May 24, 2007 In March and in April I voted for emergency spending legislation that would have fully funded our troops in Iraq, but also changed their mission to a sound one. That mission would have taken our troops out of the middle of a civil war, and put them into a support role, training … Continue reading Senator Boxer’s Floor Speech on the Emergency Spending Bill
Rhymes, eh? Apparently the famous American movie star was unaware that his vials of muscle enhancing drugs are a controlled substance in Australia. He thus had an unpleasant surprise when he disembarked from his private jet and was found carrying 48 vials of Chinese GeneScience pharmaceuticals. Nothing terribly surprising about a US movie star unfamiliar … Continue reading Stallone’s hormones
There is something terribly wrong when you compare how these two news reports have been written. First, the story from last month: ABC News has learned that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi plans to visit Syria next week to meet with President Bashar Al-Assad. The visit will make Pelosi the most senior U.S. official … Continue reading Syria, Rice and Pelosi
Oracle security is a funny thing. Take this alert from red-database for example: By specifing a special value for the parameter desname Oracle Reports can overwrite any file on the application server. […] History 12-aug-2003 Oracle secalert was informed 26-sep-2003 Bug confirmed 15-apr-2005 Red-Database-Security informed Oracle secalert that this vulnerability will publish after CPU July … Continue reading Breakable Oracle