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Online policing of politically unreliable web sites (Senate Bill S-1959) will bring to the US internet what Yahoo has already brought to China: Internet related censorship services and jailed dissidents.

Why is the internet tech community so quiet about this issue?

The bill, (S-1959) misleadingly called the Homegrown Terrorism and Violent Radicalization act of 2007 is a thought crime bill. The bill was passed in the house under a curious suspension of the rules usually reserved for non controversial issues like the naming of a post office.

A Senate Vote is imminent. Obama sits on the Senate committee responsible for moving it forward or sending it back to nazi Germany. As of December 27, 2007, Obama says he hasn't yet decided how he will vote.

Obama's presidential campaign has been encouraged to contact Robert Scoble for his advice. But what will Scoble say to Senator Obama when he calls?

What if Scoble has been pre-emptively compromised by a web2 business opportunity in the censorship solutions sector of Silicon valley? Maybe Dave Winer can give Scoble a short tutorial on creeping fascism.

This dangerous bill is being pushed by the Pentagon through it's favored think tank, the Rand Corporation. If passed it will be another step toward creating an internet policing apparatus complete with watch-lists and user profiles and all the follies associated with the suppression of civil liberties online.

If you thought net neutrality was not high on the agenda you haven't read this bill (S-1959)

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• Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007
  

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• icelandic tourist detained/abused
• naomi wolf on 'the end of america'
• newsdate 2011: the grand inquisitor
• colin powell: 'what is the greatest threat we are facing at home?'
• gracie coates: twisted truths

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murray hill xmas 2007 140, originally uploaded by aphrodite-in-nyc.

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High resolution full length version of the documentary film "Paul McCarthy: Head Shop/Shop Head at S.M.A.K. Gent / Belgium" by Thom de Bock.

• vernissageTV
• Paul McCarthy

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• disinformation: genesis p-orridge on coum and tg
  
• vernissagetv at the deitch art parade
• brane kandi's 'belles of the bowery' burlesque
• maurizio cattelan
  
• boyd rice - disney mashup

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dalí, originally uploaded by txiribiton.

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I never really got into the whole lolcats thing, but Violet Blue made me burst out laughing while reading this gem on the subway the other day. This is an excerpt from her 12/13/07 post titled "my december in pr0n":

"9. Born in a Barn The director of this documentary sent me a copy, and it's a pretty amazing doc on human animal pony play -- the real stuff, not just the glammy girls in rubber bridles and hooves that populate the internet ponyverse. I just made that phrase up. I can haz sugarcube?"

Perhaps I'm the only person who laughed out loud in response to that, but it stuck with me to the point that I actually remembered to post it to wtg days later...

• violet blue: my december in pr0n
• lolcats
  

previously on wtg:

• violet blue talks to audacia ray
• the customs of blogistan according to violet blue
• amy sedaris and her wooden leg
• the bionic-prosthetic photography of nicole kuperus

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It looks like Ana Voog's grand internet art/life/cam project is slowly winding down after more than ten years in operation. I'm hoping her seemingly irrepressible drive to photograph/paint/knit/dance/perform/write/sing will keep her from disappearing from our lives altogether. If not, I hope she'll at least reverse her recent practice of removing journals/images/etc. from the net.

• ana voog: new ways

previously on wtg:

• ana voog connects the dots
• barger credits ana voog with inspiring robot wisdom
• the dead girl fetish
• ana voog's aiptek tricks
• ana voog: silence me with pretty things

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Berlin Sunset, originally uploaded by brex.

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This introductory paragraph doesn't even begin to describe what this woman went through:

"During the last twenty-four hours I have probably experienced the greatest humiliation to which I have ever been subjected. During these last twenty-four hours I have been handcuffed and chained, denied the chance to sleep, been without food and drink and been confined to a place without anyone knowing my whereabouts, imprisoned. Now I am beginning to try to understand all this, rest and review the events which began as innocently as possible."

Nobody is safe. Not one person on this planet is safe from the American government. Iraqis, Icelanders, Californians...we're all subject to this kind of abuse. Why aren't the presidential candidates asked about this stuff? Why isn't this woman's story on the news? Why doesn't anybody care about this?

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previously on wtg:

• naomi wolf: the end of america
• frank rich on the coup at home
• obligatory "tasered student" video
• colin powell: "what is the great threat we are facing?"
• idaho representative arrested for what, exactly?

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Verte et mure, originally uploaded by fusaka.

