A Peculiar Blog

Welcome back!There’s a piece on the NYTimes that’s asking the question “Do we need a new Internet?” It’s going on and on about how this bunch of university science drones have this cracked idea that the entire internet system needs to be replaced with a new one.
Not very far into the article I saw [...]

 Powered by Max Banner Ads Just in case anyone thought that Middle Eastern nations allow their citizens freedom of expression, take a look at this brief news item about a Syrian blogger. It shows clearly that the Syrians are among those nations who have yet to shed their mental corsets and realize that freedom of [...]

 Powered by Max Banner Ads There’s a saying to the effect that those who ignore the lessons of history are doomed to repeat it. I saw something today that I have to say is very disturbing. It was a tagline somebody used on a post:
The state must declare the child to be the most [...]

 Powered by Max Banner Ads This news isn’t exactly a surprise given the FBI’s known history of misuse of power. Including the power to issue National Security Letters.
A NSL is different that a normal subpoena in two important ways. First, they do not require probable cause and they don’t have to get a judge [...]

 Powered by Max Banner Ads Anyone that knows me or has been reading my stuff for any length of time knows that I’m not now nor have I ever been a fan of the Democratic party and their goals & general way of doing things. However I’ve got to say that I’m very much in [...]