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Wondering what Program or Programs the Techies recommend that best covers these threats?What is considered in the Industry after Testing as the best available?The threats.1 Spyware2 Trogans 3 Adware4 Dialers5 Back Door threats6 Phising attacks7 Information stealers8 Worms9 Drive by downloads10 Viruses11 Malicious Browser changes12 Malicious Downloads13 RootkitsProbably more but these come to mind.Would be handy to know,for our Members and Guests, what programs best fight, what malware. Thanks.
First, its important to distinguish between Internet Security Suites and Anti-virus software, and what they protect you against. Anti-virus software is exactly that. It protects you against viruses. Thats it. An Internet Security Suite includes an anti-virus, but also offers protection against other threats and annoyances such as the ones you have described.Many organisations regularly test some versions of these kinds of software against each other, announcing winners.The bottom line is that ALL of the mainstream software to deal with this stuff works well. The differences for the end user come down to how much they like the interface, whether they prefer the software to constantly check before performing tasks or just take a very hidden approach and quietly do their job, and in some cases whether the software works well in your particular operating environment. You'll find some people who think Norton is the best thing since sliced bread, and others, like myself, who think Norton can create more problems than it solves. This applies to every piece of security software, as we all have different expectations on how the software should operate and how much input it requires, and how visibly its doing its job!If you were to google Microsoft Anti-Virus Partners, you will find that Microsoft has a list of recommended software companies. Any of the ones on the list are fine, and you may wish to go to them all, one by one, downloading 30 day or more trials, and seeing which one you feel works in the way you prefer. When you have found one you like, buy it!If you choose an Anti-virus only, you are going to need an additional anti-spyware strategy to compliment that.Many people prefer to use free stuff. It so happens that one of the very best Anti-virus is also free! This is the free version of AVG anti-virus. If you travel this road, then you should also investigate Spybot Search and Destroy, and Adaware. The combination of these 3 can offer you good protection for no cost at all.I personally have 4 computers, each running different things. On my main computer, I use Panda IS 2009 internet security. I am very happy with it. Another one i like is on another PC, Kaspersky Internet Security. A 3rd computer is currently using McCafee, but I will replace that with Panda fairly soon, as I have had some issues with it. The 4th computer is a Linux only computer and has no anti-virus installed.Its an interesting subject, and I think I will post a series of articles on what various kinds of virus and spyware are, what they do and how they can be defended against.
Thanks for that,and look forward to your articles. dak.I see you have Security Suites installed,rather than indivual Security Programs, designed to target certain malware.Interested in getting your opinion, on Security Suites versus Stand alone,also.Firewalls,is another area, I am interested to hear your opinion on. Microsoft one way, versus aftermarket 2 way,at some stage.I will post, what I am using at the moment,and like to get your comments, some time down the track.Internet Security is such an Important issue to everybody,and appreciate your willingness,to share your Knowledge.
Both files are part of WinPatrol, an antispyware program. If you have chosen to install this program, and you are happy with its performance and function, then leave them both alone as they are required to run this particular program.Its been known for spyware to disguise itself using these filenames though, so if you don't remember choosing to install this program, or you arent using it, then you would be better off removing the entire program. If you dont have an uninstall link in your start menu, and you also cant find the program in add and remove programs, try looking in C: program filese WinPatrol. There may be an uninstall option in that folder.
Security software can serve a number of security functions. Some programs are designed for a single and specific purpose, such as spyware removal, while others can accomplish several functions. Security software is used to establish firewalls, to detect and remove viruses, to secure information on a network, to detect attacks on a computer or network, and so forth. As a general rule, it runs all the time, providing background protection, and users can also run utilities to scan their computers for specific computer threats. Such software can also be used for access filtering. With some computers and networks, access filtering may be desired to keep people away from sites which could threaten security, such as sites which automatically start downloads of malicious code. Access filtering may also be utilized to ensure that people in the workplace only access work-appropriate sites, and to protect young computer users such as children from material which could be threatening or dangerous.


This June, Seeding Change is excited to welcome the first cohort of the National Fellowship Program for Asian American Organizing and Civic Engagement. The national fellowship expands on the Chinese Progressive Association's Eva Lowe Fellowship for Social Justice, founded in 2010. Through Seeding Change, CPA is excited to grow the program nationally and partner with organizations that have worked in AAPI communities across the country. In its 5th year, the fellowship will expand to train 17 emerging Asian American leaders at 7 sites in 7 cities — including New York, Boston, San Francisco, Oakland, Richmond, Los Angeles, and Long Beach.
From June 16-20, Seeding Change will host a national retreat and orientation for the fellows in the Bay Area. Join Seeding Change and the Chinese Progressive Association in welcoming this year's fellows at our annual fellowship program reception and for the Bay Area launch of Seeding Change.
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Many non-profit organizations (NPOs) incur significant expenses and often have various income streams. Also many complex arrangements occur from government funding, sponsorships and P3's with interaction from various levels of government create challenges in interpreting how the GST applies.
There are unique GST rules for NPOs that impact whether they should be charging GST or claiming back the GST on their expenditures.
This seminar will educate the NPO sector on the rules that apply to them and highlight these common issues in order to minimize the burden of a large assessment. Furthermore, many organizations may not be aware of their entitlements to certain rebates which may improve their cash flows. The session will be customized pertaining to the audience.
Due to limited space only one representative per organization may attend.
The session will be held December 11, 2:00pm – 4:00pm with a location to be determined in Calgary.
Please RSVP to Dean Kozak (dean.kozak@gov.ab.ca) on or before December 4, 2018.


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MANCHIN, CAPITO ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $7.4 MILLION FOR HEAD START
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announce $7,425,177 for Head Start programs in West Virginia through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This funding will provide support for education and career advancement in Braxton County and North Central West Virginia. "West Virginia's future is in the hands of our youngest citizens, and in order for them to succeed, access to an early … Continue Reading
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MANCHIN CONTINUES FIGHT FOR PFAS PROTECTIONS IN MUST PASS NDAA
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MANCHIN APPLAUDS PASSAGE OF BLUE WATER NAVY VIETNAM VETERANS ACT
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) applauds the passage of the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019 via unanimous consent. Since 1991, Vietnam Veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange have received benefits, but only those on the ground or in land waters, not Veterans on deep-water naval vessels. The Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act expands the definition of "boots on the ground" in Vietnam and in turn extends disability benefits to veterans who served on Navy … Continue Reading
MANCHIN, CAPITO ANNOUNCE $250K FOR BLUEFIELD WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL
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Manchin, Capito Announce $210K For Economic Development Across West Virginia
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MANCHIN, CAPITO ANNOUNCE $30K FOR SAFE DRINKING WATER IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
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Is Tesla Winning the Employee Poaching War against Apple?
by István Fekete – Fri, February 6, 2015
Tesla has hired away more than 150 employees from Apple, according to a report from Bloomberg Business. This is the highest number of employees from one company.
The company has hired at least 150 former Apple employees, more than from any other company, even carmakers. The former Apple staffers work in many areas of the 6,000-employee automaker, including engineering and law. "From a design philosophy, [Apple] is relatively closely aligned," says Musk, Tesla's co-founder and chief executive officer.
Those who joined Tesla say that their decision was based on its cars and CEO: Elon Musk has a reputation for having a "mercurial temper and an obsessive attention to detail", just as Steve Jobs did. According to Silicon Valley recruiters, Tesla attracts the same kind of employees as Apple: "driven, hard-charging, and drawn to a strong leader."
Actually, Tesla has been heavily influenced by Apple. First, the cars: Just consider the 17-inch touchscreen that controls most functions, from opening the panoramic roof to turning on the air conditioning, and has Internet access. Secondly, the stores also wear Apple's stamp, which, by the way, was inevitable, since they were created by former Apple employees.
While Tesla has been successful in hiring away Apple employees, the iPhone maker's employee poaching didn't have the "desired" success, despite its offering $250,000 signing bonuses and 60% salary increases, Musk says.
Apple's Latest Patent Shows Continued Interest in Embedding Touch ID into Displays
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Q: Totally a mySQL trigger happiness issue So I create my lil DB and then use the thing. I add two tables and now all I wanna do is this: when a user is inserted into the USERS table, also insert some default info into USER_ACCOUNT table that corresponds to the newly inserted user. Clearly I'm doing something wrong but I don't know what... Thanks in advance. =)
CREATE DATABASE REST_PROJECT;
USE REST_PROJECT;

CREATE TABLE USERS (
    UserID              INT Primary Key AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL,
    UserEmail           VARCHAR(30),
    UserPassword        VARCHAR(30)
);

CREATE TABLE USER_ACCOUNT (
    UserAccountID         INT Primary Key AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL,
    OwnerUserID           INT,
    UserAccountName       VARCHAR(30),
    UserAccountType       VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL,
    UserAccountBalence    INT,
    FOREIGN KEY (OwnerUserID) REFERENCES USERS(UserID)
);

DELIMITER //
 CREATE TRIGGER makeDefaultUserAccount
 AFTER INSERT ON USERS
 For each row
 BEGIN
    INSERT INTO USER_ACCOUNT
    (UserAccountName, UserAccountType, UserAccountBalence)
    values ('Default Account','default', 100);
END; //

A: CREATE DATABASE REST_PROJECT;
USE REST_PROJECT;

