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silveradeptYep, frequency is definitely going down. This is a trend I'd like to reverse, but I also have to do things like eat and sleep, so I don't see any extra time arriving at any point. Could really use the Time Turner, now, if so that I could have a day at home along with a day at work.
Trying again to get their way, the United States Congress will be introduced to a bill that would turn over control of who is published to the Media Cabals. Link something the Media Cabals don't like? You can be blacklisted by the government and every ISP in the United States and disappeared.
The Dead Pool claims writer Anne McCaffery, creator of the world of Pern and its draconic inhabitants.
On the matter of the Occupy movements, the Oakland mayor indicated the possibility of conspiracy among mayors and others to simultaneously do police actions against the protestors in several cities. In New York, police were summoned to get rid of all the protesters in Zucotti Park. This is after the protest was allowed back into the park by court order. In all cases, the property of the movement was confiscated or destroyed by the police.
At UC Davis, the police officers forced pepper spray down the throats of protesters standing in support of UC Berkeley students attacked by police for their support of Occupy Wall Street. After that act of torture and sadism, when confronted, the police spokesperson lied about the reasons for the use of the pepper spray. A day later, after having to walk through a three-block deep silent protest of students, the chancellor is suddenly much more interested in this incident than before.
As an alternative, The Infamous Brad describes how the police, using the same nonviolent oppression tactics and some head-fakes, were able to sap the energy of the Occupy St. Louis movement, which has me wondering how much energy it had in the first place that it would be foiled so easily. That is, until I read the Madison method of handling large crowds and protests from police, and I realize that it's quite possible that the method that St. Louis was using is of the same family as this, which would allow both the peaceful protest and the police to protect what they are supposed to protect side-by-side.
In case you happen to be staring down pepper spray attacks...here's the advice of someone on the Internet on how to do it - but then here's also other advice on defending against tear gas.
Finally, note a self-described harcore conservative explaining why any anti-corporatist, left or right, should support the movement, and a suggestion that the movement adopt Krampus, rather than V, as their entity-to-emulate.
And perhaps, a little optimism about whether or not the people as a whole will end up on the right side of history over all of this.
Elsewhere, the difficulties in an occupy movement when privilege is still unaddressed, including when the men expect to maintain their position of societal power in a movement that is supposed to be about equality for all.
Out in the world today, The Infamous Brad suggests that Mr. Burlesconi is not actually stepping down from power, but just setting things up so that he'll be swept back in under the threat of anarchy.
In China, the slush pile forself-publishing appears to rely mostly on the crowd that wants to read it, at which point the authors with followings are invited to affix a small fee to their work for their fans to keep reading. It apparently works reasonably well.
Domestically, Mr. Cain asked for and reeived Secret Service protection, despite no primaries or caucuses having been held to determine whether or not Mr. Cain will be a viable candidate for the Republican Party. Yet he's getting threats...and apparently, a lot of dollars from being accused of sexual harrassment.
The Supercommittee Fails, surprising nobody at all, and the President threatens to veto any attempts to wriggle out of the triggers that were built into the legislation that established them. You dithered and didn't come to a deal, now eat the cost of your inability to do work. And don't let the Defense Secretary's scare-mongering techniques convince you to exempt Defense.
The top brass of the company Zynga, known for such games as FarmVille, have demanded that some employees who haven't yet vested their company stock return it so it can be offered to someone else. "Here, let's screw you out of money that you'd be able to get by selling your shares when we go public."
The TSA puts off a study that would help determine whether their backscatter radiation device is actively harmful to the people they shepherd it through at airports.
In technology, a rootkit for your telephone that was originally a way of gathering information after crashes, dropped calls, and other services, but has been modified by phone companies and carriers to collect so much more. Much of it without your knowledge or consent, and without disclosure as to what they do with the data, usually.
Last out for tonight, now open, the Hoxton Street Monster Supply Shop, for all your monster care and feeding needs, and life lessons learned from video games.
Oh, and money.
