Category Archives: Freedom

South Dakota lawmaker: Let businesses ‘turn away people of color,’ later apologizes

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Thanos

I can just see the thought process here… “Darnit – with Trump in office I can’t tell anymore when I’m supposed to be wearing my ‘not a bigot’ facemask and when I’m not…” In a Facebook comment, state Rep. Michael … Continue reading →

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A Christian Nationalist Blitz – The New York Times

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Thanos

The hard right evangelicals who put Trump in power see a window of opportunity open across the country with so many legislatures in the hands of highly conservative GOP legislators. They are certainly going to use this window to sow … Continue reading →

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Appropriating Morality

Posted on May 13, 2018 by Thanos

Here is one of my favorite YouTube commentators, Theremin Trees,  regarding the tendency of religions to claim credit and co-opt works, ideas, and philosophies that originated outside of religion. Before either Christianity or Judaism existed practices and concepts such as Democracy, … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump Praises Saddam Hussein’s Approach to Terrorism — Again

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Thanos

While the GOP loves them some authoritarian dictators, I hope this Jack Bauer extra-judicial approach to terrorism doesn’t resonate with the public beyond the small circle of committed idiots that Trump has already cultivated. When he says things like this … Continue reading →

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Facebook Biometric Snooping Called Illegal By LISA KLEIN

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Thanos

Noteworthy news on the privacy front: By Lisa Klein, Courthouse News Service: Facebook violated its users’ privacy to acquire the largest privately held stash of biometric face-recognition data in the world, a class action claims in Chancery Court. Lead plaintiff … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Tells U.S.: The World’s Servers Are Not Yours for the Taking

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Thanos

Microsoft legal has a philosophy that local laws ought to apply to data — the only part that gets fuzzy under this approach is cloud data that is mirrored in multiple servers across multiple nations. This discussion and case is … Continue reading →

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The Cycle of Prosperity – it Starts with Family Planning

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Thanos

The Cycle of Prosperity – YouTube.

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Putin Decrements Our Peace Dividend: U.S. Ground Troops Being Deployed To Poland

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Thanos

If you were looking to the wind down of the Afghan war as creating a potential peace dividend, that’s now unlikely due to Putin’s nationalistic moves on the Ukraine. Poland and the United States will announce next week the deployment … Continue reading →

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Intelligence Gathering and the Unowned Internet – NSA, Berkman Center Panel Discussion

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Thanos

A good discussion on what’s right and what’s wrong with the current NSA rule sets and oversight. It starts dry but gets very interesting, please stick with it to the end. The long-term viability of an unowned, open Internet remains … Continue reading →

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Justice Department Fights Release of Secret Court Opinion Finding Unconstitutional Surveillance

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Thanos

Putting aside all the allegations of a massive all seeing prism eye in the sky program, this is where the real breakdown of our constitution occurs. It’s a couple of Senate Democrats on the intel committee and EFF vs. the … Continue reading →

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