:40 am - ...Last night, OK! caught up with the leggy teenager at the Victoria’s Secret store in NYC’s SoHo district, where she was promoting the new Victoria’s Secret Beauty fragrance, Love Rocks. And when asked if she’s planning to follow the lead of stars like Wyclef Jean, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who are making high-profile donations and pleas for help, Taylor told OK!, “Um, right now I’m trying to just finish my record and getting through the last season of Gossip Girl for right now. So not so much thinking about that.”...
Today on C-SPAN, during a televised question and answer session, a Republican rival accused U.S. President Obama of lack of transparency in not opening the health care bill negotiations to television coverage. The more transparency the better. It seems the Obama Administration is having a problem with transparency, which is regrettable, as it is a key component of any healthy democracy.
U.S. President Barack Obama has reneged on his campaign promise of removing troops from the Middle Eastern countries of Iraq and Afghanistan, instead deciding to send tens of thousands more to the latter, to fight an illegal, unpopular war the populace does not want. But the question is why.
You are taking a dire path that you have not justified to the American people or to the world. Why the change of heart and on something so important. Withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan two years from now, under the false assumption you will have won, will not make any positive impact on the insurgent or terrorist mindset.
The day you leave, all you will claim to have accomplished, shall be overturned again, to reflect what certain "powers that be" in the region desire. Furthermore, the Middle East in not a U.S. territory. You have no legal authority to occupy it. Therefore, these increased military measures are in vain and shall cost many soldiers and civilians their lives.
Former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, testified today in a very sad hearing held in London, before the Iraq Inquiry Commission. One got the impression he knew more than he was saying. The question is, why an intelligent man let himself get swept up in this evil. Why did he go along with this, knowing what he knew - items the world was not privy to when a case was being made for the war.
Blair express no remorse for getting Britain into the Iraq war, which was based on faulty intelligence, trumped up by the Bush Administration. Blair needs to show some contrition, as many have died. His reasoning is former Iraqi Prime Minister Saddam Hussein was an evil man. This is true, but the war was waged under false pretenses.
Bush and co. invoked an international emergency, citing Weapons of Mass Destruction posing a threat to humanity, as the grounds to illegally invade another nation, murder its leader and topple the government. This was patently wrong and evil, as there was no emergency, no WMDs and no lawful basis for the attack.
The Bush Administration had no legal mandate to invade Iraq. The war was born out of greed and corruption in wanting to steal what would amount to trillions in oil. The Bush Administration lied to the American people and the world to achieve the unthinkable. But then it blew up in Bush's face.
"Video: Dead soldier mum 'sickened' by Tony Blair"
No one should try to pretty it up. You are war criminals with the blood of over 1 million civilians (Iraqis) and 10,000 soldiers on your hands, for waging a war that was not based in any other purpose than theft.
The Bush and Cheney names will live in disgrace and infamy indefinitely. They are despised in America and the world. History will never justify murder for oil. Stealing and clinging to the people of Iraq's national property like common criminal, while civilians and soldiers paid for it with their blood.
Why you chose to go along with it, Mr. Blair, is something the British people struggle to understand, as reflected by their articles and online comments. You need to seek the Lord's forgiveness for the poor decisions you have made, Mr. Blair, as many people have died.
The occupation was and is illegal. If Obama does not get out of that region, he too will join the exclusive and disgraced club of war criminals. It is really sad those acting in government can decide other people's earthly fate.
Iraq inquiry: Tony Blair had no regrets over toppling Saddam Hussein
Published: 10:00PM GMT 29 Jan 2010 - Tony Blair refused to express regret for overthrowing Saddam Hussein and told the Chilcot inquiry he would take the decision to invade Iraq again even knowing the dictator had no weapons of mass destruction.
During six tense hours in front of the inquiry into the war, the former prime minister also used his testimony repeatedly to urge world leaders to take military action against Iran, which he described as more dangerous than Iraq had been under Saddam.
His confident delivery was interrupted only once by the audience, which included the relatives of British troops killed in Iraq, when he was asked to reflect on the fate of those who had died during the conflict.
Nancy Pelosi singing hook to rap song: "Everybody in the club getting tipsy"
U.S. Congressional House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, a woman who has logged time on Air Force One (I had to tie in the "Air Force Rum" joke) has been outed as a woman that loves her liquor and on the taxpayers' dime, charging thousands of dollars in alcohol to her expense account. Wow, who knew she was such a rum head.
