Comments on: Statement on MN Senate Race http://www.blanked-out.com/2006/09/20/statement-on-mn-senate-race/ stating the obvious Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:51:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: MNPublius Exclusive: Is Howell’s Site Secured Yet from Blanked-Out Leak? at MNpublius.com http://www.blanked-out.com/2006/09/20/statement-on-mn-senate-race/#comment-19066 MNPublius Exclusive: Is Howell’s Site Secured Yet from Blanked-Out Leak? at MNpublius.com Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:36:55 +0000 http://www.blanked-out.com/2006/09/20/statement-on-mn-senate-race/#comment-19066 [...] 10:19pm, Blanked-Out posted a statement outlining exactly what he did on Howell’s site: I clicked on a link [...] […] 10:19pm, Blanked-Out posted a statement outlining exactly what he did on Howell’s site: I clicked on a link […]

]]> By: Daniel http://www.blanked-out.com/2006/09/20/statement-on-mn-senate-race/#comment-15920 Daniel Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:06:27 +0000 http://www.blanked-out.com/2006/09/20/statement-on-mn-senate-race/#comment-15920 I have to say, that I could not agree with you in 100% regarding Statement on MN Senate Race, but it's just my opinion, which could be wrong :) I have to say, that I could not agree with you in 100% regarding Statement on MN Senate Race, but it’s just my opinion, which could be wrong :)

]]> By: Blanked Out » Blog Archive » TV ads and political apathy http://www.blanked-out.com/2006/09/20/statement-on-mn-senate-race/#comment-1106 Blanked Out » Blog Archive » TV ads and political apathy Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:02:03 +0000 http://www.blanked-out.com/2006/09/20/statement-on-mn-senate-race/#comment-1106 [...] My political memory is frighteningly short.  It is highlighted by the distraction of the Lewinsky scandal, the perversion of the 2000 Presidential Election, Wellstone’s death and the 2002 electoral bloodbaths and the soul-crushing disappointment of Bush’s re-election in 2004. Last year was a good year, on a local level.  And 2006?  You can’t blame me if I’m a little jaded on the political process. [...] […] My political memory is frighteningly short.  It is highlighted by the distraction of the Lewinsky scandal, the perversion of the 2000 Presidential Election, Wellstone’s death and the 2002 electoral bloodbaths and the soul-crushing disappointment of Bush’s re-election in 2004. Last year was a good year, on a local level.  And 2006?  You can’t blame me if I’m a little jaded on the political process. […]

]]> By: Talinus http://www.blanked-out.com/2006/09/20/statement-on-mn-senate-race/#comment-704 Talinus Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:41:59 +0000 http://www.blanked-out.com/2006/09/20/statement-on-mn-senate-race/#comment-704 When I was a kid, I got yelled at for crossing somebody's yard to get to a public swimming pool. Noah Kunin got reported to the FBI for crossing the yard, not swimming at the pool. He tried 18 times to guess a password on a site that was clearly not intended as a public portal. http://www.startribune.com/587/story/693219.html When I was a kid, I got yelled at for crossing somebody’s yard to get to a public swimming pool. Noah Kunin got reported to the FBI for crossing the yard, not swimming at the pool. He tried 18 times to guess a password on a site that was clearly not intended as a public portal.

http://www.startribune.com/587/story/693219.html

]]> By: rightgirl's logic http://www.blanked-out.com/2006/09/20/statement-on-mn-senate-race/#comment-665 rightgirl's logic Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:18:00 +0000 http://www.blanked-out.com/2006/09/20/statement-on-mn-senate-race/#comment-665 Hi, I'm rightgirl's logic, and I just went into the corner and shot myself. Why? Because rightgirl is comparing apples and oranges - a physical item to access to a website. It's plain to see that rightgirl is wrong, yet she continues to use a flawed metaphor as her strawman argument. I wish I could convince her to at least get her GED, but she refuses on the grounds that it might upset her moral center. As she continues to flaunt her poor arguments and misunderstanding, I thought that a minimum amount of education might help, but I don't hold much hope. Hi, I’m rightgirl’s logic, and I just went into the corner and shot myself. Why? Because rightgirl is comparing apples and oranges - a physical item to access to a website. It’s plain to see that rightgirl is wrong, yet she continues to use a flawed metaphor as her strawman argument.

I wish I could convince her to at least get her GED, but she refuses on the grounds that it might upset her moral center. As she continues to flaunt her poor arguments and misunderstanding, I thought that a minimum amount of education might help, but I don’t hold much hope.

