Politics
Danger And Absurdity Of The Tsa No Fly List
John Gilmore points out how to have fun with bomb scanners by using hand lotion with Glycerine, or at least points out how easily such expensive equipment can be rendered useless. If equipment has any …
Is The Price Right For Your Freedom
How do you measure a cost-benefit for the new security measures or of your liberty? It is hard to even come up with a causal link from the “increased” security measures (ask me about the …
Hussein Can Hide Wmd But Not His Money
William Raspberry from the Washington post asks a great question: “Why would Hussein, facing annihilation, take the bother to hide his chemical and biological weapons so carefully that we still …
Mci To Build New Gsm Network In Iraq
MCI gets $500 million to build a new GSM network in Iraq. There are a couple of interesting aspects to this: a. The sensible GSM network was chosen amid staunch lobbying by Qualcomm junkies to build …
Quot Politicians Lie New Study Shows Quot-
quot- Well, we definitely agree on the point, �Politicians need to be more honest about lying� Perhaps they should go for more of the honest and less on the lying at the same time. Politicians lie, …
Another Ill Conceived Set Of Tax Refunds
1. Companies fraudulently overstate earnings 2. Companies pay tax on those fake earnings 3. Companies get caught, restate earnings 4. Companies want refunds of taxes paid on those earnings 5. …
Quot If You Want To Win An Election Just Control The Voting Machines Quot-
quot- A couple more sites working against all-electronic voting machines: https://www.blackboxvoting.com/ https://www.ecotalk.org/VotingSecurity.htm Also, an article discussing a situation that, if …
Acm Testimony To Congress Against Dmca'S Chilling Effect
USACM co-chair Barbara Simons spoke out against sections of the DMCA during recent Congressional review of the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provisions. ACM MemberNet You can also read the …
Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act
Voter Verification Newsletter – Vol 1, Number 3 “Federal Legislation Introduced! Rep. Rush Holt of New Jersey has introduced a bill requiring a voter-verifiable paper trail. …
Logic Error In Texas Dps Record Destruction Quot Rationale Quot-
quot- Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall “The DPS [Department of Public Safety] appears to have violated Texas state law by destroying the records. To justify this, they point to a …