An itemized receipt of items billed to the American taxpayers, reveals a host of alcoholic beverages Pelosi has consumed while on the job (well, that explains some of the legislation).
Nancy Pelosi: Nobody's gonna take my booze from me!
The list of liquor includes, "Maker's Mark whiskey, Courvoisier cognac, Johnny Walker Red scotch, Grey Goose vodka, E&J brandy, Bailey's Irish Crème, Bacardi Light rum, Jim Beam whiskey, Beefeater gin, Dewars scotch, Bombay Sapphire gin, Jack Daniels whiskey and Corona beer."
This is one of the items the Judiciary Report was referring to days ago, that needs to be reduced, in the form of government employees' exorbitant expense accounts. There was no necessity to drink that much liquor on the taxpayers tab. Alcohol is not a necessity. Water is.
Taxpayers pay $101,000 for Pelosi's in-flight 'food, booze'
Speaker's trips 'are more about partying than anything else'
Posted: January 29, 2010 - Part of the tab for alcoholic drinks on a congressional trip arranged by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
It reads like a dream order for a wild frat party: Maker's Mark whiskey, Courvoisier cognac, Johnny Walker Red scotch, Grey Goose vodka, E&J brandy, Bailey's Irish Crème, Bacardi Light rum, Jim Beam whiskey, Beefeater gin, Dewars scotch, Bombay Sapphire gin, Jack Daniels whiskey … and Corona beer.
But that single receipt makes up just part of the more than $101,000 taxpayers paid for "in-flight services" - including food and liquor, for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trips on Air Force jets over the last two years. That's almost $1,000 per week...
Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by Judicial Watch, which investigates and prosecutes government corruption, show Pelosi incurred expenses of some $2.1 million for her use of Air Force jets for travel over that time.
"Speaker Pelosi has a history of wasting taxpayer funds with her boorish demands for military travel," Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said today. "And these documents suggest the Speaker's congressional delegations are more about partying than anything else."
Pelosi, D-Calif., recently joined President Obama on a Judicial Watch list of Top 10 corrupt politicians because of her "sense of entitlement," the group said.
"Politicians believe laws and rules (even the U.S. Constitution) apply to the rest of us but not to them. Case in point: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her excessive and boorish demands for military travel. Judicial Watch obtained documents from the Pentagon in 2008 that suggest Pelosi has been treating the Air Force like her own personal airline," the evaluation said...
Adultery really messed up the life of U.S. Senator and one time presidential candidate, John Edwards. He should have learned from the lesson that was Bill "Bubba" Clinton (see: Monica Lewinsky).
Edwards engaged in an affair with campaign videographer, Rielle Hunter, who made a sex tape of one of their encounters and became pregnant with his baby.
Another campaign worker, Andrew Young,got a hold of the sex tape and tried to sell it. Hunter was forced to obtain a temporary restraining order to ban the tape's release. However, in other news, it was leaked, Edwards wanted Hunter to have an abortion. His wife has now separated from him.
And the moral of the story is...don't cheat on your spouse. People always pay a price for it.
Andrew Young Was Trying To Sell John Edwards' Sex Tape
Posted on Jan 29, 2010 @ 12:43PM
John Edwards' former aide Andrew Young was trying to sell the sex tape of Edwards and mistress Rielle Hunter, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.
That's the real story behind Hunter winning a temporary restraining order Friday prohibiting Young from disseminating the tape. Young helped cover up the one-time presidential candidate's affair with Hunter, even claiming to be the father of her baby.
But when Edwards' lies unraveled Young got a book deal and decided to tell the truth for profit. But now RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively that he was also trying to profit from an Edwards-Hunter sex tape.
"He was exploring options selling the tape," one person with direct knowledge of the situation told RadarOnline.com. "He had spoken to people about possible financial deals involving the tape."...
Abraham Shakespeare, who won a $17 million dollar lump sum in the lottery, has been found dead, buried in cement beneath a house in Florida, putting to an end the exhaustive search for the missing man.
Currently, there are two unofficial suspects in the killing. One, a business associate. The other, a former co-worker that unsuccessfully mounted a legal case against him for allegedly stealing the winning lottery ticket from his wallet.
