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The Boston Tea Party’s Presidential Nominating Convention concluded after two days with the Vice Presidential nomination going to a second round of balloting.

Tiffany Briscoe (Maryland) was chosen as the Presidential nominee on the first round of voting. Kimberly Johnson (Arizona) was chosen as the Vice Presidential nominee after a second round vote.

BTP Chair, Darryl W. Perry says, “I would like to thank those of you who voted in the Presidential Nominating Convention. I would like to congratulate Tiffany Briscoe winning the BTP Presidential and Kimberly Johnson on winning the Vice Presidential nomination. You two ladies will represent the party well in the 2012 election.”

Additionally, it is estimated that the BTP will attempt to obtain ballot access in as many as fifteen states and will attempt to have the presidential ticket as a certified write-in candidate in the remaining states (excepting Oklahoma which does not allow write-in votes).

Ms. Briscoe’s website is http://tiffanybriscoe2012.weebly.com and she also has a facebook page.

The Boston Tea Party was founded in 2006 with a one sentence platform, “The Boston Tea Party supports reducing the size, scope and power of government at all levels and on all issues, and opposes increasing the size, scope and power of government at any level, for any purpose.” In October 2008, the party’s National Convention adopted the four point program of the Campaign for Liberty. Their program calls for an end to overseas occupation, a restoration of privacy and other liberties, no increase in the national debt, and a thorough review of the Federal Reserve. During the 2010 convention the party adopted a new program to “End the Wars of Aggression,” “End the Fed,” “End the War on Drugs,” “End the Abuses of Liberty” and “End the Immigration Fiasco.”

Ron Paul has won five significant straw polls in 2011:

Value Voters
CPAC
RLC
California GOP
New Hampshire GOP

And speaking of polls and other flavors of the month: I like chocolate, but not with Federal Reserve notes sprinkled on it.

People of the world, allow me to introduce myself as Anonymous and only as anonymous for I am nothing more than an idea. An idea of a free world, void of oppression. Void of poverty and murder by the hand of tyrannical rule. Void of hopelessness and genocide. A world where the true purpose and priority in life is to live freely and without restraint by corrupted regimes.

This is the second address in a series [first video]. If you have not made yourself familiar with the current course of actions, please direct yourself to the following video prompted by the link on your screen now.

You may be asking yourself what Anonymous is about after hearing the rumors and blatant lies the media has associated with Anonymous. Allow me to simply inform you that Anonymous is and or are not terrorists much like the powers that be would have you believe. Anonymous has been demonized by these regimes simply because we have brought justice to the oppressed. When freedom is jeopardized, Anonymous will avenge the oppressed. We do not forgive. We do not forget. We are many. And for the record, Anonymous was not behind the PlayStation Network fiasco. Game on! We have defended Julian Assange and other members of WikiLeaks when they were persecuted for releasing information that provided evidence to the corruption within our government and military. We restored the internet to the people of Egypt when the Egyptian government tried to silence their voice to the world. We have defended and supported countless peoples in their pursuits for freedom. And now we will assist in the bigger struggle. It is time to rejuvenate the human spirit. see more…

In a long-awaited step forward for marriage equality for all Americans, President Obama has decided to stop defending the constitutionality of the “Defense of Marriage Act,” a discriminatory piece of legislation designed to deny marital rights to same-sex couples.

Attorney General Eric Holder informed Congress that he and President Obama have taken the position that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) should be struck down as unconstitutional, as a violation of same-sex couples’ right to equal protection.

But right on cue, up pops John Boehner, ready to rise to the occasion to lead the fight for the forces of discrimination and hate:

Speaker John Boehner is ready to take on the White House over the Defense of Marriage Act, pledging to force the issue in the House…”I’d be very surprised if the House didn’t decide that they were going to defend the law,” Boehner said.

So two months into his Speakership, he STILL doesn’t have a real jobs plan, but…he’s got plenty of time to fight for hate?

Well, we’ve got a message of our own for Boehner: Do your job. Stop defending DOMA and discrimination, stop coddling a small, hateful segment of your base, and focus on creating jobs — the thing you whined about for years before becoming Speaker.

Write Boehner today, tell him “Jobs not hate,” and tell him to FINALLY do his job.

SIGN THE PETITION AND WIN A MILLION GAY MARRIAGES.

Sisters and Brothers in Tahrir Square,
Sisters and Brothers of Egypt.

