Voices of a People's History of the United States: Fantastic voice actors read the historic work of people who demanded justice from America (9)
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Howard Zinn's remarkable book, A People's History of the United States tells the underside of American history, the stories of everyday people who were on the losing side of America's prosperity and expansion, from the indigenous people and slaves to the conquered people, conscriptees and refugees. People who demanded, but did not receive, justice. A companion to this book is this CD, "Readings from Voices of a People's History of the United States" -- a ...
Obama's Cellphone Records Breached by Verizon Employees (9)
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Billing data for a cellphone account belonging to Barack Obama was "improperly breached" by Verizon employees, according to the president-elect's transition team. Obama's spokesperson says the phone was old and no longer in use. There is no indication that email records were accessed or voicemails or call contents monitored. Snip: Spokesman Robert Gibbs said the team was notified Wednesday by Verizon Wireless that it appears an employee improperly went through billing records for the phone, ...
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this is why the president cant have his own blackberry
Scott’s Knot’s Reflective Lanyards (2)
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Scott’s Knot’s offers a handful of different lanyards and zipper pulls woven from gutted paracord in an array of colors, including some with reflective cord within. Looped around a seat rail or tied into a bar end, the versions incorporating reflective thread add a bit of dangly-visibility to the bike. While by no means replacing proper reflectors or lighting, more reflective material is better. And what better reason to justify putting some hanging doo-dad on ...
Regulator to hear Bell Canada network throttling case (2)
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Bell Canada, the giant Canadian telco, is before the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission over its throttling practices, whereby it secretly corrupted the download sessions of its customers. The company also interfered with the connections initiated by its wholesale customers -- ISPs that leased lines from the giant and re-sold them to end-users. Bell said that it had to cripple everyone's connections, or the people who bought network access from its wholesale customers would get ...
Open Rights Group's busiest-ever year (1)
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Michael Holloway from the UK Open Rights Group sez, Today we're proud to release ORG’s annual Review of Activities. It’s been a bumper year for digital rights. From HMRC posting half the UK’s bank details to the Darknet, to the ongoing campaign against Phorm, to three strikes and the rightsholder lobby’s so-far thwarted attempt to take control of your internet connection, this year was the year digital rights went mainstream. Thanks to generous support from ...
Imprisoned China blogger, human rights activist Hu Jia receives Sakharov Prize (2)
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The imprisoned Chinese blogger and human rights activist Hu Jia today received the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, Europe’s most prestigious human rights prize. Snip from NYT article: The award was a pointed rebuke of China’s ruling Communist Party that came as European leaders were arriving in Beijing for a weekend summit meeting. Mr. Hu, 35, was given the prize by the European Parliament despite warnings from Beijing that his selection would harm relations ...
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Befolkningspartiet har samlat sin politik i nio punkter. Jimmy Nordin berättar om partiets huvudfrågor.
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Originally Posted by Cooper in Cooper's Circle What a wonderful campaign Macy's is doing this year! I just love it. It's called The Believe Meter, Macy's way of spreading the holiday spirit of love and charity. Since writing letters to Santa Claus is an age-old Christmas tradition for children all over the world, this year Macy’s is collecting these letters in a special Santa letterbox at all Macy’s stores. For each letter received, Macy’s will ...
Taxis = The Enemy? In Toronto... (1)
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Everyone, please try to be nice to each other out there, all right? This is just too harsh. * * * Taxi Driver Severs Cyclists' Leg in Violent Hit-and-Runby Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 11.17.08Last night in Toronto, a cyclist had a loud argument with a cab driver and the next thing residents heard was a sickening crunch and a man screaming for help- the cabbie rammed the cyclist against a pole and severed his leg. ...
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