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Archive for September, 2004

New for iLife (geographical restrictions apply)

by Ruben on Sep.13, 2004, under Archive

From Patti’s weblog originally via

Adam Curry: Adam Curry’s WeblogiVan

Funny take on iThings.

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Project Censored 2005 – 25 most under-reported stories

by Ruben on Sep.06, 2004, under Archive

Dang! I’m feeling libertarian today…

From Projectcensored.org

Comes this list of stories
that were not covered or ignored by mainstream press:

#1: Wealth Inequality in 21st Century Threatens Economy and Democracy
#2: Ashcroft vs. the Human Rights Law that Hold Corporations Accountable
#3: Bush Administration Censors Science
#4: High Levels of Uranium Found in Troops and Civilians
#5: The Wholesale Giveaway of Our Natural Resources
#6: The Sale of Electoral Politics
#7: Conservative Organization Drives Judicial Appointments
#8: Cheney’s Energy Task Force and The Energy Policy
#9: Widow Brings RICO Case Against U.S. government for 9/11
#10: New Nuke Plants: Taxpayers Support, Industry Profits
#11: The Media Can Legally Lie
#12: The Destabilization of Haiti
#13: Schwarzenegger Met with Enron’s Ken Lay Years Before the California Recall
#14: New Bill Threatens Intellectual Freedom in Area Studies
#15: U.S. Develops Lethal New Viruses
#16: Law Enforcement Agencies Spy on Innocent Citizens
#17: U.S. Government Represses Labor Unions in Iraq in Quest for Business Privatization
#18: Media and Government Ignore Dwindling Oil Supplies
#19: Global Food Cartel Fast Becoming hte World’s Supermarket
#20: Extreme Weather Prompts New Warning from UN
#21: Forcing a World Market for GMOs
#22: Censoring Iraq
#23: Brazil Holds Back in FTAA Talks, But Provides Little Comfort for the Poor of South America
#24: Reinstating the Draft
#25: Wal-Mart Brings Inequality and Low Prices to the World

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More…

by Ruben on Sep.06, 2004, under Archive

“We live in perilous times. We’re required now to rethink our security, our defense, our intelligence and our need to be proactive in preventing terrorism and hopfully rooting out our terrorist enemies. We must do all this without losing sight of the need to maintain our civil liberties and our way of life and to balance the scales as best we can under the circumstances.”

– Bruce Ramer, Esq.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations
Former President, American Jewish Committee

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A reminder for our times

by Ruben on Sep.04, 2004, under Archive

First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.

Pastor Martin Niemöller

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