With the DOJ taking down the file sharing site megaupload yesterday, we are now exposed to another problem of such actions. This involves the law abiding citizens that use that service.For example, here’s a video from a bunch of big name artists that explained what Megaupload was and why they used it: Not only that, […]
Wow South Carolina is really ahead of the curve on fighting terrorism. I expect Osama is already packing up shop: Terrorists who want to overthrow the United States government must now register with South Carolina’s Secretary of State and declare their intentions — or face a $25,000 fine and up to 10 years in prison. […]
Image via Wikipedia Last month the White House, under the direct instructions of President Obama, scrapped the old, expensive system the White House’s website ran on and moved towards the freely available open source platform Drupal, which also powers this site. In a Drupal meet up in D.C. last night, the White House tech team […]
It looks like what happened in Iraq is starting to spread: Afghanistan’s president has sent a list of demands to the United States government about troop conduct ahead of the arrival of more U.S. forces next year. President Hamid Karzai said in a speech in the capital Thursday that he sent the missive last month […]
The New York Times: The insurgency in Iraq is now self-sustaining financially, raising tens of millions of dollars a year from oil smuggling, kidnapping, counterfeiting, connivance by corrupt Islamic charities and other crimes that the Iraqi government and its American patrons have been largely unable to prevent, a classified United States government report has concluded. […]
While I do not believe these few soldiers represent the greater United States military, I fear that Iraqi’s will not want to distinguish them from their peers as easily: U.S. soldiers stepped outside the law when they murdered three Iraqi detainees “in cold blood,” a prosecutor told a U.S. military hearing on Friday. “U.S. soldiers […]
Today, Nancy Pelosi released the following statement regarding U.S. citizens in Lebanon having to pay for evacuations: Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on news reports that American citizens who are trying to leave Lebanon must agree to repay the U.S. government for the cost of their evacuation: […]
The United Nations is offering help – We have yet to accept it. UNITED NATIONS OFFERS TO HELP HURRICANE VICTIMS IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE RegardingHurricane Katrina, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that it has been in contact with the United States Government. Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland, in a […]