Blind cat reunites with owner after missing for 4 months (video)

Blind cat reunites with owner after missing for 4 months (video)

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Dumb Dogs - Dogs Happy To Socialize With Robots

You'd never catch a cat doing this! --

Dogs Are Perfectly Happy To Socialize With Robots | Popular Science: "In the centuries-old best friendship between dogkind and humankind, humans are apparently easily replaced with robots. Seemingly loyal canines are totally willing to interact with cold, hard machines, according to a new study in Animal Cognition, gazing lovingly at their robot faces and finding hidden foodstuffs that the robot pointed to."

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China, Internet Censorship

At Sina Weibo's censorship hub, China's Little Brothers cleanse online chatter | Reuters: ""FREEDOM MEANS ORDER" The Communist Party keeps an iron grip on newspapers and television but has grappled to control information on social-networking platforms. Internet firms are required to work with the party's propaganda apparatus to censor user-generated content. Lu Wei, director of the State Internet Information Office, said in a speech this week that "freedom means order" and that "freedom without order does not exist"." (read more at link above)

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Federal Courts, Scaremongering

Federal Courts Still Scaremongering About RECAP and Spooky "Open Source" Software | Electronic Frontier Foundation: " . . . Unfortunately, the federal court RECAP warnings are not the only example of scaremongering and technophobia in the justice system. The government routinely treats computer expertise as stand-alone evidence of nefarious intent. And prosecutors seek excessive sentences in computer-related cases, such as the vindictive prosecution that ended with Aaron Swartz’s tragic suicide (it is particularly sad to see the absurd RECAP warning posted by the Federal Court for the District of Massachusetts, where that prosecution took place). Whether these actions are the result of deep ignorance or deep cynicism, we deserve better. . . . " (read more at link above)

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Calling All Obama Supporters, Help Kickstart World War III!

Help Kickstart World War III! - YouTube: "President Obama needs your help starting World War III! Find out how you can help!"

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Miami ranks 47th, Florida 49th in US News best colleges list

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UM ranks 47th, UF 49th in U.S. News best colleges list - Schools - MiamiHerald.com: "...just like UM’s 21-16 football triumph on Saturday, it’s the folks from Coral Gables who are on the winning side of a U.S. News squeaker. Among all “National Universities,” the magazine rates the University of Miami as tied for 47th. The University of Florida is ... in a tie for 49th ..."

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Cats Are Man's Best Friend

Peter Mandel: Cats Are Actually Man's Best Friend - WSJ.com: " . . . . It's long past time for at least a little mutual respect. Cats could give us a passing wave with a paw, and we could bend down and pat them—the way we would high-five a worthy foe at tennis. Maybe cats and men could share a burger now and then. We could hang out back in the alley, near the trash cans. Talk fishing. Crack some snacks and beers. A club of some kind might be an idea. A club for loungers. A club for prowlers. A club for tinkerers with tools. A private club, it would have some unyielding rules: No women. And no dogs allowed."

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Swartz Case, Obama, Holder, US DOJ gone wild

If you voted for Obama -- you're guilty too!

4 Shocking Things From the Secret Service File On Aaron Swartz: " . . . Among the documents released are accounts of the several raids the federal government made on Swartz's property. In these accounts are pages upon pages of lists of all of the property the government confiscated from him. Pages worth of hard drives, phones, computers, iPods, and compact discs were seized. The poor guy must have had a dozen iPods taken from him. . . . One thing they seized is so petty, it defies any reasonable explanation I can think of. The federal government of the United States of America, in the course of an official investigation, using a federal search warrant, seized Aaron Swartz's Rock Band controller. Yes, the irrelevant random video-game accessory. . . ." (read more at the link above)

A video-game accessory -- how low can you get?

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EFF Pioneer Awards 2013, Electronic Frontier Foundation

EFF Pioneer Awards 2013 | Electronic Frontier Foundation: . . . . this year's winners:

Aaron Swartz

Late Technologist and Digital Rights Activist

James Love

International Access to Knowledge Advocate

Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras

Journalists Chronicling NSA Spying

 . .  . .renowned academic, author, and activist Lawrence Lessig as the keynote speaker. Professor Lessig spent more than a decade leading the fight for intellectual property reform and now is part of the campaign to reform computer crime law in the wake of his friend Aaron Swartz's death.. . . .

