The infamous Wikileaks is facing a major hurdle . Credit card companies and financial services of various kinds are refusing to forward payment to Wikileaks !
Wikileak has been forced to stop it's activities while it tries to resolve the problem .
I for my part wonder about the legality of the...
OTTAWA – A topless woman's protest at the Ottawa Sun Wednesday afternoon had a few drivers gaping and gawking
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"The Japanese government has moved to crack down on independent reportage and criticism of the government's policies in the wake of the disaster by deciding what citizens may or may not talk about in public. A new project team has been created by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and...
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Broadcasters and programme makers will have to tread carefully after the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (Sarft) issued a warning about the way shows were treating the past.
'Many stories are totally made up and are made to strain for an effect of novelty. The producers...
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This is a POTENTIAL radiation release produced by officials within the Department of Atmospheric and Climate Research (ATMOS) at the Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU).
No one knows 100% what the levels of radiation will actually be and unfortunately, due to outright censorship here in...
Link RemovedYes it’s true; Homer Simpson has been fired from his job at the nuclear power plant in Springfield and moved to Germany to work in a stinking coal mine.
OK so he didn’t really move, but because of the disaster in Japan and the struggles to contain radiation levels around the nuclear...
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BOSTON (Reuters Life!) – Waves of criticism have followed the removal of a mural depicting workers' history in Maine, including the iconic "Rosie the Riveter," from government offices in the state capital Augusta.
Governor Paul LePage, a Republican, has said through spokesmen that he received...
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The organization that oversees the distribution of Internet domain names has given final approval to ".xxx", a domain dedicated to adult subject matter.
The new domain is known as a generic top-level domain, meaning it is the final part of a website address and isn't country-specific (like...
A circus dwarf and a man with the 'stretchiest skin in the world' have been banned from appearing at an Oxford University college ball.
It seems vertically challenged Demon Dan’s ability to drag a vacuum cleaner using only his genitals cuts no mustard with the dean of St Peter’s College...
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A ' sex toy show' at Northwestern University in Chicago featured a woman being brought to orgasm by a machine-powered saw that had a dildo where the blade would normally be.
As a group of around 100 students looked on, the naked woman was penetrated by the phallic object in a human...
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A painting of a large penis on a bridge in Russia's second city St Petersburg has been dropped from the shortlist for an art prize, the organisers said.
The painting, which pointed skywards when the bridge was raised, was painted last June by opposition Russian art group Voina, or War, to...
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Yves St Laurent perfume ad banned in Britain
Britain's advertising watchdog has banned an Yves St Laurent perfume advert, which showed a woman appearing to simulate injecting drugs.
A total of 13 viewers complained about the TV commercial for the perfume Belle D'Opium, which shows a...
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No, Microsoft’s Kinect does not censor naked female porn stars. How did we ascertain this important fact, you ask?
Well, the dedicated geeks at Link Removed asked adult film star Kirsten Price to test the system's face and body recognition software.
Er, all for the sake of science, of...
Hey, Net Neutrality: Why Not Try Freedom?
Campaign For Liberty; Hey, Net Neutrality: Why Not Try Freedom?
(Please note that this is a political OP-ED, so it is going to be very one sided on the subject, but an interesting observation and discussion none-the-less)
Net Neutrality is a proposal...
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March 26, 2010
US Navy Admiral Robert Willard appeared appeared before the US Armed Services Committee last Thursday. He Said, "US military networks and computer systems continue to be the target of intrusions that appear to have originated from within the People's Republic Of China. Most of...
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