Jennifer Garner and Ashton Kutcher in "Valentines Day" movie (PLEASE BOYCOTT IT)
UPDATE 1-30-10: The film title has been changed from "Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief" to "Percy Jackson And The Olympians"
New copyright infringements have surfaced, stemming from Madonna's misconduct, where the hosting company for Madonna.com named Digilink, was paid to repeatedly hack into my computers and illegally copy my Library of Congress registered Copyrighted Catalog that contains 12,500 songs, 1000 movie scripts, movie treatments and short stories, 15 book manuscripts, 300 music video treatments, 500 photographs, 100 photo treatments, perfume, clothing line, nano-technology, a solar cell phone and thousands of other items, then unlawfully use items from it WITHOUT PERMISSION.
Valentine's Day Movie
Madonna's fellow Kabbalah cult member Ashton Kutcher, is starring in a rip-off stolen from my Copyrighted Catalog. The name of the copyright infringing film Kutcher stars in is called "Valentine's Day." In opens at theatres soon - PLEASE BOYCOTT IT. It is directed by Garry Marshall, who did the copyright infringing film Princess Diaries 2, is a personal friend of Madonna's and has worked with her in the past on different projects.
"Valentine's Day" is being released by Warner Bros, Madonna's label of 25-years (until a few months ago). Coincidentally, Warner also released Madonna's ex-husband/fellow Kabbalah member, Guy Ritchie's rip-off of my modern remake idea for Sherlock Holmes and illegally used preexisting copyrighted items (scenes) from my Copyrighted Catalog to make the film.
Guy Ritchie's rip-off
Madonna and her nasty contingent made dirty deals using the work. They traded items from my Copyrighted Catalog in exchange for money, favors and a big budget for failed director Guy Ritchie to make Sherlock Holmes.
Because no one in Hollywood would give someone with his abysmal track record of flops and failures over $100 million dollars to make a film, unless there was some dirty, illegal deal running in the background.
"Percy Jackson and the Olympians"
"Percy Jackson and the Olympians" alternately titled "Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief" is another movie that contains infringements. This was supposed to be a remake of the book, but items in the book, didn't make it into the film, while items from my preexisting Copyrighted Catalog illegally appear in the film, based on previews and synopsis.
This ladies and gentlemen, is Hollywood's idea of innovation, criminally stealing copyrights from a black woman, where the proceeds were meant to go towards producing cures to Cancer and AIDS. That's what I call pure evil. It doesn't get any worse than that. The devil must be so proud of them.
CNBC television host, Chris Matthews, is in a bit of a pickle today. Matthews, who is white, stated that during U.S. President Obama's first State of the Union address, he forgot the Commander-in-Chief was black.
U.S. President Barack Obama
Some have taken offense at Matthews statement, but I honestly do not think he meant to cause offense. I thought he meant Obama's speech was non-divisive and inclusive, therefore color didn't matter.
Side Bar: with a name like Barack how could you forget he's black. The only more black name he could have is Simba Obama (I'm just teasing).
The ratings for President Barack Obama's State Of The Union address are down by 4 million viewers, as compared to his original speech when he took office last year. The honeymoon is over...
Obama's latest speech seen by 48 million Americans
Thu Jan 28, 2010 7:15pm - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's television ratings may be the latest indication that his popularity is slipping, despite his move to push job creation to the top of his policy agenda.
Just over 48 million Americans tuned in to the telecast of his State of the Union speech on Wednesday, about 4 million fewer than watched his first address to Congress a month after taking office last year, Nielsen figures showed on Thursday.
The Examiner website published an article today, stating it has received a response from the FBI regarding their request for the file of the late, woman-beating singer, Ike Turner. You know, Chris Brown's daddy (I'm kidding, people, they are not related).
As many of you know, Ike was once married to songstress, Tina Turner, who left him after years of horrible, undeserved abuse and went on to become an international success.
Tina: help!
The Examiner has written about the contents of the file in the first of a series of articles on the subject. It reveals the FBI secretly followed Ike around for an entire year.
Another FBI document reveals there was a dispute, regarding $50,000 allegedly being stolen from Ike's bank account. However, the bank disputed the claim, stating the singer sent numerous employees in to make withdrawals from his account, in an arrangement he set up with the financial institution. Ike was probably high and forgot.
There is also an item of particular note. $150,000 in clothes, jewels and electronics were stolen from Ike and Tina's home, while they were reportedly away on vacation. Considering Ike was high 99.9 % of the time, are they sure he didn't break into his own house, steal and pawn his own stuff.
Seriously, the FBI report claims someone who knew how to quickly disable the alarm committed the crime. Therefore, the person had the alarm code or was a security expert.
