Voters face “nasty shock” if government economic policy succeeds
From: Gianni Tedesco To: Hugh Pym, Chief economics correspondent, BBC News Cc: newsonline.world at bbc Subject: re: Will the coalition deliver on the economy? Date: 19/08/10...
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View ArticleA few notes on wikileaks
Much has been made of the exposures of wikileaks. It should also be noted that out of all of their exposures relating to the Afghan and Iraqi adventures, no new significant criminal activities have...
View ArticleTwo firesheep denial-of-service attacks
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View ArticleWho can possibly know the risks of legal highs?
After watching the misinformational BBC show “how [intoxicating and illegal] drugs work” I was inspired to post a (one way) correspondence with the Guardian/Observer newspaper after they published the...
View ArticleWhy does the US so often back the bad guys?
To: Mark Mardell CC: BBC News on-line. world desk Hi, I enjoyed reading your recent article which asked “Why is it that the United States .. has so often found itself backing the bad guys?” The answer...
View ArticleWe can’t sit idly by (and watch TV)
What are we supposed to do? Sit idly by and watch while evil happens in the world? When we are the only ones in the world to have been blessed with the unique gift of military might? Well no, when we...
View ArticleCommitment and Civil Disobedience
As long as our citizens and rebels perform protests limited to a day or two of non-violence and minor property damage, they will remain dilettantes in revolution, and tourists in their own land. As...
View ArticleAll your metaphors about computers are wrong
With the release of the raspberry pi, a lot of words have been flying around the information super high tubes about why getting children to learn to program computers is so important. BBC’s click...
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