Chronological politics Weblog/Links

Italian police sentenced over 2001 G8 protests July 15, 2008 :: During the G8 summit in 2001, police were accused of posing as "Black Block" anarchists (among others) and inciting violence. There was also widespread illegitimate arrests of protestors,...

Iran sucks at photoshop July 10, 2008 :: Speaking of free/open photo tools, Iran apparently sucks at using them, releasing allegedly digitally altered images of their recent missile tests.

GHM officially opposed Everest summit Olympic torch relay April 18, 2008 :: Well, at least some people are sane: We believe that the project of the People's Republic of China to raise the Olympic torch at the top of Everest is particularly inappropriate,...

Green leader to have no Liberal opposition April 16, 2007 :: Green party leader Elizabeth May will run against Peter McKay and will not be oppposed by a Liberal candidate; the Greens will not run a candidate in Stephan Dion's riding in exchange. ...

Shocking: more work, less time with family February 13, 2007 :: Workers on average spend 45 fewer minutes per day with family now than in 1986, since workers on average are working more now (than ever before; humans have never worked more hours per year...

"Vast expansion" of DNA collection February 05, 2007 :: If you want another reason not to go to the crazy fascist USA, here's a good one: The Justice Department is completing rules to allow the collection of DNA from most people...

RFID credit cards easily hacked October 24, 2006 :: So-called "next-generation" or "contactless" credit cards with RFID tags are easily hacked to glean their information. This could be used to clone the credit card easily. Tom...