CREATE TABLE `USERS` (
    UserID              BIGINT(20) UNSIGNED PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL,
    UserEmail           VARCHAR(50),
    UserPassword        VARCHAR(30)
);

CREATE TABLE `USER_ACCOUNT` (
    UserAccountID         BIGINT(20) UNSIGNED PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL,
    UserID                BIGINT(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
    UserAccountName       VARCHAR(30),
    UserAccountType       VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL,
    UserAccountBalance    DECIMAL(19,6),
    CONSTRAINT `fk_USER_ACCOUNT_UserID` FOREIGN KEY (`UserID`)
        REFERENCES `USERS`.`UserID` (`UserID`)
        ON DELETE CASCADE
        ON UPDATE CASCADE
);

DELIMITER //
CREATE TRIGGER `makeDefaultUserAccount`
AFTER INSERT ON `USERS`
FOR EACH ROW BEGIN
    INSERT INTO USER_ACCOUNT (OwnerUserID, UserAccountName, UserAccountType, UserAccountBalance)
    VALUES (NEW.UserID, 'Default Account','default', 100);
END//
DELIMITER ;

Notes

*

*Notice the changes in the datatype of the primary keys, yes, if you expect large scale data inside your system that would be the initial setup that will fit you

*Changes also in the foreign key part of you USER_ACCOUNT table, should comply with the related key of the reference table's column, and should also cascade for any changes

*Changed UserAccountBalence into UserAccountBalance, and also the datatype to accommodate the currency value that will be saved in the said column

*Regarding the UserEmail column in your USERS table, changed in into 50 from 30, you need to give the application some breathing room incase validation suddenly failed

*Updated the trigger area to also save the key that you will use in your foreign key

A: Without seeing the error message I'm only guessing, but I suspect the fact that you're not satisfying the FK constraint is to blame. Your trigger code should probably be
DELIMITER //
  CREATE TRIGGER makeDefaultUserAccount
    AFTER INSERT ON USERS
    For each row
    BEGIN
      INSERT INTO USER_ACCOUNT
          (OwnerUserID, UserAccountName, UserAccountType, UserAccountBalence)
        values (NEW.UserID, 'Default Account','default', 100);
    END; //
DELIMITER ;

which sets USER_ACCOUNT.OwnerUserID to the value of USERS.UserID that was just inserted.

