tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35267862008-12-01T16:36:13.853-08:00Free Speech ... under attackNews and comment about restrictions on free speech in the U.S. and around the world.Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comBlogger180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-23416602157150446152008-12-01T16:32:00.000-08:002008-12-01T16:36:13.871-08:00Top 25 Censored Stories for 2008
The above link will take you to details of the following stories:
* #1 No Habeas Corpus for "Any Person"
* #2 Bush Moves Toward Martial Law
* # 3 AFRICOM: US Military Control of Africa's Resources
* # 4 Frenzy of Increasingly Destructive Trade Agreements
* #5 Human Traffic Builds US Embassy in Iraq
* #6 Operation FALCON Raids
* #7 Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-39523658411519864682008-11-08T11:33:00.000-08:002008-11-08T11:45:10.236-08:00Mormons Abuse Right of Free Speech
(Guy Adams, The Independent, 8 Nov 2008)
Daniel Ginnes carried a banner declaring: "No More Mr Nice Gay." Brian Lindsey held up a sign billing Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, as a "prophet, polygamist, paedophile." Hundreds of others simply chanted: "Mormon scum."
More than 2,000 gay rights protesters marched on a Mormon temple in Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-78869314966403121452008-11-04T06:55:00.000-08:002008-11-04T06:56:07.988-08:00George Carlin On Voting In US Elections
Thursday, March 13, 2008, 7:30pm - The Klein Memorial Auditorium. Bridgeport, CT
Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-28994123467268478702008-10-02T11:20:00.000-07:002008-10-02T11:30:00.375-07:00Video Reporters Arrested While Trying to Cover the Republican Convention
The work of the I-Witness Video collective was interrupted this past Saturday, August 30, 2008, when St. Paul police detained 7 members of the group (along with an assortment of other individuals) for several hours. The NYC-based video collective is in St. Paul to document the policing of the protests at the Republican Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-82997543082510337152008-09-29T19:47:00.000-07:002008-09-29T19:48:03.846-07:00Happy birthday to GNU! ... Open Source Rules!
Software should be free, and the using community should be responsible for its development.
For more information, please see: www.gnu.orgLorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-18157382881618096882008-09-03T10:43:00.001-07:002008-09-03T10:43:47.618-07:00Storm Troopers Attack Student Demonstrators
Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-81215781270528644642008-09-01T19:53:00.001-07:002008-09-01T19:58:33.057-07:00Amy Goodman Muzzled by Fascist Storm Troopers at Republican Convention
Democracy Now! radio host Amy Goodman and two producers were arrested while covering demonstrations at the Republican convention in St. Paul, Minn. Goodman was released after being held for over three hours, but is still waiting to hear when Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar would be released. . . . "I was down on theLorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-70730222530261653292008-08-29T14:33:00.000-07:002008-08-29T14:34:09.592-07:00Police Attack Demonstrators at 2008 Democratic Convention
Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-34463414216590861802008-08-24T21:09:00.001-07:002008-08-24T21:11:50.680-07:00A Good Example of Free Speech At Work: FISA=Fascism
Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-38063878304651703462008-07-07T20:48:00.000-07:002008-07-07T20:49:02.240-07:00This is the kind of truthful comedy that keeps free speech alive
Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-22285058202478426192008-03-31T15:56:00.000-07:002008-03-31T16:00:54.143-07:00PrivacyFinder.org: Search, but with Privacy
(Peter Eckersley, The Electronic Frontier Foundation, March 25, 2008)
The level of privacy offered by search engines is generally woeful. Last year, the three big players (Google, Yahoo! and MSN) made some improvements by limiting the duration for full retention of logs about who has searched and what they've searched for. That means that after a year Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1153942222094396882006-07-26T12:12:00.000-07:002006-07-26T12:30:22.113-07:00Pentagon Censors Internet Combat Videos
(Oliver Poole, The Telegraph, 26 July 2006)
The Pentagon is asking US soldiers in Iraq to stop posting private combat videos on to the internet amid fears that they could be regarded as anti-Arab. . . . Many of the digital clips feature explosions, gunfire and even dead bodies, [COMMENT by Lorenzo: Hey, it's a fucking WAR. What they expect to see in these Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1153922411503471532006-07-26T06:53:00.000-07:002006-07-26T07:00:11.523-07:00Hundreds of Iraq War Videos Online at YouTube.com
In case you missed the announcement, that evil bastard Rumsfeld is doing his best to keep cameras away from the front lines of the Bush Crime Family's attack on the civilian population of Iraq. But if you go to YouTube.com and search on "Iraq combat" (no quotes) you'll find hundreds of videos posted by U.S. troops.