Interestingly, some of the files were destroyed, while others have been withheld for privacy reasons. Knowing the FBI, one has to wonder if that is codeword for investigations that were improper and invasive and are now a source of great embarrassment to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, for being so intrusive. Therefore, they'd rather not release said pages.
Lastly, newer Ike Turner pictures are always funny to me. He always looks so paranoid, suspicious and angry at the same time, like was mad people found out he beat Tina and was worried about reprisals:
Breaking News: Ike Turner FBI file declassified by feds
Ike Turner’s FBI file, obtained by Examiner.com, shows that agents tailed the artist, and at one point, spent almost a year questioning everyone who knew him, throughout the country.
One of the circumstances documented in his FBI file surrounds a 1976 burglary, in which $150,000.00 worth of furs, jewelry, musical instruments and other items were stolen from the home of Ike and Tina Turner, which was located at 4263 Olypiad Drive in Los Angeles...
In part of the FBI’s “Destruction Order” program, there are pages from Ike Turner’s file that were destroyed, and are unavailable. More pages were withheld from public view for various reasons, including privacy regulations concerning other individuals that are still alive, and what the FBI called “poor quality” of the documents...
Journalists and bloggers have been busy speculating that actress Angelina Jolie and actor Brad Pitt have broken up, even wondering out loud, who his next girlfriend will be.
Pitt has established a firm pattern of dumping one famous woman after another, only to pick up with an even younger starlet each time that makes him look older by comparison. When egotistical Pitt, who believes his own hype, feels the fame gravy train has reached its limit in a relationship, he finds another famous woman.
Megan Fox
Actress, Megan Fox's name is being thrown around, among others, as a replacement, which would be Angelina Jolie's worst stalker nightmare, as the younger star has been trying to become her and date her, with such frenzy and persistence, it is creepy.
It's amazing that one can go to a plastic surgeon with a picture of a famous actress and say, "Here, make me look like this" - then bam, you have a career. Doesn't say much for Hollywood, does it.
Michael Bay and Megan Fox
I think Pitt would go for Fox, as she is young, pretty and pretty desperate for Jolie's attention. She is also eager to become more famous than dealing with director, Michael Bay, has made her. "Dealing with" = codewords for sex.
For those of you that think I'm kidding, it's Hollywood, not a government ethics committee. Wake up and smell the silicone, already. Brad Pitt is selfish and self-centered. His history with women reveals it. Angelina should remember, if he cheated with you, he will cheat on you.
U.S. President Barack Obama delivered his first State of the Union address to the American people tonight, promising a laundry list of items he has pegged, as important changes the nation needs. He has pledge more job creation, but stated he requires $30 billion dollars more in taxpayer money to accomplish this goal.
In light of the fact the government lost billions in squandered funds during the first job creation effort, there needs to be stronger government guidelines in the dissemination of the next round of funds, in the event the bill is passed by Congress.
President Obama also spoke of the new Civil Rights Division he established last year at his Department of Justice. Sorry, but I'm not impressed with the Justice Department's Civil Rights division.
Robert S. Mueller
When known criminals can wiretap, hack, stalk and approach me on public streets with threats of violence and murder and racial slurs, while the head of your FBI (apart of the DOJ), the racist, Robert S. Mueller, looks the other way to it, as it is lining the pockets of Hollywood stars illegally making money of copyrights that were to benefit AIDS and Cancer patients and research, as millions of people around the world watch in horror, says something is severely wrong with justice matters.
Fact Check: President Obama's State of the Union 2010
Jan. 27, 2010 - President Obama made economy the focal point of his first State of the Union address, but he also touched upon a variety of other issues, from foreign policy to health care. ABC News takes a look at the claims in President Obama's State of the Union address tonight to verify they actually are true.
Excluding Lobbyists From Administration:
"That's why -- for the first time in history -- my administration posts our White House visitors online. And that's why we've excluded lobbyists from policy-making jobs or seats on federal boards and commissions," the president said tonight.
It is true that the Obama administration became the first to implement a policy disclosing visitors to the White House, but the claim on lobbyists isn't quite right...
But the president waived the rule for Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn, who was a registered lobbyist for the defense contractor Raytheon before being appointed in January...
The Obama administration has granted waivers for additional officials who had previously worked as lobbyists. In February, the administration signed waivers for Jocelyn Frye, former general counsel at the National Partnership for Women & Families, and Cecilia Muñoz, the former senior vice president for the National Council of La Raza, allowing them to work on issues for which they lobbied...
