via: wired.com Want to know how much phone companies and internet service providers charge to funnel your private communications or records to U.S. law enforcement and spy agencies? That’s the question muckraker and Indiana University graduate student Christopher Soghoian asked all agencies within the Department of Justice, under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request [...]
Archive for December, 2009
3 Dec
Australia’s Parliament defeats global warming bill
via: news.yahoo.com SYDNEY – Australia’s plans for an emissions trading system to combat global warming were scuttled Wednesday in Parliament, handing a defeat to a government that had hoped to set an example at international climate change talks next week. The Senate, where Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s government does not hold a majority, rejected his [...]
3 Dec
At midnight last night, the United Kingdom ceased to be a sovereign state
via: telegraph.co.uk We woke up in a different country today. Alright, it doesn’t look very different. The trees still seem black against the winter sun; the motorways continue to jam inexplicably; commuters carry on avoiding eye contact. But Britain is no longer a sovereign nation. At midnight last night, we ceased to be an independent [...]
3 Dec
Smuggler: Iran Preparing for War with U.S.
via: cbsnews.com Man Pleads Guilty to Plotting to Ship Sensitive Military Technology to Iran; Says Leaders Expect War (AP) An Iranian man has pleaded guilty to plotting to ship sensitive military technology to Iran, and told an undercover investigator his country’s leaders think war is coming, court papers revealed Wednesday. The documents show that Amir [...]
3 Dec
Bloomington, Indiana Herald-Times Treats Law-Abiding Gun Owners like Registered Sex Offenders!
via: nraila.org On November 30, 2009, the Bloomington Herald-Times made the following announcement: “This week, HeraldTimesOnline.com will launch its new gun permit database. You’ll be able to search gun permit records by county, city or town and street.” The Herald-Times has begun receiving calls and emails, and their response is a defiant defense of their online gun [...]
3 Dec
Do Smoking Guns Cause Global Warming, Too?
via: humanevents.com Do Smoking Guns Cause Global Warming, Too? by Ann Coulter As we now know (and by “we” I mean “everyone with access to the Internet”), the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit (CRU) has just been caught ferociously manipulating the data about the Earth’s temperature. Recently leaked e-mails from the “scientists” at [...]
