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The community-editing model gives us a newfound power to create wrongs -- but also to reverse wrongs. Let's not start restricting this power before we even understand it.

The Impact of Emerging Technologies: Wikipedia: Teapot Tempest

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Amazon.com: Visit from DHS!

A senior at UMass Dartmouth was visited by federal agents two months ago, after he requested a copy of Mao Tse-Tung's tome on Communism called "The Little Red Book."

The student, who was completing a research paper on Communism for Professor Pontbriand's class on fascism and totalitarianism, filled out a form for the request, leaving his name, address, phone number and Social Security number. He was later visited at his parents' home in New Bedford by two agents of the Department of Homeland Security, the professors said.

The professors said the student was told by the agents that the book is on a "watch list," and that his background, which included significant time abroad, triggered them to investigate the student further.

"I tell my students to go to the direct source, and so he asked for the official Peking version of the book," Professor Pontbriand said. "Apparently, the Department of Homeland Security is monitoring inter-library loans, because that's what triggered the visit, as I understand it."

UMass Dartmouth senior visited by federal agents for checking out Mao's 'Little Red Book'

Gas prices shot up, consumer confidence fell;
Americans feared we were on a fast track to…well…
Wait--- we need a distraction--- something divisive and wily;
A fabrication straight from the mouth of O’Reilly
We can pretend that Christmas is under attack
Hold a vote to save it--- then pat ourselves on the back;

Dingell’s HOLIDAY Jingle for O’Reilly and House GOP (12-14-05)

The Army has approved a new, classified set of interrogation methods...

The techniques are included in a 10-page classified addendum to a new Army field manual...

Army and other Pentagon officials raised concerns that Mr. McCain would be furious at what could appear to be a back-door effort to circumvent his intentions.

"This is a stick in McCain's eye," one official.

Mr. McCain's measure, which the Senate has overwhelmingly approved, would require that only interrogation techniques authorized by the new Army field manual be used on prisoners held by the military....

New Army Rules May Snarl Talks With McCain on Detainee Issue - New York Times

Months after the Sept. 11 attacks, President Bush secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans and others inside the United States to search for evidence of terrorist activity without the court-approved warrants ordinarily required for domestic spying, according to government officials.

Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts - New York Times

A scam is something that generates revenue without providing value.

I'm quoting myself here. You can clickthrough for the context.

What is the resolution of ICANN's DNS Whois policy? You can have your personal privacy, but only if you are willing to pay for it. You can register a DNS name anonymously so long as you use an anonymizer service which doubles the cost of your domain. So we're not really worried about accountability per say. We've created a policy which is specifically designed and intended to generate revenue from people who don't want to comply with the policy. It serves no other purpose. Its a scam.

DNS squatting is also a scam. Squatters make money from advertisers and from sales. Registrars make money from the registrations. Verisign makes money from the Registrars. ICANN makes money from Verisign.

The reason you can't find a reasonable, available Internet address for your new project is that they have leveraged the artificial scarcity of the DNS system, largely a product of their own policies, to extort money from you. Everyone involved with the management of DNS is at the trough. Its an Internet Stamp Act! Before you can speak online you must pay all of the corrupt parties who stand at the door with their hand out. Its like doing business in a third world country!

DNS is corruption. There is no party involved who isn't bent by it. DNS must die. We must find another way.

DNS must die!

A meditating teenage boy in south-central Nepal is drawing the attention of scientists after attracting huge crowds in the past six months and earning himself the name Buddha-reincarnate.

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Scientists to check Nepal Buddha boy

Woomba, the feminine hygeine robot

OK, thats fucking hillarious.

Boing Boing: SNL video: Woomba, the feminine hygeine robot