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Danny Schechter Dissects Wall Street Fraud: ‘Plunder: The Crime of Our Time’ | Disinformation“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men, they create for themselves in the course of time, a legal system that authorizes it, and a moral code that glorifies it.” – Political economist Frederic Bastiat, The Law (1850) “I used to think of Wall Street as a financial center. I now ...
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What can private corporations do to employees? Just about everything | View from the Cubicle | TechRepublic.com“Freedom of speech is protected by the First Amendment - but only where the government is concerned. What most Americans generally don’t know is that the Constitution doesn’t apply to private corporations at all.” Private corporations can fire someone for almost anything. Maltby related an ...
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CBS uncovers rare Jack Benny treasures, puts them back and tosses out the key Boing BoingWhen Jack Benny fans discovered that the CBS vaults contained some 25 original Jack Benny TV show episodes previously thought lost, they rejoiced. They approached the network for release of the public-domain footage, even offering to foot the bill for digital transfer and preservation. CBS ...
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Law Firm Suing China Hit By Cyber Attack -- InformationWeekLast week, Santa Barbara, Calif.-based CYBERsitter sued the People's Republic of China, the two Chinese software makers, and seven computer manufacturers for distributing Web filtering software known as Green Dam with allegedly stolen code. This week, the law firm representing the company said ...
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Full-body airport scanners on triaOne of the fundamental points to recognize is that the reduced resolution images that some have touted as a solution to the privacy issues is a display setting, not a scan setting. I can't help but ask the question... How long until these T-wave scanner outputs on full resolution start showing ...
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13What can private corporations do to employees? Just about everything | View from the Cubicle | TechRepublic.comOf course, the founders never dreamed MOST "private enterprises" would amass enough breadth and power to rival "government abuse" of most people's rights (after all, people could just go to work for someone else, start their own business, or "head for the frontier" ... options less and less, if ...JDP added 6 days ago
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13EPA aims to tighten Bush-era smog rules - Environment- msnbc.com"the oil industry called it a politicization of the scientific process". OOO, that's rich, considering the free polluting ride the oil industry has had for over a century AND its own "politicization" of science via sham, astro-turfing "think tanks" and lavish grants / subsidies to anyone ...JDP added 4 weeks ago
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13'Big is bad' catches on in Congress - Victoria McGrane - POLITICO.comGee, didn't John-boy during the election believe and say the economy was doing fine under the deregulationist agenda he helped pass? Maybe even dirty old dogs can learn new tricks / change their ways (if it can keep them in office ... or when they are no longer in the do anything to get elected ...JDP added 4 weeks ago
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13Britain to make taxpayers pay $1 billion to catch digital pirates? | DVICEAnother example of government subsidy / protection for the few (rich / corporate) at the expense of the many. Yet the LIE of "socialism" hurting business / "capitalism" goes on.JDP added 5 weeks ago
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13Leaked: Homeland Security's Post Underwear Bomb Airplane Rules - airplane security - GizmodoSince 9/11, I have maintained that the only "safe" way to fly (and what we may eventually come to) is to "fly naked". Oh, and of course, one must give up all civil liberties when in flight (shred the Constitution).JDP added 5 weeks ago
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