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" The Old In and Out...	"
The Old In and Out...
By Brad Friedman on 4/27/2005, 10:33am PT
Several long-planned obligations and super-secret missions dictate that we will be in and out over the next week or more. It's unclear how much we will be able to post here during that period. Hopefully plenty, but we don't know for sure. Our stalwart crew of guest bloggers (led as usual by the intrepid Winter Patriot) will be on call to fill any notable gaps in my availability during the coming days with Open Threads and/or enlightening news items of note. Thanks both for your understanding and your continuing tireless support!
(P.S. The full Archives from last week's BRAD SHOW are now online for your listening and podcasting pleasure!)
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"The Old In and Out..."
(121 Responses so far...)
... Dredd said on 4/27/2005 @ 10:58 am PT...
Be safe and have a good time.
... Winter Patriot said on 4/27/2005 @ 11:35 am PT...
... in that order!
... Torqued	said on 4/27/2005 @ 12:22 pm PT...
Ditto - Have fun!
... Teresa	said on 4/27/2005 @ 3:05 pm PT...
I love secrets.
... Joan	said on 4/27/2005 @ 8:05 pm PT...
Oooooh...super-secret missions...you're already pretty much living Mission Impossible...Brad vs. the Right-wing Goliath! I hope you're stocking up on slingshots...
... Cyteria	said on 4/27/2005 @ 9:01 pm PT...
One year ago, when the AbuGraib torture scandals came out, I sent a short commentary to the NYTimes about how the policy of torturing suspected terrorists was coming from the highest levels of goverment, viz. Donald Rumsfeld. My evidence was based on news reports from credible sources. Now, I realize how naive I was to believe the NYTimes would ever publish such info. Would you like to see my argument? Please tell me how to forward my article to you, and it's yours, to do with as you wish.
... save the world	said on 4/27/2005 @ 9:14 pm PT...
Bush has a press conference tomorrow night. The democracycellproject.net is having a party too. Here's the info:
Hey, everyone is invited on the blog and to the IRC tomorrow night for the Bush Press conference.
Should be a fun and interesting time!
We will be playing "Find the Hidden Frame" and "Spot the Lies" and the ever fun, "Which member of the media ISNT dead?".
Madam is in charge of the prizes, so I'm thinking Belgium chocolate for all.
So email your friends and drag yourself and your family (democrat or republican) and join the fun and learning at the Democracy Cell Project.
Do your 5 minutes of democracy, then click on the discuss tab and join the live chat or the blog or even the forum.
http://www.democracycellproject.net
Today is the first day to change our democracy. Don't wait until it's too late!
... Peg C said on 4/27/2005 @ 10:28 pm PT...
Cyteria-
It's not "just" torture - it's torture of the torture-haters, by indifference. Passivity and indifference will subjugate us all. Keep you antennae up and your wits sharp!
This sludgy pudding being made of facts and insight must be waded through and cut with the incisive knife of truth.
... Teresa	said on 4/27/2005 @ 10:50 pm PT...
How about this?
>>The word has finally come down: David Griffin's incendiary but well-documented charges of Bush administration complicity in 9/11 have been scheduled for national telecast.! C-span will broadcast Griffin's talk "9/11 and the American Empire: How Should Religious People Respond?" on Book TV (C-Span 2) this Saturday, April 30th, at 10:30 a.m. Eastern time. My C-Span contact said the talk will also be rebroadcast on Book TV on several weekends after that--check the C-Span website for times:
>>Griffin's electrifying talk was recorded Monday night, April 18th, in Madison, Wisconsin. If you missed this historic moment-- the biggest lecture hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus overflowing with over 450 people who gave Griffin a thunderous standing ovation for charging the Bush-Cheney regime with orchestrating the 9/11 attacks--you'll have to see the video to believe it! And you won't believe the local media coverage either.
All over the country, people will be gathering for C-Span viewing parties--a new phenomenon for a network whose government coverage is usually comprised of more pedestrian fare. Some are already comparing this broadcast to the televised Watergate hearings in 1974, in which John Dean's charges against Richard Nixon ultimately brought down that corrupt, warmongering administration.
Gotta love Madison, Wisconsin. Just like when I was there many years ago.
... Kira	said on 4/27/2005 @ 11:13 pm PT...
Thank you, thank you Teresa for posting that info regarding Griffin's talk on C-Span. A viewing party sounds like great fun! I'm so excited about this ... woo-hoo!
... DaWookie	said on 4/28/2005 @ 2:12 am PT...
The MSM put out the facts aabout the terrorism figures.
Errrr, does the BBC count as the MSM or are they too honest?
... Joan	said on 4/28/2005 @ 5:48 am PT...
THANK YOU, Teresa! I'm sending your post to everyone I know (the ones that give a rat's ass...I know many who prefer to stay uninvolved)
But I must say...I'll believe it when I see it on the screen. Wasn't there a similar airing that was killed at the last minute?
(Damn! Sorry...let me get out the duct tape & gag the mouth of my rude, impertinent skepticism! It's screams sometimes wake the neighbors)
hmmm...didn't need that apostrophe there...apologies to the grammar-police.
Note to Big Brother:
This comment of mine (#5)
"I hope you're stocking up on slingshots..."
was meant metaphorically only!! Please don't come & slap the cuffs on me.
btw, has anyone heard the story about Randi Rhodes being investigated "by the Secret Service" (according to Matt Drudge, apparently...) over a bit that aired on her show recently?
I'm wondering if she might need help or support of some kind......
... Robert Lockwood Mills	said on 4/28/2005 @ 8:02 am PT...
Great, Teresa. I'm notifying my entire network about the C-SPAN telecast.
... Dredd said on 4/28/2005 @ 8:44 am PT...
Cyteria #6 Most of the folk here know that these were administration policies.
The torture memos of Gonzales/Bybee attest to that, as does the testimony of the scapegoats and sacrificial lambs in the trenches.
From M Moore's website:
"April 27th, 2005 6:03 pm
U.S. Figures Show Sharp Global Rise In Terrorism
State Dept. Will Not Put Data in Report
By Susan B. Glasser / Washington Post
The number of serious international terrorist incidents more than tripled last year, according to U.S. government figures, a sharp upswing in deadly attacks that the State Department has decided not to make public in its annual report on terrorism due to Congress this week...."
I'm so thankful George has made us all safer!
... Sherry	said on 4/28/2005 @ 10:03 am PT...
Wildly OT (Forgive the intrusion)
I am so excited!! My little hometown newspaper, The Daily Sentinel, printed my letter to the editor yesterday, April 27th!! They hardly ever print my letters! Never mind that the circulation is only 3, 900. It will still be read by at least three counties, Meigs-OH, Gallia- OH, and Mason-WV.
I am a little embarrassed that I plagiarized the elegant writing of a couple of other people to come up with this letter. I did omit some paragraphs, rearranged others, and added references to The Brad Blog. Thank you Vicki Dow of Crystal Lake. You did the hard work. And Dr. Sheila Leavitt, you will recognize a sentence straight out of your own mouth. Please forgive my impertinence. You both said it so much better than I could. Here is my letter exactly as they printed it.
I was appalled to read in last Friday's paper (April 15) that Ohio election boards are going to again use Diebold Voting Machines.
I believe, as do many others, that the countless election irregularities in Ohio, were not isolated �glitches,� but a peek at the visible results of largely hidden electronic fraud.
Wally O'Dell, CEO of Diebold Voting machines, publicly stated that he was committed to delivering Ohio's electoral votes to the President.
Four corporations connected to the Bush administration manufacture all the voting machines, a clear conflict of interest. And the software used to control the counting and reporting of votes is withheld from public scrutiny.
Everyone remembers the 2000 fiasco when the Supreme Court stopped the recount and awarded the presidency to George W. Bush.
But many may not be aware of increasing evidence of tampered results in the 2004 presidential election.
Bush reportedly won the election by 2.5 percent, while the exit polls showed Kerry winning by 3 percent.
A panel of statisticians found that the odds of such a discrepancy between the exit polls and the results occurring naturally were close to a million to one.
In other words, it couldn't have happened.
Experts using voting machines demonstrated for Congress how a lone hacker could skew a precinct's results by 100,000 votes without leaving a trace.
Then, there is the complicated story of Florida computer programmer Clint Curtis, who recently passed a lie-detector test on his claim that he was asked by Rep. Tom Feeney, R-Fla., a Bush family friend, to design an undetectable program for flipping touch-screen votes, which he did.
Brad Friedman first reported the Clint Curtis story at https://bradblog.com/ClintCurtisSummary.htm, but a few newspapers in Florida , including The Seminole Chronicle, Oviedo Voice, St. Petersburg Times, and New Times Broward Palm-Beach, also picked it up.
The sins of the Bush administration are many, but the most damaging likely is the loss of confidence in the integrity of our elections.
... Peg C said on 4/28/2005 @ 10:22 am PT...
Teresa -
Thanks for the heads-up. I'm like Joan, though: I'll keep my fingers crossed 'til Saturday morning!
... Joan	said on 4/28/2005 @ 10:27 am PT...
Good letter, Sherry! I hope people keep writing...and emailing...and faxing...
which I realize is alot to ask, seeing as how there are only 6 or 7 of us.
... jIM cIRILE	said on 4/28/2005 @ 10:36 am PT...
Great work, Sherry!
Everyone check out "What Can We the People Do About Election Fraud?" the latest article by By Ernest Partridge, on www.democraticunderground.com.
I have to admit I've been slacking lately, but it's time for a fresh round of letters to left-leaning MSM journalists like Jonathan Alter at Newsweek, etc.
Hey Kira!
I'm getting a good feeling. And today the stage was set for the end of Tom DeLay with the reversal of the ethics rule. Big news. He will be be investigated.
But this Griffin thing is tops.
Teresa #9 --
Thanks for the heads up! Coincidentally, Winter Patriot has a great Sibel Edmonds piece on his Blog referencing this Tom Flocco.com Appeals Court hearing article. It's a must read for everyone.
... Sherry	said on 4/28/2005 @ 12:54 pm PT...
Thanks so much joan and jIM cIRILE for your kind comments on my letter. Blush Blush. [I would have put a blushing emoticon here, but I don't know how to work those things.]
I glean so much collective wisdom from all of you, and don't have nearly enough time to thank you all as much as I'd like. I feel like I know everyone who posts here personally.
I have this deep down gut feeling that this rogue administration is going to melt down very very soon!! Covering up so many lies is hard work. And, we know how GW feels about hard work. [I would like to put a laughing emoticon here, but I'll settle for hee hee.]
jIM cIRILE, I checked out the article by Ernest Partridge. WOW! I especially liked the way he described the seller, the customer, and the product regarding the MSM. He was also concerned with the lack of books being written, saying, "Effective political movements have a supporting literature."
I wrote him a quick note, providing him the bradblog link to Bob Fitrakis and The Columbus Free Press, so he would know there is at least one person working on a book.
Teresa #9 - Great news!! The Bush regime involvement in 911 is something I have been convinced of for a very long time, because of the Twin Towers debris hauled quickly away before investigators could examine it, not to mention how smoothly the towers came down, which suggests controlled demolition.
We are going to see heads role very soon!! Oops! I met that metaphorically of course, as Joan # 15 did. That was hilarious, Joan!
... Larisa	said on 4/28/2005 @ 1:06 pm PT...
