Visitors to Chinese Blind Rights Lawyer Chen Guangcheng Disappear A group of Internet activists decided to visit the blind rights lawyer Chen Guangcheng on October 5th. But, none of them made it to their destination. At least nine were scattered, stopped or taken by Chinese officials.Henan-based Internet activist Li Shasha first came up with [...]
So Google and Verizon went public today with their “policy framework” — better known as the pact to end the Internet as we know it. News of this deal broke this week, sparking a public outcry that’s seen hundreds of thousands of Internet users calling on Google to live up to its “Don’t Be Evil” [...]
In a remarkable across-the-border gesture of support for the new International Cryptozoology Museum, the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club has donated $1500 US to assist with moving costs and the future success of the permanent exhibition. The BCSCC have just made the ICM relocation to downtown Portland, Maine, occur a little more effortlessly. A huge [...]
Up to two million march to US Capitol to protest against Obama’s spending in ‘tea-party’ demonstration By Mail Foreign Service Up to two million people marched to the U.S. Capitol today, carrying signs with slogans such as “Obamacare makes me sick” as they protested the president’s health care plan and what they say is out-of-control [...]
Fortean Ufology: Long Live the Old Guard, Long Live the New Flesh by Skylaire Alfvegren Many, many moons ago, in a dark and smoky bar deep in the wilds of Maryland, I toasted British phenomenalist/megalith expert John Michell with a fine, single malt scotch. Among the many things he impressed upon me was the idea [...]
Daniel McAdams, LewRockwell.com April 8, 2009 It makes for a great story-line – the kind the international media embrace with relish: thrusting young Moldovans grab their iPhones, rush to the town square, and Twitter their way to a revolution against a Communist Party that had just stolen an election. The story-line has been written with [...]
The Return of Aldous Huxley. By JEFFREY J. KRIPAL. Was that a peace-sign flag I saw waving in Grant Park before President-elect Barack Obama’s victory speech? Despite all the talk of Obama’s being next generation, 21st century, post everything, and of the divisive culture wars bred in the 60s finally being put to rest, on [...]
Evidence of a Global SuperOrganism. I am not the first, nor the only one, to believe a superorganism is emerging from the cloak of wires, radio waves, and electronic nodes wrapping the surface of our planet. No one can dispute the scale or reality of this vast connectivity. What’s uncertain is, what is it? Is [...]
University of Arizona using lasers on migrants, US spy dollars are a threat to human rights. By Brenda Norrell. TUCSON — In Tucson, a community known for its human rights organizations setting global standards, the University of Arizona has been co-opted by dollars to become spy central. The university is very proud of its new [...]
True Stories of Violation http://www.aclu.org/swfobject/mediaplayer.swf Using data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, the ACLU has determined that nearly 2/3 of the entire US population (197.4 million people) live within 100 miles of the US land and coastal borders. The government is assuming extraordinary powers to stop and search individuals within this zone. This is [...]