During the day after the 2012 presidential election we took note of  a spike in hate speech on Twitter referring to President Obama's re-election, as chronicled by Jezebel  (thanks to Chris Van Dyke for bringing this our attention). It is a useful reminder that technology…

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/electricity-industry-threatens-farmer-who-dared-to-fight-20121109-293wf.html

A NSW farmer has been threatened with legal action by the $10 billion electricity sector for questioning the over-investment in assets that has driven up power prices and rewarded power company owners, including the NSW government, with generous…

Nick Fielding and Ian Cobain

London Guardian

May 22, 2012

The US military is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media sites by using fake online personas to influence internet conversations and spread…

A group of campaigners linked to the Occupy Wall Street movement is buying-up distressed loans for pennies in the pound and cancelling them to "liberate debtors at random".

This is crazy, she is talking about Netanyahu as if he is the Messiah!  Christian Zionists are out of their minds!

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Watch Mitt Romney get in a heated exchange with a radio host  from a radio interview in 2008 about where Jesus will reign and rule over the Earth for 1,000 years -- in Jerusalem and Missouri. Romney displays deep familiarity with the thinking of a Mormon hermit-conspiracy theorist Cleon Skousen, who was also Glenn Beck's great inspiration .

Background from Prisoner…

A sign from Slutwalk NYC.

Photo Credit: Sarah Seltzer

The recent spate of GOP callousness towards…

It’s 2025 and an American “triple canopy” of advanced surveillance and armed drones fills the heavens from the lower- to the exo-atmosphere.  A wonder of the modern age, it can deliver its weaponry anywhere on the planet with staggering speed, knock out an enemy’s satellite communications system, or follow individuals biometrically for great distances.  Along with the country’s advanced cyberwar capacity, it’s also the most sophisticated militarized information system ever created and an…

A three-day UN-sponsored internet talking shop has kicked off in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) brings together 1,500 delegates from around the world to discuss issues such as identity protection online, how content can be controlled and the role of governments in managing the internet. At the same time, Azeri activists and human rights organisations are using the gathering to draw attention to the lack of freedom in the host country itself.

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These last four tumultuous years under the Obama administration came to fruition Tuesday night when once again Barack Hussein Obama was elected again. In the face of 4 years of continued economic decline, unacceptably high…

Accusations of child abuse are in danger of turning into "a witch-hunt" against people who are gay, David Cameron has said after he was ambushed by Phillip Schofield on This Morning.

The Prime Minister sounded a warning as he was handed a list of suspected paedophiles on ITV's This Morning programme.

He has promised a number of inquiries into "shocking" allegations of child abuse in recent weeks, including claims that a Tory peer raped a boy of 13 in north…

Most people don’t realize that Facebookcan continue to monitor their internet activity, even if they are no longer logged into the site.

Using “Facebook Connect,” and other social plug-ins, Facebook is able to set up a cookie on any site that has a “Like” or “share” button, giving Facebook access to a startling amount of user information. Technically, the purpose of these plug-ins is to authenticate users, but it still has the ability to collect personal information such as the IP…

Christian Zionism

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By Lasha Darkmoon

An innocent victim of this “new, monstrous civilization”, a Palestinian child, his arm cut off by an Israeli settler for throwing a stone.…