Is it ominous that the Department of Homeland Security has appointed people who have worked at notorious spyware companies, such as Gator? More @ Plastic Tags: war <BR/>
Archive For February, 2005
Lesbian’s picture in tux cut from yearbook
County school officials are backing a principal’s decision to bar a picture of a lesbian student dressed in a tuxedo from the high school yearbook. Others applauded Ward’s decision, including Karen Gordon, who said, “When uniformity is compromised, then authority no longer holds.” The student editor of the yearbook, Keri Sewell, was fired after refusing [...]
Fight the Broadcast Flag from Your Armchair
EFF Releases HD PVR Cookbook and Build-In Kit San Francisco – Today the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) announced the next stage in its challenge to the Federal Communications Commission’s “Broadcast Flag” technology mandate. The organization released a step-by-step guide, the “HD PVR Cookbook,” that teaches people how to build a high-definition digital television (HDTV) recorder [...]
Why John Gilmore won’t show his ID at airports
Cory Doctorow: Pittsburgh’s Post-Gazette has an amazing, balanced, in-depth profile on John Gilmore, the guy who Sun hired to write their first code, the guy who co-founded EFF, the guy who won’t show ID to get on an airplane: In post 9/11 America, asking “Why?” when someone from an airline asks for identification can start [...]
The 2008 Five
[Taegan Goddard's Political Wire] Washington Whispers say that “five Democrats have begun informal staff interviews for 2008 presidential runs, according to a few who’ve been interviewed. So far, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is dubbed ‘the most aggressive’ in seeking out aides, followed by Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack. The others are Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh,… Tags: [...]
Watchdogs Sniff Out Terror Sites
More @ Wired News Internet Haganah is taking the fight against terrorism online, and it’s been able to shut down — at least temporarily — hundreds of sites through pressure on ISPs. By John Lasker.
NRLR rejects the Pope’s anti-gay message
NGLTF reported that the National Religious Leadership Roundtable (NRLR) rejected Pope John Paul’s widely quoted statement that equal civil marriage rights for same-sex couples is “part of a new ideology of evil”. Bob Gibeling, speaking on behalf of the NRLR, said, “As the Pope’s fellow clergy and religious leaders, we strongly disagree with the Pope’s [...]
1493 American soldiers killed and 11,069 wounded in Iraq
[Duane's Weblog (from Pittsburgh, Pa)] As of Feb. 25, 1493 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq since the war began and 11,069 have been wounded. 5757 of the wounded were hurt seriously enough that they could not be returned to duty within 72 hours. Over 16,121 Iraqi civilians have likely been killed. Tags: war <BR/>
And So It Begins…
[BOPnews] As has been expounded on at some length by Stirling, the economic engine and architecture of a nation is what most deeply defines a governmental order. This is counterintuitive because at a micro-level the average person does not live to work but works to live. People don’t like to think of themselves as defined [...]
Deadly Ignorance
[Washington Post]  THE BUSH administration is quietly extending a policy that undermines the global battle against AIDS. It is being pushed in this direction by Congress, notably by Rep. Mark Edward Souder (R-Ind.). But some administration officials zealously defend this policy error, claiming scientific evidence that doesn’t exist. Tags: war, president <BR/>