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...that at least 24.1% of the United States*, including most of most of Washington DC, is behind walls of unofficial, unaccountable censorship rather like the so-called Great Firewall of China? (*Verizon 8.8%, Comcast 15.3%) Update: In 2010, a federal appeals court ruled that this is ok. past editions
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- 2010-08-18 :more:talk: Please forgive me for the actions of extremists I have never met who commit acts of violence that I have never advocated § “As a white male Baptist, it is my duty today to denounce the violence perpetrated by Patrick Gray Sharp, 29, who yesterday attacked the police headquarters in McKinney, Texas, in a heavily armed but ineffectual assault involving a high-powered rifle, road flares, "gasoline and ammonium nitrate fertilizer."” more...
- 2010-08-13 :more:talk: What Obama Got Wrong About the Mosque § “Perhaps there is some form of Islam that could issue from this site that would be better, all things considered, than simply not building another mosque in the first place. But this leads me to a somewhat paradoxical conclusion: American Muslims should be absolutely free to build a mosque two blocks from ground zero; but the ones who should do it probably wouldn’t want to.” more...
- 2010-08-10 :more:talk: Bleachgate § An account of a forum interaction: the author tries to call attention to the known dangers of a particular "alternative" "therapy", and is essentially attacked. Although a moderator steps in and tries to calm things down, the author's forum topic attempting to address the general area of anti-skepsis is deleted. more...
- 2010-08-01 :more:talk: Julian Assange, monk of the online age who thrives on intellectual battle § “By last Wednesday, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan had branded Assange "irresponsible". And by Friday, the US defence secretary, Robert Gates, had accused him of "having blood on his hands". Their charge was that WikiLeaks has disclosed the names of Afghan collaborators who may now be subject to reprisals...” more...
- 2010-07-21 :more:talk: Google Tells FTC Enforcing “Hot News” Would Create a Hot Mess § “The draft document includes proposed changes to intellectual property laws to protect news entities from aggregators (such as Google News), a loosening of anti-trust laws to allow media outlets to collaborate on paywalls and other methods of charging for the news, as well as a proposal for government subsidization of the industry.” more...
- 2010-07-20 :more:talk: ABC News Airs Segment About North Carolina Atheist Billboard § “In a matter of days, there were two different segments on ABC about atheism. .. First, we had the horrible, embarrassing, people-should-be-fired-if-they-think-this-is-journalism piece on Nightline. .. And last night, Diane Sawyer discussed the "One Nation Indivisible" billboards in Asheville, North Carolina.” more...
- 2010-07-15 :more:talk: Don’t Fear the Right § “We regularly hear warnings about militias and tea parties, but for the most part, these people are not the enemy. Although Tea Party leadership has been largely taken over by Republicans of the Sarah Palin school, many of the rank-and-file are potential class allies. Even some of the local leaders are libertarians who oppose war and defend civil liberties.” more...
- 2010-07-13 :more:talk: Conservative media hype "not accurate" report to suggest Franken's election was "an illegal victory" § “Right-wing media have hyped Minnesota Majority's report as saying that it found illegal voting by felons may have led to Franken's victory over Coleman. However, the report does not make that claim nor does it mention Franken, Coleman, or the Senate election.” more...
- 2010-07-10 :more:talk: Anti-competition broadband bill killed again § “Good news: Senator Hoyle's anti-competition broadband bill is dead!” more...
- 2010-07-09 :more:talk: What proof of God would you need? § Jen asks “What kind of proof would it take to convince you that God really exists?”, and readers respond at length. more...
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