Blog Heap of Links for the day 4 June 2009

The policies of the US president on the Palestinian issue are identical to ours, says Kadima MK Boim.... "Obama shockingly equated the destruction of European Jewry to the suffering Arabs brought upon themselves when they declared war on the nascent state of Israel," National Union MK Arye Eldad said. "If he doesn't understand the difference, perhaps he will when he visits the Buchenwald concentration camp [on Friday]. And if he still won't get it then, the Muslims will teach him a painful lesson that his predecessor learned on September 11."

Protests include demonstrations outside US consulate, posters showing president in a kaffiyeh.

US President Barack Obama sought a new beginning between the United States and Muslims in a speech on Thursday but offered no new initiative to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict,

China, Iran, Russia and Venezuela form a clique of authoritarian states that use their wealth and influence to undermine global democracy and rule of law

Julius Schaub, Hitler's personal aide and adjutant, observes those around him at a party. After the 1944 bomb attempt on Hitler's life, Schaub is said to have falsely claimed to have been injured in the blast so he would be awarded a special badge by the Fuhrer. Schaub had actually been in another building at the time of the explosion. [Illustration]

Handgun Found on Plane at Philadelphia Airport , Police say someone waiting to board Flight 1195 around 7 a.m. Thursday noticed another passenger handing a carry-on bag directly to the airline employee, bypassing a security screening.

First, the autopilot disengaged, and then an alarm warned passengers that all hell was breaking loose on doomed Air France Flight 447. PHOTOS: Air France Flight 447 Search & Rescue It was...

The Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on Monday was flying too slowly ahead of the disaster, Le Monde newspaper said on Thursday, citing sources close to the inquiry.

Cuba has shown no desire to rejoin. Socialist states like Venezuela and Nicaragua say they want to form an association that excludes the US.

More military personnel might call Oklahoma home under a measure signed Wednesday by Gov. Brad Henry.

About 58 percent of Oklahomans lived in a household with Internet access in 2007--one of the lowest rates in the nation.. Only four states _ Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas and West Virginia _ had a lower rate..

This year's guest is Lt. Col. Dick Rutan, who flew around the world nonstop in his home-built airplane "Voyager," using only the fuel he had on board. He never stopped and never refueled... It will be hard for Bartlesville to say goodbye to the Expo. City officials estimate that in 22 years, attendance has been 75,000-85,000 people and produced well over $15,000,000 in economic impact...

About 3,000 of the migratory bird have settled in a two-acre area near a grocery store, restaurants and medical facilities... protected under the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act..

Research in tickling apes and infants suggests laughter evolved in a common ancestor more than 10 million years ago.

Mother-in-law and publicist don't believe Kung Fu star would take his own life, despite evidence to contrary

As an actor, and possibly as a human being, David Carradine was a walking yin-yang symbol, a bundle of opposites tightly stitched together... Carradine's manager said the actor had died of natural causes.. [Like, cessation of breath?]

Thai police have said he was found naked, hanging in the closet of his hotel room....

"He had strong convictions about what he did.... Not only as a physician but as one that tried to show the world that things were going on that threatened the fabric of a woman's life physically, mentally, emotionally and at times suicidal... a family doctor and as a champion of a woman's right to choose...."

FTC says company actively recruited and colluded with criminals seeking to distribute everything from child pornography to spyware and viruses... FTC also alleges that the defendant engaged in the deployment and operation of botnets.... advertised its services in the darkest corners of the Internet, including a forum established to facilitate communication between criminals.... Pricewert, based in San Jose, California, shielded its criminal clientele by either ignoring take-down requests issued by the online security community or shifting its criminal elements to other Internet Protocol addresses it controlled to evade detection, the FTC said...

The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday said that it had shut down a rogue Internet service provider that knowingly hosted and actively distributed child pornography, malware, and spam... Symantec identified more than 600 IP addresses controlled by 3FN that had launched malicious attacks.... The FTC said it had identified more than 4,500 malicious programs directed by the command-and-control servers hosted by 3FN.

It didn't long for people to discover that a single click on the search filter settings in Bing made porn clips available right from within the Bing search page. I like to call it "porn-in-a-portal."

The case had been unraveling in recent months because of a lack of eyewitnesses and physical evidence. Last month, a gravel truck driver gave a sworn statement acknowledging he might have accidentally run over McClelland.

The man accused of fatally shooting a soldier outside a recruiting center begged for FBI agents to free him from a Yemeni jail where he was "radicalized" by Islamic terrorists

Citing gaps in scientific research and a rush to judgment on the safety and environmental impacts of the material, EPA scientists are now concerned that... recycled, ground-up tires as a cushioned surface on children's playgrounds and in synthetic turf on sports fields... may be more harmful than previously thought.

Tourette's syndrome afflicts three out of every 1,000 children between 6 and 17 in the United States, the CDC says... three times more common in boys than in girls, and about twice as common in children 12 to 17 as in those 6 to 11.

EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano promised Thursday that a new Obama Administration border drug-fighting strategy won't just focus on smugglers.She said the counternarcotics plan also will set its sights on reducing demand from drug users. EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL

Microsoft's Xbox 360 peripheral-free 3D motion-sensor is certainly impressive in E3 demos, but what happens when you unplug players entirely? ... When you take the controller away for an "untethered" experience, you introduce a brand new issue: What about feedback?

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced the $60 million Operation Stonegarden outlays on Thursday. The money will help federal, state and local police deal with border security and immigration law enforcement issues. Texas is getting the most money, $16.8 million, followed by Arizona and California, which is getting $12 million. Money also is going to states that border Canada.