Archive for the 'Politics' Category
It seems only fitting during this fourth of July holiday season that I take a few moments to pay my respects to the recently departed. Another part of American freedom that too many people have taken for granted, usually only talking about it during patriotic holidays such as the fourth of July, has died. The […]
July 5th, 2012 | Posted in Politics | 6 Comments
I know that in recent weeks I haven’t had much to say here about the SOPA and PIPA bills in Congress and I really should have. Suffice it to say that there’s been a lot of complications that have kept me busy with things of a more personal nature. However that doesn’t change the fact […]
January 25th, 2012 | Posted in Censorship, Current Events, Entertainment, Internet, Net Neutrality, News, Opinion, Politics, Privacy | Comments Off on Your Freedom Online
Picture a scene reminiscent of “The Apprentice” in which Donald Trump looks president Barack Obama square in the eyes and delivers his famous two-word catch phrase, “You’re Fired.” Could it happen? According to several news stories I’ve read today, he is expected to make the decision whether or not to run by next June. If […]
March 19th, 2011 | Posted in Politics | 1 Comment
Last Tuesday (1/18/11) some 43 companies got together and sent a letter to the US Attorney General Eric holder & John Morton of ICE. It was also cc’d to Vice President Joe Biden, Janet Naplitano of Homeland Security, the IP czar Victoria Espinel (I don’t know about you but I can’t help thinking how UN-American […]
February 28th, 2011 | Posted in Censorship, Current Events, Internet, Net Neutrality, News, Opinion, Politics | 1 Comment
As most of you are probably aware the ultimate whistleblower site, wikileaks, has once again been in the news quite a bit because it has published thousands of documents, messages and so on that have proven to be a major source of embarrassment to not only the US government but to several other governments around […]
February 4th, 2011 | Posted in Anonymity, Censorship, Current Events, Encryption, file sharing, Freenet, freeware, Internet, News, Open source, Opinion, Politics, Security, Software | Comments Off on What Wikileaks Should Have Done