January 2012
39 posts
Iranians have lost the right to surf the Web... →
The Iranian Cyber Police published new rules on Wednesday designed to allow officials to know exactly who is visiting what Web sites. Before they can log on, Iranians are required to provide their name, father’s name, address, telephone number and national ID, according to an Iranian media report cited by Radio Free Europe. Cafe owners will be required to install security cameras and to...
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“For the sake of a better understanding with the internationals, we have an...”
– The Taliban say they have reached a preliminary agreement to set up a political office, possibly in Qatar, as part of Western plans to end the war. In their statement, It said the Taliban movement “always tries to solve the issue or the problem with the opposite side through talks” and warned the...
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Dropped acid last night. Took it at 8:30pm, started feeling it at 9:30, smoked at 10 and by then I was tripping BALLS. It was an incredible experience. Time was fucked up. We did absolutely nothing for hours and hours throughout the night yet we were so happy and content in our own little world. Everywhere I looked I saw patterns of colors and the music that we listened to influenced the designs...
Young People More Likely To Favor Socialism Than... →
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
Young people — the collegiate and post-college crowd, who have served as the most visible face ofthe Occupy Wall Street movement — might be getting more comfortable with socialism. That’s the surprising result from a Pew Research Center poll that aims to measure American sentiments toward different political labels.
The poll, published Wednesday, found that while...
Obama signs police state legislation →
leftliberty:
President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law on New Year’s Eve. The bill provides a massive $662 billion for the US war machine and makes unprecedented inroads into democratic rights, authorizing the US military to seize individuals anywhere in the world and hold them in a military detention facility indefinitely, without a trial or any...
Shell Oil refuses to clean up Nigerian oil spill →
cultureofresistance:
paxamericana:
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Movement to Emancipate the Niger Delta (M.E.N.D.) to oil companies:
“It must be clear that the Nigerian government cannot protect your workers or assets. Leave our land while you can or die in it. Our aim is to totally destroy the capacity of the Nigerian government to export oil.”
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It is apparent which option Shell has chosen.
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“In the years leading up to the Great Crash, most employers forgot Henry Ford’s...”
– — Robert Reich
(via azspot) Oh, but everyone is fucking greedy.
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Synthetic Marijuana Use On The Rise Among U.S.... →
emerycatt:
cultureofresistance:
U.S. troops are increasingly using an easy-to-get herbal mix called “Spice,” which mimics a marijuana high, is hard to detect and can bring on hallucinations that last for days.
The abuse of the substance has so alarmed military officials that they’ve launched an aggressive testing program that this year has led to the investigation of more than 1,100...
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