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Ron Paul Book Bomb

The rumors about Dr. Paul coming out with a new book have been confirmed by several online booksellers!  RonPaulBookBomb.com has been created with the goal of making Dr. Paul’s new book debut as a New York Times bestseller in addition to trying to make it #1 on Amazon.
From RonPaulBookBomb.com:“Dr. Paul’s first original book in over 20 years [...]

Hackers Declare War on Cult of Scientology

The press release — complete with contact information — was posted on free internet press release service PR Log early yesterday morning. It reads as follows:
CLEARWATER, Florida - Anonymous announced their intention to combat the activities of the Church of Scientology on Monday. A spokesperson said that the group’s goals include bringing an end to [...]

Open-Source vs. Closed-Source And Why Democracy Depends On It

Background: Source Code, Open Source, and Closed SourceIn the world of software development, there are two major schools of thought.  In one, source code, which is basically just a set of instructions for a computer, is developed in private and is generally kept secret.  This is the closed-source model of development that companies like Microsoft [...]

Fox Reaches New Level of Distortion, Again

I’d like to congratulate Fox News on beating their own record of outrageous censorship, again.  This time, instead of removing a 4th place candidate from straw poll results, they’ve removed a candidate from the Top 3 results of a presidential election!  Take a look:
Here are the uncensored results from the Nevada Republican presidential caucus:

Candidate
Votes
%
National delegates

Mitt [...]

Fox (local) on Fox’s Exclusion of Ron Paul

Local Fox affiliate, KPTM Nebraska, has covered the exclusion of Ron Paul by News Corp’s national Fox News Channel.


The anchor at the end of the clip is apparently not aware that Ron Paul raised more money in a single day than any candidate in American history, or that he raised [...]

Why You Should Hate The FCC

Have I mentioned that Tim Swanson and B.K. Marcus are two of my heroes?  The first time I read B.K. Marcus’s piece on why spectrum should be private property, I almost had a Glenn Beck moment.  If you’ve ever thought for a second that the FCC might be good thing for America, you must read [...]

NY Times Gives Gift of Censorship for Christmas

So the night before Christmas, the New York Times posted what is very obviously a childish anti-Ron Paul smear piece.  A diminishing group known as their readers called them on it, and the NY Times responded by removing the comments!  However, due to widespread pressure from Lew Rockwell and internet bloggers, they’ve now begun publishing [...]

Court ruling protects encryption keys as a Fifth Amendment right

This news is a few days old but is critically important, none the less. A federal judge in Vermont has ruled that the right not to divulge his PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) passphrase is protected by the 5th amendment.  If this becomes a precedent, it will be distinctly different from European countries such as [...]

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