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This is where items from the front page "Did You Know?" section are kept. Everything except the current piece is marked off as "noinclude". | This is where items from the front page "Did You Know?" section are kept. Everything except the current piece is marked off as "noinclude". | ||
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| + | ===My Lai=== | ||
'''Hugh Thompson, Jr.''', a helicopter pilot during the [[Vietnam War]] who is credited with stopping the [[My Lai Massacre]], was shunned for years by fellow soldiers, received death threats, and was once told by a congressman that he was the only American who should be punished over the massacre? {{wpref|Hugh Thompson, Jr.}} [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4589486.stm] | '''Hugh Thompson, Jr.''', a helicopter pilot during the [[Vietnam War]] who is credited with stopping the [[My Lai Massacre]], was shunned for years by fellow soldiers, received death threats, and was once told by a congressman that he was the only American who should be punished over the massacre? {{wpref|Hugh Thompson, Jr.}} [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4589486.stm] | ||
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| + | ''taken down 2009-11-19'' | ||
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| + | ===Great Corporate Firewall of America=== | ||
| + | ''posted 2009-11-19'' | ||
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| + | At least [http://www.isp-planet.com/research/rankings/usa.html 24.1% of the United States]* is behind walls of [[2009-11-18 How we discovered Verizon's Spamdetector could be twisted into a disguise for censorship|unofficial, unaccountable]] [http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0716-20.htm censorship] rather like the so-called [[wikipedia:Golden Shield Project|Great Firewall of China]]? (*[[Verizon]] 8.8%, [[Comcast]] 15.3%) | ||
Revision as of 18:40, 19 November 2009
Introduction
This is where items from the front page "Did You Know?" section are kept. Everything except the current piece is marked off as "noinclude".
Items
My Lai
Hugh Thompson, Jr., a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War who is credited with stopping the My Lai Massacre, was shunned for years by fellow soldiers, received death threats, and was once told by a congressman that he was the only American who should be punished over the massacre? [W] [1]
taken down 2009-11-19
Great Corporate Firewall of America
posted 2009-11-19
At least 24.1% of the United States* is behind walls of unofficial, unaccountable censorship rather like the so-called Great Firewall of China? (*Verizon 8.8%, Comcast 15.3%)