]]> By: Blog P.I. Presents: Your 2006 Campaign Blog Scandal Guide at Blog P.I. (beta) http://www.blanked-out.com/2006/09/20/statement-on-mn-senate-race/#comment-642 Blog P.I. Presents: Your 2006 Campaign Blog Scandal Guide at Blog P.I. (beta) Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:25:19 +0000 http://www.blanked-out.com/2006/09/20/statement-on-mn-senate-race/#comment-642 [...] OFFENDING CAMPAIGN Rep. Charlie Bass (R-NH) Rep. Ben Cardin (D-MD) State Sen. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) Atty Amy Klobuchar (DFL-MN) AGGRIEVED PARTIES NH blogs Blue Granite, NH-02 Progressive, The Yankee Doodler, Paul Hodes (D) campaign LG Michael Steele (R-MD campaign), Kweise Mfume, arguably Cardin, Jews Blue Jersey, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) Rep. Mark Kennedy (R) campaign, GOP consultant Scott Howell ACCUSATION Bass House office secretly concern-trolled NH liberal blogs Staffer wrote too-revealing secret campaign diary as blog Kean campaign secretly concern-trolled BlueJersey Klobuchar employees viewed illegally-obtained forthcoming Kennedy TV spot THE ACCUSED Unknown Hill staffer(s) Now-former Cardin employee Ursula Gruber Kean flack Jill Hazelbaker, unknown staffer(s) MN blogger Noah Kunin, Klobuchar ex-flack Tara McGuinness INTERNET SLEUTH(S) NH bloggers MissLaura, Keener, Republic Not Empire Wizbang’s Kevin Aylward Blue Jersey’s Juan Melli N/A TROUBLESOME BLOG N/A Persuasionatrix N/A Blanked-Out SOCK PUPPETS IndyNH, IndieNH @ 143.231.249.141 N/A usedtobeblue, cleanupnj, AmadeusNJ @ 70.90.20.85 N/A MSM COVERAGE N/A Sun, Post, BET, AP Times, Record, Ledger, AP Pioneer Press, AP BLOG COVERAGE Daily Kos Mary Katherine Ham, Insider Politics, Washington Prowler, Red State, Rhymes With Right, Atlas Shrugs, Alabama Liberation Front, Soccer Dad, Jessica Cutler Daily Kos, Skippy, Steve Gilliard, Blanton’s And Ashton’s, MyDD, Pam’s House Blend, Kid Oakland, Beltway Blogroll, Blogometer Power Line, Kennedy vs. the Machine, MN Publius, Minnesota Democrats Exposed, Wizbang, Beltway Blogroll OUTCOME None yet Gruber fired Denials to NYT, AP, etc McGuinness fired, Kunin apologized, FBI may investigate REMAINING QUESTIONS Will the Bass campaign be pressed to admit or deny? Was Gruber a senior staffer or junior staffer? Will someone fess up? Maybe Hazelbaker? Why did Klobuchar camp wait to report it? Was it actually illegal? ONGOING? Maybe Maybe Yes Yes [...] […] OFFENDING CAMPAIGN Rep. Charlie Bass (R-NH) Rep. Ben Cardin (D-MD) State Sen. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) Atty Amy Klobuchar (DFL-MN) AGGRIEVED PARTIES NH blogs Blue Granite, NH-02 Progressive, The Yankee Doodler, Paul Hodes (D) campaign LG Michael Steele (R-MD campaign), Kweise Mfume, arguably Cardin, Jews Blue Jersey, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) Rep. Mark Kennedy (R) campaign, GOP consultant Scott Howell ACCUSATION Bass House office secretly concern-trolled NH liberal blogs Staffer wrote too-revealing secret campaign diary as blog Kean campaign secretly concern-trolled BlueJersey Klobuchar employees viewed illegally-obtained forthcoming Kennedy TV spot THE ACCUSED Unknown Hill staffer(s) Now-former Cardin employee Ursula Gruber Kean flack Jill Hazelbaker, unknown staffer(s) MN blogger Noah Kunin, Klobuchar ex-flack Tara McGuinness INTERNET SLEUTH(S) NH bloggers MissLaura, Keener, Republic Not Empire Wizbang’s Kevin Aylward Blue Jersey’s Juan Melli N/A TROUBLESOME BLOG N/A Persuasionatrix N/A Blanked-Out SOCK PUPPETS IndyNH, IndieNH @ 143.231.249.141 N/A usedtobeblue, cleanupnj, AmadeusNJ @ 70.90.20.85 N/A MSM COVERAGE N/A Sun, Post, BET, AP Times, Record, Ledger, AP Pioneer Press, AP BLOG COVERAGE Daily Kos Mary Katherine Ham, Insider Politics, Washington Prowler, Red State, Rhymes With Right, Atlas Shrugs, Alabama Liberation Front, Soccer Dad, Jessica Cutler Daily Kos, Skippy, Steve Gilliard, Blanton’s And Ashton’s, MyDD, Pam’s House Blend, Kid Oakland, Beltway Blogroll, Blogometer Power Line, Kennedy vs. the Machine, MN Publius, Minnesota Democrats Exposed, Wizbang, Beltway Blogroll OUTCOME None yet Gruber fired Denials to NYT, AP, etc McGuinness fired, Kunin apologized, FBI may investigate REMAINING QUESTIONS Will the Bass campaign be pressed to admit or deny? Was Gruber a senior staffer or junior staffer? Will someone fess up? Maybe Hazelbaker? Why did Klobuchar camp wait to report it? Was it actually illegal? ONGOING? Maybe Maybe Yes Yes […]

