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Monday Mavericks: Mystery In The Desert

November 6, 2011
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Welcome to The Urban Cowboy’s Monday Mavericks! Here, I welcome a guest to post whatever they like, right here, for your enjoyment. First will be a brief Q&A, followed by their post. As I was doing some website maintenance within the comments and links on The Urban Cowboy, I noticed there was one person…who has [...]

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True American Heroes

October 24, 2011
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“Each man must at one time die. No one may escape dying that once, and it is my counsel that we not flee, but for our own part act the bravest. I have fought a hundred times, sometimes with a larger army and sometimes with a lesser one. Both ways I have had the victory, [...]

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Predator Drone Catches A Virus That Won’t Go Away

October 7, 2011
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About two weeks ago, around the same time thousands of websites were hacked, the Predator and Reaper drone fleets were infected with a “keylogger” virus from an unknown source. Currently conducting combat missions, the UAV’s (unmanned aerial vehicles) have yet to be grounded. Though it was first detected by the military’s Host Based Security System [...]

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Conficker Computer Fornication

September 27, 2011
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This week has been off to a greeaatt start…thanks to Tiger-M@te hacking thousands of websites, and now “Conficker”! For three years now, cornficker has been a busy little worm, multiplying quietly around the Internet, fornicating with computers and leaving behind its nasty virus. It’s estimated that Conficker may have infected as many as 12 million [...]

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My Server Was Hacked by Tiger-M@te

September 25, 2011

I woke up to a BIG surprise this morning, as I opened my web browser to my homepage. Apparently my server was hacked by Tiger-M@te. WTF!?! I couldn’t remember the last time I had backed up my site, and thought I had lost everything. I immediately opened my ftp client, and replaced the index file [...]

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Mechanical Failure in Reno Air Crash

September 17, 2011
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A P-51 Mustang fighter smashed into the ground during the annual Reno Air Races. Every year, thousands of fans flock to Reno, much like NASCAR, to witness the daring plane races at speeds of more than 500 miles per hour. But yesterday, thousands watched in horror during a Reno Air Races Crash, when a P-51 [...]

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Ring of Fire

September 7, 2011
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As the heat wave continues in Texas, the ground seems to be undergoing spontaneous combustion! It is estimated that over 1,000 homes have been burned down, with nearly 600 of those from the fire located in Bastrop, just east of Austin, TX. Fortunately, my sister and her family live just west of Austin. So far, [...]

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Mourning our Soldiers

August 8, 2011
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30 American service members, lost their lives after the CH-47 Chinook helicopter used to transport them was shot down. A current U.S. official and a former U.S. official said the Americans included 22 SEALs, three Air Force combat controllers and a dog handler and his dog. The two spoke on condition of anonymity because military [...]

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God Bless America Again

May 2, 2011
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I caught the announcement of Osama Bin Laden’s death on the news before heading to work this morning, and all I could think to myself was “God bless America again!” Shortly after, I received a couple text messages from my son, an Army Ranger, who had recently returned from Afghanistan for the third time…fifth time [...]

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Government Shutdown

April 8, 2011
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As everybody has heard, at the stroke of midnight, April 8, 2011, the United States government may be shutting its doors. What does that exactly mean for the men and women that currently work in some capacity for the government? For starters, you will be relieved to hear that the Congressmen and women responsible for [...]

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Armadillo Love

January 17, 2011
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It seems to The Urban Cowboy, every time I watch the news there is somebody somewhere that is taking a loved one’s life from this world. I don’t know about you, but I for one will do whatever it takes to protect the one’s I love. Have you had a chance to watch The Lovely [...]

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Sorry Charlie no sex for astronauts

June 29, 2010
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I always thought it would be crazy cool to be an astronaut. Forget the mile high club, as an astronaut I could possibly be a part of history by joining ranks in the 100 mile high club! Well my dream was just a dream, and sex doesn’t exist in space according to NASA, who would [...]

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Its Time to Think Outside the Barrel

June 27, 2010
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Beyond Petroleum Oil Spill When public relations campaigns go South

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Abby Sunderland found alive and well

June 11, 2010
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A teenage solo sailor, Abby Sunderland, who was feared missing in the Indian Ocean has been found alive and well. Sixteen-year-old Abby Sunderland was located late this afternoon by a Qantas Airbus A330 sent from Perth to search for the solo sailor, who activated two emergency beacons earlier this morning. Search and rescue efforts are [...]

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Asteroids Isn’t Just a Game Anymore

April 17, 2010
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If your up there in age like I am, or you like to play boring classic video games, you know what asteroids is. You’ll also remember that really insane, far-fetched, highly unlikely, but very entertaining ,”did he just do that?” movie from Bruce Willis. Die Hard? No, not that one. Live Free or Die Hard? [...]

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Ten reasons why putting on a condom equals jail time

April 9, 2010
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Jail and putting on a condom, everybody’s favorite subjects, right? Maybe not. A Juneau County, Wisconsin District Attorney Scott Southworth has formally warned area school districts that teachers who inform students how to put on a condom or take birth control pills could end up in jail. Needless to say, this condom condemnation has left [...]

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Topeka is the NEW Google

April 1, 2010
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They say “all roads lead to Kansas”, and it looks like Google is following the Yellow Brick Road to Topeka. In what will more than likely prove to be the silliest marketing blunder of the decade, Google has announced their name change to Topeka. This twist comes on the heels of the mayor of Kansas’s [...]

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Texas Motor Speedway Jackpot

March 30, 2010
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You gotta love Texas, I know I do! Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage just made an “offer you can’t refuse”. Gossage offered Terry Dorsey, the host of a Dallas country music station at 96.3 KSCS $100,000 to change his name to TexasMotorSpeedway.com for one year and get a permanent TMS tattoo. I don’t know [...]

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House Passes Health Care Reform Bill

March 22, 2010
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Appearing to be a major victory for President Obama, the House of Representatives have passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by a vote of 219 to 212. The historic vote breaks down to 219 Democrats voting Yea with 34 Democrats voting Nay. Not one Republican voted for it, all 178 voted Nay! Contrasting [...]

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Internet News

February 9, 2010
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Take a look at some of the news and not so news-worthy stories that are floating around the Internet right now. Internet News Third Hand Smoke Identified in 1966 Pickup Truck Third Hand Smoke – read it here Scientists have concluded that we now have third hand smoke to worry about. If you are a [...]

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