Author Archives: Stephen VanDyke

Sneering as a Tactic: The Campaign Against WikiLeaks…
A Tale of Two Websites: Facebook gets fellated while Wikileaks goes to jail, but we know the score…
National Security is the Last Refuge of Scoundrels…

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Kevin Smith: “The secret to a successful life is hardly a secret; it requires you to be 

self-centered as all fuck, is all. So long as it’s not at the expense of others, make yourself the center of your universe. You only get to do this ONCE, so try to take as much stress out of the process as you can.”

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Dennis Kucinich (second best congressman): “Delete the Fed”

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Internet freedom: the government isn’t here to help you, and the corporations aren’t run by boardrooms full of saints either

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States Quietly Raising Speed Limits Near Failing Schools – ONION Report

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HEADLINE OTD: FCC Votes itself Judge Dredd of the Internet…
PLEASE REGULATE US: FCC Gives Government Power to Regulate Web Traffic…
Steve Wozniak to the FCC: Keep the Internet Free..

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The Hazards of Nerd Supremacy: The Case of WikiLeaks — “If the political world becomes a mirror of the Internet as we know it today, then the world will be restructured around opaque, digitally delineated power centers surrounded by a sea of chaotic, underachieving openness. Wikileaks is one prototype of a digital power center, but others include hedge funds and social networking sites.”
LP SAYS WHAT? Government officials afraid of a full-body scan of their words should resign…

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The Plastic Bag Monster of Ljubljana, Slovenia

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NOT YET PRIMETIME: Google TV delayed…

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Thousands of phone calls leads NJ governor to release falsely imprisoned “gun criminal” Brian Aitken…
Final swipe: news release includes prison mugshot…

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Missoula District Court: Jury pool in marijuana case stages ‘mutiny’

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POLL: Is TSA Going Too Far With Air Security Measures? (vote and have a laugh at our side’s superior online presence)…
“Perhaps we should use the little remaining liberty to opt out of the corporo-statist society altogether. Just pretend it doesn’t exist and live free as you were meant to. Unfortunately, this is not an ideal course of action and I’ll tell you why.” -George Donnelly

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FT: Early signs that America’s (economic) gloom is lifting / Comments: Not so fast…

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VIDEO: “Join your affable host Robert Foster, as he executes a rhyme inquisition on some of the key players in the Wiki-saga. It’s diplomatic Rhym-aggedon…” — Rap News 6 – Wikileaks’ Cablegate: the truth is out there
ANOTHER AWESOME AUSSIE: Juice Media: Rap News…
Courage is Contagious…
FACEBOOK LIKEABLE: List of companies boycotting Wikileaks..

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U.S. proposes cellphone ban for truck drivers…
CITIZEN BAND RADIO: Truckers have been talking wirelessly since at least the 1970s, ’nuff said..

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As a young lawyer, Obama represented a whistleblower; as a presidential candidate, he pledged to “strengthen whistleblower laws to protect federal workers who expose waste, fraud, and abuse of authority in government.” But as president, Obama has unleashed the most aggressive assault on whistleblowers Washington has ever seen—surpassing even George W. Bush.
BIPARTISAN: Rove Suspected In Swedish-U.S. Political Prosecution of WikiLeaks…

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News Black-Out in DC: Pay No Attention to Those Veterans Chained to the White House Fence
VIDEO: Media-opoly…

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VIDEO: Julian Assange ends interview and calls ABC guy “tabloid schmuck” when he persists on acting like one…
DailyMail goes hunting for sexy scandal angle…
LEWROCKWELL.COM: The Proper Response to WikiLeaks

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Folk song: “Big Ol Fedral Government”

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“How is it that a team of five people has managed to release to the public more suppressed information, at that level, than the rest of the world press combined? It’s disgraceful.” — Julian Assange

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65-31: Senate passes bill to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
MSNBC: Lady Gaga, celebrity reaction…

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That TSA photo… explanation by the photographer

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WikiLeaks and the ongoing daytime drama of world politics

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