Bin Laden (left) the FBI's strange amalgamation (center) and Gaspar Llamazares (right)
On January 16. 2010, in a story this website broke first, the Judiciary Report wrote regarding the FBI's discredited aged Osama Bin Laden photo:
"The sensible, logical way to have gone about it is working with an actual photo of the real subject and adding greying to the hair and to the face, progressing it with wrinkles, slight jowls, a bit of crows feet, a mild wrinkling of the nose and things of that order, to create a projected image of what the person would look like as time passes. But the FBI took the loco approach - they cut and pasted pictures together, infusing the subject's image with that of other people, which is criminally negligent and reckless in law enforcement, as it will have the public looking for and trying to kill the wrong person. All the signs are there that a crazy person is running the FBI."
Today, IT photo expert and a professor at the University of Toronto, Parham Aarabi, confirmed what the Judiciary Report wrote two weeks ago, regarding what was truly the best way to age progress a photo of Osama Bin Laden. He stated, "The new way is to try to understand a person's face and see how that person would naturally age -- use physics and computer graphics in that sense to see realistically how my hairline and my skin will change as I get older."
A more accurate age progressed photo of Osama Bin Laden, released today by University of Toronto professor, Parham Aarabi
The photo set posted above shows the correct age progression technique, rather than the crazy one the FBI illegally employed, in committing copyright infringement and identity theft, in merging the photo of the most notorious terrorist in the world, with that of Spanish Member of Parliament, Gaspar Llamazares.
The FBI still does not grasp the offense they have caused, but imagine it this way. What if law enforcement in Spain decided to put out an age progressed photo of a terrorist responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent people and used a photo of Senator Ted Kennedy, Senator Patrick Leahy or even President Obama to create the hair, forehead, eyebrows, face shape and beard in the mock up, then disseminated it to millions all over the world. The White House and U.S. Congress would be outraged.
The FBI has declined to comment on the NextGov.com article containing the professor's commentary. Of course, they will think people are trying to show them up, but it is a matter of public safety. You cannot go around using innocent people's images for law enforcement mock-ups.
What's scary is people okayed the terrible FBI mock-up at said agency, the Department of Justice and the State Department, when one look should have told them that was not really Bin Laden in the photo.
If I'd worked in any of those government agencies and someone asked me to sign off on that crazy FBI photo amalgamation, I would not have under any circumstances and asked the person who brought it to me, "Either you hate me and want me to get fired or think I need glasses or both." My next question would have been, "No really, who is that in the photo?"
FBI aging technique led to bin Laden mug mixup, IT professor says
01/27/2010 - Modiface A software program's rendering of how Osama bin Laden would age in 15 years (center) and 30 years (right).
The FBI should have focused on the physical aging of the suspect's unique skin type during a recent computerized age progression of Osama bin Laden instead of simply combining facial features from other photographs, says an expert on face detection and image processing algorithms...
"If I was looking for hairlines, I would perhaps look for a photo of bin Laden," said Parham Aarabi, chief executive officer of face visualization firm Modiface and an associate professor in the electrical and computer engineering department at the University of Toronto. "I would have used as much of Osama's own photo as possible."...
Modiface generated an age-enhanced photo of bin Laden in five seconds using an automated, Web-based tool without any manual user intervention or editing, and without additional photos or illustrations, Aarabi said. Modiface last week made the tool available free to the public, hoping that the law enforcement community will experiment with it...
"About five to 10 years ago, the software that existed involved adding overlays -- or taking elements of a photo [of an older person] and adding it to a photo that they wanted to age," Aarabi said. "The new way is to try to understand a person's face and see how that person would naturally age -- use physics and computer graphics in that sense to see realistically how my hairline and my skin will change as I get older."...
FBI officials declined to comment on Aarabi's assessment of its computer imaging.
James O'Keefe has been indicted on wiretapping charges, due to the ACORN scandal that exposed the Obama affiliated group and their misuse of federal funds. O'Keefe now stands accused of wiretapping the Senate office of Mary Landrieu in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Activist accused of tampering with US senator's phone
Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:12pm EST - HOUSTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department charged four men on Tuesday with tampering with phones in the New Orleans office of Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu, one of them a conservative filmmaker who last year provoked a scandal involving a liberal grass-roots group.
The FBI said among those arrested on Monday was James O'Keefe, who, posing as a pimp and accompanied by a woman pretending to be a prostitute, filmed workers with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, giving advice on how to flout housing laws.
