February 2012
11 posts
Watchprimal-libertarian:
The Governments latest weapon against us
The device, developed by Raytheon, is controlled by a joystick and computer monitor and emits a beam about the size of a CD up to distances of about 100 feet.
The energy traveling at the speed of light penetrates the skin up to 1/64 of an inch deep. No one can stand being in the beam’s path for more than about three seconds, Mike...
“I can think of few things as pernicious as nationalism (disguised as...”
– Ricardo Perez (via hipsterlibertarian)
Google Tracked iPhones, Bypassing Apple Browser... →
chartier:
Jennifer Valentino-Devries:
Google Inc. and other advertising companies have been bypassing the privacy settings of millions of people using Apple Inc.’s Web browser on their iPhones and computers—tracking the Web-browsing habits of people who intended for that kind of monitoring to be blocked.
The companies used special computer code that tricks Apple’s Safari Web-browsing software...
thoughtcrime: 19 Crazy Things That School Children... →
lost-and-searching-in-america:
19 Crazy Things That School Children Are Being Arrested For In America
#1 At one public school down in Texas, a 12-year-old girl named Sarah Bustamantes was recently arrested for spraying herself with perfume.
#2 A 13-year-old student at a school in…
January 2012
5 posts
Obama Says So Long SOPA, Killing Controversial... →
coeus:
The growing anti-SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) support that has swept through the gaming and Internet community found a very big ally today. With websites like Reddit and Wikipedia and gaming organizations like Major League Gaming prepared for a blackout on January 18th – the same day that the House Judiciary Committee hearing on HR 3261was scheduled in Washington, DC – President Barack...
The Biggest Lie of 2008
freebroccoli:
uberconservative:
“This is part of the whole theory of George Bush that he can make laws as he is going along. I disagree with that. I taught the Constitution for 10 years. I believe in the Constitution and I will obey the Constitution of the United States. We are not going to use signing statements as a way of doing an end run around Congress.”
-Barrack Obama
AHAHAHAHAHAHA
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December 2011
7 posts
Analyst predicts US cable operators might turn to... →
chartier:
Alex Sherman:
At least one major cable operator will institute so-called usage-based billing next year, predicts Craig Moffett, an analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. in New York. He said Cox Communications Inc., Charter Communications Inc. (CHTR) or Time Warner Cable may be first to charge Web-access customers for the amount of data they consume, not just transmission...
November 2011
10 posts
Researcher’s Video Shows Secret Software on... →
chartier:
Manufacturers and carriers have been installing what is basically a rootkit on millions of Android, BlackBerry, and Nokia phones to record everything their users do, “ostensibly so carriers and phone manufacturers can do quality control.”
Wired has a video of the software in action, showing how it records a security researcher’s Google search for “hello world” despite using HTTPS...
“Newt Gingrich spent the last decade being paid by big business to convince...”
– Gingrich made big bucks pushing corporate welfare | Campaign 2012 | Washington Examiner
Newt is just about as bad a politician/person as there could possibly be.
(via jeffmiller)
Letter from CEO to his employees →
coeus:
To All My Valued Employees, There have been some rumblings around the office about the future of this company, and more specifically, your job. As you know, the economy has changed for the worse and presents many challenges. However, the good news is this: The economy doesn’t pose a threat to your job. What does threaten your job however, is the changing political landscape in this...
October 2011
46 posts
Watchhoneyjawnuniversity:
“I no longer want to postpone anything in life.” - HU Professor
what a great TED talk. changed my life.
WatchThis made me so happy.
The Hipster Libertarian: Things which have... →
hipsterlibertarian:
The date for the end of the Iraq war was finally set!
…but not really. (And Ron Paul called it.)
“Prolife” warmonger Rick Santorum was of course obliged to state that he’d get foreign policy “indigestion” if Paul became president.
Oddly, Sarah Palin seems to be down with Paul’s…
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Watchhaha-yo:
@brainbangley has a very important-less public service announcement.
butts & food
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