CIA Invest In Firm That Monitor Social Media Sites
23 Oct 2009, written by Dustin Mooney 0 CommentsThere has been some news recently of Visible Technologies, a software company that monitors social media websites like Flickr, Twitter and Amazon. It currently doesn’t mess around with closed or personal social networking sites like Facebook (so for all the terrorist reading this, don’t fear, your Facebook accounts are safe, you can still comment and share photos of yourselves slaying puppies or something). The software also pulls together over a million post and conversations a day from blogs, forums, and social networks. Users of the Tru product line get live news feeds of what is being said on these sites based on the keywords chosen by the customer.
BlogOrlando Wrap-Up
29 Sep 2008, written by Dustin Mooney 0 CommentsI attended BlogOrlando Saturday at Rollins College in Winter Haven, Florida. Coming from Tampa and then going home to Orlando, the traveling wasn’t terrible for me. But there were people from all over the United States and even Canada. BlogOrlando was in its third year of informational excellence and covered an aray of great topics.
My Thoughts on Obama and McCain
28 Sep 2008, written by Dustin Mooney 0 CommentsEven though you might not be able to tell, I am somewhat moderate. But I am a “Republican” as you can tell by what I write. I just believe that Obama is the wrong man for the job and I strived to relay that information in the comment that I left in reply on his Facebook profile. In everything I write I strive to be as moderate as I can and bring both sides of the story to the table, although this is a poor example, because I wanted to make my point and was not originally intending to share it with everyone through this outlet.”
14 Jan 2010
What Is America’s Role In The World? How Far Should We Go?
I like many Americans am questioning Obama's decision to send troops to Haiti. I feel awful for the people in Haiti and hope only the best for them. But we are fighting in two wars right now, we have an economy still in shambles, people are losing jobs left and right, and the President is fully focused on health care. So should we be sending troops to help that nation when we have so many other problems we need to focus on?
Continue Reading26 Dec 2009
Terrorist Tried to Blow Up Airliner, Lit Himself on Fire Instead
Today there was an attempted terrorist attack onboard a Delta flight en route to Detroit. A Nigerian man allegedly tried to ignite a powdery substance as the plane neared its destination on Friday in an effort to blow up the aircraft, a senior U.S. counter-terror official told the AP. The White House released a statement calling it an "act of terrorism."
Continue Reading23 Dec 2009
Tiger Doesn’t Let A Little Bad Press Keep Him Down, Still Seeing Rachel Uchitel
There are reports from InTouch Magazine that Tiger Woods is still seeing Rachel Uchitel. His yacht, Privacy, has been seen in Palm Beach, FL where Rachel Uchitel has also been spotted. She refused to comment on the situation, saying she was just visiting her family.
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