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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Amnesty International’s Traveling Gitmo Cell
Friday, June 27th, 2008
Full Story: Subtopia
(via Tomorrow Museum
Five Myths About the New Wiretapping Law
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Myth No. 1: This bill is a compromise.
Myth No. 2: We need the bill to intercept our enemies abroad.
Myth No. 3: The courts will still review the telecom cases.
Myth No. 4: The Democrats must fold because of the November election.
Myth No. 5: The law will be the “exclusive means” for surveillance.
Full Story: Slate
(via Cryptogon)
Obama caves on FISA
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Obama has caved on the FISA bill. Full details at TPM Election Central. Very sad.
How Guantanamo has made us less safe
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
An eight-month McClatchy investigation in 11 countries on three continents has found that Akhtiar was one of dozens of men — and, according to several officials, perhaps hundreds — whom the U.S. has wrongfully imprisoned in Afghanistan, Cuba and elsewhere on the basis of flimsy or fabricated evidence, old personal scores or bounty payments.
McClatchy interviewed […]
Police enter man’s house to remind him to lock his doors, plus: what police really want
Friday, June 20th, 2008
Troy Molde awoke at 3 a.m. Thursday to police flashlights shining in his face. Two uniformed Lakeville officers were in his bedroom, knocking on the wall to wake him up.
They were there, they said, to warn him to keep his doors closed and locked.
Their surprise visit was part of a public service campaign. Officers had […]
Who owns the west? The federal government
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
The United States government has direct ownership of almost 650 million acres of land (2.63 million square kilometers) - nearly 30% of its total territory. These federal lands, which are mainly used as military bases or testing grounds, nature parks and reserves and indian reservations, are managed by different administrations, such as the Bureau of […]
Lawrence Lessig on the Kozinski scandal
Friday, June 13th, 2008
Here are the facts as I’ve been able to tell: For at least a month, a disgruntled litigant, angry at Judge Kozinski (and the Ninth Circuit) has been talking to the media to try to smear Kozinski. Kozinski had sent a link to a file (unrelated to the stuff being reported about) that was stored […]
Excellent William Gibson interview
Friday, June 13th, 2008
I like it because I grew up in a really extreme monoculture in southwestern Virgina. I was surrounded by Southern white folks – this was in badass Appalachia, up in the hollers where my mother’s family had been forever. Having that experience in a small town made me happiest in big cities. Especially in radically […]
Life goes on in Tehran
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
A former LA resident photo documents his new life in Iran.
When I was leaving Los Angeles, many of my friends were worried for me. They thought I was jumping into a war zone. Soon after moving to Iran I shared a few photos with them and assured them that all is safe and normal. But […]
Obama street art photo pool on Flickr
Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Obama street art Flickr photo pool
(via Tomorrow Museum)
Isn’t this a dystopian sci-fi plot?
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
D.C. police will seal off entire neighborhoods, set up checkpoints and kick out strangers under a new program that D.C. officials hope will help them rescue the city from its out-of-control violence.
Under an executive order expected to be announced today, police Chief Cathy L. Lanier will have the authority to designate “Neighborhood Safety Zones.” At […]
The New Normal: surveillance society art show
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
The New Normal is an art show in Germany on the subject of privacy in the post 9/11 world. Above:
Submitting oneself to security measures can be turned upside down by adopting what Hassan Elahi calls an “aggressive compliance.” Elahi daily points a mocking finger to absurd security measures with the real-time self-tracking website he set […]
Putin censors critic from television by having him digitally removed from footage
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
On a talk show last autumn, a prominent political analyst named Mikhail Delyagin offered some tart words about Vladimir Putin. When the program was televised, Delyagin was not.
His remarks were cut and he was digitally erased from the show, like a disgraced comrade airbrushed from an old Soviet photo. (The technicians may have worked a […]
Amazing steampunk pocket watch style mobile computer
Saturday, May 31st, 2008
The Cobalt is a response to the discerning public need for the next convergence device to blend elegance with simplicity and portability. The Cobalt’s round OLED touch screen allows easy access to all its features with a simple flick of the thumb left, right, up or down. The default screen shows time, date, temperature, and […]
Wither the Libertarian Party?
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
What to make of the Libertarian Party anointing Bob Barr as their presidential candidate in 2008? Some libertarians are pleased, others see it as the end of the LP. As something of an outsider I see it as essentially the death of the LP as it was, and the birth of a new LP.
Here’s slightly […]
Fox News contributor calls Obama “Osama” and openly jokes/wishes for assassination
Sunday, May 25th, 2008
Fox News contributor and former Washington Times bureau chief Liz Trotta calls Obama “Osama” and openly jokes/wishes for assassination in the same clip.
(Via The Agitator)