Guys, they did it again by the dark of night:
http://rawstory.com/excl...cked_out_real_id_428.htm
... Torqued	said on 4/28/2005 @ 2:03 pm PT...
Larisa #25 --
This demockracy we are victims of is getting ugly huh? Five year olds routinely behave better...
The crap just keeps coming at an increasing rate and thanks for all you do to inform!
... Winter Patriot said on 4/28/2005 @ 2:11 pm PT...
Yeah, what Torqued just said.
What I find most heartening is that Griffin doesn't suggest. Apparently he accuses in no uncertain terms. This will be in the waves and ethers. So all of our collective energy will help disperse it.
Let's do it.
Here is a link to the articles written about the Griffin thing:
911 exposed
More breaking Bush Social Security Scam news at Raw Story and this from La La at DU. Keep spreadin' the news...
Teresa #29 --
Another gem via DU and from our friend Bob Koehler, syndicated Tribune columnist:
I'm not used to BEING the news
... Dredd said on 4/28/2005 @ 5:39 pm PT...
Remember all that "love" bu$hit and the gang had for Terri S when they wanted to DeLay her peace?
The reality that keeps on ticking is that the bu$hit law keeps on killing. In this case (link here), under the law bu$hit signed, the doctors can pull the plug when the funds run out.
Note that when the money runs out the chances of survival go way down for these "no child left behind" little ones.
Sherry's letter (#19) and Winter Patriot's blog article (see #23) are awesome because they focus us.
Thanks guys, I think I need to just drop and sleep for a long time. It has been a rough week of non-stop work.
Oh, fyi we are looking for one editorial researcher to the managing editor and one freelance writer ... just fyi... oh, update on Real ID, we bought ourselves one week, so get busy all. This is really Patriot Act III
Am running fever again, so hugs and night night (oh, and someone ended up posting my photo in DU, so there).
Larisa #34
Peace and rest.
... jen	said on 4/28/2005 @ 6:50 pm PT...
Wanted to make sure you guys see this article. We are the media after all.
Thanks to everyone here. You're literal lifesavers!
The Left's Media Miscalculation
by Robert Parry
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2005/042805.html
... Peggy	said on 4/28/2005 @ 6:58 pm PT...
Hi, Jen! Here's your article:
Here you go. Some potential as we claim wavelengths in this universe.
current TV coming soon
... Peggy	said on 4/29/2005 @ 4:04 am PT...
Thanks, Teresa. How interesting!
... Glenn McGahee	said on 4/29/2005 @ 6:40 am PT...
I read The Brad Blog daily and have sent the link to it all around, to my friends, relatives, etc.
I wish that we could have bumper stickers created to the effect - Read; "WWW.Bradblog.com"
I've seen many bumper stickers like that and have looked them up just out of curiosity. They could be sold here and that may be a fundraiser for Brad and also get the word out to strangers who would otherwise never get here. Maybe there is already such a thing. I've thought of creating something like it just for my truck, even painting onto my tailgate.
... Winter Patriot said on 4/29/2005 @ 7:57 am PT...
That's a good idea Glenn. I'll make sure Brad sees it --- and maybe when he gets back from his road trip he might be able to do something about it it. In the meantime, if you paint it on your tailgate, I won't object, and I don't imagine Brad will either! Now there's some true guerilla marketing!
#s 40 & 41
I' ve been thinking along those lines too. Was planning to make a bumper sticker 'bradblog.com' with the help of Kinko's, just haven't done it yet. I do have the sign I made for the rally I went to this past Wednesday...it says 'Get the Truth...Bradblog.com', but it's not doing much good in the trunk of my car.
... Hellbender said on 4/29/2005 @ 10:20 am PT...
Nightline had a show that compared the press in the US and UK. Our press core is a bunch of wimps. In England they actually grill their politicians instead of brownnosing with them.
... Robert Lockwood Mills	said on 4/29/2005 @ 10:55 am PT...
This guy Wycliff at the Chicago Tribune is a gem. I sent him a critical letter, beginning it with "You couldn't be more wrong if you said the Earth was flat."
He actually answered me (in a manner of speaking). His full reply was the following: "You mean the Earth isn't flat?" Ha ha ha ha. This man writes like a 12-year-old child, and he's the public's voice at the Chicago Tribune. Good Lord!
I sent Wycliff a second message, reminding him that the Tribune published his rebuttal of an article it hadn't seen fit to print in the first place. Hardly objective journalism...not point and counterpoint, just counterpoint. I said it reminded me of Pravda during the Cold War, a media oligarchy at the mercy of the government.
Edward R. Murrow is revolving in his grave.
... Dredd said on 4/29/2005 @ 12:44 pm PT...
RLM #44 very true.
... Kira	said on 4/29/2005 @ 1:18 pm PT...
Dredd - in case you don't revisit this thread, I left a comment in reply to yours here:
Kira reply to Dredd
... jIM cIRILE	said on 4/29/2005 @ 4:32 pm PT...
Yeah, where ARE the bradblog bumper stickers?
I currently have the Bush Cheated '04 bumper sticker from redefeatbush.com on my car --- a fantastic sticker that looks like the Bush campaign logo. It gets a lot of second looks. I bought some magnetic bumper sticker material so it wouldn't ruin my new Scion.
Unfortunately the Velvet Revolution stickers are no good--too hard to read.
Yeah...bradblog bumper stickers! I'd buy some. I have some good ones on my car, my favorite being a picture of W with the caption "Like a rock, only dumber".
... kansasblue	said on 4/29/2005 @ 7:17 pm PT...
Hey Brad, How about an update to http://www.velvetrevolution.us/ . Maybe we should start a countdown. We could use some noise!
... Steve	said on 4/29/2005 @ 9:14 pm PT...
Joan #48-
LOL! You are on a roll.
... Winter Patriot said on 4/29/2005 @ 10:22 pm PT...
yeah, what Steve said (#50)
... Kira	said on 4/30/2005 @ 1:14 am PT...
OT Alert!!
Strip Searched Teachers Sue Over Arrest at Bush Campaign Rally
...."McCabe and Nelson � described in the lawsuit as political novices motivated by their opposition to Bush administration policies in Iraq � attended the rally at a city park, where McCabe held a sheet of paper urging, "No More War," and Nelson wore a John Kerry button.
The questions must be asked� What is so threatening about a �No More War� sign or a Kerry button? Have these free speech items been deemed deadly weapons? Are they considered illegal contraband?"
*more
OT ??? I think not. I'd like to dedicate this find to Supersoling and Dredd, and - well - every one of us. The following link is to a Buzzflash Reader Contribution:
A Veteran Who Has Had Enough Guano from the Government
... Torqued	said on 4/30/2005 @ 2:17 am PT...
Broken link alert - The BRAD SHOW archives of 4/23/05 contains an incorrect link for HOUR 4. This link should work: HOUR 4
Holy cow, what a letter Kira. Dam. Maybe we should all write a letter like that... let it all out, put it all back in writing and shove it up their asses on capital hill.
Thanks for #54, Torqued. I can't fix it myself but maybe Brad can ... Thanks for #53 from Kira ... have I mentioned lately that you guys rock?
... Robert Lockwood Mills	said on 4/30/2005 @ 1:08 pm PT...
If even one out of ten family members of a 9/11 victim saw the Griffin speech on C-SPAN (or heard about it from a friend), I would expect an eruption.
Again, for those who missed it, he was especially effective when talking about the twin towers (THEY COULD NOT HAVE COLLAPSED AND REDUCED TO ASHES SIMPLY BECAUSE OF CONTACT FROM AN AIRPLANE, OR FROM A FIRE), and almost as convincing in saying Flight 77 did not crash into the Pentagon.
The media can and do ignore "conspiracy theories," but I'm hard-pressed to imagine how they can ignore the 9/11 survivors at this point. It's a great opportunity for us to double our efforts with our friends (sic) at the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, CNN, NBC, CBS, and even at Fox.
I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that Fox will be the first to aggressively go after Bush on the 9/11 story. Murdoch is a right-wing ideologue, but he's also a muckraker at heart...really, William Randolph Hearst with an Aussie accent. Rather than let a "liberal" paper or network break it, once he's convinced the story will come out anyway I think Fox will be all over it like a moth on a flame. And Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity will tell us they knew it all along. Oh, for the day.
... Winter Patriot said on 5/1/2005 @ 2:11 am PT...
re #57: Thanks, Robert. and as usual you make a lot of sense.
re #58: Awwww! You're too sweet!
... Teresa	said on 5/1/2005 @ 2:22 am PT...
I got this e-mail tonight:
If you saw the program, "David Ray Griffin: The 9/11 Commission Report - Distortions & Omissions - How Should Religious People Respond?" Saturday morning on C-Span 2 (Bookspan), you may have found yourself in a daze afterwards, deeply moved and shocked. Welcome to the club.
The evidence, the questions, the probable answers... are too compelling to ignore, and the apparent conclusions far more disturbing than I had allowed myself to acknowledge.
That such a crucial presentation could only be seen on an obscure TV channel and at a time when few people are watching seems criminal.
This material could foment serious change in this country if given enough exposure.
... BUSHW@CKER	said on 5/1/2005 @ 6:23 am PT...
Hi fellow BradBloggers!
Have you all received your automated email "bedbug" responses to the letters 6 or 7 of you sent to Dr Robert Pastor.
Here was my brief and direct question to the good Doctor:
Dear Dr. Pastor,
Are you able to assist me in confirming the name(s) of the person(s) responsible for initiating the Baker/Carter National Election Reform Commission of which I understand you are the Executive Director?
....and the auto-response!
Dear Mr. [name],
Thank you for your recent comments about the need for election reform. The Commission on Federal Election Reform was established to achieve that goal.
Common Cause (www.commoncause.org) and the Election Protection Coalition (www.electionprotection2004.com) registered hundreds of thousands of complaints related to the 2004 presidential election. Public confidence in the electoral process is low, and reform is needed. This was underscored by a meeting convened by the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and other groups in December 2004. I was invited to testify and remained for the entire day. The audience was deeply concerned about the state of the electoral process, and many advocated change.
After the hearing, I spoke with President Carter, who said he would favor establishing a panel to examine U.S. election reform. As you may know, he co-chaired a Commission with President Gerald Ford in 2001 that made recommendations that led to the Help American Vote Act (HAVA). I worked with both of them on that Commission and, indeed, worked with President Carter on election-monitoring projects for seventeen years at The Carter Center. As President Gerald Ford was not able to Co-Chair this panel, we consulted with Republican leaders who spoke with President Bush. They proposed former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III. President Carter has worked with Mr. Baker many times and is extremely pleased to work with him again. With such highly-respected Co-Chairs, we expect that Congress will take our recommendations seriously.
We solicited suggestions for other members of the Commission from a wide range of groups, and the Co-Chairs selected the members. It is comprised in roughly equal numbers among people who have served or were elected as Republicans and Democrats (though none are incumbents), and roughly one-third as non-partisan leaders. We understand the objections that some people have regarding individuals on the Commission, but we believe that the best way to promote real reform is to do so through a group that has broad credibility in Congress. You can read the bios of the members at www.american.edu/Carter-Baker. The Center for Democracy and Election Management at American University is organizing the Commission with the support of the Carnegie Corporation, the Ford Foundation, and the Knight Foundation.
