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Did Belarusian programmers supply some of the Obamacare network software? Inquiring minds want to know..... Programmers linked to the government of Belarus claim to have supplied some of the code used in the Obamacare website. Valery Tsepkalo, of the Belarus government backed High Technology Park in Minsk, claimed (on Voice of Russia radio) that the HHS "is one of our clients" and that "we are helping Obama complete his insurance reform..... Our programmers wrote the program that appears on the monitors in all hospitals and all insurance companies- they will see the full profile of the given patient". MORE at...
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WINDOWS-7 USERS: Microsoft is recommending an update released on Patch Tuesday be uninstalled. reported incidents of the "blue screen of death" after installation. Microsoft released two critical security updates and others rated as "important" for Windows and Internet Explorer as part of its latest round of Patch Tuesday updates. However, a number of Windows 7 users have reported issues with security update 2823324, which is part of security bulletin MS13-036. MS13-036 was meant to fix three privately disclosed flaws and one publicly disclosed flaw in an NTFS kernel-mode driver related to the elevation of privileges when a user is logged...
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Americans who care about the solvency of this nation ought to be seriously annoyed at the contempt for them shown by the Gang of Six “plan,” which even by the standards of “bipartisan” deal-making is a total joke. Even if you take seriously their figure of $3.7 trillion in savings over ten years, that represents a clawback across a decade of about two years of current deficits. If you take Jeff Sessions’s figure of $1.2 trillion in savings over ten years as being closer to the mark, that takes a decade to reverse about three-quarters of the 2011 deficit. Neither...
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Rep. Patrick Kennedy (news, bio, voting record) crashed his car near the Capitol early Thursday, and a police official said he appeared intoxicated. Kennedy said he had taken sleep medication and a prescription anti-nausea drug that can cause drowsiness. Kennedy, D-R.I., addressed the issue after a spate of news reports. His initial statement said: "I consumed no alcohol prior to the incident."'Later, however, he issued a longer statement saying the attending physician for Congress had prescribed Phenergan on Tuesday to treat Kennedy's gastroenteritis.Kennedy said he returned to his Capitol Hill home on Wednesday evening after a final series of votes...
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A lieutenant in the Greeneville Fire Department has been suspended without pay after he allegedly violated a work rule by taking photos of a female Hooters restaurant employee on city fire hall property. Lt. Frank Newton was suspended without pay for three consecutive shifts, after he allegedly took pictures, apparently in a fire department facility, of a waitress from a Hooters restaurant. Efforts to reach Newton this morning were not successful.
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Good morning fellow FReepers -- Been trying to "fix" my brother's computer. Upon booting, an error message is displayed: Invalid Boot.ini file Booting from c:\windows\ And then: Windows\System32\Config\System missing or corrupt. Can't get into safe mode. I booted from the XP Pro disc and ran the recovery console. Ran CHKDSK and am told: "The volume appears to be in good condition and was not checked. Use /p if you want to check the volume anyway." When running CHKDSK /p or CHKDSK /r the process hangs/freezes 5% in. I tried the command bootcfg /rebuild to no avail. The error is "Failed...
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<![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]> THE SATIRICAL POLITICAL BELIEFS ASSESSMENT TEST <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]> A Humorous Political Party Quiz to Test If You're an Archconservative, Leftwing Wacko, Antigovernment Libertine or a Commie Sympathizer <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]> by <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]> Donald J. Hagen <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]> Copyright © 2002 - 2004 by Donald J. Hagen Email: donaldjhagen@yahoo.com <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]> INTRODUCTION Political parties share much in common with obscenity. Both are difficult to define, yet, to paraphrase U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart's definition of obscenity, you know a political party when you see it. Therefore, it comes as no...
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<p>Gov. Mark R. Warner last night exhorted lawmakers to adopt his proposed budget and tax-raising plan to restore the state's fiscal integrity and invest in education, transportation, health care for the poor and disabled and public safety.</p>
<p>In his State of the Commonwealth address to the opening night of the General Assembly session, the Democratic leader sounded a conciliatory tone for the GOP-dominated legislature but said he would not abide budgetary tinkering and wishful thinking about the state's economic growth.</p>
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Firefighter Watching Porn Points Gun At Wife Pontiac Man Charged With Assault POSTED: 4:39 p.m. EDT June 20, 2003 A Pontiac firefighter has been accused of pointing a gun at his wife when she tried to stop him from watching Internet pornography. Lavoisier Washington was arraigned Thursday on charges of felonious assault and carrying a concealed weapon. He was released on $5,000 bond. Fire Chief Wilburt McAdams said he suspended Washington without pay following the alleged incident on Wednesday morning. He also said he will try to fire the eight-year veteran of the department.
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NEED HELP RE: WINDOWS AND “OPERATING SYSTEM NOT FOUND”
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<p>Stalled budget halts funds to elderly: About $10 million in federal money, set for distribution July 1, can't be disbursed until the impasse is broken.</p>
<p>California's programs for the elderly can't get the federal funds needed to pay for their services because of the state's budget stalemate.</p>
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<p>Setting the stage for a bitter budget fight, Assembly Republicans blocked passage Thursday of legislation billed as an important cog in solving the state's $23.6 billion shortfall.</p>
<p>Republicans said they did not object philosophically to the proposal, SB 1830, but felt slighted in negotiations and wanted concessions.</p>
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