]]> By: Fruit Fly News Bulletin - « The Fruit Fly http://www.blanked-out.com/2006/09/20/statement-on-mn-senate-race/#comment-629 Fruit Fly News Bulletin - « The Fruit Fly Sun, 24 Sep 2006 07:10:39 +0000 http://www.blanked-out.com/2006/09/20/statement-on-mn-senate-race/#comment-629 [...] On Wednesday, it came to light that a blogger (Blanked Out), unrelated to the Klobuchar campaign, found a brand-new television campaign ad Kennedy was planning to use in the next few weeks. The blogger, (Noah Kunin , 24) found the ad last Friday on an unsecured website belonging to the Kennedy Campaign public affairs corporation out of Dallas, TX. Once realizing what he had in on his computer monitor, he passed the link off to the Klobuchar Campaign’s Director of Communications, assuming the unpublished ad would be of interest to Klobuchar. That same evening, Ms. Klobuchar dismissed the Communications Director and on Monday, she notified the Federal Authorities about the incident and Wednesday she went public by offering a formal apology to the Kennedy Campaign and to former CPA Congressman Mark Kennedy. [...] […] On Wednesday, it came to light that a blogger (Blanked Out), unrelated to the Klobuchar campaign, found a brand-new television campaign ad Kennedy was planning to use in the next few weeks. The blogger, (Noah Kunin , 24) found the ad last Friday on an unsecured website belonging to the Kennedy Campaign public affairs corporation out of Dallas, TX. Once realizing what he had in on his computer monitor, he passed the link off to the Klobuchar Campaign’s Director of Communications, assuming the unpublished ad would be of interest to Klobuchar. That same evening, Ms. Klobuchar dismissed the Communications Director and on Monday, she notified the Federal Authorities about the incident and Wednesday she went public by offering a formal apology to the Kennedy Campaign and to former CPA Congressman Mark Kennedy. […]

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.blanked-out.com/2006/09/20/statement-on-mn-senate-race/#comment-626 Jennifer Sat, 23 Sep 2006 18:04:21 +0000 http://www.blanked-out.com/2006/09/20/statement-on-mn-senate-race/#comment-626 "Just because it says “password” on a screen does not make it a password." Right- and many sites have fake password entry screens; many of these you are meant to make entry to. (like the myriad secret sites for "Lost") But in any case, I'm not sure how simply accessing a website and not a computer itself can be classified as hacking. “Just because it says “password” on a screen does not make it a password.”

Right- and many sites have fake password entry screens; many of these you are meant to make entry to. (like the myriad secret sites for “Lost”)

But in any case, I’m not sure how simply accessing a website and not a computer itself can be classified as hacking.

]]> By: Haha http://www.blanked-out.com/2006/09/20/statement-on-mn-senate-race/#comment-625 Haha Sat, 23 Sep 2006 17:39:43 +0000 http://www.blanked-out.com/2006/09/20/statement-on-mn-senate-race/#comment-625 hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

]]> By: yoshi http://www.blanked-out.com/2006/09/20/statement-on-mn-senate-race/#comment-624 yoshi Sat, 23 Sep 2006 17:23:59 +0000 http://www.blanked-out.com/2006/09/20/statement-on-mn-senate-race/#comment-624 re: bigkahuna We can all agree that the developers of the site in question are idiots and don't understand the basics of security. But that is besides the point. The page said "password:" and the author of this site continues on by attempting multiple times to 'guess' the password? That officially crosses the line. Noah's mistake is that he intentially tried to subvert the controls of a site. Regardless of how lame they were that is unethical. re: bigkahuna

We can all agree that the developers of the site in question are idiots and don’t understand the basics of security. But that is besides the point. The page said “password:” and the author of this site continues on by attempting multiple times to ‘guess’ the password? That officially crosses the line. Noah’s mistake is that he intentially tried to subvert the controls of a site. Regardless of how lame they were that is unethical.

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