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Hacktivism
Author: BobR Date: 2011-06-01 10:13:42

Hacktivism:
(a portmanteau of hack and activism) is "the nonviolent use of illegal or legally ambiguous digital tools in pursuit of political ends. These tools include web site defacements, redirects, denial-of-service attacks, information theft, web site parodies, virtual sit-ins, virtual sabotage, and software development."
-- From SensAgent

At the risk of sounding like a luddite, let me reminisce about the good old days. People used to buy newspapers and read them for their news (which supported jobs like reporters and fact-checkers). People used to actually talk to each other face-to-face, or occasionally on the phone. And when a political statement needed to be made, people showed up in droves with hand-made signs and protested... and they didn't expend more energy recording it on their phones to post online than they did actually participating.
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62 comments (Latest Comment: 06/02/2011 03:45:34 by Raine)

Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec Date: 05/31/2011 10:29:27

Good Morning.

Today is our 2,995th day in Iraq, and our 3,511th day in Afghanistan.

We'll start this morning as we always do; with the latest casualty figures from our ongoing wars, courtesy of Antiwar.com:

American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 4454 3511
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 4313
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3595
Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 226
Since Operation New Dawn: 36

Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 318
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,598
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 891
Contractor Employee Deaths - Iraq: 1,487
Journalists - Iraq: 348
Academics Killed - Iraq: 448

We find this morning's cost of war passing through:

$ 1, 202, 126, 250, 000. 00

Well, it was all over the news yesterday. Perhaps that preacher in California just missed the date, because if the KKK counter-protesting Westboro Baptist isn't one of the signs of the Apocalypse....I don't know what is.
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Author: Raine Date: 05/30/2011 13:01:09

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1 comments (Latest Comment: 05/30/2011 16:04:42 by livingonli)

Go at it
Author: velveeta jones Date: 05/29/2011 12:46:08

Open Blog today whilst I deal with some drama.
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2 comments (Latest Comment: 05/29/2011 23:46:36 by TriSec)

Got Gas?
Author: TriSec Date: 05/28/2011 10:35:50

Good Morning!

I've got to buy gas today. Thankfully, the price has dropped by about 15 cents and is back down under $4/gallon in these parts. But was it the market, or the oil companies?

I've got a pet theory about that. Think back a while. Do you remember $3 gas? how about $2 or even $1?
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3 comments (Latest Comment: 05/28/2011 16:21:50 by trojanrabbit)

Friday, Finally.
Author: Raine Date: 05/27/2011 12:40:06

It's been a personally challenging week and thankfully, it's Friday on a holiday weekend!

So, in light of that, let's just have a free and easy blog.

Have a wonderful weekend.

and

Raine
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54 comments (Latest Comment: 05/28/2011 03:57:20 by Will in Chicago)

Bad Manners
Author: BobR Date: 2011-05-26 10:30:46

Sometimes it seems that the only behavior more crass than TV sitcoms is that of our elected officials. Discussions of policy and plans for our nations future start of with vague generalities and end up with pointed insults and namecalling of opponents. The saying goes that "patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel"; it seems that too often our elected officials prove that to be true. Sometimes, they leave out the patriotism part altogether.
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36 comments (Latest Comment: 05/27/2011 02:22:52 by Raine)

Is the messsage recieved?
Author: Raine Date: 05/25/2011 12:45:34

Yesterday, the Dems won a seat in the House of Representatives, NY-26. It was the seat vacated by Representative Chris Lee, also known as the shirtless Craigslist guy. It should be noted that this is a heavily Republican-leaning district and has only had 3 or 4 Democrats representing it since the 1870s

Is this a referendum on the Paul Ryan Medicare plan?

With 75% of precincts reporting, Democrat Kathy Hochul was leading Republican Jane Corwin 48% to 42%, with the tea party candidate Jack Davis getting 8%, and news outlets were calling the race for the Democrat.

Most analysts say so.Many people believe that this is backlash. People LIKE Medicare regardless of political affiliation Just don't tell the GOP that.

"This race is about the fact that it's a three-way race," Cantor told reporters. "I do not think it can be seen as a signal as to the role of the budget reforms that we have proposed, including Medicare."

Republicans could take some solace from the fact that it was a three-way race, making it a more ambiguous indicator than a pure head-to-head contest.

But it couldn’t be anything other than unsettling for Republicans to lose what had been a GOP seat since Jack Kemp held it in the 1970s.

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45 comments (Latest Comment: 05/25/2011 19:56:22 by TriSec)

Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec Date: 05/24/2011 10:37:12

Good Morning.

Today is our 2,988th day in Iraq, and our 3,504th day in Afghanistan.

We'll start this morning as we always do; with the latest casualty figures from our ongoing wars, courtesy of Antiwar.com:

American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 4454
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03) 4313
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3595
Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 226
Since Operation New Dawn: 36

Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 318
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,582
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 887
Contractor Employee Deaths - Iraq: 1,487
Journalists - Iraq: 348
Academics Killed - Iraq: 448

We find this morning's Cost of War passing through:

$ 1, 198, 818, 250, 000 .00
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40 comments (Latest Comment: 05/24/2011 20:58:30 by livingonli)

Environmental Wrap-up
Author: BobR Date: 05/23/2011 12:44:27

The environment is one of those issues near and dear to our hearts here at Four Freedoms Blog, and with several environment-related news stories all breaking this morning, I thought I would give a quick look-see at them, starting with the most distressing...
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37 comments (Latest Comment: 05/24/2011 03:15:42 by Raine)

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Hacktivism Author: BobR Date: 2011-06-01 10:13:42

Ask a Vet Author: TriSec Date: 05/31/2011 10:29:27

... Author: Raine Date: 05/30/2011 13:01:09

Go at it Author: velveeta jones Date: 05/29/2011 12:46:08

Got Gas? Author: TriSec Date: 05/28/2011 10:35:50

Friday, Finally. Author: Raine Date: 05/27/2011 12:40:06

Bad Manners Author: BobR Date: 2011-05-26 10:30:46

Is the messsage recieved? Author: Raine Date: 05/25/2011 12:45:34

Ask a Vet Author: TriSec Date: 05/24/2011 10:37:12

Environmental Wrap-up Author: BobR Date: 05/23/2011 12:44:27