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Whydoibother.com was hacked!

Seriously, why anyone would bother hacking my site I have no clue. I’m a low traffic site with only a few dedicated (bored?) readers. As far as I can tell the extent of the damage was some links to external sites added to two posts. One of the posts had some code that triggered my antivirus software to warn me. If you have received such a warning after visiting my site I’m sorry. I researched the problem and payday loan paycheck advanceeasy payday loanbad credit loan military payday,bad credit loan payday personal,bad credit loan payday24 hour loan paydayno fax payday advance loaneasy get loan payday,easy loan payday,1000 easy payday loanadvance cash fax no paydayinstant payday loanfast payday loanameriloan loan paydaycost loan low paydaylow fee payday loanapproval instant loan online paydaycash fast loan online paydayadvance cash loan payday softwarecredit dollar loan no payday ten,credit loan no payday,no credit payday loancanadian loan online payday,canadian payday loancash loan payday,payday loan,cash fast loan paydaycash international loan payday services1000 loan payday,1000 advance payday loan,payday loan 1000payday loan no faxing requiredloan till paydaydollar loan payday ten,borrower dollar loan payday tenplay money poker7 card stud softwareonline poker gamesonline texas holdem,free online texas holdem poker,play texas holdem online free7 card stud gamescard citibank credit onlinespiel erlebnislasseters casino onlinecraps rulesslot machineskostenlose kasino spiele,kasino spiele,gratis kasino spielebaccarat rulesvideo poker strategykasino onnetroulette spiel downloadgolden palace online casinobesten casino onlineonline gewinn spieleonline poker vergleichtexas holdem strategytexas holdem spielglücksspiel pokertexas holdem anleitungwww euro poker netonline spiele pokerpokern texas holdempoker on net it looks like the virus my have been a false trigger, but please do a scan if you don’t have active virus protection. The warning I received referred to “downloader”

My site was hacked by someone taking advantage of a vulnerability in the version of WordPress that I had been using. I’ve since upgraded my WordPress installation and the problem should be fixed now. Sorry for any problems that may have been caused in the meantime. If you haven’t visited the site in the last two or three weeks, you were not exposed to any malicious code.

[tags]downloader, hackers, virus, wordpress[/tags]

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I stole this from Boing Boing, but to be fair they stole it from google. It was stolen when google got it too. By watching this I suppose you are accepting stolen goods.

Anyway, today is election day and probably one of the most important elections in our history if you ask me. If you haven’t already done so, get out there and vote! If you live in Oregon, it’s too late to mail in your ballot, you have to take it in person. When you get back, enjoy this video.

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For anyone interested, here is a list of everything owned by the [tag]Disney[/tag] Company according to “[tag]Who Owns What[/tag]” a free tool at the [tag]Columbia Journalism Review[/tag].

Film

Walt Disney Pictures
Touchstone Pictures
Hollywood Pictures
Miramax Films
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pixar

Broadcast Television

ABC Network

Owned and Operated Television Stations

WLS – Chicago
WJRT – Flint
KFSN – Fresno
KTRK – Houston
KABC – Los Angeles
WABC – New York City
WPVI – Philadelphia
WTVD – Raleigh – Durham
KGO – San Francisco
WTVG – Toledo

Cable Television

ESPN
ABC Family
Disney Channel
Toon Disney
SOAPnet
Lifetime Network (partial)
A&E (partial)
E! (partial)

