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Barack Obama Opens up Governmental Proceedings Using YouTube
In a move that I can only describe as “This is why I voted for Obama”, President-elect Barack Obama has announced that the weekly Democratic address will not just be recorded on radio (what’s that?) but also on video that will be posted to YouTube and cross-posted to Change.gov along with weekly presidential updates. In addition [...]
Continue reading...FCC Approves Unlicensed White Space Spectrum Use
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
After a long fight Google, Microsoft, and many other tech companies won their argument with the FFC yesterday when the FCC voted to approve the use of unlicensed “white spaces” spectrum newly freed up as a result of TV broadcasters going from analog to digital broadcasts. While there are companies opposed to opening up this newly [...]
Continue reading...$700 Billion Bailout Is Not For Loans, It’s to Encourage Bank Mergers
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Remember that $700 billion bail-out that was forced down Congress’s throat with fear of military law being declared in the US if it wasn’t signed? Remember how we said that everything taking place during that time (and now) maps perfectly to the market crash of the 1930s? And how we mentioned that the long-term fallout from [...]
Continue reading...UK Government Needs $20 Billion for Increased Spying Program
Monday, October 13, 2008
Want to see an agenda get sold? Check out the front page of Slashdot on Sunday. More specifically, earlier today: UK Government Says More Spying Needed “Our wonderful government here in the UK has decided we’re not being surveilled enough, and agreed to spend £12 billion on a programme to monitor every Briton’s phone calls, e-mails, and [...]
Continue reading...Economic Crisis, The Amero, North American Union and the New World Order
Friday, October 10, 2008
We first took a look at the shape of things to come last year with the review of the “How the Banking System Works” series of movies on YouTube (it’s an excellent series, must-watch if you haven’t already). The most perspective-shifting piece of information from that series is two things: How organized the world-wide banking system is How [...]
Continue reading...Let the Handouts Begin, California Needs $7 Billion Bailout
Friday, October 3, 2008
If you haven’t seen the news, Todd Swarthout send in this tasty morsel: now that it looks like the $700 billion bail-out is going to pass the House, it looks like the hands are starting to get held out… now California needs a $7 billion bail-out as well. But don’t worry, this one isn’t for lobbyists, [...]
Continue reading...Please Write Your State Representa… PSYCHE! Just Kidding
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
With the country up in arms over the $700bn bailout vote through the house but now getting ready to be voted on in the Senate, a lot of Americans want their voices heard on the issue… and heard immediately! Fortunately for us, visiting House.gov and writing to our representative is as easy as clicking the helpful [...]
Continue reading...Surveillance Back Doors Built into Skype
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Heise Online reports that there have been recent findings that suggest there are surveillance back doors built directly into Skype. While Skype refuses to comment directly on the findings by the community, at an ISP meeting on June 25th higher-ups at an unnamed Austrian ISP made the comment that spying on Skype-based phone calls was not [...]
Continue reading...Iran Missile Launch Photo is a Fake
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Did you see the above picture yesterday or did a friend forward it to you? I got it in my inbox and over IM a few times and it looks like it’s made it’s rounds online: We better be scared right? A story with the word “Iran” in it, and then the associated picture. If I [...]
Continue reading...US Govt. Thinks Citizens Are a Constant Threat
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
The Washington Times is reporting that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expressed “great interest” in a “safety bracelet” that all air-travelers would be forced to wear if implemented. This information was from a promotional video (Link Dead, they have removed the movie after all the attention it got) over at the Lamperd Less Lethal website. The [...]
Continue reading...Utah Adopts 4-Day, 10hr/Day, Work Week
Saturday, July 5, 2008
With gas prices around $4/gallon and budgets everywhere getting crunched with higher costs of… everything, states are struggling to figure out how to lower costs and try and accomodate greener practices. After a year-long study, Utah has announced this week that it will be moving to a 4-day (Monday through Thursday), 10hr/day work week. The announcement will [...]
Continue reading...War Against Internet Users, P2P Traffic and Piracy Begins
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Was browsing through Slashdot today and saw two interesting articles. It looks like nations, naturally under the guidence of the RIAA/MPAA and similar groups, are beginning to move ‘anti-piracy’ legislation forward. The first part of the problem is to give ISPs complete amnesty from pirated material, which will protect them from litigation and give them an [...]
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Saturday, November 15, 2008
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