half million computers were affected worldwide and this is not a joke. indeed it s not. it s quite a scam, indeed. according to the federal indictment against these international cyber bandits, they were able to hijack enough compute towers rake in 14 million dollars by rerouting users to internet websites and advertisements of their choosing, collecting undeserved commissions for all the clicks and internet ads they fraudulently. and p.c. s and macs and ipad, too, dns changer was discovered in 2007. about a quarter of compromised ip dresses from. u.s. and 10% of fortune 500 companies reportedly has a computer. and as experts say, this is no joke. it will shut off your anti-virus and probably load you up with other programs, animalware you re not aware of it ayn taking things like
the washington post did the math in light of perry s fourth quarter fund raising numbers, showing he raised less than 3 million dollars in the final quarter and burned through more than 14 million dollars. president obama is being criticized by some for failing to address any questions about the legalization of marijuana during a hangout chat on monday and a huffington post reporter notes 18 of the most 20 popular youtube questions submitted were about the drug war, however, none made the final cut. quote, while the president did find time to talk about a whole host of less weighty questions including ones with late night snacks, and dancing and tennis skills, a response to a top question about drug policy was conspicuously ab sent. they suggested that google plus moderators selected the questions. and friday we talked about the annual coverage for the march or life rally. over the weekend, washington post ombudsman generally
housing finance agency and basically saying that they need to reexamine their federal or their employee compensation package to make it more accurately reflect the public mission of the agency as well as the fiscal realities we re facing today. these bonuses show a real tin ear to what s happening in the real economy out there, and having 14 million americans who are unemployed. you know, the letter i read signed by the 60 senators is such a nice senator-like letter. i would have written it for the first line would be are you out of your mind? i mean, really. it was actually astounding because not only were they asking for, you know, 12 or 13 or 14 million dollars in personal bonuses, but they re also asking for billions more in aid. it s not like they re coming and saying look how successful we are and what great things we ve done, they re looking for another handout. i m not particularly impressed with what they ve done. the letter was dash d obvy getting a letter together that
cost more than a million dollarsç numbers are in for the gop presidential candidates fundraising efforts. perry raised 17 million dollars. followed by mitt romney who raised just over 14 million dollars. ron paul took in eight million. michelle bachmann raised four million. herman cain raised almost three million. more news after this. almost $3 million. more news, after this. [ male announcer ] cranberry juice? wake up!
let s talk about positive news for you. we have the numbers in for the third quarter. you came in over 14 million dollars, second to rick perry, still a great up in. we are really pleased with our fundraising to day. the first quarter we raised 18 million second quarter 14 million for a total of 32 million. we have 14, 15 million dollars cash on hand we are in a great position to go into the primaries. we are raising a lot of money.ç with governor christie coming onboard it has been great. should mitt romney be the nominee will christie be his number two on the ticket? it is way too early to tell that certainly the type of people that governor romney is going to look at or people who have experience, who are willing to and committed to cutting government. certainly christie fits that bill but too early to expect lay. we ll note that governor christie did stay short of