The film attracted a big audience after being posted on YouTube...
Two frauds - Simon Fuller and Simon Cowell of "American Idol"
The rigged TV talent show, "American Idol" has been caught stealing again. Previously, the Judiciary Report covered how Simon Fuller and Simon Cowell stole the idea for the show from a Texas man that pitch it to them in their office. Then, a year later, they put the show out without payment or credit to him, reaping a fortune in ill-gotten gain.
Then, there's the Simon Fuller/Simon Cowell/Sony thefts of copyrighted songs and videos, from my preexisting Copyrighted Catalog, with the knowledge and consent of their untalented, degenerate artists on 19 Records (Sony) and Syco (Sony), who took co-writers credit for songs they did not write, that were already sitting in the Copyright Office in Washington DC, registered to me, years before they stole them, via proven computer hacking.
There's something else I wrote about in an unpublished copyright two years ago as well, regarding "American Idol." Even Simon Cowell's on-air shtick, replete with specific styled barbs, are a little too similar to ones my dad has employed for over 20-years on his award winning radio show in Jamaica called "Rhythms" - that's broadcasted all over the world as well, via the internet. My dad gets calls to the station from Britain, Canada, America, Germany and other nations, with song requests and compliments on his show. Over the years, my dad has famously gotten into on-air disputes with famous artists, whose talents he's questioned during his show, using cutting commentary, very similar to what Simon Cowell does now.
However, my dad's been doing this on his show and others, for over 20-years, as one of the world's foremost musicologists, which predates "American Idol" by over a decade. In light of the fact "American Idol" and its spin off "X-Factor" whose music is released by Sony, have infringed so many of my preexisting copyrighted songs, without permission and the fact my dad previously participated in a legal settlement regarding Sony's infringement of a copyright owned by the late legendary producer Clement "Coxsonne" Dodd, prior to "American Idol" even going on the air, I have to wonder about Cowell regarding his created persona for the show and what inspired it. Prior to "American Idol" Cowell was an A&R guy in Britain, who was nothing like this animated, cutting character we now see on TV.
2010 "American Idol" contestant General Larry Platt's "Pants on the Ground":
1996 Green Brothers song "Back Pockets On The Floor":
Today, a new "American Idol" scandal erupted, regarding this year's latest craze by contestant, General Larry Platt and his so-called song "Pants on the Ground."
It turns out "American Idol" and Larry Platt stole the song from a Detroit, Michigan duo called The Green Brothers, who released a song in 1996 titled "Back Pockets on the Floor." That's 14 years prior to "American Idol" and it's rip-off "Pants on the Ground."
Even the song titles sound alike and mean the same thing "Pants on the Ground" and "Pockets on the Floor." The words "Ground" and "Floor" basically mean the same thing. Not to mention the artist names "The General Larry Platt" and "The Green Brothers" led by Gerald Green. You can make the word "Green" out of the word "General."
Furthermore, isn't it odd and sinister how terrible actor, Simon Cowell, proclaimed during General Larry Platt's performance, "I have a horrible feeling that song could be a hit." Tell the truth Simon, you did your usual, disgraceful, illegal practice of scouring the internet and record stores for songs to steal.
What's eerie is how much the Green Brothers' lead singer, G. Green, looks like General Larry Platt and they are about the same age as well. There's a strong resemblance there. In writing this article, I thought one was the other. And no, I do not think "All black people look alike" as the insulting racial phrase implies, as I too am black.
G. Green of the Green Brothers in music video in 1996 (left) and the General Larry Platt in 2010 on "American Idol" (right) - both are older gentlemen with graying hair and graying mustaches, wearing a black cap and black shirt
Considering "American Idol" has been busted numerous times rigging their show's results and stealing music for the subsequent CDs by artists who win on the show, such as Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson, I believe the two Simons heard the preexisting Green Brothers track, liked it and decided to get a look alike, General Larry Platt, to come to the show and sing a plagiarized version of it, with the hope of making it hit.
Even Platt is complaining that "American Idol" has made merchandising items using the song and he hasn't gotten his financial cut. The whole thing looks like a set up.
"American Idol" also infringes the copyrights of well known hits. For example, the 2009 American Idol song by David Cook titled "Time Of My Life" bears similarities to the 1980's song "Time Of My Life" from the movie "Dirty Dancing."