We wish we could be there with you and everywhere else where human beings are faced with repression, fear, violence and suffering at the hands of their governments. Our thoughts, prayers, and minds are with you. The courage you demonstrate in your struggle is a lesson to us all. The world is behind you. Whilst we cannot be with you in the flesh and blood to suffer as you do, we want to make sure you know that you are not alone.

Rest assured your fight is not in vain. Your President has shown the world his true face today. President Mubarak might have his law behind him, but there is something above all laws: Truth. Your truth has been suppressed for far too long, beaten into the ground through the use of secret police, torture, and many similarly deplorable tactics that we are witnessing today at the Tahrir Square and all over Egypt. But nothing can quell your voice, not any more, and certainly not Mubarak and his gang for hire.

You demonstrated your power today standing your ground against the thugs of Mubarak. Of course, you don’t know what the future will be, but you know what it should be. You demonstrated your resolve in Tahrir square and in all the streets of Egypt, and if you were able to stand your ground today you will be able to stand your ground tomorrow, and the day after that. On Friday you will march, and there will be no one able to stop you. As you stand united, you are sending a message to all who would seek to rob your country through corruption.

The rest of the world follows the events in Egypt with great hope. The Arab world is showing all citizens the strength and the value of what Mankind really is about. While our governments hesitate to show solid support for your actions, know that your sisters and brothers in the digital world stand beside you in that square. We will never leave you behind, we are here for you.

Your voice is being heard. Today you are not only fighting for Egypt. You are fighting for all of Mankind. And Mankind sides with you. We are you, you are us. Together we are Anonymous.

Yours faithfully,
Anonymous

We are Anonymous.
We are Legion.
We do not forgive.
We do not forget.
We love you.
Expect us.

A message for the citizens of Egypt:

We are Anonymous and we stand by your side, as you stand against the reign of Hosni Mubarak.
While the internet and other forms of communication may be cut off, Anonymous’ knowledge and awareness of the issues at hand are as strong as ever. The grievous error by your dictator to cut off vital communications systems is one that cannot be overlooked.

In Hosni Mubarak’s recent address, he stated his apparent concern for your freedoms and plans to implement a new government in the coming days. If any of his recent actions, and those of the last three decades, are any indication, he cares little for your welfare. He cares not for your suffering and hardship, but only his own power. He is concerned more with the safety of his political cabinet, and less with yours. He does not have the best interests of the Egyptian people in mind, but rather his own. A new government will only be his way of feigning progress. He is promising the democracy for which you have been fighting, but offers only lies. Do not yield to his tactics. Push on. You, more than anyone else in this world, know that Hosni Mubarak must leave. The first step on the road to a brighter future for Egypt is for Mubarak to step down, not to pass the blame, not to offer empty promises, and not to appeal to the people of Egypt. Again, Mubarak’s reign must end.

Although the future of Egypt is still uncertain, do not grow hesitant or fearful about what lies ahead, for achieving independence and freedom will require unwavering courage. This is a war of attrition and will not be won overnight. You have already accomplished a great thing – you have captured the world’s attention and earned their support for your efforts. You have weakened the authoritarian forces that have oppressed you for decades. You have set the standard for resilience and conviction in your beliefs in this day and age. We stand in awe of your courage. Your spirit is an inspiration to us all.

Anon has witnessed time and time again that when we stand together we can take on anything and anyone. Dictators such as Mubarak still rely on the fear of the individual being stronger than the power of the group. However, the evidence shows that the tyrant is more afraid than the courageous citizens. The proof lies in the cowardly act of shutting people off from one another in an attempt to cause chaos and confusion. This is a blatant violation of another one of your rights. Anon contends that the rights we share are intrinsic; they overshadow unique concerns and bring freedom in their exercise. Mubarak cannot own your rights.

The land of Egypt, once the world’s beacon of knowledge, now stands upon the global stage in its courageous effort for freedom and democracy. We and the world are behind you, and stand with you. We will do everything in our power to aid you in your pursuit. All we ask is that you stay strong, and keep fighting.

Anon would also like to extend its support to all the citizens of the world who are trapped by a dictator, and anyone whose freedom of speech is compromised by any government or organisation. If you need us, we are already standing by your side.

In the meantime, we demand that all normal communications be restored to the people of Egypt by January 29th, 12:00 midnight, Eastern Standard Time. That we have occasion to make such a demand in the first place should be enough to convince all good men that the world needs revolution. That we have made it in full view of all men should be enough to convince them that we now have the means to back it up – not just against this regime, but against any and all parties that continue to prop it up even after it has conceded that the truth is its enemy.

