Archive for November, 2007

The World History of the Fear Lobby

Citizen_of_Earth left an amazing and important comment on ThinkProgress this morning in response to a ridiculous article by Family Security Matters claiming that “multiculturalism exposes the U.S to terrorism“. It’s one that everyone should read, so I’m posting the comment here:

Webmasters Worry Over Blogger Lawsuits

There’s a growing thread over at WebmasterWorld today about the very much unsettled legal matters involving blog and web publishers being held legally responsible for the comments and content posted by other users.
In our burgeoning social media internet, online defamation, libel and slander are becoming an enormous problem - both because of the very [...]

End Corporate Bullying of Americans with Disabilities

How a Bizarre Catch-22 Has Gutted Disability Protection in America - LeoPercipied

Eisner Blames Jobs For Writers Strike

Seems Michael Eisner is still more than a little pissed about how the Disney shake-up went down. He took a swipe at the only person who has ever actually created a profitable model for selling digital media online in any volume that create any royalties for anyone at all.
Eisner says that Steve Jobs is taking [...]

Eagles Album Blasted By Newsbusters, “One long, sustained attack” on US

TP has the story on a RIDICULOUS tirade about the Eagle’s new album, “Long Road Out of Eden“, their first new studio album since 1979. Incredibly, Newsbusters whines about the lack of attention paid to islamofacism and the plight of women in the war torn middle-east(!).
It’s well worth a read for a laugh. We participated [...]