Sharmine Narwani: Is CNN Pushing False Information to Public?

High-Tech Trickery in Homs? by Sharmine Narwani VeteransToday, 16 February 2012 What was surely meant to be a clever display of media-friendly visuals to illustrate Syrian regime violence in Homs, has instead raised more questions than answers. US State Department satellite images of the embattled city were posted on Facebook last Friday by US Ambassador …

Eagle: 300 Million Citizens – 100 Million Qualify for Poverty Phone?

Mixed feelings. Great idea — one that has been recommended for the five billion poor everywhere else in the world. Troubling:  out of 300 million citizens, 100 million qualify for this specific form of poverty assistance? Obama Phone: Gov to Spend $2.4 Billion On Millions of Free Phones In 2012 Mac Slavo SHTFplan.com, February 9th, …

Berto Jongman: Kurzweil Blog – Bypass the Internet!

Bypass the Internet! Amara D. Angelica Kurzweil Blog, January 30, 2012 I’m sick of hearing about how we need to cave into repressive governments and throttle back Google, Twitter, Facebook, and other information services and accept Web censorship and limits on free expression. Get the hell off my cloud. “If a full-surveillance world prevents us …

Josh Kilbourn: DHS to Twitter – What You Write Can and Will Be Used Against You….

Twitter Users Beware: Homeland Security Isn’t Laughing Two British tourists were detained after tweeting a joke about Marilyn Monroe. Is Homeland Security monitoring social media too closely? Mathew Ingram Bloomberg/Businessweek, 30 January 2012 Planning to make a joke on Twitter about bombing something? You might want to reconsider: According to a report from Britain, two …