With this win, Sawyer, of Mississauga, Ont., becomes one of just seven writers – and the only Canadian – to have won all three of the top science fiction awards for novel of the year. Other authors with the hat trick are David Brin, Arthur C. Clarke, Joe Haldeman, Frederik Pohl, Kim Stanley Robinson and […]
FBI plans new Net-tapping Legislation Push
This was just “dugg” today…. We have to raise hell about this before they can slip it through! The FBI has drafted sweeping legislation that would require Internet service providers to create wiretapping hubs for police surveillance and force makers of networking gear to build in backdoors for eavesdropping, CNET News.com has learned. read more | digg […]
Fascist Goon Squads Go Mainstream
Glenn Greenwald, author of How Would A Patriot Act?, discusses the teetering stance we in America have as we dance on the top of a pivot point of unfathomable importance between liberty and oppression in a recent post The thug and intimidation tactics of the Far Right go mainstream. I’ve been beating this drum for […]
Cindy Sheehan Uses Jedi Mind Tricks on Conservative MSNBC Reporter (VIDEO)
Cindy is a remarkably calm and articulate woman. Even when facing one of those “leftist” talking heads. A digg.com entrry phrases it this way: “It is amazing how Cindy Sheehan maintains her composure, position and intelligence in this interview with an obviously conservative lapdog reporter on the dark side. The reporter really just ends up […]
2 American Officials Apologize for Crime Against Iraqi People
This from the NYT via a digg entry: “The United States ambassador and the top American military commander here together issued an unusual apology on Thursday for the rape and murder of a young Iraqi woman and the killing of her family, saying that the crime, in which at least four soldiers are suspects, had […]
The Ghost of Vice President Wallace Speaks to American Fascism (Are We Training a Fascist Army?)
This 2004 Common Dreams article by Thom Harmann deserves a re-read as more people in 2006 are catching on to what he knew in 2004. I do recommend reading the entire piece, follow the link above, and review what the Republican Party is NOW about and has been about for the last few years. Fascism […]