Above all, we once again ask the people of North Africa to remain hopeful and persevere in their stand against tyranny. Do not forgive and do not forget. Expect change.

DIRECT LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOLc3B2V4AM

DIRECT LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBa13MQv3Xo

http://anonnews.org/?p=press&a=item&i=330

Dear citizens of the internet,

These last few days, lots of us have been using the Low Orbit Ion Canon – or LOIC – to attack the websites of those who have undertaken action to prevent Wikileaks from operating properly.

While this certainly helped us to raise public awareness for ourselves – ANONYMOUS, Wikileaks and the battle for the free flow of information; all this remained indeed rather innocent.

Although it has sent a strong message to anyone to better think twice before messing with Wikileaks, it nevertheless poses no real threat whatsoever to those who are in power.

That is why ANONYMOUS has decided to launch a new campaign under the banner of ‘Operation Leakspin’.

The idea is actually pretty simple:

Go to Wikileaks and research the leaked cables you heard so much talk about in the media these last few weeks. Then spread this information.

Lots of these cables have not been properly studied or published yet.

We, ANONYMOUS, the people, will take this work on our shoulders.

We, ANONYMOUS, the people, will spread the actual content of these cables anywhere we can, until all the world will know about the injustices perpetrated upon the people by governments worldwide.

Please – do the same and get involved!

Help us win this war!

Download, share, produce – be free!

Because YOU are ANONYMOUS!

We are ANONYMOUS!

We are legion!
We do not forgive!
We do not forget!

KNOWLEDGE IS FREE!

Republished without permission, without regret, from here.

Op Payback Hacks Post Finance Site.
The international pressure on Julian Assange increased today after the banking arm of the Swiss post office announced that it had closed the WikiLeaks founder’s account because he had given “false information”.

“PostFinance has ended its business relationship with … Julian Paul Assange,” the bank said in a statement.

“The Australian citizen provided false information regarding his place of residence during the account opening process.”

It said that although Assange had given his residence as an undisclosed address in Geneva, he could offer no proof of being a Swiss resident.

WikiLeaks had advertised the PostFinance account details online to “donate directly to the Julian Assange and other WikiLeaks Staff Defence Fund,” giving an account name of “Assange Julian Paul, Geneve”.

A spokesman for the bank told the Associated Press the account was closed this afternoon, but added that there would be “no criminal consequences” for misleading authorities.

“That’s his money, he will get his money back,” he said. “We just close the account and that’s it.”

PostFinance is the latest institution to sever its ties with Assange and WikiLeaks. Last week, Amazon.com withdrew its hosting of WikiLeaks’ cables site and the WikiLeaks.org domain was taken offline by Everydns.net. On Saturday, PayPal, which is owned by the auction website eBay, froze WikiLeaks’ account, saying it was being used for “illegal” activity.

It was also reported this afternoon that Scotland Yard had received the paperwork required to arrest Assange over allegations of sexual assault in Sweden.

But the Metropolitan police declined to comment on the claim, attributed by Press Association to unnamed sources.

Swedish prosecutors have sent an international arrest warrant to the Met, seeking the extradition of Assange for questioning on allegations — which he strongly denies — of rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion.

Jennifer Robinson, one of his lawyers, said his legal team had heard nothing from the police to suggest that their client’s arrest was imminent.

Assange, who is staying in Britain, has come under criticism from politicians in the US and around the world after his site started publishing excerpts from a cache of more than 250,000 secret US diplomatic cables last week.

Another of Assange’s lawyers, Mark Stephens, yesterday denounced the extradition warrant as a “political stunt” and said his client would fight deportation to Sweden on the grounds that it could lead to him being handed over to the US, where senior politicians have called for him to be executed.

NOTE: Pay no heed to the destractions and deplorable dramatics of the despotic dubmasses.

Someone should illustrate this (Lee, looking your way dude):

I do not like green eggs and ham;
I do not like unlawful bans

of our guns and civil rights,
when defending homes, when taking flights.

You send young men to die in wars,
while abandoning our local shores.

When in times of great recession,
our wage suffers from depression;

But every year yours go up,
it is sure you’ll get your cut.

Your love is money and the power,
to steal from people, make them cower.

You’re spreading fear and telling lies,
but some see through your thin disguise.

You pass bad laws, you insert pork,
you don’t dispute a farce in court.

Hopefully it won’t be long,
till you are housed where you belong.

It’s in a building called a prison;
So I hope to this you listen.

The government our fathers picked,
was a constitutional republic.

