The Mahablog brings us a conversation between Rachel Maddow and Jonathan Turley, an expert on Constitutional law, about the possibility that members of the Bush administration could be prosecuted as war criminals by an international court of law.The Mahablog » War Crimes
Andrew O’Hehir’s blog in Salon examines Peter Askins’ new film “Trumbo,” about the life of the most famous of the blacklisted filmmakers in the ’50’s witch hunts, along with the lessons the three generations since can take from the history of censorship and political gagging of Americans.
If the Hollywood blacklist and the entire Red Scare […]
Two Die in European Truck Drivers’ Fuel Price Protest
BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 11, 2008 (ENS) - Two truck drivers were killed in fuel price protest actions in Spain and Portugal on Tuesday as governments across Europe struggle to contain strikes by thousands of truckers, fishermen and railway workers over soaring fuel prices.
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It is an indication of the state of journalism in this country, and perhaps others (I wouldn’t know, unfortunately), that just about everyone ends up preaching to the choir.
This is by no means the fault of individual journalists; it’s a function of how the system works. Except for the op-ed pages of a couple […]
In the two weeks since the cyclone hit, the junta has allowed in a modest amount of supplies from a number of nations, but relief workers say it is far short of what they need to fend off starvation and disease. The United Nations says only 20 percent of the survivors have received even “rudimentary […]
Electronics obsolescence—also known as DMSMS, for
diminishing manufacturing sources and material
shortages—is a huge problem for designers who build
[…]
RED BANK, N. J., April 16, 2008 — BigString Corporation (OTCBB: BSGC)
today unveiled a new self-destructing instant messaging technology that
enables users to send instant messages (IMs) that self-destruct after
being sent. Additionally, IMs sent via BigString’s service cannot be
copied, logged or screen-printed. BigString IM is a free advertising
supported service available at http://www.bigstring.com. It is
available as a […]
With all of the attention that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) update (and the administration’s vigorous attempts to immunize the criminals telcos), it seems like a good time to explore the issues surrounding surveillance and privacy in America today.
While there are many scary things being done by intelligence and law
enforcement, hope is not far […]
It is well known that people don’t always ‘speak their minds’, and it is suspected that people don’t always ‘know their minds’. Understanding such divergences is important to scientific psychology. This web site presents a method that demonstrates the conscious-unconscious divergences much more convincingly than has been possible with previous methods. This new method is […]
“… At least two major global corporations, one American and one Dutch, have told their executives not to carry confidential business material on laptops on overseas trips, Gurley said. In Canada, one law firm has instructed its lawyers to travel to the United States with “blank laptops” whose hard drives contain no data. “We just […]
Which 2008 Presidential Candidate Agrees With You?
Find Your Candidate for the 2008 Election
Silicon Alley Insider offers the following guide:
Who’s In, Who’s Out?There are 214 approved bidders. The ones you care about include wireless companies like AT&T (T), Verizon Wireless (VZ, VOD), Leap (LEAP), and Metro PCS (PCS); cable firms Advance/Newhouse, Cox, and Cablevision (CV); satellite provider EchoStar (DISH), chip maker Qualcomm (QCOM), and Google (GOOG). On the […]
The new iPhone update will automatically enable IMAP on all iPhones, meaning that mail handling will be different. Anyone who uses Gmail on an iP needs to be aware of the changes and what they mean.
PC World - Google Warns of iPhone 1.1.3 IMAP Switch
I ran across this article from back in August of ‘07 while browsing the archives of Forbes.com. It’s fairly chilling, although not especially surprising.
The first time Scott Lunsford offered to hack into a nuclear power station, he was told it would be impossible. There was no way, the plant’s owners claimed, that their critical components […]
I hold the future of world civilization in my hands this year — literally — in the form of a voter’s registration card. The care with which I choose in the coming elections will determine the quality of life for Americans and the rest of the world for decades, if not centuries.
This is not […]
Amazon.com may not offer free delivery on books in France, the high court in Versailles has ruled.
The action, brought in January 2004 by the French Booksellers’ Union, accused Amazon of offering illegal discounts on books and even of selling some books below cost.
Amazon Ordered to End Free Delivery on Books in France - New York […]
Congress has recently expressed a great deal of concern about the state of American broadband. Last month, the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet held hearings on the Federal Communications Commission’s methods for measuring broadband availability in the US. During those hearings, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) decried the US broadband situation, noting that in […]
