Archive for May 20th, 2008

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A giant database of every phone call and email sent in Britain is being considered by the Government.

Internet service providers and telephone companies would be forced to

Naomi Klein Rolling Stone Article

Thirty years ago the new Chinese city of Shenzhen did not exist. Today, with the help of U.S. defense contractors, the booming city is a model for a high-tech police… Continue reading

 

BOLD UNDERLINED TYPE INDICATES CODY BASHAM’S QUOTES ON UBER.COM 23 year… Continue reading

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CANTON For residents tired of that overgrown lot that resembles a minijungle next door, the city wants to help by trying to put high-grass violators behind bars.

City Council… Continue reading

The Church of Scientology Centre in Queen Victoria Street, London

A teenager is facing prosecution for using the word “cult” to describe the Church of Scientology.

The unnamed 15-year-old was served the

A Gough Island mouse stands over the remains of an Albatross chick
For tens of thousands of years, the birds of Gough Island lived unmolested, without predators on a

 

Climate change alarmists have never been apt to shy away from courting controversy with their dire forecasts of coming environmental apocalypse, but their latest "solution" takes… Continue reading

The Government wants to create the system to fight terrorism and crime. The police and security services believe it will make it easier to access important data as communications become more complex… Continue reading

Joe Lieberman, senator and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee chairman, wants to censor what you watch on Google and YouTube. Lieberman has sent a letter to Eric Schmidt, Google CEO, accusing the corporation… Continue reading

Are you one of those people who complains about every little thing that goes wrong on a cruise? Better be careful, or you just might find yourself banned from your favorite ships.

That’s the takeaway from… Continue reading