WTF
Time for Life Lock?
According to Texas State Comptroller Susan Combs, the data wasn’t exposed by a hacker or a group of vigilante scriptkiddies—it ended up on a state-controlled public server after having been passed around between various state agencies. The data came from the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, the Texas Workforce Commission, and the Employees Retirement System of Texas, all of whom transferred the unencrypted data (against state policy) between January and May of 2010. The information was only discovered on the public server on March 31, 2011, meaning it has been available for almost a year.
Really? A YEAR?
*Whew*
That was close. Glad they jumped right on it.
I thought the gubment storing all that personal data was supposed to be a good thing. I guess if your a malcontent and you know where to look, it is.
Stay secretive, my friends.
Here’s a collection of WTF articles I’m running across as I Bar-B-Que in preparation for the Stupor Bowl tomorrow.
Outrage! American female soldiers forced to give up helmet for hijab
Sexy Russian Spy Anna Chapman Has Trademarked Her Name to Cash In on Her Popularity
Egypt: Camel Jockeying For Position
How about a nice, hot, steaming cup of STFU?
Planned Parenthood Off The Rails
Abortion in an Acupuncture Clinic?
Obamacare Unconstitutional (again)
Obama Rewarded Fundraiser with Ambassadorship, Now Embassy Staff Needs Mental Help
Anthony Weiner Bill Maher: Anti-Intellectuals Glenn Beck Sarah Palin Video
Obama Ignores Judicial Ruling… Again
Fury builds over blackouts caused by de-industrialization of America
Not WTF but WOW! – Video: The skin gun
Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution: Chapter 1
Video: Chris Matthews is Shocked Shocked At The Idea Of Commies And Islamists Colluding
Sarah Palin on Obama’s State of the Union Speech: WTF? – Video
Mainstream Media Silent On WikiLeak Revelation Obama Betrayed British Nuclear Secrets
and
Obama Turns Over British Nuclear Secrets to Russians
Jon Stewart Cleverly Dismantles Keith Olbermann, MSNBC, and Ed Schultz
We now interrupt this WTF link fest to wish a happy blogiversary to our much beloved friend Amuzing Bunni!
Happy Blog Day, babe! Be sure to hop on over to Bunni’s place and wish her a happy happy.
Back to the WTF, but speaking of bunnies,
Year of the Snow Bunnies? <— Rule 5 greatness from the Wysoki
WTF – ATF? – Huge hat tip to Sipsey Street Irregulars
EPA Crying Over Spilled Milk – Lactose Intolerance?
Spoiled Milk and Bad Gas: Something Stinks
Obama calls out Mubarack over ignoring the people’s wishes.
Hello pot? This is kettle… (Was that raaaaacist?)
and, nothing says WTF like hearing this from The Trog… Danica Patrick is dead to me.
A robot weeps.
Now for some creepy WTF – Facebook Exchange With Alex Knepper
and, not necessarily WTF, unless you think the left is actually for American values, even then it’s more OMG!
The quote is actually from David Horowitz, but Professor Douglas has some video and the link to Mr. Horowitz’s article.
Making Things Up As You Go: Study Says Political Party Is Written on Your Face
Just when you thought the Leftards could not get any more inane………..
Stepping once more out of the WTF department, Carol has something to wash your mind out with:
The President Who Stood By Our Side: My Tribute To Ronald Reagan
That’s all for now, gotta see what’s happening at the Barbie Que.
Whoa!
I’ll probably update this post later so, we’ll see ya when I get back! If these ladies let me, that is.
Sunday UPDATE 1:30 pm:
Sliced and ready.
The Arkansas town of Beebe witnessed an extraordinary sight on New Years Eve as thousands of birds dropped from the sky dead. Now just 125 miles from that strange occurrence 100,000 fish have been found dead in the Arkansas River…
…A tugboat captain first noticed the fish on Thursday and now wildlife officials are trying to ascertain what killed the fish…
…Some biologists believe fireworks or the weather may have caused stress-related death for the birds and don’t believe the fish kill is linked to the mass bird death…
Hmmm… 125 miles between the fish and the birds. I’m no rocket scientist but, I think a bird, or 5000 of them, could have easily eaten some dead fish on Wednesday or Thursday and flown 125 miles before they died the following Friday. My guess is whatever parasite or disease or death ray that killed those fish killed the birds as well. A scary scenario.
Questions:
Is there some kind of secret laboratory up there in the Ozarks going about some clandestine research?
Where did the Clinton’s spend their recent holiday?
The fish were first discovered on Thursday. Why are we just now hearing about the fish if that was the first occurrence? Was someone or some agency suppressing the fish story? Something smells…
UPDATE: Bizarre – More dead birds found in Louisiana and Kentucky.
Not to be left out of the UFO controversy, here’s video of the El Paso UFO’s from 10/18.
CBS posted this video of a similar triangle pattern from New York on 10/13/10. They disabled the embedding so, here is a news story that shows some shorter length footage.
What do you think? Balloons? Aliens? Distraction? War of the Worlds?
Isn’t there a new space invaders movie coming out in a few weeks?
Color me skeptical.
UPDATE: UFO mystery solved? Maybe for New York, but what about El Paso? And how to explain the recurring triangle pattern? Three points are by definition, a triangle. Is it mere coincidence that the pattern repeats in El Paso?
Maybe Mythbusters should call in Obama for another episode.
WTF?
Have you heard of this? Some students were asked to stop singing the National Anthem at the Lincoln Memorial. I almost didn’t believe it. Almost. So I did a quick BING search and found this at First Patriots:
“As YAF participant, Sean Balcomb said of the incident, “I didn’t know there was a volume limit for our national anthem at a national monument, especially on such an important day in our great nation’s history.â€
First Patriots pointed me to this at The Young Americans Foundation
Last Friday night, students attending Young America’s Foundation’s High School Leadership Conference were in for quite the shock when they were asked by security to stop singing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
I can’t tell you how proud of these young people I am right now. God Bless these young patriots.
They give me real hope in America.