Texas Senators Looking at Longer School Day. School’s out for never? Texas senators are mulling over the thought of a longer school day and a longer school year. Apparently it is helpful to struggling students, and other cities have used government grants and donations from area businesses and individuals.
Anonymous Retaliates Brown’s Arrest. After Anonymous’ spokesperson Barrett Brown was arrested yesterday, a couple of subgroups of the hacker enterprise began plotting their revenge. One released alleged credit card numbers of government employees, the other planned to send many pizzas to the Dallas FBI field office.
They See Dead People. Apparently there wasn’t enough time to purge the voter rolls of all ye dead, so now its possible to vote as a dead guy if you’ve got his registration card. And apparently purging involves sending a letter to the possible dead person asking them if they’re dead. There’s gotta be an easier way than that – I’ve never seen a death certificate, but since that has to be filed anyway, couldn’t a social or driver’s license or both be attached to it, and then a central database be used to purge that person from things like jury summons, voting, etc?
Three Million People Have Gone To a Rangers Game This Season. Last night, the Rangers celebrated topping 3 million in attendance for the season. They did not, however, celebrate a win.
Fall Allergy Season Early This Year. So yeah, between the Death Mosquitoes and allergies, just stay inside, hermetically seal your house, and drink whiskey. The whiskey won’t do anything for your allergies or your West Nile, but it will make you happier, depending on the whiskey. So in conclusion, whiskey and your couch > dying of mosquito and allergies.
