How to remove "urlseek20.vmn.net" and the mybrowserbar.com malware

If you install PDFCreator, without asking, the program installs a program called PDFforge toolbar. Afterwards, if you get a 404 error (webpage not found) when surfing the web, the PDFforge toolbar hijacks your browser and automatically redirects you to urlseek20.vmn.net using mybrowserbar.com.

To fix this problem, go to Add or Remove Programs and uninstall “PDFforge toolbar.”  Luckily it’s that simple.  

I didn’t think there would be a problem downloading and installing PDFCreator because it is hosted on Sourceforge.net, but I was wrong. The developers secretly install the PDFforge toolbar to make some money off of ad revenue from urlseek20.vmn.net. It’s underhanded and wrong, but luckily it is simple to uninstall.

Jar-Jar and Chef Darth

Pictures from the more beautiful sporting event in the world

The Tour de France is the more beautiful sporting event in the world. It was even more beautiful than normal this year since it was broadcast in HD. Here are some fantastic pictures: 

Remember, the Democrats Are the Party of Sex, Drugs, and Free Speech!

But of course they aren’t, and especially my Rep. isn’t.

[A] handful of legislators are just saying no to TV commercials for prescription drugs. The politicians are taking aim at the 60-second spots that have made viewers familiar with maladies like male urinary urgency and deficient eyelashes — not to mention side effects like four-hour erections.

Representative James P. Moran, Democrat of Virginia, is sponsoring a House bill that would ban ads for prescription sexual aids like Viagra and Levitra from prime-time television, on decency grounds. Representative Henry A. Waxman, Democrat of California, has said he favors empowering the Food and Drug Administration to bar consumer advertisements for new drugs for an initial period after the F.D.A. approves them — until there has been more real-world experience with the medications.

I fail to see what is so bad about recreational drugs like Viagra and Levitra. Apparently Jim Moran is a prude.

A stupid quote from Alberto Contador

Lance Armstrong thrives on negative comments about him. And Alberto Contador gave him a great reason to train hard for the next 11 months:

"My relationship with Lance is non-existent. Even if he is a great champion, I have never had admiration for him and I never will," the Spaniard told a news conference in Madrid.

There is no doubt that Contador is stronger than Armstrong right now and I don’t see how Armstrong could beat Contador, but you have to be a fool to count out one of the most competitive people in the world. Lance is going to go to the Tour next year with a score to settle.

Why don’t Major League Managers think then they manage their bullpens?

Many Major League Managers are pretty brain dead when it comes to using their relievers. Why do so many of them assume you use your best pitchers in the bullpen only in the 9th inning? Does it make sense to use then when the game is on the line, even if it’s not the 9th inning? I don’t see why this is revolutionary thought. Rob Neyer of ESPN writes:

As Joe Sheehan points out, Joakim Soria has pitched just twice since the July 9.

In the last game before the All-Star break, with the Royals losing 5-0 to the Red Sox, Soria pitched the eighth inning. And Tuesday night, he pitched the ninth inning of a game the Royals were losing to the Angels, 10-2.

That’s it. In the Royals’ last nine games, Soria has pitched in two games, both of them already lost when he entered. A few more salient facts:

• The Royals have lost all nine of those games.
• Of the seven losses in which Soria did not pitch, five included eighth-inning bullpen implosions.
• Soria is the best reliever on the staff, by a whole lot.

I want you to think about that for a moment. Here you’ve got a team that has the worst run differential in the league, has now lost nine straight games and routinely gets hammered before that magical three-out save opportunity has a chance to rear its beautiful head.

Do you think, if you were managing that team, that you might get just a little bit creative? See if you could figure out a way to occasionally get your ace fireman into a close game?

If so, then I’m afraid you’ve just failed the Kansas City Managerial Quiz. You’ve failed, which means you are not eligible to join the ranks of an august club whose members include Tony Muser, Buddy Bell, Tony Pena, and the franchise’s newest and bestest intellectual powerhouse, Trey Hillman.

You should wear that rejection like a badge of pride.

How much is a trillion?

Watch out for a war between Alabama, Georgia, and Florida!

Environmentalists aren’t afraid to use exaggeration. For example, check out this page. The subtitle is “Will we soon be going to war over our most precious natural resource.”  Two of the “hot spots” are in the U.S.—the southeast and southwest. The U.S. and Mexico will have some tensions over the Colorado River, but there will never be a war over it. Suggesting that is just silly. 

Just one more reason not to trust environmentalists.

Joe Biden: ‘We Have to Go Spend Money to Keep From Going Bankrupt’

I don’t think Joe Biden’s brain and mouth are always connected. I don’t know how else you can else some of the crazy stuff he says.

Why I’m not an organ donor