Our current challenge is to look beyond the partisan perspectives and fashion proposals that address the problems in a practical, democratic, and effective manner. We would greatly appreciate your ideas as we carry out this work. Please send them to cdem@american.edu, or mail them to 3201 New Mexico Avenue, Suite 265, Washington, DC, 20016.
Dr. Robert Pastor
Commission on Federal Election Reform
This response, I believe confirms a fear expressed previously by a BradBlogger (sorry I can't recall who!) that our letters would likely disappear into a mail server, locked away in a dark room in the American University.
THE GOOD (FOR NOTHING) DOCTOR IS NOT LISTENING!
Note: Nicole Byrd is the sender
... jen	said on 5/1/2005 @ 6:37 am PT...
If anyone's interested, you can purchase the DVD of David Griffin's speech shown on C-Span yesterday, "The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions" here:
http://www.c-spanstore.org/shop/index.php
Some interesting stuff out of the UK!
The secret Downing Street memo - Sunday Times May 1st 2005
SECRET AND STRICTLY PERSONAL - UK EYES ONLY
To: DAVID MANNING
From: Matthew Rycroft
S 195 /02
cc: Defence Secretary, Foreign Secretary, Attorney-General, Sir Richard Wilson, John Scarlett, Francis Richards, CDS, C, Jonathan Powell, Sally Morgan, Alastair Campbell
IRAQ: PRIME MINISTER'S MEETING, 23 JULY
Copy addressees and you met the Prime Minister on 23 July to discuss Iraq.
This record is extremely sensitive. No further copies should be made. It should be shown only to those with a genuine need to know its contents.
John Scarlett summarised the intelligence and latest JIC assessment. Saddam's regime was tough and based on extreme fear. The only way to overthrow it was likely to be by massive military action. Saddam was worried and expected an attack, probably by air and land, but he was not convinced that it would be immediate or overwhelming. His regime expected their neighbours to line up with the US. Saddam knew that regular army morale was poor. Real support for Saddam among the public was probably narrowly based.
C reported on his recent talks in Washington. There was a perceptible shift in attitude. Military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy. The NSC had no patience with the UN route, and no enthusiasm for publishing material on the Iraqi regime's record. There was little discussion in Washington of the aftermath after military action.
CDS said that military planners would brief CENTCOM on 1-2 August, Rumsfeld on 3 August and Bush on 4 August.
The two broad US options were:
(a) Generated Start. A slow build-up of 250,000 US troops, a short (72 hour) air campaign, then a move up to Baghdad from the south. Lead time of 90 days (30 days preparation plus 60 days deployment to Kuwait).
(b) Running Start. Use forces already in theatre (3 x 6,000), continuous air campaign, initiated by an Iraqi casus belli. Total lead time of 60 days with the air campaign beginning even earlier. A hazardous option.
The US saw the UK (and Kuwait) as essential, with basing in Diego Garcia and Cyprus critical for either option. Turkey and other Gulf states were also important, but less vital. The three main options for UK involvement were:
(i) Basing in Diego Garcia and Cyprus, plus three SF squadrons.
(ii) As above, with maritime and air assets in addition.
(iii) As above, plus a land contribution of up to 40,000, perhaps with a discrete role in Northern Iraq entering from Turkey, tying down two Iraqi divisions.
The Defence Secretary said that the US had already begun "spikes of activity" to put pressure on the regime. No decisions had been taken, but he thought the most likely timing in US minds for military action to begin was January, with the timeline beginning 30 days before the US Congressional elections.
The Foreign Secretary said he would discuss this with Colin Powell this week. It seemed clear that Bush had made up his mind to take military action, even if the timing was not yet decided. But the case was thin. Saddam was not threatening his neighbours, and his WMD capability was less than that of Libya, North Korea or Iran. We should work up a plan for an ultimatum to Saddam to allow back in the UN weapons inspectors. This would also help with the legal justification for the use of force.
The Attorney-General said that the desire for regime change was not a legal base for military action. There were three possible legal bases: self-defence, humanitarian intervention, or UNSC authorisation. The first and second could not be the base in this case. Relying on UNSCR 1205 of three years ago would be difficult. The situation might of course change.
The Prime Minister said that it would make a big difference politically and legally if Saddam refused to allow in the UN inspectors. Regime change and WMD were linked in the sense that it was the regime that was producing the WMD. There were different strategies for dealing with Libya and Iran. If the political context were right, people would support regime change. The two key issues were whether the military plan worked and whether we had the political strategy to give the military plan the space to work.
On the first, CDS said that we did not know yet if the US battleplan was workable. The military were continuing to ask lots of questions.
For instance, what were the consequences, if Saddam used WMD on day one, or if Baghdad did not collapse and urban warfighting began? You said that Saddam could also use his WMD on Kuwait. Or on Israel, added the Defence Secretary.
The Foreign Secretary thought the US would not go ahead with a military plan unless convinced that it was a winning strategy. On this, US and UK interests converged. But on the political strategy, there could be US/UK differences. Despite US resistance, we should explore discreetly the ultimatum. Saddam would continue to play hard-ball with the UN.
John Scarlett assessed that Saddam would allow the inspectors back in only when he thought the threat of military action was real.
The Defence Secretary said that if the Prime Minister wanted UK military involvement, he would need to decide this early. He cautioned that many in the US did not think it worth going down the ultimatum route. It would be important for the Prime Minister to set out the political context to Bush.
(a) We should work on the assumption that the UK would take part in any military action. But we needed a fuller picture of US planning before we could take any firm decisions. CDS should tell the US military that we were considering a range of options.
(b) The Prime Minister would revert on the question of whether funds could be spent in preparation for this operation.
(c) CDS would send the Prime Minister full details of the proposed military campaign and possible UK contributions by the end of the week.
(d) The Foreign Secretary would send the Prime Minister the background on the UN inspectors, and discreetly work up the ultimatum to Saddam.
He would also send the Prime Minister advice on the positions of countries in the region especially Turkey, and of the key EU member states.
(e) John Scarlett would send the Prime Minister a full intelligence update.
(f) We must not ignore the legal issues: the Attorney-General would consider legal advice with FCO/MOD legal advisers.
(I have written separately to commission this follow-up work.)
MATTHEW RYCROFT
(Rycroft was a Downing Street foreign policy aide)
... Winter Patriot said on 5/1/2005 @ 11:30 am PT...
#63 : restores your faith in humanity, doesn't it?
"The two key issues were whether the military plan worked and whether we had the political strategy to give the military plan the space to work."
uhhh .... that just about says it all, does it not?
... Alison	said on 5/1/2005 @ 11:41 am PT...
Off topic, but here is a picture of Bush that you have to see.........
http://blondesense.blogs...-crying-for-caption.html
... Kira	said on 5/1/2005 @ 11:57 am PT...
Bushw@cker #61
That was my earlier post. I had sincere doubts that our letters would receive any real scrutiny and I felt sure they wanted to keep our massive efforts out of their hair.
Maybe we should just go back to using the original email address and phone calls!!! Damn 'em.
... Kira	said on 5/1/2005 @ 12:39 pm PT...
Winter Patriot #56
And as usual, too!!!
... Kira	said on 5/1/2005 @ 1:18 pm PT...
Alison #65
OMG!! What were they doing????
... BUSHW@CKER	said on 5/1/2005 @ 5:08 pm PT...
KIRA #67
This image shows GW being "groomed" for a one on one press briefing with James Guckert/Gannon!
I didn't know the white house employed male "fluffers"?
"Maybe we should just go back to using the original email address and phone calls!!! Damn 'em."
The auto-email sent by Nicole Byrd was received 30/04, so yes, Dr Pastor is delivering on his phone promise to Brad "they are not going to be listened to."
Wonder If they sent John Conyers the same response?
KIRA, You're right! I think he's laughing at us right now, and unless Brad has heard anything to the contrary via JC, it may be time to take the gloves off again!
Are there 6 or 7 streetfighters in our midst?
Yes Winter, makes the blood boil to think that LIES and DECEIT are going to be the big winners in the UK Election next weekend!
... Peggy	said on 5/1/2005 @ 6:20 pm PT...
Hi, Alison #65 - Thanks for the pic - LOL
blondesense.blogspot.com
Hi, Bushw@cher #64 - Thanks for the secret memo!
Whoops - Sorry Bushw@cker - #63 (NOT 64)
If Blair gets turfed, it will weaken Georgie Porgie. Hope Blair goes down in flames!
... Peg C said on 5/1/2005 @ 7:13 pm PT...
I read today that Maggie Thatcher had passed legislation making cooperation with the American president mandatory - and that British powers were not at all happy about it in '02. What an amazingly unpatriotic thing for her to push through! How scummy and conniving! Of course, she and Ronnie were best buddies...
"All the discussion on the Iraq war is essentially a diversion. There is a secret clause in the Trident submarine treaty that was signed by Mrs Thatcher in 1983. The secret clause states that the British Prime Minister is required to go to war if he/she gets the order from the President of the United States. You will appreciate that this information explains a lot, notably why Blair has repeatedly gone to war, but only when required to by the Americans. It also explains why Blair is so different from his Labour predecessors, such as Harold Wilson, who refused to send our troops to Vietnam in 1968. The secret agreement was designed by Thatcher to secretly tie the hands of British Prime Ministers for many years to come. Without naming sources, I received this information from a British Army officer a couple of years ago."
Link here.
... MMIIXX	said on 5/1/2005 @ 10:21 pm PT...
Peg C #74
Quote from your link:
The Nuremberg Tribunal declared:
"To initiate a war of aggression, therefore, is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole."
You're welcome PEG C!
Thanks in turn for your fascinating revelation concerning The Iron Lady's and Ronnie Raygun's clandestine agreement!
GOP assult on PBS!
... Peg C said on 5/2/2005 @ 10:34 am PT...
Bushw@cker -
"Too liberal" as in too intelligent, well-read and well-informed? And we all thought the word "public" meant "public!" Now we know that EVERTHING has an asterisk and a qualifying footnote*
*Subject to bushocratic oversight and approval.
Go here to sign the petition and find out more about the attack on PBS:
Save PBS from partisan operatives
Kenneth Tomlinson, the Republican chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) --- the government-funded organization that was designed to shield PBS from political pressure --- is aggressively pressing PBS to correct what he considers "liberal bias."
This top-down partisan meddling goes against the very nature of PBS and the local stations we trust. Let the people speak and decide the future of PBS, not secret dealings by White House operatives.
Sign this petition to demand that Congress, the CPB and PBS station managers remove Tomlinson and support town meetings in your community on the future of PBS.
This New Yorker Article from June of 2004 is excellent:
BIG BIRD FLIES RIGHT
How Republicans learned to love PBS.
*read article using link above*
AND --
