Monday Yadnom

A Tennessee judge has ordered a baby boy’s name to be changed from “Messiah” after deciding it is a title that has “only been earned by one person and that one person is Jesus Christ.”

"When Hostess, baker of Twinkies, filed for bankruptcy and ceased operations in November, Twinkies were no more. Then, a private equity firm bought the business for $410 million and planned to resume production in 'The Sweetest Comeback in the History of Ever.' Now, an article in the Pittsburg Post-Gazette reports that they're still hard to get, since an unprecedented demand has caused orders to exceed production capacity 'by a significant amount.'"

So where did itunes come from? Soundjam MP.

Couch potatoes are now very doomed to live on their thrones.
  "Armchair sports lovers are at the mercy of TV directors who chose what camera angle is shown when. Most sports fans will have been frustrated with their shot selection at one time or another, but a new panoramic camera would put such decisions in the viewer's hands. Comprising ten individual cameras, the OmniCam 360 provides a full 360-degree of the action."

 "It seems that Microsoft is relying even more on the opportunities provided by the cloud technology. The Redmond behemoth is preparing to come up with a cloud operating system that is specially meant for government purposes. Government agencies already use two of Microsoft's basic cloud products: Windows Azure and Windows Server. But now it seems that Microsoft is working on a modified version of its somewhat new Cloud OS that could bear the name "Fairfax", Compared to Windows Azure, "Fairfax" cloud operating system would provide enhanced security, relying on physical servers on site at government locations. Given the fact that CEO Steve Ballmer is striving to make Microsoft much more than a powerful software giant, such a project makes sense, especially because it would help in their lobby activities."

 Wild horses sharing the beach

Andromedia Strain?
 "The GovernmentAttic website has just published a dossier of reports produced by the Defense Intelligence Agency describing biological weapons development in nations throughout the world. The 16 reports were released by the Department of Defense in response to declassification request submitted five years ago. Although the sensitive bits were removed, the remaining portions of the reports demonstrate the prevalence of research, development and deployment of bio weapons worldwide, despite an international treaty prohibiting such activity. The same website has also published a Thesaurus of Biological Warfare terminology (PDF) and a listing of pre-1946 reports on biological and chemical warfare (PDF) from the Army."

 Triple Divide Peak, Montana, USA. The peak sheds water to the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, a very rare place on Earth. [2534 X 1900]

 "Bruce Schneier writes in The Atlantic: 'Bluntly: The government has commandeered the Internet. Most of the largest Internet companies provide information to the NSA, betraying their users. Some, as we've learned, fight and lose. Others cooperate, either out of patriotism or because they believe it's easier that way. I have one message to the executives of those companies: fight.'"

 FBI suspected of cyber-attack on anonymous web-hosting and email services: As alarming as this is, it is only one part of the massive state assault being carried out against internet privacy.

 George Orwell’s Letter On Why He Wrote ‘1984’

 Rocket-powered golf club

We have a family member who is a Paramedic. He has told us that when they arrive at the scene of an emergency they are to stall and make a show of unloading equipment and putting on of rubber gloves etc, until the fire department personnel arrive on the scene and then step aside and let them handle the situation. They are never to use their Paramedical skills on anyone. This is why... 
 TIL: Paramedics get sued for $10 million after successfully delivering and resuscitating a 3-month premature baby en-route to the hospital.

 TIL Jericho is the oldest still-inhabited city in the world (dates back to 9000 BC).

 XKeyscore Russia server located at US embassy

 Former NSA chief predicts surveillance programs will expand

  Dog the Bounty Hunter to illegally enter Russia in search of Snowden Bounty.

 U.S. deal to sell 36 F-18 to Brazil stumble with recent revelations that the United States collected data on Brazilian Internet communications

 The Government Wants the Media to Stop Covering Barrett Brown

 The U.S. cloud computing industry stands to lose $22 to $35 billion over the next three years as a result of the recent revelations about the NSA's electronic surveillance programs [ITIF report]