December 2010
23 posts
Dec 29th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-19) →
Deep Snapper (9) Red Red Meat (8) STNNNG (7) Boston Spaceships (4) Brainiac (4) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 20th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-12) →
The Walkmen (23) Bipolar Bear (11) Sufjan Stevens (11) Marnie Stern (10) STNNNG (10) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 14th
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it always fascinates me how so many people assume Stella McCartney’s shoes are made of “genuine leather”. and you can see that they really believe that cause they even describe second-hand S.M.’s shoes in these terms. Not rare you’ll see “beautiful soft leather” or “durable patent leather”. And the nice thing about it is that all those...
Dec 12th
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“Foie gras – literally “fatty liver” – is made from the grotesquely...”
– Foie gras is an unspeakably vile product This is just…. man. If there’s anyone here buying this product, it’s worth checking out how it’s made.
Dec 12th
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WikiLeaks cables: US 'lobbied Russia on behalf of... →
“A state department cable released this afternoon by WikiLeaks reveals that US diplomats intervened to try to amend a draft law going through Russia’s Duma. Their explicit aim was to ensure the new law did not “disadvantage” the two US firms, the cable states. The revelation comes a day after Visa – apparently acting under intense pressure from Washington – announced it...
Dec 8th
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WatchWatch
truthcafe: WikiLeaks - Guardian Environment Editor John Vidal on WikiLeaks Cables and U.S. Manipulation of Climate Talks that’s exactly the point: it’s not that we’re really surprised by what we have learned, but we now finally see it with our own eyes.
Dec 7th
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“Ramping up his rhetoric on Fox News just now, Senator Joe Lieberman, the head of...”
– WikiLeaks US embassy cables: live updates | News | guardian.co.uk (via johnny-mnemonic)
Dec 7th
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“With perfect timing an email arrives from Philip Crowley at the state...”
– WikiLeaks US embassy cables: live updates | News | guardian.co.uk (via johnny-mnemonic)
Dec 7th
“Freedom of Speech - priceless. For everything else, there’s MasterCard”
– WikiLeaks US embassy cables: live updates | News | guardian.co.uk (The best joke of the week – so far – comes from Ben Yarrow’s Twitter account (with a hat tip to @janinegibson))
Dec 7th
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“Recent events should not disturb only journalists or campaigners – based on...”
– Index on Censorship » Blog Archive » Wikileaks: The internet ideal triumphs (via johnny-mnemonic)  “The more freely information flows, the stronger the society becomes, because then citizens of countries around the world can hold their own governments accountable. They can begin to think...
Dec 7th
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“while MasterCard and Visa have cut WikiLeaks off you can still use those cards...”
– guardian.co.uk wow, supporting KKK, but not wikileaks ?!?!?!?! wow
Dec 7th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-5) →
Red Red Meat (35) Console (20) Boston Spaceships (14) Zach Hill (13) Guided by Voices (11) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 7th
“Clinton weighed in heavily on the side of Google, warning that “countries...”
– WikiLeaks cables blame Chinese government for Google hacking | Technology | guardian.co.uk but censoring wikileaks…
Dec 4th
Dec 4th
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wow, even guardian is currently inaccessible. what i find shocking is that no famous individual from the pop culture - musicians, writers, etc. - has said a word in support of wikileaks, how’s that possible…? scared for their reputation? or just thinking censorship of information which is of incredible relevance for the public is ok? i don’t understand, i really...
Dec 3rd
wikileaks' new url →
johnny-mnemonic: everydns kicked them off their domain … another company giving in to corporate pressure
Dec 3rd
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Iraq PM: WikiLeaks abuse leak designed to hurt him →
This was posted back in summer, but it’s even more actual right now. the media brain-washing seems to be so strong that hardly anyone seems to be bothered by the content of wikileaks, what bothers people is how fair it is that they got out. similar to this guy who was complaining that his ex told people he was an asshole. jeez. what is wrong with this world??????? andrewtsks: This reminds...
Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 2nd
what’s up with all these people whose tumblrs i’m following, and who’re usually interested in politics - nothing about wikileaks! wtf, people?!
Dec 2nd
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“We’re deeply skeptical that prosecuting WikiLeaks would be constitutional, or a...”
– Prosecuting WikiLeaks For Publishing Documents Would Raise Serious Constitutional Concerns, Says ACLU | American Civil Liberties Union Hina Shamsi, Director of the ACLU National Security Project (via johnny-mnemonic)
Dec 2nd
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“Notice the cables that are receiving all the attention? They fall into two...”
– a nice comment by Shaun39 at http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2010/11/overseeing_state_secrecy (via johnny-mnemonic)
Dec 2nd
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