Wikileaks Wikileaks List Price: 19.95 Price: 18.95 Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World’s Most Hazardous WebsiteFormer WikiLeaks Insider and Spokesman Daniel Domscheit-Berg Authors an Exposé of the “World’s Most Harmful Website” In … WikiLeaks and the Age of TransparencyThe United States government is diligentsome may say to the point of obsessionin defending [...] Read more »
Human Rights and Digital Freedom Groups Call for Release of Blogger
Today, EFF joined nine human rights and digital freedom organizations from around the world in sending a letter to the government of Vietnam calling for the release of blogger and human rights defender Pham Minh Hoang. Readers may remember Pham Minh H... Read more »
Scientist Working On Cocaine, Nicotine Vaccines
Whatever next – McDonald’s vaccine? Douglas Quenqua reports for the New York Times:
Read more »Imagine a vaccine against smoking: People trying to quit would light up a cigarette and feel nothing. Or a vaccine against cocaine, one that would prevent addicts from enjoying the drug’s high.
Though neither is imminent, both are on the drawing board, as are vaccines to combat other addictions. While scientists have historically focused their vaccination efforts on diseases like polio, smallpox and diphtheria — with great success — they are now at work on shots that could one day release people from the grip of substance abuse.
“We view this as an alternative or better way for some people,” said Dr. Kim D. Janda, a professor at the Scripps Research Institute who has made this his life’s work. “Just like with nicotine patches and the gum, all those things are just systems to get people off the drugs.”
Dr. Janda,…
Massive Expansion Of Arctic Ozone Hole
This chart shows the levels of ozone above the Arctic on 19 March 2010 (left) and 2011 (right), the latter showing about a 50% drop. Photograph: OMI/Aura/NASA
Scientists report that ozone holes of similar size have opened up above the Arctic and Antarctic for the first time. Report from Reuters via the Guardian:
Read more »A huge hole that appeared in the Earth’s protective ozone layer above the Arctic in 2011 was the largest recorded in the northern hemisphere, though the sudden appearance of the hole was not due to man-made causes, scientists said in a report on Monday.
The ozone layer high in the stratosphere acts like a giant shield against the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which can cause skin cancer and cataracts. Since the 1980s, scientists have charted the size of the ozone hole every summer above the Antarctic.
Some years, the holes have been so large that they covered the entire continent and…
Freedom of Expression Under Attack in Mexico: Social Network Users and Bloggers Face Violence, Political Backlash
Chilling Speech Through Violence Bloggers in the Mexican border town of Nuevo Laredo are being terrorized by the Los Zetas drug cartel, which is trying to silence citizens who speak out against drug-related violence. On the morning of September 24th, p... Read more »
Ron Paul criticizes Obama for US role in killing of Awlaki
Ron Paul criticizes Obama for US role in killing of Awlaki By Michael Muskal Ron Paul, the Texas congressman who is searching for the GOP presidential nomination, on Friday criticized the Obama administration's action in killing Anwar Awlaki, the American-born cleric who advocated jihad against the United States. … Read more on Los Angeles Times [...] Read more »
Brother of my Daughter’s boyfriend coming home from Afghanistan in a casket
Our phone just rang this evening with the terrible news of the death of a boy we love as one of our own. 21 years old and lost. He joined the army a little more than 2 years ago and had established himself as a airborne medic. He was very proud of h... Read more »
The Fall of Bilderberg: The People Strike Back
The Fall of Bilderberg: The People Strike Back 6-11-11 St. Moritz, Switzerland, High NOON. Peaceful Protest to the let the global power brokers know that the world is aware of their crimes against humanity. www.infowars.com www.prisonplanet.com As t... Read more »
‘X’ Now A Gender Option In Australian Passports
A forward-thinking move, as the gender-ambiguous can now classify themselves as ‘X’. Still no “android” or “monkey-man” passport options, though. Associated Press reports:
Read more »Australian passports will now have three gender options – male, female and indeterminate – under new guidelines to remove discrimination against transgender and intersex people, the government said Thursday. Intersex people, who are biologically not entirely male or female, will be able to list their gender on passports as “X.”
Previously, gender was a choice of only male or female, and people were not allowed to change their gender on their passport without having had a sex-change operation. The U.S. dropped the surgery prerequisite for transgender people’s passports last year.
Any country that complies with the International Civil Aviation Organization’s specifications for machine-readable passports can choose to introduce a gender “X.”
“‘X’ is really quite important because there are people who are indeed genetically ambiguous and were probably arbitrarily assigned as one…
Freedom of Expression Under Attack in Mexico: Social Network Users and Bloggers Face Violence, Political Backlash
Chilling Speech Through Violence Bloggers in the Mexican border town of Nuevo Laredo are being terrorized by the Los Zetas drug cartel, which is trying to silence citizens who speak out against drug-related violence. On the morning of September 24th, p... Read more »
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