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POPSMullen: Stop-Loss Won't End Anytime Soon From blog: "I would like to see an end to the stop-loss policy, but I don't see it happening in the near future," Mullen said during a question-and-answer session with the troops. "I see a slight growth in the next couple of years based on predictions right now." Mullen said about 11,000 Army soldiers are now serving under the stop-loss policy, which critics have referred to as a "backdoor draft." Retaining troops beyond the date they're due to leave the military has been necessary to keep units stocked with trained soldiers ready to deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan, he said.
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POPSBackdoor Kyoto Protection under the Endangered Species Act will provide concrete help to polar bears and could revolutionize American climate policy. Since U.S. resistance to curbing greenhouse gases has allowed other countries to shirk their responsibilities as well, major changes in American policy are likely to have a powerful domino effect, catalyzing change in climate policy worldwide. From polluting power plants in the Midwest to auto manufacturers, a vast array of industries may have to clean up their acts to give the polar bear a chance to survive.
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POPSWireless Cell Provider Gave Feds Backdoor Access BOYCOTT VERIZON! This is why Bush wants Telecoms "protected" instead of free citizens, because of deliberate network of illegal spying on millions of Americans. This was plainly illegal, and probably continues. Congress is being notified and the documentation taken seriously.
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POPSFake Romney Christmas Cards in SC I find it ironic that the guy who ran George W. Bush's campaign in 2000 is talking about how these tactics backfire. After all, Bush did this kind of stuff to McCain in South Carolina that year, very successfully.
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POPSSecret backdoors in encryption Fascinating piece by Bruce Schneier, who's no hack when it comes to encryption. In the mid 1990s, there were many legitimate concerns about the government building in "backdoors" to encryption systems. It shouldn't be a surprise to see this issue reemerge -- and it warrants some close scrutiny.
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POPS Computers::How Firewalls Work And Much More Viruses - Probably the most well-known threat is computer viruses. A virus is a small program that can copy itself to other computers. This way it can spread quickly from one system to the next. Viruses range from harmless messages to erasing all of your data. Spam - Typically harmless but always annoying, spam is the electronic equivalent of junk mail. Spam can be dangerous though. Quite often it contains links to Web sites. Be careful of clicking on these because you may accidentally accept a cookie that provides a backdoor to your computer.
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POPSParty Here; Sacrifice Over There "The first is that it might actually relieve the strain on today’s soldiers and end the “backdoor draft” of volunteers who have already served while their civilian peers remain comfortably undisturbed. I am aware that Army leaders fear that a draft would hurt the professionalism of today’s force. However, the lowering of recruiting requirements, as well as the offering of big signing bonuses to impressionable high school students, is already diminishing standards. Either situation would accelerate movement toward a decisive point — a commitment to victory, or the realization that Americans simply do not believe the threats cited are really worthy of the sacrifices required to vanquish them."
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POPSGo Home Wal-Mart - India Wants Traditional Marketplaces Yet another example of American retail giants moving into other countries. Like there is not enough money coming in where they are now! If you want to be disgusted, just read about the Walton family after the founder Sam Walton died. They split the companies fortune so that each family member had over 7 billion (yes ... billion) dollars each from their share of the company. How much more could any one person want in this life. How could you ever spend that much ... and why would you want more!? If they don't want you there, leave the Third World countries with their traditions alone.
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POPSRetro coolness! Great in theory - but why didnt Nintendo let the DS emulate these old classics? You could fit stacks of roms (legally) on a DS cartridge and the hardware could certainly handle it. Instead they rely on third party manufacturers to fill this niche with goods of dubious quality and dubious legality.
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