..."Ironically, the CPB was created to shield PBS from political pressure, just as PBS was intended to address the "needs of unserved and underserved audiences." One can hardly argue that the WSJ edit page or Tucker Carlson fit into that category. "To find the same combination of conviction, partisanship and ideological extremism on the far left," wrote my colleague Eric Alterman, "A network would need to convene a 'roundtable' featuring Noam Chomsky, Alexander Cockburn, Vanessa Redgrave and Fidel Castro."
These days, PBS is more likely to give James Dobson his own special on religion."
*MORE*
Kira -
Will the warping of this country's structure never cease?! It's as if EVERYTHING we thought we knew the looks of is now a reflection in a fun-house mirror.
Yeah, but it's not so "fun," is it. *sigh*
"A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood of ideas in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people." ~ John F. Kennedy
"We must complain. Yes, plain, blunt complaint, ceaseless agitation, unfailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong - this is the ancient, unerring way to liberty and we must follow it." ~ W. E. B. Dubois
CAROL TOWARNICKY [REAL JOURNALIST] TAKE A BOW!
Carol Towarnicky chief editorial writer of the Philly News has written a searing article here, (requires registration) about GANNONGATE, but more importantly about her fellow MSM
Journalists and their lack of professional curiosity in a story broken by bloggers.
Carol's piece has it all, with the only exception that she didn't provide attributions for the Blogs responsible for the Gannon / Guckert Story.
Posted on Mon, May. 02, 2005
The press takes a pass on 'Jeff Gannon'
By Carol Towarnicky
towarnc@phillynews.com
IF A REPORTER who doubled as a gay hooker had visited the Clinton White House nearly 200 times, think it would have made the news?
If "Jeff Gannon"/James D. Guckert had been unveiled, so to speak, as a liberal imposter who lobbed softball questions at Clinton administration press briefings, he would be as infamous as Michael Schiavo.
And if 39 of those White House visits were mysteriously unrelated to his "reporting" duties, imagine what innuendoes would be issuing forth from Planet Limbaugh. Imagine the organized phone call campaign demanding newspapers and TV stations report the story.
But Gannon/Guckert isn't being unveiled or innuendoed or even blipped on media radar screens, even among liberals.
Last Sunday was the third time in recent weeks that I came across hyper-informed liberals who have not heard the first thing about Guckert, who used the name "Jeff Gannon" to pose as a newsman from a Web site that was in reality a Republican Party front. Gannon advertised his second job as a male escort on Web sites complete with full frontal photos.
For months, Gannon/Guckert asked obviously biased questions at press briefings. He was conveniently ready when Bush spokesman Scott McClellan was being pressed too hard by reporters. Apparently none of those reporters ever thought to check out the obvious ringer in their midst. It was only when Gannon asked one of his trademark questions at a nationally televised presidential press conference in February that some bloggers noticed.
It didn't take much digging for them to uncover Gannon's not-so-secret identity and ask the obvious: Did the Secret Service have this information? Did the White House? But the story went nowhere then and is going nowhere now.
Just last week, a Freedom of Information Act search requested by two members of Congress revealed that Gannon/Guckert visited the White House 196 times - 39 of them days when there were no press briefings. While liberal blogs made much of the news, a Nexis search found that the Associated Press gave it only three paragraphs, which were picked up by only two newspapers nationwide. CNN mentioned the story only to say that the blogs had it. On MSNBC's "Countdown," Washington Post reporter Dana Milbank offered excuses for the 14 times that Gannon/Guckert's entries or exits weren't recorded by White House security and host Keith Olbermann seemed apologetic for bringing it up.
If reporters aren't worried about imposter journalists, at least they should smell a good story in a possible White House security breach.
With an explosion of media, much of it partisan, the role of actual journalism becomes even more critical. Yet the bright line between news and fair comment on one hand versus manipulation and propaganda on the other has all but disappeared.
Of course, Gannon/Guckert was only the most flamboyant of phony journalists to grace our airwaves in recent months: There are the paid hacks who got government money to laud government programs in their columns; there were the government video news releases made to look like actual TV reports - and which were run on many smaller stations.
Journalists get hopping-mad if CIA agents masquerade as reporters in war zones - it puts them at high risk. Yet these same journalists seem almost blas� at the assault on truth zones every day at the White House, on Capitol Hill and on a TV screen near you.
At a time when the radicals of the right, aided by the White House, seek to eviscerate constitutional protections, the news media have found a curious way to protect the First Amendment: Don't worry that Congress will abridge freedom of the press; The press will do the job of abridging itself all on its own.
Carol Towarnicky is the chief editorial writer of the Daily News. E-mail towarnc@phillynews.com.
I wonder If Carol would be be prepared to be interviewed on The Brad Show?
P.S. I think Larisa Alexandrovna and the good folk at Raw Story will be thrilled to pieces with this!
Well done guys.....lead on!
I'm sure upon reading CAROL TOWARNICKY's piece, you will be picking up the red phone on your desk to call Brad!
P.S. I'm tingling with excitement, in fact I believe my left nipple just exploded!
What a great find, Bushw@cker! The Old In and Out, indeed!
PS per #84's PS --- the Python boys would be proud.
G'day KIRA!
I should say, I found CAROL TOWARNICKY's piece on Mike Moore's site!
I think Carol has done a sensational job with her article!
Oh KIRA, you make me want to bounce up and down on my spring!
... Torqued	said on 5/2/2005 @ 8:28 pm PT...
I wrote a "Thank You" email to Carol Towarnicky and let her know she picked up a new fan. Thanks for the link Bushw@cker!
John Conyers does it again!!!
"Congressman John Conyers (D-MI) is circulating a letter calling for a further inquiry into a secret U.S.-UK agreement to attack Iraq...
"In a statement, Conyers says he is disappointed the mainstream media has not touched the revelations.
"Unfortunately, the mainstream media in the United States was too busy with wall-to-wall coverage of a "runaway bride" to cover a bombshell report out of the British newspapers," Conyers writes."
Link here to comments and letter.
... MMIIXX	said on 5/2/2005 @ 9:18 pm PT...
Bushw@cker good spotting again.
Also from Peg C's link:
http://xymphora.blogspot.com/
Whats the odds on this being true ,if so does the "old country" have a similar "secret clause"?
How could you "give the keys" for your country to anybody else and still be democratic.If this is true (?) there should be people rioting in the streets in England (over something other than football).
Gough Whitlam was booty by GG 1975 Fraser to start of 1983,makes ya think.
Gough Whitlam was booted by GG 1975 Fraser to start of 1983,makes ya think.
Guys - read this absolutely stunning letter from John Conyers to B*** re the 2002 war planning session right here!
... Shadowtwinchaos	said on 5/3/2005 @ 7:38 am PT...
Wow, I turn my back for a week and I miss it all. :p Good stuff here. I see cracks in the mighty dam.
... thecoolmacdude	said on 5/3/2005 @ 8:45 am PT...
I responded to Nicole Byrd's e-mail address saying that there's no way we're going to get election reform if it was filled with right-wing Republicans. Here's what I got in response:
It's not just Republicans, the Commission is pretty well balanced between Right and Left. I understand that there are objections to some of the inclusions, but if there is any hope of getting the Hill's attention we have to have folks who appeal equally to different ideological factions. I hope you understand our position and will judge the Commission ultimately by the recommendations it proposes.
This thread "The Old In and Out" makes me want to "Out" Pat Robertson for being a Total NUTCASE!!
Follow this link to Crooks & Liars to see it "caught on tape!!!"
... "If anyone was still wondering whether Pat Robertson is nuts - take a look at some of the things he said this morning on �This Week with George Stephanopoulos� (And these don't include his allegations that Judge Ginsberg is a Communist!) *more*
Then, if you really want to know all about PR, the fanatical R-Wingnut fundaMENTAList Dominionists & their power-connection directly to the Oval Ofc., I encourage you to read some of the many works of Katherine Yurica (who has studied Robertson extensively.) Here are a couple:
The Despoiling of America
"How George W. Bush became the head of the new American Dominionist Church/State"
And ---
Excerpts from the New Messiahs
"Editor�s note: The New Messiahs by Katherine Yurica is based on 1,300 pages of actual transcripts of Pat Robertson�s television show, The 700 Club recorded for several years in the early 1980�s. Most of the excerpts came from shows broadcast in 1984-86. In 1987 the author conducted a study in response to informal inquiries from the staff of the Subcommittee on Oversight of the House Ways and Means Committee of the U.S. House of Representives, which was investigating whether television and radio ministries were violating their tax-exempt status by conducting grass roots political appeals, endorsing candidates, and making political expenditures as defined under Section 527 of the IRS code. The Subcommittee on Oversight published the author�s study in Federal Tax Rules Applicable to Tax-Exempt Organizations Involving Television Ministries on October 6, 1987, Serial 100-43. (Published in 1988.)
The New Messiahs is almost twenty years old, but it rings with current authenticity. The transcribed words are evidence of a plan to take over the government of the United States. This is not a �conspiracy theory�; it is the recording of the actual conspiracy�the actual plans of how a group of ambitious religious leaders became purveyors of a new and secular fundamentalism whose political beliefs are now being enacted to the detriment of all Americans. The religious right�s plan for you includes: the burning of all J.K. Rowling�s Harry Potter books; the denial of your right to choose an abortion if it becomes necessary in your life�even to save your life; the revamping of the U.S. Constitution; and the denial of your right to choose what you see, hear and read in the media.
At the last revision of The New Messiahs in 1999-2000, the largest network in the world was neither CBS, NBC nor ABC nor all three together. It was TBN, the Trinity Broadcasting Network, owned by Paul Crouch, (a member of John Ashcroft�s church, the Assembly of God). By 1999, TBN fed 406 TBN and affiliate TV stations in America, 4,886 cable systems and an estimated 10 million home satellite dishes. In addition they had a total of 346 foreign stations on the air and Crouch was only one satellite away from total live global coverage!"
... Winter Patriot said on 5/3/2005 @ 4:08 pm PT...
This is not a �conspiracy theory�; it is the recording of the actual conspiracy!
... Joan	said on 5/3/2005 @ 7:29 pm PT...
Wow. My head is exploding. After the male whore cavorting in the White House, the secret memo, the Margaret Thatcher/Ronald Reagan tryst (eeew!), the two 50-ish schoolteachers being strip-searched (*gulp* I've gotta teach tomorrow! and I've got a 'Peace is Patriotic' button in PLAIN VIEW on my dashboard!uh-oh...), the right-wing takeover of PBS.....I really needed that picture, Alison!! Thank you! LMAO!! Now about tomorrow...I hope somebody has bail money...
... daveK	said on 5/3/2005 @ 7:56 pm PT...
Thank you Kira, the description of the Dominionist movement that is outlined in your post and the links, is entirely consistent with what is happening in a highly organized fashion apparently. Goes right along with the prevalent belief among so many Christians that we don't have to worry about deficts, global warming, the environment, energy conservation or anything long term because Armageddon is coming anyway and all the right wing Christians will be whisked away. The Christian Jihaddists are in full swing, tell themselves God is on their side and we have nothing nearly so organized to combat it. HELP!
