Politics Archives - Page 8 of 9

Open Source Wars: GeckoFX and MozNet

Cynic / 2011-06-20

Well, it appears I’ve been caught in the cross-fire in some open source wars. A number of years ago, SkyBound […]

Cynic / 2011-06-15

So I’m driving down the road today and listening to the Australian Parliament on the radio. And there’s a question

Cynic / 2011-05-02

Highly reliable sources (the voices in my head) are reporting that the death of Osama Bin Laden is entirely thanks

Cynic / 2011-03-29

The OECD is criticizing Canada of non-prosecution of Canadian nationals bribing foreign officials while outside of Canada, the CBC is

Cynic / 2011-02-03

I fail to understand American paranoia. While reading yet another news story about “security”, it occurred to me just how

Cynic / 2011-02-01

Australian law enforcement continues to baffle me. Harsh penalties for nothing, and slaps on the wrist for violent offenders. I

Cynic / 2011-01-29

The Associated Press is reporting that Egypt has suspended mobile phone services in some areas where protests are expected. It’s

Cynic / 2011-01-28

Well, in a rather stunning development in the Middle East turmoils, Egypt has shut down the Internet. Completely. As in

Cynic / 2011-01-13

How can I not hate so many of the people in Pakistan. How can anyone not revile in disgust at

Cynic / 2011-01-10

The latest media frenzy is all about how Wikileaks is going to cause mass exterminations of human rights activists around