January 31, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
31 January :: Human Rights Watch, in its annual report, criticizes leading democracies, namely US and EU nations, for backing “sham democracies” for the sake of political or strategic expediency; HRW reports “Such divorcing of democracy from the international standards that give it meaning helps to convince autocrats that mere elections, regardless of the circumstances, […]
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January 30, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
30 January :: US envoy to Kenya, visiting to evaluate tribal violence spreading across east African nation, says “clear ethnic cleansing” taking place in efforts to purge certain areas of Kikuyu tribe members, loyal to fellow Kikuyu, Pres. Mwai Kibaki, accused by opposition of rigging December elections… CSM reports on observers’ feeling that violence in […]
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January 28, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
28 January :: Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) to announce support for candidacy of Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL); sources tell press Sen. Kennedy will make announcement alongside niece, Caroline Kennedy, youngest daughter of assassinated pres. John F. Kennedy, who wrote in Sunday NY TImes that Obama has the capacity to inspire people the way her father […]
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January 27, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
27 January :: Tribal violence, spurred by Kenya’s disputed election, continues to spread, with 50 dead in recent clashes; VoA reports “Local media report that people have been hacked with machetes, shot with bows and arrows and burned to death in their homes. Shooting in Naivasha continued late Sunday despite the arrival of soldiers and […]
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January 26, 2008 :: admin :: One Comment
Radio Frequency ID chips (RFID) are an increasingly popular technology for commercial and security application. They are used to provide information to those who need to check the provenance of an object or the identity of a person or that person’s belongings. “Supply chain efficiency” is the great cause they take on, but their real […]
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January 25, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
IN PART, USER PRIVACY WILL HAVE TO BECOME PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTHER TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS
The potential for broad-scope “electronic agents” —preprogrammed service aggregators and self-organizing databases with proactive marketing capability—, aiding in everyday information-related activities, will require a new security standard to prevent identity theft, which could become one of the gravest threats to economic performance […]
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January 24, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
The potential for broad-scope “electronic agents” —preprogrammed service aggregators and self-organizing databases with proactive marketing capability—, aiding in everyday information-related activities, will require a new security standard to prevent identity theft, which could become one of the gravest threats to economic performance and individual liberty.
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January 23, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
“President George W. Bush and seven of his administration’s top officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, made at least 935 false statements in the two years following September 11, 2001, about the national security threat posed by Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. Nearly five years after the […]
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January 23, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
23 January :: DR Congo death toll since 1998 now stands at 5.6 million, with 45,000 still dying each month in 10-year ongoing civil war; Democracy Now! reports that “Amidst the deadliest conflict since World War II, hundreds of international corporations have reaped enormous profits from extracting and processing Congolese minerals”, speculation has long weighed […]
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January 22, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
22 January :: British agribusiness report suggests steep rise in food prices to continue over prolonged period; environmental degradation, water scarcity and climbing fuel prices will contribute to short supply, higher cost of production… Panic selling and steep Asian drop, for second day running, have caused massive losses in stocks across the world, as fears […]
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January 21, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
21 January :: Lights out in Gaza City, as Palestinian authorities there are forced to shut down two turbines at Gaza power plant, due to Israel cutting off fuel supplies and other imports into Gaza Strip; officials there have said hospitals and emergency services will also be affected by the blackout; Israel says its effort […]
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January 20, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
20 January :: Electronic voting machines in Horry County, South Carolina, have reportedly failed in 100% of its precincts, creating the real possibility that South Carolina’s Republican primary vote cannot be confirmed by any official means; with the machines used already known to be vulnerable to hacking and malfunction, “Late in the week poll workers […]
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January 18, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
18 January :: LA Times quotes unnamed CIA operative as saying US concurs with Pakistan on Bhutto killer; the official is quoted as saying “There are strong indications that Baitullah Mahsud was behind the Bhutto assassination”, adding “There is certainly no reason to doubt that Mahsud was behind this”, though Mahsud has publicly denied involvement, […]
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January 17, 2008 :: J.E. Robertson :: No Comment Yet
A low mumbling of congestion, cars, buses, bikes and jeepneys harmonize with pedestrians in urban chorus. Negotiating its way through a mixture of cooking smoke and tropical urban air, the salt of the seas soak clothes and voices alike. Sounds hover through the air under a pungent midday sun that shines over this country of more than 7,000 islands. Tempering brisk spirits and making strangers into instant friends, a humid atmosphere makes for willing faces, as a signature of Manila, the Philippines’ capital city.