The mandate was for hope and freedom,
the plan was that we could keep them.

They wrote and signed the Constitution,
you’ve left it in destitution.

This is no democracy;
This is a hypocrisy.

Blood was shed to make this place,
and now you’ve made it a disgrace.

You are raping our great land,
I do not like you Uncle Sam.

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Our handsome president himself, as he apparently took blame for not actually changing the tone in Washington:

“I neglected some things that matter a lot to people, and rightly so: maintaining a bipartisan tone in Washington”

Obama is such a phoney. He’s going to act like a leader… oh wait… he *says* he’s going to act like a leader …and he’s gonna do this… and he’s gonna do that. He says kick out the lobbyist, but oops… they are already crawling all over the WH.

Creating a new tone in Washington was a central theme that ran throughout Mr. Obama’s campaign for the presidency.

In his announcement speech in Illinois in 2007, Mr. Obama lamented that “too many times, after the election is over, and the confetti is swept away, all those promises fade from memory, and the lobbyists and the special interests move in, and people turn away, disappointed as before, left to struggle on their own.”

Face it… Barry’s executive branch is just as shady as Dubya’s and now he’s back to selling the snake oil to the press, who will catapult these lofty new promises of hope and change (through him personally, of course) to the masses. Quite a neat trick.

“Making sure that the policy decisions that I made were fully debated with the American people and that I was getting out of Washington and spending more time shaping public opinion and being in a conversation with the American people about why I was making the choices I was making.”

If he were to truly act in a manner the people wanted, he would begin by firing The Bernanke and appointing a public auditor to The Fed.

ALL BLOCKQUOTES RIPPED FROM THIS ASS-KISSING WAPO ARTICLE. COMMENT THERE.
UNDERSTAND THE FUCKING CONTEXT, UNDERSTAND THE FUCKING CRIMINALS.

Enjoy the face-saving campaign. I hope he stays the fuck away from my city (it fouls up traffic).

I am hereby christening the day after every election Don’t Give A Fuck Day.. I’m not sure if this is acceptable internet procedure, but you’ll excuse me if I simply don’t give a fuck. For those of you who are truly dedicated, you are free to treat yourself to a whole Don’t Give A Fuck Week after the election, but too much not giving a fuck is bad for your health and sanity.

Speaking of sanity, the rally in DC was simply too soon. I think everyone had this idea it was supposed to transform us in some magical way into a world where elections and mass gatherings are the antidote to stupidity, when we should probably realize how little those things actually mean on a day to day basis.

One of my saddest losses in the election was seeing Prop19 get defeated… then I smoked a bowl and forgot to give a fuck.

Some of you are probably going to read a lot into my intentions here with this announcement, and think I’m being political. But I’m actually being rather apolitical, because I promise you… right now on this day I have gladly assumed in the great name of Anonymous… (whether you like it or not) I just don’t give a fuck.

FOX NEWS sez Tea Party Coloring Book Publisher Says He’s Getting Death Threats

CAN SOMEONE TELL ME IF THIS PART IS CREEPY OR INNOCENT:

Bell said the Tea Party book is his company’s best-seller by far, with demand so high that new copies must be printed daily to keep up with demand. “We have sold many thousands,” he told CBS. He told KSDK.com that a military branch of the federal government bought 3,000 copies for kids.

MILITARY BRANCH OF THE FEDERAL GOVT? WTF!

What’s interesting is that Fox News will let you promote your product or ideology if you claim there were death threats against you by liberals, but without bothering to verify it. I mean, this has journalism fail all over it.

I wonder if there are other examples of Fox News giving people attention over death threats… hmmmmmmmmmmm?

Notice the bump in sales…

Note: this article contains dead links, the url is still in the hover/alt text. Keep the web working, curate content well!

Destroy the ill-presumed legitimacy of Big Bother with a good laugh at their expense.

China gets it. The students at one of U.S. Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner’s recent gigs did something I personally found amazing. They laughed at the farcical secretary and his goofy financial schemes during one of his long-winded tirades. He mistakenly took the kids for a bunch of rubes, looking down his nose at them with the usual contempt in the typical fashion of any vile government employed tyrant.

No violence in that hall, no call for threats against those who dare to absurdly think themselves our betters. Nope, none of that. It would only give them more power over us and our lives with heaps of new onerous laws and a sick further expansion of the police state.

Instead laugh at them, let these foolish jesters for a foul and bankrupt system, know just what a joke they are. They can’t fight back against such a thing. Face it- the use of ridicule against the state’s apparatus is very powerful in the advance of liberty.

