Comcast/Verizon Blocking English Domain Of Hamas’ News Site

It appears that Comcast Cable and Verizon FIOS have blocked the DNS entry for the English version of Hamas’ news site.

With the Middle East Peace Talks getting underway, I thought it would be interesting to see how Hamas is characterizing the events surrounding the negotiations; so I tried accessing their semi-official news agency http://palestine-info.info/

The first thing that appears is a flash-based, language selection page, which displays fine. However, it seems that if one clicks “English” while using Verizon FIOS or Comcast Cable, a “page cannot be displayed” message appears.

Pinging/tracerting attempts are unable to resolve. Users on other ISPs trying to access the English page, have been successful. I got the IP address and was able to view the page using that.

The French language section also appears to be blocked.

Update: Qwest DSL may also be blocking the domain.

Update: While the ISPs were responsible for the improper DNS handling, it appears that the issue may have been caused by simple error, where the DNS records of the ISPs were not updated properly, which apparently is typical of the the laziness of large ISP’s. Therefore, it is prudent not to jump to any conclusions about the DNS issues possibly being the result of deliberate action or political motivation on the part of the ISPs in question. I apologize for the confusion that this may have caused. Thanks to all who helped.

Meet The Next Sarah Palin: Arizona Governor Jan Brewer

The above video is from last nights Arizona gubernatorial debate, with the breakthrough performance of the night going to current governor and champion of Arizona’s controversial anti-immigration legislation, Republican Jan Brewer. It only gets worse, as after the debate she ducks questions about her allegations that illegal immigrants have beheaded American citizens in the Arizona desert, only to space out for 20 seconds and walk away:

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Don’t Sleep So Much

In hindsight, my high school Algebra teacher may have been certifiably insane. The first day of class he wandered off on a tangent about a Medieval prince who loved his sleep. This prince loved his sleep so much he decided to sleep five minutes longer every night: 8 hours, 8 hours 5 minutes, 8 hours 10 minutes … until he slept over 24 hours. Then, he died. Class dismissed, Professor continued. Don’t forget the quiz on polynomial expressions this Thursday.

I asked around, and no one has ever heard of this prince’s cautionary tale. I did, however, find a bizarre news story about 15-year old British girl named Louisa Ball. My friends sleep through half of every class (but still get better grades). And I’ve been known to sleep through flights. But Louisa sleeps through entire family vacations. Louisa is stricken with a rare disease called Kleine-Levin Syndrome, dubbed Sleeping Beauty Disease, that makes her sleep for weeks. Her longest snooze was 13 straight days. Baffled doctors can’t stop it, so Louisa’s parents must her wake up once a day so she can eat and use the bathroom.

In spite of Louisa’s affliction, people today sleep less than ever before. According to an American Cancer Society study, Americans slept 8 hours a night in 1960. Today? 6.7 hours. That’s a groggy 15% drop in sleep within 50 years—despite NBC’s late-night lineup’s best efforts. In our defense, our grandparents/parents didn’t have the following distractions: sensationalized 24-7 news-cycles, Red Bull, the Internet, and late-night SportsCenter reruns. National Geographic pegged the costs of our national “sleep debt” at $15 billion dollars in health care expenses and up to $50 billion in lost productivity (or Syria’s nominal GDP).

As usual, our grandparents were right. Eight is the correct answer for number of sleep hours. Sleep more than that and you are more likely to die sooner. With modern life getting busier each year, the average age of people not getting enough sleep is slowly dropping down. The advent of technology that is easily in our hands has made it even easier to get immediate satisfaction in expense of one’s sleep. College students are spending more time late at night studying, opting to get Modafinil they can get from https://buy-modafinil-online.org to stay awake and focus as they cram through the exam weeks. Children are spending way too much time on mobile devices during the night unattended.

A University of California San Diego psychiatry study found “sleeping more than 7 to 8 hours per day has been consistently associated with increased mortality.” But beware of sample bias here. The guy who sleeps 11 hours a night is more likely to be lazier and/or unhealthier.
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Beware The Sneaky Gay Agenda!

The wonderful people at Focus on the Family are behind this video, where we learn that anti-bullying initiatives are really a sneak attack by the gay agenda to make your innocent children swallow buckets of the salty discharge propagated by today’s sexual deviants. And for further ass-hattery, check out True Tolerance, where fat mid-Western Christians learn the true meaning of hatred.

Remember: Homosexuals are all over this great nation, poisoning our children’s minds with their sexy, oiled-up abs and disgusting open-minded tolerance.

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