Wimmin on bicycles N222
Posted on June 2nd, 2011 by James Higham
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Common Purpose dishonesty
Posted on June 2nd, 2011 by James Higham
The logo looks not unlike a spider’s web Some days back, there was a tweet from me: CommonPurpose: 1-3pm about removing barriers to community action – http://bit.ly/lJZURt <–exactly why CP is so dangerous … and a response from John M. Ward [former councillor from Medway, Kent]: I am keeping an eye on them locally as [...]
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Not to worry
Posted on June 2nd, 2011 by Chuckles
Ocean’s closeby:
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Climate loonery – delusional doesn’t even describe it
Posted on June 2nd, 2011 by Chuckles
Oxfam: Other speakers at the Festival for the Planet included ex-MP Nandor Tanzcos, NASA climatologist James Hansen and ex-NIWA head Jim Salinger, with performances from King Kapisi and Emma Paki. Loved the last comment – ‘Two solutions which should be implemented quickly are: a) making speculation in foodstuffs illegal and b) nationalising agricultural land so [...]
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Macbook, iSight and thieves
Posted on June 2nd, 2011 by James Higham
Courtesy Jailhouse Lawyer, this story of a thief caught in a surprising way: On March 21, 2011, my MacBook was stolen from my apartment in Oakland, CA. I reported the crime to the police and even told them where it was, but they couldn’t help me due to lack of resources. Meanwhile, I’m using the [...]
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Syria
Posted on June 1st, 2011 by James Higham
Please take a moment, if you haven’t already done so, to check out the story about the boy tortured to death by government officials. “If you get mistakenly arrested by the mukhabarat, it doesn’t matter how important you are,” a Syrian journalist says. “It’ll take about three days for news of your arrest to get [...]
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The Epicurean Dilemma 3
Posted on June 1st, 2011 by James Higham
In which a humble blogger attempts to address points made in the comments thread of Part 1 and Part 2, which themselves followed on from the original post by AK Haart. The catalyst for this current post was:
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Democracy
Posted on June 1st, 2011 by James Higham
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Wimmin on bicycles N221
Posted on June 1st, 2011 by James Higham
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Referism
Posted on June 1st, 2011 by James Higham
See what you think of this first. The summary is that if the government must refer to the taxpayer once a year for approval of the budget, that is a major gain for democracy and all sorts of things will flow, e.g. getting out of the EU [if that is the will of the people]. [...]
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Phantom – secure internet?
Posted on June 1st, 2011 by Chuckles
What do you think? The Phantom protocol is a system for decentralized anonymization of generic network traffic. It has been designed with the following main goals in mind: 1. Completely decentralized. – No critical or weak points to attack or put (il)legal pressure on. 2. Maximum resistance against all kinds of DoS attacks. – Direct [...]
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