Because if students in a faraway, not to mention politically oppressed land can do it, then you can too.

In Nashua, New Hampshire, they are holding regular protests against the absurd marijuana laws in that state. Some “undercover police” attempted to spy on the revelers from a block away with a dose of megaphone delivered ridicule for their stupid efforts at wasting the taxpayer’s stolen cash, for their efforts.

Show up at their so-called “Town Hall Meetings”, drop in on a political rally or ten for some jerk that can’t hack it in the private sector creating any good or service people can use, yet absurdly feels he can give us everything we want (supposedly only by him) for “free”. Laugh at them and see just how good you (and how bad they) feel afterwards.

Do it while it is still legal to do so.

Article originally published at FR33 AGENTS by Dan Steward
Comic from XKCD

According to News.com “Last Thursday, President Bush signed into law a prohibition on posting annoying Web messages or sending annoying e-mail messages without disclosing your true identity.” From the text of the poorly named, wide-reaching bill — Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act:

A new federal law states that when you annoy someone on the Internet, you must disclose your identity. Here’s the relevant language.

“Whoever…utilizes any device or software that can be used to originate telecommunications or other types of communications that are transmitted, in whole or in part, by the Internet… without disclosing his identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person…who receives the communications…shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.”

If you’re wondering how I extrapolated that anonymous “annoyance” of the government via blogging could land you in jail, just imagine that I just called president George Bush and both houses of Congress “swastika licking pig-fuckers.” Not a very nice thing to say, and certainly not the type of slanderous comment you’d want to be flinging around, but an annoyance? Sure, it could be.

Now imagine a blogger has breaking news on a true and provable government scandal, or is a whistleblower for government corruption with factual documents, and to avoid retribution they post it anonymously. This would obviously be an annoyance to anyone implicated by the anonymous blogger, and they could have that person thrown in jail regardless. Not since the Alien and Sedition Acts — which made it a crime to publish “false, scandalous, and malicious writing” against government or government officials — has the government tried so desperately to curb dissent (excuse me, annoyance).

Think about that, and ask yourself whether Congress and George Bush are indeed “swastika licking pig-fuckers.” Because even if the literal doesn’t hold water, the sentiment is certainly gaining credibility as they sign yet another law that promises to have a chilling effect on first amendment rights. And besides, pig-fucking is just my way of being hip to the bloated bureacracy both Republicans and Democrats have created. Pot-ay-toh, pot-ah-to. Pork barrelling, pig fucking.

As for me and my brushes with the annoyance law, I’ll gladly blog anonymously to annoy as many government officials as I can, proudly waving my first amendment rights like some colonial pornographic flick featuring Samuel Adams, a tub of astroglide and King George III. So come and get me, you swastika licking pig-fuckers, if you dare.

Bloggers Respond:
SayUncle: “This is the ultimate Christmas gift to politicians.”

Homeland Stupidity: “Among other things, this bill has forced me to remove the pseudonym which I had previously used and replace it with my real name all across the site.”

Slashdot reader comment: “The point of all this bullshit is simply to create a web of laws which can be used to ensnare anybody.”

Another from Slashdot: “It should be a crime to prosecute someone unconstitutionally.”

Fark comment: “Thankfully, President Bush is the right man at the right time to protect our rights from the evils of the written and posted word.”

Another Farker: “Doesn’t this sort of violate the Freedom of Speech? You know, the part where you make anonymous statements against the government without fear of reprisal?”

Nigel Watt of Libertarian Youth isn’t worried: “I see the stunning incompetence of our legislators in writing this bill as a good thing: a better-nuanced version could have passed by judicial scrutiny as a ‘justifiable’ infringement upon our rights, but such a broad and groping assault on free speech as this law couldn’t stand up in any court.”

UPDATE: Ok, this may turn out to be nothing more than a tempest in a teapot according to an update at Boing Boing:

Uh, try again. Maybe you guys should read the text of the bill… this is a wildly inaccurate interpretation of the bill, in which the word “annoy” appears not once. The word “annoy” appears in *existing* legislation (Communications Act of 1934) and it does not include any communication a recipient might find annoying. Furthermore, the identity provision is not specified in the amendment discussed. Your article is, indeed, a joke.

There’s also a lawyerly interpretation, but it made my head hurt, so let’s just hope that this is all just a big misunderstanding and see if CNET’s Declan McCullagh will clarify the implications of the new bill in his original article (or maybe a lawyer reader will be so kind as to inform us whether this was all for naught).