The 2009 song "Battlefield" by "American Idol" Jordan Sparks is a rip-off of Pat Benetar's 1980's track "Love is a Battlefield." Parts of Sparks' 2009 song even sounds like the 1980's hit "Girlfriend" by Pebbles.
The 2009 song "Live Like We're Dying" by the current "American Idol" winner Chris Allen is a rip-off of the1994 Tim McGraw country hit "Live Like You Were Dying."
Everything about "American Idol" is fake and stolen. Wake up world, you've been had.
'Pants on the Ground' -- A Rip-Off?!
Posted Jan 27th 2010 8:10AM - "General" Larry Platt isn't the first person to sing about crooked hats and droopy pants -- and now a Michigan hip-hop duo is saying "Pants on the Ground" is a "take off" of a song they recorded back in 1996.
Pockets on the Floor: Click to watch The Green Brothers -- a rap group consisting of an elderly Platt-alike gentleman -- re-posted the music video for their song "Back Pockets on the Floor" this week -- and you're gonna be shocked at the similarity.
The group claims their lift-up-your-pants jam has "the same intent, idea and in part the same message" as the "American Idol" wannabeen's...
Detroit-area Brothers Record 'Back Pockets on the Floor'
Recorded in '96, the message is similar to 'Pants' - Updated: Tuesday, 26 Jan 2010, 9:09 AM EST - American Idol may have launched the "Pants on the Ground" craze, but the message looks likes it's been around for awhile.
Highland Park's Green Brothers wrote FOX 2 to inform us of their 1996 recording "Back Pockets on the Floor." The brothers tell us the song has the same intent, idea and message of the General Larry Platt's 'Pants' version.
Gerald Green says they wish Platt well, but want the world to hear and see their version of the song.
U.S. President Barack Obama is prepping for his State of the Union address, scheduled for tomorrow. The State of the Union address, is typically a type of national pep talk regarding America. Presidents highlight the strong points of the nation and their hopes for improvement and prosperity.
Between the damage former President George W. Bush wrought, to President Obama's current predicament, which has seen him spend more than any other President in U.S. history, in attempting to clean up his predecessor's mammoth mess, but making a bigger one in the process, the general tone in America is one of exasperation that Washington has not been able to deliver stability and prosperity.
This occurred due to a series of poor choices made over the last several years that hurt the masses. Either way, the American people are tired of it all and want positive change to improve life in the nation.
This site has repeatedly offered sound, tried and true advice, on how to get out of the current national rut created by the greed of Vice President Dick Cheney (the mastermind behind it) and former President George W. Bush (the puppet that went along with it) and Wall Street.
The Judiciary Report has suggested the following items in past articles:
A small 5% tax increase on America's wealthiest citizens. This would create billions in income for the nation.
Be prudent and savvy when going about job creation, to get more bang for the national buck.
Remove troops from Afghanistan and Iraq. It will save lives - both civilian and soldier, bring troops home and add to the work force in America when they return. This equals more people working and paying taxes, helping to rebuild the economy.
Cut wasteful government spending, as some explorative programs, such as studying bears, are frivolous and expensive.
Reducing discretionary spending accounts of government employees. Some government employees' expense accounts are exorbitant and in many cases unnecessary. Learn to conference through secure technology links.
Target medical imaging companies to reduce the cost of their products, such as MRIs, MRAs, CT scans, Doppler, EKG, EEG ect..., in the manner other technology sectors have done in dropping the price of items such as DVD players and CD players that used to cost hundreds, but now can be purchased for 1/10 of their former price.
Focus on reducing the price of pharmaceutical drugs, as some only cost $1.00 per unit to manufacture, yet are being sold for $50.00 to $100 a bottle. That's just plain greed.
It's not that difficult. Lobbyists, corporate entities and corrupt government officials spewing bad rhetoric make it difficult. All it needs is someone willing to do the right thing.
Having stated that, at the end of the day, it is Obama's Presidency and he will do as he pleases...even if it unintentionally sinks the ship, rather than filling in the holes on the proverbial vessel, changing direction and setting sail on a new course of resurgence.
If you fail to do what is right it will come back to haunt you. Don't end up like Bush, ruing the day you ever made the majority of the decisions you did that history records poorly as your legacy, when it is too late to correct them, as you are out of office.
If you fail to act with integrity and character today, history will denigrate your presidency tomorrow. The world is changing. Either you will stay ahead of the curve or get left behind.