Trying again to get their way, the United States Congress will be introduced to a bill that would turn over control of who is published to the Media Cabals. Link something the Media Cabals don't like? You can be blacklisted by the government and every ISP in the United States and disappeared.
The Dead Pool claims writer Anne McCaffery, creator of the world of Pern and its draconic inhabitants.
On the matter of the Occupy movements, the Oakland mayor indicated the possibility of conspiracy among mayors and others to simultaneously do police actions against the protestors in several cities. In New York, police were summoned to get rid of all the protesters in Zucotti Park. This is after the protest was allowed back into the park by court order. In all cases, the property of the movement was confiscated or destroyed by the police.
At UC Davis, the police officers forced pepper spray down the throats of protesters standing in support of UC Berkeley students attacked by police for their support of Occupy Wall Street. After that act of torture and sadism, when confronted, the police spokesperson lied about the reasons for the use of the pepper spray. A day later, after having to walk through a three-block deep silent protest of students, the chancellor is suddenly much more interested in this incident than before.
As an alternative, The Infamous Brad describes how the police, using the same nonviolent oppression tactics and some head-fakes, were able to sap the energy of the Occupy St. Louis movement, which has me wondering how much energy it had in the first place that it would be foiled so easily. That is, until I read the Madison method of handling large crowds and protests from police, and I realize that it's quite possible that the method that St. Louis was using is of the same family as this, which would allow both the peaceful protest and the police to protect what they are supposed to protect side-by-side.
In case you happen to be staring down pepper spray attacks...here's the advice of someone on the Internet on how to do it - but then here's also other advice on defending against tear gas.
Finally, note a self-described harcore conservative explaining why any anti-corporatist, left or right, should support the movement, and a suggestion that the movement adopt Krampus, rather than V, as their entity-to-emulate.
And perhaps, a little optimism about whether or not the people as a whole will end up on the right side of history over all of this.
Elsewhere, the difficulties in an occupy movement when privilege is still unaddressed, including when the men expect to maintain their position of societal power in a movement that is supposed to be about equality for all.
Out in the world today, The Infamous Brad suggests that Mr. Burlesconi is not actually stepping down from power, but just setting things up so that he'll be swept back in under the threat of anarchy.
In China, the slush pile forself-publishing appears to rely mostly on the crowd that wants to read it, at which point the authors with followings are invited to affix a small fee to their work for their fans to keep reading. It apparently works reasonably well.
Domestically, Mr. Cain asked for and reeived Secret Service protection, despite no primaries or caucuses having been held to determine whether or not Mr. Cain will be a viable candidate for the Republican Party. Yet he's getting threats...and apparently, a lot of dollars from being accused of sexual harrassment.
The Supercommittee Fails, surprising nobody at all, and the President threatens to veto any attempts to wriggle out of the triggers that were built into the legislation that established them. You dithered and didn't come to a deal, now eat the cost of your inability to do work. And don't let the Defense Secretary's scare-mongering techniques convince you to exempt Defense.
The top brass of the company Zynga, known for such games as FarmVille, have demanded that some employees who haven't yet vested their company stock return it so it can be offered to someone else. "Here, let's screw you out of money that you'd be able to get by selling your shares when we go public."
The TSA puts off a study that would help determine whether their backscatter radiation device is actively harmful to the people they shepherd it through at airports.
In technology, a rootkit for your telephone that was originally a way of gathering information after crashes, dropped calls, and other services, but has been modified by phone companies and carriers to collect so much more. Much of it without your knowledge or consent, and without disclosure as to what they do with the data, usually.
Last out for tonight, now open, the Hoxton Street Monster Supply Shop, for all your monster care and feeding needs, and life lessons learned from video games.
Oh, and money.
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Date: 2011-11-25 07:22 pm (UTC)(also, not too long after the SF Weekly article came out, there were several adverts in the local Craigslist for jobs at Zynga, at all sorts of levels. :P)
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Date: 2011-11-25 07:34 pm (UTC)