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Edward Snowden, Whistleblower Award 2013, Glenn Greenwald speech

Whistleblower Award 2013 - Glenn Greenwald honorific speech for Edward Snowden -

Whistleblower Award 2013 - Ceremony awarding Edward J. Snowden
Honorific speech by Glenn Greenwald, Journalist, The Guardian

Edward Snowden receives the Whistleblower Award. For the first time Transparency International Deutschland e.V. contributes to the award, which is given every two years by the Vereinigung Deutscher Wissenschaftler (VDW e.V.) and der German Section of the International Association Of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA e.V.). With the award persons are honored, who reveal malpractices and dangerous developments for humans and society, democracy, peace, and the environment. Due to the courageous actions of Edward J. Snowden the world has gained insights into the surveillance and espionage practices of intelligence agencies. Every single one of us can be affected by them at any time and without there being any grounds for suspicion. The pressing problems associated with whistleblowing are analyzed in a festive dedication to the honorable Edward Snowden. The focus of the lecture by Prof. Dr. Foschepoth is the latitude of the secret services in Germany. Through this ceremony, the awarding organizations wished to strengthen their demand to the German government to offer US citizen Snowden, in gratitude and all sincerity, accommodation and protection in Germany. Published on Aug 30, 2013

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Abby Martin, John Kerry, NDAA, Lavish Bribes for Congress

[229] How Kerry Sold Out, California Bans NDAA, Lavish Bribes for Congress, Financing Syria War - YouTube:  Published on Sep 5, 2013 - Abby Martin Breaks the Set on the Evolution of John Kerry's Love for War, an NDAA Update with Chris Hedges, Lavish Getaways for US Lawmakers, and Financing a War with Syria.

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Noam Chomsky Calls Out Obama as a War Criminal

Noam Chomsky Weighs In On Syria Strike: "A U.S.-led attack on Syria without United Nations support would be a war crime regardless of congressional approval, Noam Chomsky, the antiwar activist and author, said in response to President Barack Obama's announcement that he would seek Hill approval. "As international support for Obama’s decision to attack Syria has collapsed, along with the credibility of government claims, the administration has fallen back on a standard pretext for war crimes when all else fails: the credibility of the threats of the self-designated policeman of the world," Chomsky told HuffPost in an email." (read more at link above)

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Propaganda, Mainstream Media, Cheerleads for Syria War

Mainstream Media Cheerleads for Syria War … But "So far, the propaganda effort is failing miserably."

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Whistleblower Award 2013, Ceremony awarding Edward Snowden, Jacob Appelbaum (video)

Whistleblower Award - Jacob Appelbaum answers for Edward Snowden -

Whistleblower Award 2013 - Ceremony awarding Edward J. Snowden

Jacob Appelbaum, Internet activist and journalist answers for Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden receives the Whistleblower Award. For the first time Transparency International Deutschland e.V. contributes to the award, which is given every two years by the Vereinigung Deutscher Wissenschaftler (VDW e.V.) and der German Section of the International Association Of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA e.V.). With the award persons are honored, who reveal malpractices and dangerous developments for humans and society, democracy, peace, and the environment. Due to the courageous actions of Edward J. Snowden the world has gained insights into the surveillance and espionage practices of intelligence agencies. Every single one of us can be affected by them at any time and without there being any grounds for suspicion. The pressing problems associated with whistleblowing are analyzed in a festive dedication to the honorable Edward Snowden. The focus of the lecture by Prof. Dr. Foschepoth is the latitude of the secret services in Germany. Through this ceremony, the awarding organizations wished to strengthen their demand to the German government to offer US citizen Snowden, in gratitude and all sincerity, accommodation and protection in Germany.Published on Aug 31, 2013

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FBI hair analysts may have falsely convicted thousands

FBI hair analysis may have falsely convicted thousands, including some on death row | The Verge: "Thousands of cases between 1985 and 2000 relied on hair samples, and the study will focus on "whether analysts exaggerated the significance" of the samples, or in some cases reported the results inaccurately. Free DNA testing will be offered in any cases where the FBI is found to be in error. Peter Neufeld, a co-director at the non-profit Innocence Project, tells McClatchy that "the government's willingness to admit error and accept its duty to correct those errors in an extraordinarily large number of cases is truly unprecedented.""

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Cool Dude: Chris Poole

Chris Poole Is The Creator Of One Of The World's Biggest And Most Powerful Web Sites, And It Is Very Strange That He Is Not Insanely Rich

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Kim Dotcom Will Move Mega Privacy Services to Iceland to Avoid Spying

Kim Dotcom Will Move Mega Privacy Services to Iceland to Avoid Spying | TorrentFreak: "As the wave of controversy over government spying continues, Kim Dotcom is advising privacy startups to think carefully about where they intend to invest. The Mega entrepreneur is advising companies to stay away from countries including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, where monitoring is now considered widespread. Dotcom, who has a considerable investment in New Zealand, says his privacy services will move to Iceland if proposed new laws become reality."

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