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January 14, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
14 January :: Israel, Palestinians have opened most extensive peace negotiations in more than 7 years, after US pres. Bush toured region in effort to accelerate talks; Reuters reports: “Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said she would keep details of her talks with former Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie confidential, but later told parliament she […]
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January 13, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
13 January :: IHT reports from Beijing “Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India will arrive in Beijing on Sunday for a three-day visit to China, with each country eager to increase bilateral trade, promote mutual friendship and offer reassurances that Asia is big enough to accommodate the ambitions of both rising powers”; the two nations […]
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January 10, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
Across the United States, problems are being discovered with what are supposed to be the state of the art in balloting technology: digital touchscreen voting machines. Security questions were raised initially when the machines were widely distributed, by a handful of companies, with no hard-copy record of voters’ intent, which led to a nationwide movement […]
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January 10, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
Across the United States, problems are being discovered with what are supposed to be the state of the art in balloting technology: digital touchscreen voting machines. Security questions were raised initially when the machines were widely distributed, by a handful of companies, with no hard-copy record of voters’ intent, which led to a nationwide movement […]
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January 10, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
10 January :: Suicide bomber strikes Lahore, Pakistan, killing at least 23 riot police and injuring dozens of other people, raising fears that political crisis in troubled nuclear state could result in prolonged campaign of violence… Concerns about integrity of US election process spread as more states take action to bar use of touchscreen voting […]
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January 9, 2008 :: staff :: No Comment Yet
Sibel Edmonds was a translator at the FBI when she overheard, in taped wiretaps, conversations that involved US officials at high levels organizing and taking bribes in exchange for dealing nuclear secrets to the black market. The Sunday Times, a London-based Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper, has now broken the story, after years of Edmonds being turned away by the US press, due to an unprecedented “state secrets privilege” gag order. The world press is taking note, while US media outlets continue to keep quiet or not investigate.
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January 9, 2008 :: admin :: One Comment
AT&T is proposing the implementation of new filtering technologies “at the network level” that would essentially interrupt in a definitive way the public’s freedom to access online content. The concept known as ‘net neutrality’ refers to consumers and netizens’ ability to freely gain access to any site, paid or unpaid, without major telecommunications companies programming […]
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January 9, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
9 January :: Pope Benedict XVI plans to implement a global network of “specialist exorcism squads”, with a team in every diocese around the world to combat Satan; a Vatican spokesman told the press “Too many bishops are not taking this seriously and are not delegating their priests in the fight against the Devil. You […]
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January 9, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
PLANNED FILTERING WOULD END OPEN INTERNET AS IT HAS EXISTED UNTIL NOW, REPLACING IT WITH STRATIFIED, PREMIUM-BRAND CONTROLLED CONTENT FORMAT
AT&T is proposing the implementation of new filtering technologies “at the network level” that would essentially interrupt in a definitive way the public’s freedom to access online content. The concept known as ‘net neutrality’ refers to […]
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January 9, 2008 :: admin :: One Comment
Sen. Hillary Clinton declared winner by some news organizations in NH, with 39% of vote while less than 70% of precincts were reporting, CNN waited until Obama campaign said he would speak ahead of Clinton, called NH for Clinton while she led Obama 39% to 36%, with 80% reporting…
McCain declared winner early, with significant […]
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January 8, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
8 January :: Son of Benazir Bhutto calls for UN-led investigative commission to determine responsibility for his mother’s assassination, saying Pakistan gov’t lacks “transparency” required to conduct an effective and credible investigation… New Jersey’s state legislature has officially apologized for practicing slavery, the first state north of the Mason-Dixon line to do so, though it […]
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January 7, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
7 January :: US, Iranian ships nearly engage in hostile conflict in Strait of Hormuz; ABC News reports “Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Monday that a confrontation between Iranian boats and U.S. Navy ships in the Persian Gulf over the weekend was “something normal” and was resolved. It suggested the Iranian boats had not recognized the […]
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January 7, 2008 :: jr3o :: No Comment Yet
While speculation is widespread that the purpose of the Oklahoma meetings, involving 17 former and current politicians and public servants, is to announce the candidacy of New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, an independent, for the presidency, the groups says it only wants to lay out a series of principles of bipartisanship in government, which they hope presidential candidates will adopt. The mass media rumor mill is suggesting the group will propose Bloomberg as an independent candidate for the presidency, with fmr. Democratic senator Sam Nunn as his running mate.
