Archive for November, 2008
Online Search Warrants
Yesterday the German parliament voted for a new law that gives the German Federal Police more rights to attack the privacy of their citizens. Of course the German parliament doesn’t see this as an attack, but if you’re infringing people’s privacy as an excuse against the so called “War or Terror”, then it’s not hard to assume that this law belongs to the long list of bullshit-laws started after the 9/11 attacks.
Lieberman Must Go Once and for All
Today, I received this email with a message that should be spread around!
Dear Friends, Colleagues and Supporters,
Joe Lieberman has launched consistent, deeply partisan attacks on President-elect Barack Obama, questioning his patriotism and fitness to lead. While Lieberman campaigned for John McCain and spoke on his behalf at the Republican National Convention, he spread some of the GOP’s nastiest smears.
Australian ISP content filtering trials on the way
THE federal Government has released details of its long-awaited call for expressions of interest on live internet-service-provider content filtering trials.
The Government is asking all ISPs to participate, as their feedback is important.
Chinese hack into White House network
Chinese hackers have penetrated the White House computer network on multiple occasions, and obtained e-mails between government officials, a senior US official told the Financial Times.
John Davison Rockefeller
The Rockefellers are one of the most influential families in America, going back all the way to the year 1839 when John Davison Rockefeller was born in Richford, NY. As a youngster he bought candy by the pound, divided it into small portions and sold it with a small profit to his brothers and sisters. After completing his high school, at age 16, he started working as a bookkeeper for Hewitt & Tuttle, a commission house in Cleveland. He liked the business, but was dissatisfied with his wages. So in 1858 he and his business partner, Maurice Clark, decided to start up their own commission house. The business went very well, especially during the civil war when the price of commodities rose.
