Fred Phelps Melts Down on CNN

Fred Phelps was on CNN and had a melt down about the federal jury awarding $10.9 million to a father of a Marine whose funeral was picketed by members of his church.  You can see and hear just how crazy this man is.

Hillary’s Non-Answer Answer

This is the debate clip where Hillary Clinton gets herself in trouble over drivers licenses for illegal immigrants. In this clip, we get to hear Hillary tap dance, bop-and-weave, and duck the question all at once. She is the master of a non-answer answer. Read more

Rosie O’Donnell in Scary Costume

Rosie does a cameo appearance on Martha Stewart’s TV show dressed in full Elizabethian costume. Here’s the Fox News story. Read more

Hillary’s House of Horrors

Just a fun little intro to Hillary’s House of Horrors. Read more

FHK SitRep 10.31.07: Halloween Fright – Grizzly Groundswell, Terrifying to Socialist Squirrels

(Get this Button for Your Blog)

From Chad, who refers to himself as “The Glorified Custodian” of this new group blog. (I can relate, Chad! lol): Read more

Poster of the Day: Superior

When opening the door is somebody else’s job.

And the Winner Is….

The RNC eCampaign hosted a Tombstone Poll this year to find the Scariest Democrat. I’m sure you’ve all been waiting eagerly for the results, so here they are…(insert creepy creaking door sound, here):

Also see:

• Tombstone Poll
• It’s that Time of Year, Again: BeWare the Flasher!

Glance Around the Globe

Americans weigh in on the California wildfires and sanctions on Iran. Gallup also looks at respect for children in Chad and conditions for religious minorities in Canada. Read more

10 Ways to Achieve Spectacular Failure by Pelosi and Reid

Nancy Pelosdi and Harry Reid would like to share their greatest hits toward spectacular failure. After one year of accomplishing nothing and getting their behind spanked by Bush and the Republicans they are the supreme experts.

1. Make wild promises and don’t deliver. Read more

Internet Tax Update

Congress has voted 402-0 to extend the moratorium (that some people in my previous entry refuse to believe was needed).

The update on Breitbart is here.

This is not a permanent fix; it will expire again in seven years, but I would like to thank those of you who responded.

Also see:

• FHK Orlando, Time’s Up: Stop the Internet Tax

Lying About the 44 Blocks

…from Cao

When Tom Burnett Sr. came out against the Flight 93 Memorial, the press asked architect Paul Murdoch if there were really going to be 44 inscribed translucent blocks emplaced along the flight path (equaling the number of passengers, crew, AND terrorists). Murdoch acknowledged 43 of the blocks, but denied knowing about a 44th:

[T]here are 40 inscribed marble panels listing the names of the passengers and crew at the gateway to the Sacred Ground, where their remains still rest.

There is then an opening in the wall, Mr. Murdoch said, and three additional panels, which would include the date, Sept. 11, 2001. Read more

The Best Looking Republican Governor

Sarah Palin, Republican from Alaska, is by far the best looking governor past and present. She is a Cutie.

Sarah Louise Heath Palin (born February 11, 1964 in Sandpoint, Idaho) is the current Governor of Alaska. She is the youngest governor in Alaskan history (forty-two years old upon taking office), as well as the first woman to hold the office in Alaska. (Wikipedia)

Hat tip to Danno for finding this.

Read more

Americans Assess Federal Wildfire Response

Gallup Poll looks at the response by the federal government to the California wildfires. Read more

Is Digg spamming your inbox with Shouts that you cannot retrieve?

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Has this been happening to you?

Blog admin 1389 has been getting lots of Shout notices from Digg lately…

What happens every time 1389 clicks on the link in the email?

Click the link and try it yourself!

http://digg.com/users/1389#send-shout

Why?

This can happen to anyone whose user ID was banned from Digg.

User ID 1389 was banned from Digg a long time ago…

The reason why 1389 was banned is not especially relevant here, but if you’re curious…read 1389’s comments accompanying this article: Has Digg really unbanned those banned sites? In retrospect, we also found some evidence that an unscrupulous cyberstalker/troll may have been involved in getting 1389 banned, along with some other Digg users. Suffice it to say that 1389 considers it no dishonor to be banned from Digg.

Incidentally, there has been no action to ban this blog (thus far)!

Note that, even though Digg user ID 1389 was banned, neither 1389 Blog – Antijihadist Tech, nor the blog’s domain or IP address, has been banned from Digg (yet). Articles from 1389 Blog can still be submitted to, and found on, Digg. Whether the stories have any chance to to reach the front page is another matter entirely.

What actually happens when a Digg user ID is banned?

In a nutshell, the user’s profile is blocked from access, but not deleted. Other users can no longer view the blocked user’s profile page. The banned user cannot log on to submit stories, make comments, or update the profile to change the email address or anything else. On the other hand, all existing stories and comments submitted by the blocked user remain available, unless the story or comment was specifically deleted by a Digg administrator. If another Digg user had befriended this user before he or she was blocked, the blocked Digg user will continue to appear in the other user’s list of friends, like this:

So here’s why 1389 keeps getting useless messages:

• Digg requires a valid email address from all new users, so, when signing up, 1389 provided an active email address that was, and still is, being used for correspondence.
• 1389 was very active on Digg for a time, submitted many stories, entered comments, got several stories to the front page, and was befriended by a considerable number of Digg users. Thus, 1389’s avatar still appears in many places – on each story that 1389 submitted or commented on, and on the profile pages of each user who befriended 1389 during that time.
• Digg made extensive changes at the beginning of October, 2007 to add new features, including the ability to send “Shouts” to other Digg users.
• Even though 1389’s account has been blocked, other users can still send a “Shout” to 1389. For instance, whenever a Digg user sends a group “Shout” to all of his or her friends, and 1389 happens to be on that user’s list of friends, a message will be generated for 1389 along with all of the others.
• Whenever anyone does this – and it happens every day – 1389’s email inbox receives another message containing a link to retrieve the “Shout” contents from Digg.
• Unfortunately, the shout retrieval link is associated with 1389’s blocked profile, so it will not work! What’s more, 1389 cannot even update the blocked profile to shut off this useless email!

More about Digg:

• These articles discuss censorship and other problems on Digg, as well as alternatives to Digg.
• Here’s what Foehammer has to say about Digg.
• The Fort Hard Knox team weighs in on Digg.
• Tex and Jenn’s research shows why Digg’s management is not on our side.

Posted to 1389 Blog – Antijihadist Tech and Fort Hard Knox.

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Updated 12/25/2007

Brent Csutoras: Diggers Not Shouting So Loud?

Digg has finally taken action to curtail the “shout spam” that was being spewed indiscriminately via Digg’s “Shout All” feature. Digg now limits the number of “Shout” messages to twenty at a time; more than that, and the user is told to slow down. This gives senders an incentive to pay attention to whom they are sending their messages, so as not to waste their “Shouts” on inactive Digg users.

Brent Csutoras: To Shout or Not To Shout: The Digg Dilemma

How the Shout feature can backfire – and how to use it properly.

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IAEA findings on Iran dismissed

Continuing proof that the United Nations is incapable of tough love with countries like Iran comes from recent comments from the head of the IAEA. Read more

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