The Yurica Report has supplied me with nightmares, really colorful ones, since November.
COMMENT #100 [Permalink]
... oncall	said on 5/3/2005 @ 8:40 pm PT...
Important post from Democracycellproject.net:
ALL of these domestic items are placeholders. As long as the Republicans keep the national political conversation focused on domestic issues, the Republicans are perfectly positioned to stomp/tromp/romp over the Democrats again in 2006.
Why? Because the Democrats, being on the defensive on domestic issues, are not devoting a single minute to developing a homeland security/national security agenda.
And guess what trumps everything else at the polls? Security.
So the Republicans will be happy to talk about domestic issues until the cows come home, about the end of August 2006, when the Democrats will be surprised (not again....although Charlie Brown never learned anything either) when the Republicans suddenly pivot onto security issues and the Democratic candidates are left floundering in the dust (of Iraq, etc.)
After watching this pathetic routine for several election cycles--this pretending that if we just ignore security, somehow it will go away, like the wonderful vote for the war in the fall of 2002--I wonder if anyone in the Democratic Party will ever wake up.
Any polll that you look at will tell you that while Democrats lead Republicans on a wide range of domestic issues, there is simply no contest on security. The Republicans lead by double digits.
It's not like it's rocket science to come up with some of the baby steps towards a credible security policy, starting with homeland security.
Why do we not hear Democratic members of Congress standing up on the floor and saying, Why are the Republicans wasting our time here on the floor blathering about a phony plan to privitize Social Security when they should be telling us how they are going to protect our country from terrorists?
Why aren't we talking about why, more than 3 years after 9/11, a government panel reports that we have done almost nothing to prepare for the explosion of a terrorist nuclear weapon in one of our cities, even though we know that proper preparation could save hundreds of thousands of lives in the event such a calamity occurred?
Why has Bush failed to come up with a policy to keep toxic railroad tank cars out of our big cities? And when the District of Columbia had the temerity to pass a local law banning these toxic tank cars, why did Bush (and the CSX Railroad) take the city to court to overturn the law? (The district judge upheld the law after noting that Bush's lawyers had failed to present any evidence that the federal government had taken any steps to deal with this hazard.)
Leaving aside the terrible set of questions about why we invaded Iraq in the first place, why has no one been held accountable for sending our troops to Iraq without adequate body armor and unarmored death-trap vehicles?
And why, despite all the evidence that has come to light, leading straight up the chain of command to Donald Rumsfeld and our disgusting excuse for an attorney general--a man who authorized torture in violation of international law--why have only the lowliest soldiers been scapegoated for Abu Ghraib, while all of their superiors are walking free?
Why did President Bush decide to give George Tennant--Mr. "slam dunk"--the Presidential Medal of Freedom after Tennant presided over the greatest intelligence failure in U.S. history? (Some people complained after Tennant's award that Bush's action degraded the meaning of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. But I have not heard of a single recipient of the PMOF returning the medal in protest.)
Almost every day, we learn something new about the ACTIONS of the Bush administration (not the WORDS) that shows that Bush has failed to take even the most rudimentary steps to protect Americans at home, or to protect the very bodies of our troops whom he has so casually thrown into harm's way.
There's no shortage of ways Democrats could tear Bush apart on security issues, and put forward positive plans for action.
Will it ever happen?
Oncall #100
All of your points are great, but what about the electronic voting machines/tabulators? No matter how we vote - our votes are lost into the ethernet.
And, if we vote on paperless DREs we there is no way to audit (check or recount) the votes.
Diebold (Republican owned & operated - you certainly know the story) makes many other machines such as ATMs. The only machine they make that does not give a paper receipt is their voting machine. There is only 1 reason for this and I think we all know the answer.
We have never been in this kind of situation before in the history of voting where hundreds of thousands of votes could be manipulated by a very few people, without leaving any trace.
So - until we change this one most important issue - it doesn't matter what the candidate's platform is.
... Torqued	said on 5/4/2005 @ 4:57 am PT...
Re: Oncall #100 --
" There's no shortage of ways Democrats could tear Bush apart on security issues, and put forward positive plans for action.
Will it ever happen?"
No, I hope not. It is in the best interests of all Americans and the entire worlds Peoples, that political opposition remain somewhat weak. I think the democrats are perfectly positioned to stumble along down with the rubble of the right. And I want them to.
WTF, you say? Let me explain my position, then I'll welcome any and all dissenting views. I'm only disagreeing where the blame lies and how our governments will ultimately be mended.
The bush administration is not entirely to blame for all our present problems, nor is the Opposition to blame for allowing them. The bush regime is just taking every possible advantage to exploit what is, and was already flawed when it was able to steal the 2000 election. Was it not inevitable? Given the ease at which the radical right has stolen elections and taken full control of three branches of government, and now threatens the entire Planet and it's Peoples? They are the product, not the cause. And as often is said, we ain't seen nuthin' yet!
We have been on this destructive course for many, many, years (arguably since the very beginning!) and neither the political left, nor political right, can (or should) correct it. At the heart of the problem is, we haven't leadership bound to the will of the people, as is required for the functioning of every democracy. Our leadership derives it's will and power from corporate, religious, whomever, 3rd party interests with cash and influence, serving only them and themselves at our expense. I am accusing all controlling parties of this, right and left. Local, State, and federal governments alike. There are few, if any exceptions.
Government can only lawfully be derived from the will and power given by the people. So you see, our problems are, and were always caused by us, the people. We fail to exercise our duty as citizens to implement and maintain, proper representative government.
Since only the people have the right and duty to implement and maintain proper government, it is only the people that can rightfully mend, or institute new government when it is not serving them. Political parties alone, cannot and should not ever be allowed a part of this critical, citizen-specific, democratic process.
Which brings me to the points taken by my first two statements; Only through the continuing degradation and exploitation by our leadership, will the people ever recognize and be willing to perform their Constitutionally Given and Guaranteed Duties, to be active citizen Patriots on a daily basis. This American, Patriot, citizen awakening, is a forced, reactionary process and should not now be slowed unnecessarily, by warring political forces.
So again, I hope not. Although unchecked one party rule is particularly dangerous, I hope one party remains somewhat weaker than the other so that government continues to weaken. And quickly. We need diverse views, scholarly solutions, the individual works of active Patriotic citizens, that only our great nation's Peoples can provide us with now, to correct our destructive systems of government.
One day, by our diverse community and regional needs, and of our many differing, yet equal voices, will we expand our two-party representative system as well. By this same process of citizen Patriotism. It is duty calling. Let it happen.
Help it happen by informing, lead others within your community and within ours, to Freedom, to Liberty, to Honor. God willing, we will one day Prevail and forevermore actively protect our living Constitution. And thus with Honor; our forever Living Planet.
Iraq, the secret US visit, and an angry military chief.
Key document: Goldsmith's advice to Blair.
07.03.03: Attorney general's full advice on Iraq war.
... Torqued	said on 5/4/2005 @ 10:15 am PT...
Pentagon's Lawrence Franklin Busted!
Torqued - what do you make of the Franklin bust? I noticed he leaked to the media - which I think is good, but don't know about leaking to the pro-Israel group.
... Noname said on 5/4/2005 @ 11:54 am PT...
England abuse case thrown out
Thank God for another Godless Judge , who knows the truth
... Peg C said on 5/4/2005 @ 12:07 pm PT...
Oncall #100 -
Indeed. Why and why and why and why and WHY??? But you neglect to take into account the FACT that the B-word did NOT win either election he entered - that both were fraudulently decided.
That is a "domestic" issue of primary criticality, which must be addressed before anything else!
... Torqued	said on 5/4/2005 @ 12:41 pm PT...
If I remember correctly, Franklin was palsy with AIPAC, as a key figure in the Israeli spy scandal. The story goes way back. Yes, he's the spy guy: Shaking Up Israel's Spy Nest The timeline goes way back and involves others in the Pentagon.
Some are sure that the Isreali AIPAC spys ring is The Mother of all Scandals
Thanks for the links, Torqued. I'll have to read them later, but wanted you to know I appreciate your response!
wow, torqued. what a post (#103)!!
... Teresa	said on 5/4/2005 @ 3:12 pm PT...
Torqued # 103
Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant and so articulate.
Whats happened to all the students?
Once upon a time Universities were the "engine" of civil protest .
I noticed on michaelmoore.com that "Students Commemorate Kent State Shootings 35-Years Later".
Is the "student body" alive or in a body bag ,already?
Mmixx - I think many inherited their parents' yuppie straightjackets. That, combined with a tendency not to want to bother with current public affairs because they've been raised on arcade flash and dazzle, action movies and money-mania, has zombified the poor dears.
Mmiixx #113
You have to put this into historical perspective. The students now are struggling more with a horrible job market and fears about their economic survival.
35 Years ago these students were being drafted to kill and die. That's why they were so active. Things have to hit people personally before they rise up and protest.
Torqued, you are a very talented thinker and writer. Your word should get out. If you don't want a career in writing and to get published, at least keep it up here and elsewhere in the blogosphere so your word reaches as many people as possible. I am so impressed. I have struggled myself to try and communicate the need to control the focus on the other, to stop feeling victimized and take responsibility, but you have succeeded more than I have. Please keep it up.
The New Yorker has a Valerie Plame Outing update here.
Torqued Re: #103
Bravo! a very impressive statement and subsequent "call to arms" for those citizens who are engaged, and a wake-up call for the rest who are still in a Rupert Murdoch induced stupor!
I heartily second Teresa's #116 comment!
Re my #103 --- Knock off the tickle-talk ok, we are equals in every way.
Israeli Spy Ring Busted! Developing ...
http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2062
... Kira	said on 5/5/2005 @ 1:58 am PT...
Thanks MMIXX and Bushw@cker for the links. Gosh, there are so many links here and on other threads. We need THE BRADBLOG BOOK or at least a LINK INDEX.
Now this thread is apt to be lost since it dropped out of line.
Love you guys & ladies.