Here is one clip that shows howLorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1153351561379590652006-07-19T16:21:00.000-07:002006-07-19T16:26:01.566-07:00India bloggers angry at net ban
(BBC News, 19 July 2006)
India's burgeoning blogging community is up in arms against a government directive that they say has led to the blocking of their web logs. . . . The country's 153 internet service providers (ISP) have blocked 17 websites since last week on federal government orders. . . . Some of these sites belong to Google's Blogspot, a leading Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1150071789338798122006-06-11T17:11:00.000-07:002006-06-11T17:23:09.496-07:00Hacktivists mount counter-offensive to Internet censorship
(Nestor E. Arellano, ITWorld Canada, 08 Jun 2006)
The arms race over Internet censorship is escalating. . . . A new weapon is being developed to help dissidents gain free access to the Web. . . . A team of Toronto-based "hacktivists" – hackers with a commitment to social responsibility – is beta-testing software that can circumvent Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1149004195624013492006-05-30T08:46:00.000-07:002006-05-30T08:49:55.640-07:00Bush Caught Planting Fake News Stories
(Andrew Buncombe, The Independent, 29 May 2006)
Federal authorities are actively investigating dozens of American television stations for broadcasting items produced by the Bush administration and major corporations, and passing them off as normal news. Some of the fake news segments talked up success in the war in Iraq, or promoted the companies' products. Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1146936074476807652006-05-06T10:17:00.000-07:002006-05-06T10:21:14.490-07:00Judges Challenge Internet Wiretap Rules
(Ted Bridis, Associated Press, May 5, 2006)
A U.S. appeals panel sharply challenged the Bush administration Friday over new rules making it easier for police and the FBI to wiretap Internet phone calls. A judge said the government's courtroom arguments were "gobbledygook." . . . The skepticism expressed so openly toward the administration's case encouraged Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1144963498804221552006-04-13T14:19:00.000-07:002006-04-13T14:24:58.816-07:00Bush junta attempts to destroy evidence of its crimes
(Christopher Lee, Washington Post, April 12, 2006)
The National Archives helped keep secret a multi-year effort by the Air Force, the CIA and other federal agencies to withdraw thousands of historical documents from public access on Archives shelves, even though the records had been declassified. . . . In a 2002 memorandum, obtained through a Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1144784105624776242006-04-11T12:19:00.000-07:002006-04-11T12:35:05.703-07:00Internet telephones threaten NSA's ability to spy on Americans
(Shane Harris, National Journal, April 10, 2006)
Among the threats facing the National Security Agency are Al Qaeda, the Iraqi insurgency, and eBay. . . . Yes, eBay, the online auction house. Not because its members sell state secrets, but because of a company that eBay purchased last year -- Skype. . . . Skype is an online service Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1144592230836274762006-04-09T07:17:00.000-07:002006-04-09T07:17:10.850-07:00Federal Jury Indicts Mentally Ill Patient For Threatening Bush
(Yvonne Lee, All Headline News, April 7, 2006)
East St. Louis, IL (AHN) - A Palestinian mental health patient has been indicted on two felony counts of "knowingly and willfully" threatening to harm President George W. Bush. . . . The Associated Press reports federal grand jurors indicted Arafat Nijmeh on March 23. But it was only madeLorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1134670728557267392005-12-15T10:18:00.000-08:002005-12-15T10:18:48.613-08:00U.S. Joins Cuba, Uzbekistan, and Myanmar in Jailing Journalists
(Dharam Shourie, December 14, 2005)
China, Cuba, Eritrea, and Ethiopia were the world's leading jailers of journalists in 2005, together accounting for two-thirds of the 125 editors, writers, and photo journalists imprisoned around the world, while US was for the first time listed among the top 10, the Committee to Protect Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1134554727493135632005-12-14T02:05:00.000-08:002005-12-14T02:05:27.540-08:00NOT GUILTY of 51 criminal counts - Free Speech Prevails
(Eric Lichtblau, Washington Post, December 7, 2005)
In a major defeat for law enforcement officials, a jury in Florida failed to return guilty verdicts Tuesday on any of 51 criminal counts against a former Florida professor and three co-defendants accused of operating a North American front for Palestinian terrorists. . . . The former Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1132530212690993072005-11-20T15:36:00.000-08:002005-11-20T15:44:36.606-08:00Help EFF Bust the Clear Channel Patent
As many of you know, EFF has gone into the Patent Busting business. We're closing in on our first target -- the Clear Channel Live Recording patent, but we need your help. We've written up a description of the killer prior art needed to take this patent down; now you need to help us find it. Take a look at the description and send it around to any friendsLorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1131326102654486442005-11-06T17:15:00.000-08:002005-11-06T17:16:35.120-08:00EFF's Legal Guide for Bloggers
[NOTE: If you are a fan of bloging and aren't already connected with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), you owe it to yourself to take a look at the section of their Web site devoted specifically to blogs. There is a wealth of trustworthy information there. EFF is our first line of defense in the battle to retain freedom in cyberspace. . . . Lorenzo]
EFF's Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1131313615701189752005-11-06T13:46:00.000-08:002005-11-06T13:46:55.756-08:00Sony music CD's install a tracking virus on your PC
(John Borland, CNET News.com, November 1, 2005)
Mark Russinovich was doing a routine test this week of computer security software he'd co-written, when he made a surprising discovery: Something new was hiding itself deep inside his PC's guts. . . . It took some time for Russinovich, an experienced programmer who has written a book on the Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.com