Good news from the FBI - an 18-year-old suspected of writing a variant of the Blaster worm and releasing to the general public has been arrested. The only sad part is when he gets out of jail he'll probably make some big money as a reformed hacker/security consultant.
One stupid thing - he's known online as "teekid."
The program that allegedly disseminated the virus is called "teekid.exe"
I guess that's the online equivalent of leaving your phone number at a crime scene.
For the Arnold quote contest we have two winners.
The quote that Arnold didn't say was:
E) "California doesn't need a tax hike. It needs Gray Davis out of office and teaching politics at a community college."
I made that up. I just like the thought of Gray Davis teaching Civics 101 at the Tumbleweed Campus of Chico State Community College. He could start wearing those blazers with the elbow patches like in the old Spiderman movies.
So here are the winners:
Robin (looks like a Shea from the e-mail address) &
Chris of Maine Catholic
Congrats! The other quotes were found on FoxNews in various articles and on We Love Arnold, a site from the same people that brought us We Love The Iraqi Information Minister.
It's simple - guess which quote was not said by Arnold Schwarzenegger and you will get your name in Catholic Lights. Use the comments box below.
A) "Like I told Warren, if he mentions Prop 13 one more time, he has to do 500 situps."
B) "I have inhaled, exhaled everything."
C) "I am trained to get along with Democrats."
D) "I will not change. Because if you are successful and you change, you are an idiot."
E) "California doesn't need a tax hike. It needs Gray Davis out of office and teaching politics at a community college."
F) "We have to make sure everyone in California has a great job. A fantastic job!"
This would have been on The Onion along with articles like
Curious George Implicated in Library of Congress Break-in
"Hey - I'm Curious. What else can I say?"
Man Shoots Six at His Surprise Party
In case you were wondering...
The party was canceled.
'How to be Gay' course draws fire at Michigan
In 2000, the Michigan state legislature fell just four votes short of passing a measure to cut off all government funds for the courses.
Other courses slated for the fall include:
Binge-drinking - a Primer (featuring a $500 lab fee for "supplies")
Playing to Win at the Roulette Table
Human Sacrifice - A Hands-on Approach to an Ancient Art
Clubbing Baby Seals
Parents Blame Selves for Children's Obesity
"My kid is lazy and overweight. I'm a failure... a terrible parent. I'm so depressed... where are my twinkies?"
Ninety percent of those surveyed were either very concerned or somewhat concerned with child obesity, the survey said.
And the other 10% said, "Get in the car kids, the Hot Donuts Now sign is flashing at Krispy Kreme!"
Because of homilies like this.
When you try to explain away the miraculous you end up with happy crap. And people can't grow spiritually from that. So they actively search out and grasp at anything that is other-wordly.
Shame on priests who turn miracles into coincidences and happy stories about sharing and being nice! Nice is not the password to get into heaven. If I ever hear a homily like that at my parish I will hang the priest up by his rainbow suspenders and not let him down until he says "Dominus vobiscum!" Seriously.
Imagine the campaign signs (if there's ever an election)
"Blah for President"
"More Blah"
"Blah Blah Blah"
"Blah More Years"
Genetically Modified (GM) foods are creating a stir as advocates for feeding the hungry and the Don't Mess With Nature crowd go at it.
This article signals that the winds of change may be fluffing up some cassocks at the Vatican.
But the quotes attributed to what looks like a homily given by JPII don't specifically address GM foods:
In 2000, for example, Pope John Paul II, speaking at a special Vatican mass dedicated to agriculture, called on farmers to "resist the temptation of high productivity and profit that work to the detriment of the respect of nature," adding that "when (farmers) forget this basic principle and become tyrants of the earth rather than its custodians ... sooner or later the earth rebels."
This could easily have been referring to farming practices that have nothing to do with genetic modification.
The best quote from the article:
It's "easy to say no to GM food if your stomach is full."
That from Monsignor Velasio De Paolis, professor of canon law at the Pontifical Urban University.
O'Reilly would admire its pithiness.
And here's the snarky last paragraph that seems to have at least some truth:
Although views from the Vatican usually do not have an impact on policy in developed countries, it's opinions are thought to be taken into serious consideration when laws are developed in Catholic parts of the developing world, such as South and Central America, and parts of Africa and southeast Asia.
