Category Archives: Politics

ICANN Has Failure?

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Thomas

Like, ICANN GAG the IGF, dude. In the Who Should Run the Internet department, reading articles like “A plaything of powerful nations” makes me mental. Largely because the warning is quite realistic: Fix the ways things are run or they … Continue reading →

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Dear America, Who Wants Another Shock Doctrine?

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Thomas

Quit laughing. Pay attention. Read Naomi Klein’s classic The Shock Doctrine. Occupy Wall Street. Hold people, especially politicians, accountable.

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Preserving the Dying Languages of India

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Thomas

This is an historic and very important linguistics project. It will deepen our understanding of the true diversity of the Indian subcontinent, while also providing data (and perhaps fire) for change and new policies. I like that it will also … Continue reading →

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Nothing Drives a Slave Like Bayerische Motoren Werke

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Thomas

Even more proof (as if needed) that corporations will do anything, including use Nazi slave labor, to turn a profit. Also, as usual, they never admitted it until an historian revealed it. After decades of revelations (and mountains of documentary/photographic … Continue reading →

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Baby BOOM

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Thomas

I never thought the Baby Boom generation would be the greedy ones, the selfish assholes, the ones to fuck it all up for everyone. That it would become literal, the generation that blew it all up. How can they take … Continue reading →

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Rick Cowpatty

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Thomas

Rick Perry is not a cowboy, but rather a cowpatty. And wearing boots does not a badass cowboy make. Nor being from Texas. Nor saying “Don’t mess with texas.” We learned that lesson quite well with Dubya. Rick Perry on … Continue reading →

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Throw It All Away

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Thomas

Dragonwatch update: Upon learning that “South Africa may block Dalai Lama visit to Tutu” — which just pisses me off because of the way they have consistently back-doored the Dalai Lama by threatening anyone, including the USA, who dares meet … Continue reading →

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