Radio

ABC Radio
WKHX – Atlanta
WYAY – Atlanta
WDWD – Atlanta
WMVP – Chicago
WLS – Chicago
WZZN – Chicago
WRDZ – Chicago
WBAP – Dallas
KSCS – Dallas
KMEO – Dallas
KESN – Dallas
KMKI – Dallas
WDRQ – Detroit
WJR – Detroit
WDVD – Detroit
KABC – Los Angeles
KLOS – Los Angeles
KDIS – Los Angeles
KSPN – Los Angeles
KQRS – Minneapolis – St. Paul
KXXR – Minneapolis – St. Paul
KDIZ – Minneapolis – St. Paul
WGVX – Minneapolis – St. Paul
WGVY – Minneapolis – St. Paul
WGVZ – Minneapolis – St. Paul
WABC – New York City
WPLJ – New York City
WQEW – New York City
WEVD – New York City
KGO – San Francisco
KSFO – San Francisco
KIID – Sacramento
KMKY – Oakland
WMAL – Washington DC
WJZW – Washington DC
WRQX – Washington DC
KQAM – Wichita
KKDZ – Seattle
WSDZ – St. Louis
WWMK – Cleveland
KMIX – Phoenix
KADZ – Denver
KDDZ – Denver
WWMI – Tampa
KMIC – Houston
WMYM – Miami
WWJZ – Philadelphia
WMKI – Boston
WDZK – Hartford
WDDZ – Providence
WDZY – Richmond
WGFY – Charlotte
WDYZ – Orlando
WMNE – West Palm Beach
WEAE – Pittsburgh
WDRD – Louisville
WPPY – Albany, NY
KPHN – Kansas City
WQUA – Mobile
WBML – Jacksonville
WFDF – Flint
WFRO – Fremont, OH
WDMV – Damascus, MD
WHKT – Norfolk Radio Disney
ESPN Radio (syndicated programming)

Music

Buena Vista Music Group
Walt Disney Records
Hollywood Records
Lyric Street Records

Publishing

Book Publishing Imprints

Hyperion
Miramax Books
ESPN Books
The ABC Daytime Press
Hyperion Audiobooks
Hyperion East
Disney Publishing Worldwide
Cal Publishing Inc.
CrossGen
Hyperion Books for Children
Jump at the SunVolo
Michael di Caupa Books
Disney Global Children’s Books
Disney PressGlobal Retail
Global Continuity

Magazine titles include:

Automotive Industries
Biography (with GE and Hearst)
Discover
Disney Adventures
Disney Magazine
ECN News
ESPN Magazine (distributed by Hearst)
Family Fun
Institutional Investor
JCK
Kodin
Top Famille – French family magazine
US Weekly (50%)
Video Business
Quality

Parks and Resorts

Disneyland Resort
Walt Disney World Resort
Tokyo Disney Resort
Disneyland Resort Paris
Hong Kong Disneyland

Other

Buena Vista Theatrical Productions
The Disney Store
Disney Cruise Line
ESPN Zone
Disney Toys
The Baby Einstein Company
Walt Disney Internet Group

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lies

Ask me why I will no longer support [tag]ABC[/tag] or [tag]Disney[/tag]. Ask me why I am encouraging you to do the same.

In about 5 minutes from now ABC (owned by disney) will air a “docu-drama” entitled “[tag]The Path to 9/11[/tag]“. It claims to be based on the findings of the report by the [tag]9/11 commission[/tag], yet every member of that commission has come out saying that it at best falls short of the truth, and at worst is full of lies.

But don’t take my word for it, read it for yourself;

here (the official site),

and here at CNN,

and here at Think Progress,

and here at The New York Times,

and here at schoolastic,

and here at Media Matters,

and here at FOX News,

Decide for yourself. If you decide to believe that this film is simply a documentary or docudrama that represents the truth about [tag]9/11[/tag], you are clearly not a person that is influenced by such silly things as facts and documented history.

This show is nothing more than lies and twisted truths. It is propaganda and is clearly a political maneuver. I am outraged and disgusted.

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gay

I was about to respond to this comment to my last post, but my comment became so long that I decided to promote it to a post. Below is the response to my last post by prying1 that sparked this one. I reprint it in its entirety to be fair to the author.

prying1:
May 1st, 2006 @ 6:22 pm

Are Homosexuals the only ones who should have rights? Don’t parents have the right to tell their children what they believe about the homosexual lifestyle as well as politics, religion, and dietary restrictions. Do schools have the right to usurp the parents beliefs with ‘fairy tales’ that are obviously from a gay rights handbook. Would the school have the right to force a Muslum child to eat pork?