Another great story of survival has been broadcasted today in the news, regarding, Rico Dibrivel, a man that was found alive, after being submerged in rubble or 14-days, from the 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti. Now, that's a miracle of endurance.
Director of National Intelligence, Dennis C. Blair, slammed the FBI, headed up by Robert S. Mueller, for botching the arrest of terror suspect, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab.
Robert S. Mueller
Among Blair's claims against the FBI, are the suspect, "Should have been questioned by the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group, or HIG."
Blair: FBI mishandled bomb case
Testimony reveals rift over criminal vs. terrorist treatment
Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair on Wednesday criticized the decision by FBI agents last month to question the Christmas Day airline bombing suspect as a criminal and not interrogate him as a terrorist.
Mr. Blair, in testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, revealed a previously undisclosed disagreement among the Obama administration's top officials over the handling of the Nigerian who is accused of attempting to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253.
The intelligence chief said Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab should have been questioned by the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group, or HIG, a special panel established by President Obama....
FBI Director Robert Mueller comes under fire on terrorist arrest
January 21, 2010 - 12:18pm - From "Intel chief concedes errors in Christmas bomb case" on FederalNewsRadio.com:
"Many Republicans insist that major terror suspects such as [accused Christmas bomber] Abdulmutallab should be tried in military courts because civilian courts do not have the capacity to handle such high-profile cases.
"'It's crystal clear to me that somebody in the Department of Justice prematurely decided that they should treat this as a normal criminal case,' Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., said after the hearing. 'Obviously no care and time was spent on this one, it was just, "Boom!" a decision made quickly - way too quickly in my view.'…
It appears Heidi Montag was trying to pull a Megan Fox, in getting plastic surgery to further her career. However, Fox has not had half as much plastic surgery done, as Montag, which created a very visible "worked on" look.
Heidi Montag
The transformation was too dramatic and pronounced. The excessive, publicized plastic surgery has also hurt her career. Now comes word Montag wants a breast implant upgrade to a side H, which is inadvisable if you are not naturally that cup size. That much plastic surgery is going to turn you into a freak show.
Heidi Montag wants to be a 'size H'
LONDON - Reality TV star Heidi Montag, who has undergone 10 cosmetic surgeries in the past two months, says she wanted size H breasts to match her name.
The 23-year-old, who recently underwent breast enhancement surgery, said: "I kept saying like a crazy person for eight weeks, saying I want them bigger, I want them bigger. I think I'm good with them now… They're triple D's or F's pretty much, I wanted 'H' for Heidi but that didn't really happen that way."...
It seems Angelina Jolie wannabe, Megan Fox and her mouth have turned off some male members of the public, as actress, Emmanuelle Chriqui, has been voted the most desirable by the Ask Men website.
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Maybe being evil in your interviews was not such a good idea, Megan. Regardless, looks fade - kindness, decency, intelligence and personality never do.
Megan Fox isn't so desirable anymore according to AskMen.com's on line poll
January 20, 11:48 PM - What do men really want in a woman? According to AskMen.com's annual poll of the 99 most desirable women, it's Emmanuelle Chriqui. Last year Megan Fox was number two on the list, however this year she fell quite a ways down to the number eleven spot on this years list...
Spawn of Satan, Madonna just tipped off the paparazzi to take some great pics of her. Why are they great you ask? Well, for one, her face is covered. Two, there are no close-ups.
It's nice logging on to pop culture websites and not seeing her deranged grin, crazy stare and plastic surgery decimated freaky face. The world says thanks. Now if she'd just retire...
Professor Cornel West, caringly admonished his friend, U.S. President Barack Obama, not to forget the plight of the poor and downtrodden in America. West, like many others, are alarmed at Obama's about face since he has been in office, deviating from many things he said he would do, which he claimed are a priority to him. West warned him not to be drawn in by the elite. You see it too, huh.
Obama has been mixing with certain "powers that be" in the U.S. government, they are leading him astray with very bad advice and if he is not careful, it shall not amount to reelection. He's listening to the wrong people that can't get him back in office. He needs to start listening to the people of America, the populace, also known as the electorate.
U.S. President Barack Obama
For example, individuals at the FBI, CIA and NSA have encouraged Obama to bend and in some cases, break rules in the areas of civil liberties, via conduct he knew to be wrong. He's also allowed some in the corporate sector to sway his decision making in areas that are unethical.
At the end of the day, Obama can proclaim a number of things, but the public is watching what he does, not says and that will determine the vote.
