Tag Archives: Politics

Universal Hub – Court says state law used to ban recording of police officers in public is unconstitutional

I could not be hap­pier with this ruling.

This American Life – When Patents Attack!

Not upset enough about patents, spend an hour and you’ll get even more upset.

The Economist – Intellectual property: Patents against prosperity

Yet another in a long line of arti­cles decry­ing the patent system.

BBC News – US airports still vulnerable to attacks, says lawmaker

The TSA is so effec­tive it’s ineffective.

LATimes – Implanted bombs: TSA warns of possible terrorist threat of bombs implanted in people

The threats will con­tinue to mag­i­cally appear until we all fear every­thing and give up every sense of pri­vacy and self-respect to the TSA to imple­ment rules and pro­ce­dures that do noth­ing to solve the real problem.

Grist – The American suburbs are a giant Ponzi scheme

I can’t say I agree with this, but it fits my per­cep­tion of America’s infrastructure.

Electronic Frontier Foundation – Know Your Rights!

EFF has a brief overview of rights that you have with your technology.