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H.R. 1955: Another Reason For Paranoia

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SEC. 899C. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE PREVENTION OF VIOLENT RADICALIZATION AND IDEOLOGICALLY BASED VIOLENCE.

H.R.1955
Title: To prevent homegrown terrorism, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Harman, Jane [CA-36] (introduced 4/19/2007) Cosponsors (14)
Latest Major Action: 10/24/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 28th, 2007 | Category: 1984, 1st Amendment, Bill of Rights, Congress, FBI, Freedom of Speech, H.R. 1955, Homeland Security, House of Representatives, Jane Harman, McCarthyism, Orwellian, Patriot Act, civil liberties, civil rights, mind control, protesters, radicals, surveillance, terrorists | Comments (3)

US State Deptartment Resorts To “Lets Talk” Diplomacy

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State Dept. Tries Blog Diplomacy

The State Department, departing from traditional public diplomacy techniques, has what it calls a three-person, “digital outreach team” posting entries in Arabic on “influential” Arabic blogs to challenge misrepresentations of the United States and promote moderate views among Islamic youths in the hopes of steering them from [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 19th, 2007 | Category: Bush, Cowboys and Indians, Democracy In Action, DoubleSpeak, Duncan MacInnes, Freedom Fighters, Freedom of Speech, Fundamentalist, Human Rights, Hypocracy, Internet & Telecoms, Iran, Iraq, Islamic Jihad, Muslims, OZ, Occupation Army, Oil, Osama, President, Propaganda, Quotes, Religious War, US State Department, Ugly American, World Blogs, bloggers, communication, converstaions, dialog, diplomacy, disinformation, jihad, orphans, radicals, rebels, terrorists, translation, unlawful combatants, victims | Leave a comment

Musharraf Shuts Down Opposition TV While Negroponte Watches

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Two leading Pakistani media outlets that had their television broadcasts shut down inside Pakistan have now been forced to end international broadcasts. VOA’s Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that the new crackdown on independent media came as U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte met with President Pervez Musharraf.
Government officials in Islamabad shut down domestic [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 18th, 2007 | Category: ARY One World, Censored, Freedom of Speech, GEO television, John Negroponte, Journalists, Musharraf, News Ancjors, News Media, Orwellian, Pakistan, Pakistan Bloggers, World Blogs, World Order, bloggers, contradictions | Leave a comment

Hat Tip: To Russian Bloggers – The Power Of Activism

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Russia: Bloggers Expose a Pharmaceutical Scam
Over the past few weeks thousands of Russian bloggers have united to combat a pharmaceutical scam that tried to persuade Russian pensioners to spend around half of their annual pension on a course of Gravikol 21 – ‘anti-arthritis’ drugs that were actually little more than vitamin pills.
In the course of [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 14th, 2007 | Category: Business, Cyber-Activism, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gravikol 21, Health, Human Rights, Internet & Telecoms, Law, Media, Politics, Protest, pharmaceutical, scams | Comments (6)