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Land of the free …
… rein for for eavesdroppers. It’s quite unsettling to see that much of what Orwell envisions in “1984” has become true. // Oliver
“Does the Romney family now own your e-vote?”
Sneaky – this reeks of manipulation indeed. Especially in the light of the Kerry/Bush election where Kerry lost 300,000 votes overnight. On the bright side Michael Bloomberg, mayor of NYC and billionaire, launched a Super PAC to support inter-partisan policies … Continue reading
Lovely, it is starting again
Reuters reports on the stopped grain exports from Russia: […] caused international grain prices to spike as markets placed bets that without shipments from one of the world’s leading exporters, global supplies would be restricted. In 2008 the price for … Continue reading
Posted in EN, Germans have no notion of sarcasm
Tagged china, famine, food crisis, hunger, iran, iraq, oil, rice, russia, saddam hussein, US dollar, usa, wheat
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Wow, I am impressed!
Only recently did I point out that the enforcement of blockades on SourceForge due to US legislative restrictions have to be considered as censorship. Now, it turns out, the that the US government has learned that, quote: On December 10, … Continue reading
Posted in EN, Thoughts
Tagged Cuba, export, government, iran, obama, rogue state, usa
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Grotesque, but who: EFF or a former criminal?
The EFF blog contains a recent article about one German who is trying to sue the Wikipedia Foundation (in the US) in order to enforce that his last name be taken down from – or rather be abbreviated in – … Continue reading
Posted in EN, Thoughts
Tagged capital punishment, death penalty, EFF, free speech, germany, murder, usa, Wikipedia
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