Parents should and do have rights for good reason.

I do not think that parents are teaching children to HATE, be INTOLERANT and FEAR homosexuals. If there are it is a miniscule minority. These are unsubstantiated charges frequently thrown out against the ‘Radical [tag]Religious Right[/tag]’ because they (the right) don’t think of the [tag]homosexual[/tag] lifestyle as being a viable lifestyle…

It is simply a disagreement between both sides. One says it is a choice and the other says they are born that way. Then we are faced with stories like Anne Hecht who decided to switch sides. So what is that if not a choice? Ellen DeGeneres decided to continue in the homosexual lifestyle. So what is that if not a choice?

Back to the original issue. Should parents have no rights at all in the raising of their children? Should the story of the [tag]gay[/tag] princes, two men getting married be considered a sex education lesson?

If I was being taught about ‘different types of weddings’ I would be expecting customs of different nations not my home state…

My response follows. I know that many of you who read my blog regularly may disagree with my politics. That is why I rarely discuss politics here. I appologize if this disturbs or offends you (I don’t really appologize for my views, however).

The difference, prying1, is that your views are supported and taught in most schools and you do not complain that my viewpoint is not represented.

Your response is extreme and typical of the responses that I am concerned about in the first place. No one in this situation is saying that parents don’t have [tag]rights[/tag]. The only people being denied rights in this situation are those who want [tag]tolerance[/tag] and [tag]diversity[/tag] taught to the children in that school.

Saying this fairy tale amounts to [tag]sex education[/tag] is absurd as well. If we accept that argument then all books, magazines, newspapers, movies, and discusions that depict two individuals in any kind of relationship or having any physical contact beyond a handshake ought to be considered sexual education material and only made available to students after the informed consent of the parents. How would you re-write sleeping beauty? Perhaps she could be awakened by a loud knock at the door or the ringing of her cell phone. The prince wouldn’t dare enter the bedroom of a sleeping princess and kiss her without her consent. In my state that would be a sexual offense.

I don’t think children should be taught that they ought to try being gay and see how they like it, I do think that children should be taught that gay people exist in the real world and they are not out to harm you or anyone else. That [tag]homosexuality[/tag], whether it is a lifestyle choice or a predetermined preference, is not a threat.

I will not accept that the “religeous right”, as you call them, have a right to determine what is [tag]right and wrong[/tag], what is [tag]good and evil[/tag], what is to be tolerated and what is to be supressed. If you look back into the history of our country you will see that we were founded on principles that guaranteed not only freedom of [tag]religeon[/tag], but freedom from religeon.

[tags]hate, fear, intolerance[/tags]

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I read about this over at “Southern Expressions” and I had to make a stink over here too.

LEXINGTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) – The crown prince rejects a bevy of beautiful princesses, rebuffing each suitor until falling in love with a prince. The two marry, sealing the union with a kiss, and live happily ever after.

That fairy tale about [tag]gay marriage[/tag] has sparked a [tag]civil rights[/tag] debate in Massachusetts, the only U.S. state where gays and lesbians can legally wed, after a teacher read the story to a classroom of seven year olds without warning parents first.

A parents’ rights group said on Monday it may sue the public school in the affluent suburb of Lexington, about 12 miles west of Boston, where a teacher used the book “[tag]King & King[/tag]” in a lesson about different types of weddings.

“It’s just so heinous and objectionable that they would do this,” said Brian Camenker, president of the Parents Rights Coalition, a conservative Massachusetts-based advocacy group.

Camenker said he believes the school, Joseph Estabrook Elementary, broke a 1996 Massachusetts law requiring schools to notify parents of [tag]sex-education[/tag] lessons. “There is no question in my mind that the law is being abused here,” he said.

This article from Reuters is worth a read. I try to avoid political topics here, but this kind of thing just gets to me. Read it for yourself.

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