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From the AIB blog:

The morgue report says that Ali took 31 bullets between the chest and the head and died immediately. He will be missed and remembered. His two brothers were killed in the Firdos Square bombing in 2005. He is survived by his mother and sister.

I don't know that I have it in me to comment on this right now. It's just sad. Really sad. But it did make me think of this video:


My heart goes out to Brian, Steve and the rest of the AIB crew. I know they're taking this really hard. I donated money for Ali's funeral fund, and I ask that you do the same if you can. Find out how via the link below...

• Read more @ AIB
  

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• aib: car bomb survivors no longer mere statistics
• alive in baghdad: a mother tells of her son's death
• so much more than i thought this world could ever hold
  

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Gary V takes on the wine snobs and shows that wine in a box can be a very good thing (if it doesn't smell like a shoe). Gary, Like Mark Molaro, continue to prove that web video doesn't have to stick to the 3-5 minute format to be popular.

wine library tv

previously on wtg:

• everyday drinking wines from mondavi to bv
• vodka shines in the nothing department
• dogfish head's chateau jiahu
  
• wino 101: syrah/shiraz
• life with lambic

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last stand, originally uploaded by darkmatter.

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The NYTheatreCast features a discussion with three NYC burlesque stars in its latest episode. There are some remarkably talented and inventive people in the NYC burlesque scene, and these three are among the best. It's great to have this podcast get their stories out there.

The NYTheatreCast blog sez:

In this episode, Trav S.D. moderates a roundtable about contemporary burlesque. (Trav S.D. says the table is not only round but curvaceous.)

Our guests are three of NYC’s burlesque scene’s biggest stars: Bonnie Dunn, Julie Atlas Muz, and Nasty Canasta. Each of these ladies shares insights about her own career and her views of how burlesque has evolved into a sophisticated live entertainment form.

• Episode # 180: Burlesque Roundtable
• Le Scandal
• Julie Atlas Muz
• Nasty Canasta
  

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Neuroscientists discover a specific example of how meditating can give you the ability to notice things that non-meditators can't:

When you're concentrating on something and miss something else that should be obvious, that's the attentional blink. New research shows that meditators can avoid this gap in perception.

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Pipes, originally uploaded by autowitch.

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IMG_9362.JPG, originally uploaded by lauren.devine.

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Another fascinating interview from Mark Molaro's excellent show.

In-depth interview with internationally renowned author, journalist and syndicated columnist Naomi Klein on her new book “The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism”. Klein is best known for her book from the year 2000, the international bestseller “No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies”. It was called “A Movement Bible” by the New York Times referring to its incredible impact on the anti-globalization movement.

In this extraordinary interview, Klein discusses the key ideas behind her concept of The Shock Doctrine and its importance as an alternate economic, social and political history of the last thirty years. She describes how the free market ideas of economist Milton Friedman and the Chicago School fostered the impact of shock from the 1970s Pinochet regime in Chile to the Bush administration today.

• The Alcove with Mark Molaro
• The Shock Doctrine
  

previously on wtg:

• naomi wolf on 'the end of america'
• gore vidal's sad (sadder than usual) take on the u.s. media
• glenn greenwald on real reporting
• the street: ron paul the only republican candiate who's not an idiot
• alive in baghdad: car bomb survivors no longer mere statistics

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Woman and the unicorn, originally uploaded by Makz.

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Lakepoint Tower, originally uploaded by qwertyuiop.

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THE GRAND INQUISITOR is a five part film updating Dostoevsky’s mystical fable to a future, Fox network style reality. In our adaptation, the second coming has arrived in the form of a radical African-American messiah, and the Network/Church/Government is seen in the teaser looking through auditions for a more acceptable replacement Jesus that they can rush into the marketplace to offset the disruptive influence of the “false prophet”.

Starring Julie Atlas Muz
Original Score by DJ Spooky
Screenplay by Ruth Margraff
Multi Image Design by Julie Talen
Directed by Tony Torn
Produced by Lee Ann Brown and George Norfleet
Executive Producer Michael McCartney

• Newsdate 2011
• Julie Talen
• DJ Spooky
• Julie Atlas Muz
• Tony Torn
  

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• better bad news: ann coulter's illegitimate daughter learns who her father is
• the glamorous life of sachiko hanai
• escalation: a film by ward kimball
• the cradle will rock
• the pentagon has a disturbing relationship with private evangelical groups
  

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Pinky Special - Turkey..., originally uploaded by ChrisB in SEA.

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