July 2009
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iPhone Jailbreaking Could Crash Cellphone Towers,... →
Via: Threat Level
By David Kravets July 28, 2009 A jailbroken iPhone is a weapon of mass disruption, Apple claims.
The nation’s cellphone networks could suffer “potentially catastrophic” cyberattacks by iPhone-wielding hackers at home and abroad if iPhone owners are permitted to legally jailbreak their shiny wireless devices — that’s what Apple claims.
The Copyright Office is considering a...
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The Chinese Come Calling →
The Nation
by ROBERT SCHEER
July 29, 2009 What a hoot. The Chinese Communists invaded Washington on Monday demanding not that we sacrifice our freedoms but rather that we balance our budget. Creditors get to make that kind of call. And the Marxists of Beijing, who have turned out to be the world’s most prudent bankers, are worried about their assets invested in our banana republic.
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“One of the fundamental contrasts between free democratic societies and...”
– Professor Geoffrey de Q Walker, now dean of law at Queensland University in Australia.
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Artist: Francoise Hardy & Iggy Pop
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A Conversation On China With Thomas P.M. Barnett →
From Fondo Libre: Max Zeledon interviews Thomas Barnett
In a Fondo Libre interview, Thomas P.M. Barnett, a foreign policy consultant to U.S. leaders on national security issues discusses China, globalization, and why we shouldn’t fear a rising Chinese middle class. Barnett taught at the Naval War College, worked at the Department of Defense as the Assistant for Strategic Futures, and is now...
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Watchlindsaycampbell:
Flaming Lips cover Madonna’s, Borderline.
Grabbed this from Dani McIntyre’s NYC marathon site, runrundmc and it’s AMAZING.
In This Blind Alley
irannews:
by Ahmad Shamlou [written shortly after the 1979 Revolution]
They smell your mouth Lest you’ve told someone ‘I love you.’ They smell your heart These are strange times, my dear Love, they drag out under lampposts to thrash. Love must be hid in closets at home. In the cold of this blind alley They keep their fires ablaze burning our anthems and poems. Do not venture to think. These...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-7-26) →
Abdullah Ibrahim & Johnny Dyani (4)
Sparklehorse (3)
Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ‘66 (2)
Django Reinhardt (2)
Les triplettes de Belleville (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr…
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“The city’s richness cannot be gleaned from any critical distance, but needs a...”
– Matthew Stadler
from Where we live Now
A philosophy of exuberance
homeofthevain:
The reason why I refuse to take existentialism as just another French fashion, or historical curiosity, is that I think it has something very important to offer us. I’m afraid we’re losing the real virtues of living life passionately in the sense of taking responsibility for who you are, the ability to make something of yourself, and feel good about life. Existentialism is often...
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Watcherinspence:
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brettemariah:
Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland teaser trailer!!
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Will Economy Push Californians Back To Midwest?...
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Kerlikowske Finds Ideology →
retropolitics:
This is a major disappointment: Obama’s drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske hit the road this week to rail against the perils of pot: “Marijuana is dangerous and has no medicinal benefit,” he said at an appearance in Fresno, California. This is a striking departure from what Kerlikowske told me in an interview in May. Because of the restrictive terms the Vice President’s office imposed on...
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WatchAt The Montreux Jazz Festival - Quincy Jones introduces Wyclef’s performance of Voodoo Jazz, a great jazz piece.
July 24, 2009
Via: wyclef jean blog
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Don't Let Google Close the Book on Reader Privacy
From Electronic Freedom Foundation:
Google is poised to radically expand its book service, monitoring the digital books you search, the pages you read, how long you spend on various pages, and even what you write down in the margins. Google could then combine your reading habits with other information it has about you from other Google services, creating a massive “digital dossier”...
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The ESPN Porn Scam →
by Douglas Rushkoff
Porn has become our enemies’ ultimate control mechanism, turning a nation of late-night Internet horndogs into an unconscious army of cyberterrorists. Talk about sleeper cells.
Via: The Daily Beast
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My Daddy, the Jailbird by Elizabeth Gates →
In Thursday’s press conference, President Obama called the Cambridge Police Department “stupid” for arresting Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. Daughter Elizabeth Gates interviews her dad about what happened to him in jail, how this affects whites too, and why she shouldn’t give up on America yet.
Read entire blog post
Via: virtualista
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Skip's Racist Wakeup Call by Touré →
The arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, the country’s most important black academic, in his own home means America can forget all the post-racial nonsense, The Daily Beast’s Touré writes.
It could’ve happened to any black man. This sort of thing happens all the time. But this particular instance—legendary Harvard professor Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr., arrested on his own...
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tunnel facts - new site by activists against the... →
Attention Seattlites:
Seattle is about to replace it’s decrepit waterfront viaduct (it will fall down during next major earthquake) with a deep bore tunnel at the cost of $4.2 billion. The tunnel option was rejected by 70 percent of the voters in the 2007 referendum (Seattle politicians have a history of ignoring voters on transportation issues). http://www.tunnelfacts.com/
This site...
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