Dolphin: One More Veil Lifted on the Muslim Attack Film

Media for Christ and Steve Klein, a California insurance salesman — but where did he get the money? Players behind anti-Muslim film that incited protests in Mideast linked by anger toward Islam EXTRACTS: “I’d say this was the most unprofessional professional film I’ve worked on,” said Moers, who estimated the cost of production at $100,000. …

Mini-Me: Earthquakes, East Coast, Fukushima Redux + Meta-RECAP

Huh? In Japan during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami? Radiation exposure estimates now available The Pentagon says that none of the nearly 70,000 members of the DoD-affiliated population (service members, DoD civilian employees and contractors, and family members of service members and civilian employees) who were on or near the mainland of Japan between March …

Richard Stallman: Free Software Supporter (Newsletter)

Free Software Supporter Issue 52, July 2012 Welcome to the Free Software Supporter, the Free Software Foundation’s monthly news digest and action update — being read by you and 59,294 other activists. That’s 1,101 more than last month! Encourage your friends to subscribe and help us build an audience by adding our subscriber widget to …

Richard Stallman: Free Software Newsletter Issue 31 June 2012

Free Software Supporter Issue 51, June 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS URGENT: Kill ACTA Stop software patents in Europe Two job openings on the FSF campaigns team FSF recommendations for free operating system distributions considering Secure Boot GNU GPLv3 turns 5 Dear Microsoft: fsf.org is not a “gambling site” FSF’s new operations assistant Emacs Reference mugs …

Chuck Spinney: Progressives Argue Over Defeating Obama – a Conversation on Email

Most of my liberal friends reluctantly support President Obama’s re-election, because the alternative is so much worse.  Invariably, they invoke the effects of a Romney presidency on judicial appointments, especially those to the Supreme Court (ironically, Obama’s two appointees just voted with the majority to decline to hear the Guantanamo case, if effect, putting another …

Penguin: DEAR AMERICA You Should Be Mad As Hell About This [CHARTS]

DEAR AMERICA: You Should Be Mad As Hell About This [CHARTS] In November, Americans will have a chance to speak their minds. And there’s one thing everyone should agree on: America just isn’t working right now. It’s not just Americans who aren’t working. It’s America itself, a country whose economy once worked for almost everyone, …