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PCMag Australia Reviews Printers & Scanners
NeatConnect
byM. David Stone Nov 23, 2013
Although NeatConnect is a scanner, it is best understood as a so-called "scanning appliance" primarily of interest if you want to send your scans to the cloud.
Scans and manages receipts, business cards, and documents.
Scans directly to cloud.
Can scan to searchable PDF.
Included software is highly limited, with an idiosyncratic interface that makes it harder to learn than it should be.
NeatConnect—from The Neat Company—is a different kind of scanner. First and foremost, it's a scan appliance, meaning a tool you can use to scan to the cloud (by way of a Wi-Fi connection to your network) without needing a computer. You can use it as a standard scanner as well, but standalone scanning to the cloud is the main reason to consider it if you want that capability or to skip it if you don't.
Neat software, in both the version that runs on your PC and the Web-based NeatCloud, is designed to let you scan and organize receipts for expense and tax records, as well as handle business cards and documents. If you want the software, but aren't interested in scanning to the cloud, you can save some money by buying one of The Neat Company's two less expensive models. NeatDesk, offers much the same desktop scanning capability as NeatConnect, including an automatic document feeder (ADF). NeatReceipts offers a manual-feed scanner for desktop or portable use.
All three packages—NeatConnect, NeatDesk, and NeatReceipts—come with the identical software. However, one complication with all three is that The Neat Company uses the same name for all versions of each package, even when the package changes to a different scanner, upgrades the software, or both. For this review, I tested the first version of NeatConnect. For the record, it came with Neat 5.3 and scanner model NC-1000. (You can find the model number on a label on the bottom of the scanner.)
The Scanner Hardware
The NeatConnect hardware has a fairly typical footprint for a desktop scanner, at roughly 9.8 by 4.8 inches (WD). However, the top sticks out both in back and in front of the base for an overall size of 7.5 by 11.0 by 8.7 inches (HWD). Extending the paper guide for the input tray in the back adds about 3 inches to both the height and depth. You can also open the output tray at the front bottom, which adds 7 inches more to the depth, or leave it closed and let the paper fall directly from the output slot onto your desk.
As with the NeatDesk scanner, the NeatConnect model is good looking enough to fit in an office that cares about design. The scanner offers rounded corners, a black plastic base, and a shiny white finish for the top, with a 3 by 2 inch (HW) color touch screen control panel centered along the midline, about a third of the way from the bottom.
The scanner's also suitably capable, with a 600 pixel per inch (ppi) optical resolution and a speed rating of 24 page per minute (ppm) in simplex mode (scanning one side of a page) and 48 images per minute (ipm) in duplex mode (scanning both sides). It can handle pages up to a maximum of 8.5 by 30 inches.
One unusual touch that the NeatConnect and NeatDesk scanners share is an insert that fits over the input tray and offers three slots: 8.7 inches for documents, 3.5 inches for receipts, and 2.25 inches for business cards. Each slot is designed to take a maximum of 15 items at a time. One difference from the most recent NeatDesk version I reviewed is that the NeatConnect scanner adds adjustable paper guides to the document scan slot. You can also remove the insert to reveal a 50-page automatic document feeder (ADF)
Setting up to scan to the cloud doesn't require a PC, though it does require a Wi-Fi access point on your network, with your network connected to the Internet. The basic process, using a front- panel touch-screen wizard, is simple. However, depending on how security conscious you are, you may run into two complications.
One mild security measure you might be using on your network is disabling the SSID broadcast that the access point uses to announce its presence. Another is limiting the allowable connections to devices with specific MAC addresses. Unfortunately, with the firmware in the scanner as I tested it, there's no way to connect with the SSID broadcast disabled, so you basically have to throw that security out the window to use the scanner.
You can still use MAC address filtering, but, as tested once again, there's no easy way to find out the scanner's MAC address. What I wound up doing was turning off the filtering in the access point, letting the scanner connect, reading the address from the access point, and then entering the address in the allowed list, so I could turn the feature back on.
According to The Neat Company, both of these issues will be addressed in upcoming firmware upgrades. If you get one of the early models without the upgrade, you'll be able to download it from the Neat Web site.
If you like, you can also set up the scanner for other Cloud destinations, thanks to built-in wizards for SkyDrive, Box, Dropbox, Evernote, and Google Drive. However, NeatCloud is the obvious choice, since it offers the Web-based version of Neat software. Note that NeatConnect includes a three-month subscription to NeatCloud. Beyond the initial subscription, you'll have to get either a monthly or yearly plan, at $5.99 to $24.99 per month or $59.88 to $239.88 per year.
You can also install the Neat program on your PC, which will let you scan directly to the PC over a USB cable as an alternative to scanning to the Cloud, and let you sync with NeatCloud, so anything you do in either location will automatically show up in both. In addition, The Neat Company offers free apps for Android and iOS devices, so you can get to your data or upload images to your database from your smartphone or tablet.
Scanning and Software
For my tests, I set up NeatConnect for scanning both to NeatCloud and for scanning directly to a PC. I also scanned enough to both destinations, and made enough modifications in both, to confirm that the two locations sync as promised. For timing tests, however, I used the PC connection only.
Scanning is easy. First, you choose the destination you want to scan to on the front panel. To scan to the cloud, you can then optionally change scan settings (including whether to scan in simplex or duplex for example), choose Scan, optionally crop or rotate the image, and then send it to the cloud.
To scan to your PC, you first have to launch the Neat program. You can then choose the Scan or PDF option from the front panel or from the program. Choosing Scan starts the scan and sends the image to the Neat database. Choosing PDF opens a window on your PC that lets you navigate to the folder you want to scan to, enter a file name, and then choose the Save button in the dialog box to scan and save the file.
Both the Neat program on the PC and NeatCloud are reasonably easy to use once you learn them. However, the PC-based version ignores standard Windows design in a way that makes it a little harder to learn and use than it should be. It aligns the text menus with the right side of the window, for example, rather than the left. It also lacks a standard visible Title bar, which left me regularly clicking on the obvious outside edge and resizing the window, when I meant to click on the title bar to move the window.
One other potential issue is that both NeatCloud and the Neat program use a lot of gray, rather than black, text, which looks pretty, but I'm guessing that some people will have trouble reading it.
Once you get past the interface issues, both the PC and Web-based software work well enough at their core task. Neat software has always been good at recognizing the text in receipts and business cards and putting the information in the right fields in its database, so you can create reports for expenses and taxes.
Using our standard set of business cards, it made either one mistake or none on more than half the cards. You're still well advised to check the results, but even with time spent checking, the process is a lot faster than typing everything in from scratch. The program also synched the contacts with Outlook without problems.
Neat software doesn't include optical character recognition (OCR) to scan files to editable format, so I couldn't test it for that. However, the PC installation program also installs a Twain driver, so you can use the scanner with an OCR program if you have one. Also missing is the ability to save to image PDF format on your PC, so I couldn't properly test the raw scan speed either. For scanning to a searchable PDF format using Neat on the PC, however, I timed the scanner at 1 minute 2 seconds, or 24.2 ppm and 48.4 ipm, for the scan itself using our standard 25-sheet, 50-page test document.
The OCR step took an additional 3 minutes 45 seconds, which is an unusually long time. As a point of comparison, the Editors' Choice Canon imageFormula DR-C125, added no time at all, coming in at 60 seconds—25 ppm and 50 ipm—with or without recognizing the text. That said, the Neat program largely makes up for the slow recognition speed by handling it in background so you can keep working.
If you have no interest in storing information in the cloud so you can get to it from anywhere, you obviously won't be interested in NeatConnect. If you want the Neat program for scanning and managing receipts and business cards, you can get it for less with NeatDesk. On the other hand, if you want to keep data in the cloud, NeatConnect in combination with NeatCloud has the distinctive benefit of automatically synching with your computer. Not only does that let you get at the data—or add to it—from anywhere, it gives you an automatic backup. That may be enough to make NeatConnect your scanner of choice.
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About M. David Stone
M. David Stone is an award-winning freelance writer and computer industry consultant. Although a confirmed generalist, with writing credits on subjects as varied as ape language experiments, politics, quantum physics, and an overview of a top company in the gaming industry. David is also an expert in imaging technologies (including printers, monitors, large-screen displays, projectors, scanners, and digital cameras), storage (both magnetic and optical), and word processing. He is a recognized expert on printers, well known within the industry, and has been a judge for the Hewlett-Packard HP Invent Awards.
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