June 2012
153 posts
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A Weapon We Can’t Control: Stuxnet Will Come Back...
Do you think our initiative in working with Israel, Google, & Microsoft to create the Stuxnet worm created the cyber-war equivalent of Pandora’s box that we have the most to lose in?
Read more: A Weapon We Can’t Control: Stuxnet Will Come Back to Haunt Us?
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Bradley Manning: WikiLeaks suspect wins battle...
Judge orders prosecutors to share documents with WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning after defense lawyers accused them of hiding information.
Is this small victory evidence that Bradley Manning will get a fair case, or is this window dressing to give the appearance of real scrutiny?
Read more: Bradley Manning: WikiLeaks suspect wins battle over US documents
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Monsanto: Food Safety and the Battle for GMO...
Is it weird that under Codex Alimentarius, which is reviled by conspiracy and naturalist types, the convention is to label GM foodstuffs, while in america we are up in arms about Codex and the lack of GMO labeling?
Read more: Monsanto: Food Safety and the Battle for GMO Labeling
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Religious groups are infiltrating secular politics...
“Israel is possibly the only country in the world where the religious right has taken the initiative to infiltrate secular political parties in an apparent effort to increase their influence and grip on the state. [Editor: …America?] This phenomenon has been attracting attention in the past three years because of its real-time effects that are capable of re-drawing the fault lines...
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Professor to ‘hack’ into Stephen Hawking’s brain
Scientists at Stanford University have created the iBrain, something that will help them translate brain waves onto a computer. As Stephen Hawking’s body fades, they are hoping to “hack” his brain directly.
Whats your take on ‘recording’ Hawking’s brain? He’s the snoop dogg of science…
Read more: Professor to ‘hack’ into Stephen Hawking’s brain
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Patriotism and Piety: Not For Conservatives Only
Don’t we on the left actually believe that conservatives policies are repellent? Don’t we hold our responsibility to the natural environment as a sacred trust and get outraged when it is fouled by conservative policies? Decency is as much a value for us as for the right-wingers. So is a deep reverence for human life. If that’s what conservatives mean by spirituality, then we should not hesitate...
A conservative is one who admires radicals...
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LulzSec hacker Ryan Cleary admits hacking into CIA...
LulzSec hacker Ryan Cleary today admitted hacking into the websites of the CIA and the UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency.
Is cracking websites like the Westboro Baptist Church’s really a crime?
Read more: LulzSec hacker Ryan Cleary admits hacking into CIA and Pentagon
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Science or sex: Which does the right hate more?
Principal accused of rape after a lesson on HIV where she answered a student’s question about what oral sex and anal sex are.
Do you think fielding questions from students regarding anal and oral sex is tantamount to molestation?
Read more: Science or sex: Which does the right hate more?
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Shocking: Central banks urge less debt to...
Governments, banks and households struggling with too much debt are dragging down the world’s economy and more needs to be done to make the banking system safer, a global organization of central banks warned Sunday.
… * waiting for other shoe to drop* …
Read more: Shocking: Central banks urge less debt to stabalize economy
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[Video] Computer Networks: The Heralds of Resource...
“Computer Networks: The Heralds of Resource Sharing is a documentary film from 1972, produced by Steven King and directed/edited by Peter Chvany, about ARPANET. It features many of the most important names in computer networking.”
Do you think all the attempts at policing the internet are inline with the philosophy that created it?
Read more: [Video] Computer Networks: The Heralds...
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Corporate Hip Hop, White Supremacy and Capitalism
Huge media corporations literally bought up Hip Hop in the early to mid-1990s, imposing cookie cutter themes of violence, materialism, and misogyny.
Do you think the neutering of Hip-Hop was premeditated, or just an example of diminishing returns?
Read more: Corporate Hip Hop, White Supremacy and Capitalism
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Koch brothers hope to raise even more funds at...
Breaking news: Rich White People meet in secret and pool money to control the world.
While Romney has his own confab for the super-rich, oil baron brothers hunker down in California with wealthy conservatives
Read more: Koch brothers hope to raise even more funds at secretive right-wing gathering
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Fox News Reporter Hired as Vatican Media Adviser
As child-abuse and VatiLeaks scandals heat up, the Vatican hires Fox News correspondent in Rome as a senior communications adviser.
Do you think the Vatican is trying to make it easier for conspiracy theorists by hiring a Fox News / Opus Dei alum?
Read more: Fox News Reporter Hired as Vatican Media Adviser
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Evangelical Conspiracy? A Biblical Threat to...
For years, the government has employed the risk of “national security” excuse to infringe on a wide range of freedoms — like the right to pass through an airport security checkpoint unmolested, or read library books without Big Brother peeking over your shoulder. Do government approved bibles bearing military insignia become national security risks by upsetting fundamentalist Islamist? Read more:...
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To disprove Evolution, Louisiana Educators...
“It sounds like a plot dreamed up by the creators of Southpark, but it’s all true: schoolchildren in Louisiana are to be taught that the Loch Ness monster is real in a bid by religious educators to disprove Darwin’s theory of evolution.”
Umm…. they also promote sectarianism and the good aspects of the KKK. Yeah. I don’t see an issue with this….
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muslimastarvingfortruth asked: Honestly, Mubarak, wasn't even close to an Islamist, and look where the country ended up. We've also tried everything else, except Islamist's, so maybe its time to try something new. It's better than having a full military rule, and better than going back to the old regime. I think much of the support for Morsi wasn't support for the Muslim Brotherhood, but for change....
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Islamist Morsi named Egypt’s president
“Islamist Mohammed Morsi was declared the winner Sunday in Egypt’s first free presidential election in history, closing the tumultuous first phase of a democratic transition and opening a new struggle with the still-dominant military rulers who recently stripped the presidency of most of its powers.”
I still can’t figure out if an islamic president is good for the...
