R.I.P. Bob Uecker

I was going to post the great Miller Lite commercial with him, but Dwight beat me to it. 

I can heartily endorse his book about his baseball career, Catcher In The Wry.

Rest in peace, Uke.

Security wasn't an afterthought, it wasn't thought of at all

This keeps coming up over and over.  The latest example is GoDaddy:

GoDaddy has failed to protect its web-hosting platform with even basic infosec tools and practices since 2018, according to the FTC, but the internet giant won’t face any immediate consequences for its many alleged acts of omission.

As one of the world's largest web-hosting companies, and a registry and registrar with about 82 million domain names in its care, one would assume GoDaddy would be adept at applying software updates and monitoring security-related events in its hosting environment to protect its millions of customers and the visitors to their websites from online threats.

But according to a Wednesday statement from the FTC, “GoDaddy has failed to implement reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect and monitor its website-hosting environments for security threats, and misled customers about the extent of its data security protections on its website hosting services.”

So what triple-propellorhead security tech did they miss?  Basics like security log analysis tools, multi-factor authentication on login, missing security patches, and not maintaining an inventory of their systems.  This is all Security 101.  Actually, it may be Security Pre-K.

If you use GoDaddy's hosting you might want to consider an alternative.

 

CMP Update

The Civilian Marksmanship Program has a limited number of M1 Garand rifles chambered in 7.62 NATO.  They have both the Mod-0 version for $900 and the Mod-1 version for $1200.  

You probably don't want the Mod-0 because it doesn't do well with standard ammo, and in fact the CMP categorizes them as unservicable.  The value is all historical.

The Mod-1 versions are safe to use with 7.62 NATO.

Tim Conway as the Fashion Police

And then the *real* police show up.  Pure gold.

UK-US "Special Relationship" in jeopardy

So says the BBC:

Musk has been vocal on X over the past week concerning the grooming gang scandal, which was covered up by the Labour government from the 90’s onwards for a period of over a decade.

Yesterday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer accused Musk and British politicians who support his call for justice for victims of grooming gangs of jumping on a “far-right bandwagon.”

According to BBC Newsnight, there is “absolute horror at the highest levels of government at the incendiary language we have seen from Elon Musk.”

Huh. So Elon's statement of facts - that hundreds of thousands of british girls were systematically gang raped by Pakistani immigrants over the span of decades - imperils our special relationship?  Weird.

What actually seems to be imperiling the special relationship is the UK Labour government selling out our base at Diego Garcia:

Last ditch negotiations are underway in London as Starmer attempts to ram through his Chagos sellout before Trump’s inauguration. Earlier today Guido revealed how the deal would see UK nuclear options sold out as part of the giveaway…

...

Trump advisers now say the President is beginning to see Chagos as one of the same issues. “If Starmer sells out UK sovereignty disabling the US base and nukes, it’s going to make Trump as furious as over Panama” says one well-placed Trump team member.

Huh.  My guess is that Trump refusing to shut Elon up about the UK.Gov mass rape scandal is the least of His Magesty's Government's problems.

Gun control leads straight to this

Germany is revoking firearms permits for AfD party members.  AfD is likely to be the biggest party in the coming March elections.

Dad Joke CCCXLVIIII

My dog's not fat.  He's just a little husky.

Why to Democrats hate the poor, elderly, and the environment?

Biden quietly bans gas-powered tankless water heaters.

These are the most efficient design, so Democrats obviously hate the environment.  People will use less efficient models and burn more fuel.

And these are the least expensive models.  Manufacturers expect the ban to add $450 to the price of new water heaters.  The poor and elderly hardest hit.

Holy cow, the Democratic party really sucks.