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January 6, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
6 January :: Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga rejects Pres. Kibaki’s offer for a power-sharing gov’t, saying Kibaki’s authority is nullified by alleged efforts to rig the December vote… Latest polling shows Obama, McCain pulling ahead of rivals in New Hampshire, apparently bolstered by weekend debates; Clinton, Romney campaigns struggling to keep positive outlook on […]
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January 5, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
5 January :: WSJ reporting “After a week of political stalemate and bloodshed, Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki said Saturday that he was prepared to form a government of national unity with the opposition, easing tensions between the two side and potentially setting the stage for negotiations to end violence that has so far killed at […]
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January 4, 2008 :: J.E. Robertson :: No Comment Yet
MEDITACIONES DE UN POETA NORTEAMERICANO SOBRE EL SURREALISTA TRANSNACIONAL, UN DOMINGO DE DICIEMBRE EN BARCELONA
La exposición comienza con un texto que sitúa la obra de Tanguy en “una especie de matriz original donde mar y madre son una misma cosa”, y al entrar nos encontramos de manera chocante con todo lo opuesto: los juegos de […]
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January 4, 2008 :: admin :: One Comment
Barack Obama takes 38% of Democratic caucus-goers, John Edwards in 2nd at 30%, Hillary Clinton in 3rd at 29%, while Mike Huckabee won the Republican caucuses with 34%, Mitt Romney in 2nd at 25%; Fred Thompson and John McCain were separated at one point by fewer than 40 votes in contest for GOP 3rd place, […]
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January 4, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
3 January :: Obama leads Dems in Iowa caucuses 38% to 30%, 29% for Edwards, Clinton respectively; Huckabee overtakes Romney 34% to 25%, with McCain, Thompson around 13% each; long-time frontrunners have been overtaken by candidates with fresh pitch, passionate “ground” organizations… Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamanei has said he would favor reestablishing ties with […]
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January 3, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
UNIQUE SYSTEM BRINGS MUCH DIRECT CANDIDATE-VOTER INTERACTION, DESPITE INDIRECT MEASURE OF VOTER PREFERENCE
Often treated by mass media reporting as an “idiosyncratic” or “archaic” process, the Iowa caucuses are voters’ first opportunity to weigh the value of the spectrum of candidates running for the office of the presidency. A caucus is not a vote, as […]
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January 2, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
Sentido.tv :: 2008 will be a year in which the integrity of election processes, the quality and resilience of cultivated soils, the availability of credit to consumers, the affordability of homes and rentals, and access to affordable vital staples like food and water, as well as the cost of transportation, will affect economies the world […]
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January 2, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
2 January :: Crude oil prices hit record $100, before falling to $99, amid claims of high demand, violence in oil producing countries, driving prices higher; the rapidly weakening dollar is also considered to be a factor in the rising prices… US Justice Dept. launches criminal probe of CIA destruction of hundreds of hours of […]
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January 1, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
1 January 2008 :: Le Monde has acquired a document that outlines irregularities recorded by observers of the Kenyan presidential poll, appearing to demonstrate fraud amounting to the altering of millions of votes: according to Le Monde, the report shows that opposition leader Raila Odinga led by as much as one million votes, a lead […]
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