While there are pro democracy riots in China, Fox News is strangely quiet. I guess everything else is more important than democracy in acountry where Murdoch sell stuff?[...]
Posts Tagged ‘free speech’
September 23rd, 2014 - 8:27 am § in China
CHINA: Free Speech?
“He wanted me to stay in a land that has freedom,” “ Ilham Tohti has been sentenced to life imprisonment and confiscation of all of his possession for writing about the rights of the Uigar people of western China. Mr. Tohti is known as a moderate voice,a Communist Party member[...]
September 22nd, 2014 - 12:14 am § in America, The Ave Scene
How is Jeff Bezos Doing As Publisher of The Washington Post?
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DON’T TRUST THE SCIENTISTS!
A HuffPost/YouGov poll lst Fall showed that only 36 percent of Americans have “a lot” of trust that scientists are accurate and reliable. Making matter worse the poll showed that a whopping majorities of about 80 percent think that information reported in scientific studies is ta[...]
July 4 Coup: Rick Perry to Fire UT President
In case you missed the news about “The July 4th Coup,” on Friday news outlets reported that the outgoing UT System Chancellor, Francisco Cigarroa, apparently gave UT Austin President William C. Powers Jr.. an ultimatum: quit your job by July 4, or be fired by the Regents this week. A p[...]
May 28th, 2014 - 9:28 am § in Politics
Free Speech Comes to Cuba?
Cuba’s First Independent Media Outlet A dissident Cuban blogger, Yoani Sánchez, has launched the country’s first independent media outlet in the last 50 years. <div> <a href=”http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=%2F4624%2FA[...]
May 28th, 2014 - 8:36 am § in America
Maya Angelou RIP
Wake Forest University issued a statement Wednesday on her death: Dr. Angelou was a national treasure whose life and teachings inspired millions around the world, including countless students, faculty, and staff at Wake Forest, where she served as Reynolds Professor of American Studies since 1982. O[...]
The ACLU is contesting an Idaho law that bans photography of cows!
There Were No Cows on The Microsoft Campus. As an American photographer and sometimes civil rights activist, I have very much appreciated the protections of free speech. For example, a couple of years ago I went to the Microsoft campus to photograph what I feel is a very sterile environment. I did[...]
May 6th, 2014 - 5:35 am § in Misc.
COMCAST: The FU facts
WARNING: This video explains COMCAST With an 3xcessive application of FUisms Comcast Doesn’t Give a F*CK from Tarik Ellinger[...]
IMPORTANT NEW BOOK
I INTRODUCING “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” The new book from Reza Aslan From the internationally bestselling author of No god but God comes a fascinating, provocative, and meticulously researched biography that calls into question everything we thought we k[...]