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In yet another attempt to ‘ensure our liberties’, congress is currently debating Stop Online Piracy Act – aka SOPA. The very fact that their current laws are unenforceable due to a lack of personnel and funding, congress apparently feels that more laws are the answer…again. In their twisted heads, they seem to believe that by denying a dns (domain name service) entry onto the web via its ISP (Internet Service Provider), they can somehow save money. Just a few minor holes into this thing that I would like to shoot down right now.
1 – Smaller ISP’s are to be more impacted by this than the larger ones – small wonder as to why the big dogs in the major Companies support this nonsense (for a list of supporting companies, go t......
http://peacefreedomprosperity.com/6151/12-reasons-why-sopa-is-worse-than-you-think/In yet another attempt to ‘ensure our liberties’, congress is currently... more
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Debate is currently going on regarding instituting a financial transaction tax on certain trades of 0.25% that could raise billions to basically slow the short term investment volatility that has made Wall Street now little more than a crap table at a casino. This is an interesting report that gives answers regarding what it is, Europe's response, the U.S.'s response ( hint: Geithner tried to talk others out of it to the cheering of Corporate America) and the all out effort by Wall Street to stop it.
Personally I think it needs to be considered as a viable way to curb the high-frequency stock trades that drive short-term financial thinking and provide a way for us to tax the rich in a way that will not end the world but enrich it for the whole. There are a myriad of ways such income could be used but of course that is assuming it is handled in a diligent and prudent manner.
Also, it is not just about the money but the moral investment along with the financial that ensures growth and sustainability not only of the investment but the environment. You simply cannot have true growth in a short term market timeframe. As we have seen it only leads to collapse and environmental devastation.
There was a time when people who were entrepreneurs with big ideas sought out longterm investing in the hopes of those ideals not only making profits over the longterm, but also in bringing about an atmosphere that was not exclusive, predatory, or tipped to only favor one specific entity at the expense of all others.
However, this is a symptom of a bigger societal problem where quick fixes and getting everything fast has infected every part of society. Fast food, instant messaging, fast internet connections at lightning speed and quick fix democracy (case in point the 2000 USSC decision that picked the wrong man as president) are just a small sampling of the society we have made where fast transactions for quick profit and gratification without considering the longterm consequences in comparison to sustainability have now also led us to a climate tipping point as well. And yes, that is insane and needs to change if we are to save our markets and ourselves.Debate is currently going on regarding instituting a financial transaction tax on... more
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Hello leaders of the global financial market, we are anonymous. We hope you are having as much fun with this as we are. As you know, we are still here, and with every passing day your failure to account for the fraud and abuse exposed by our campaign becomes more evident to the people of America, the globe, and to your own followers. The civilian independent media have chosen to communicate our message about your organization to their viewer-ship. And now the world is listening to us and watching you. The mechanism behind the phenomenal ease with which we have achieved this is simple. We are speaking the truth.
Your efforts to handle this condition are as predictable as they are expensive for you. This pleases Anonymous and we encourage you to continue waging your conventional war against truth at great expense to you and at no cost to us. We approve of these conditions. Because within them defeat is impossible.
Our campaign has been one of constant success, and yours has been one of constant failure. This will continue. Evidence of our victory is everywhere. We are certain that police departments and arms manufacturers appreciate your handsome patronage now necessary because of the ubiquity of our message. Unfortunately for you the millions of dollars you now spend every month because of the occupation cannot change your history of crime and abuse of humanity, nor alter your police officers criminal behaviors which are now all available to the public.
Your efforts to pervert the law to censor the truth will continue to fail at great cost to you just as your attempts to paint our peaceful demonstrations as terrorist activities have done nothing but foreground your tendency to abuse the judicial system to suppress free speech.
Defections at every level of your organization will continue to increase. By now you have most likely experienced the cognition that every action we take deprives you of at least one of the three following things: capital, clients and credibility. These conditions will continue to exert their pressure upon you and your superiors. The disorder will continue to deepen.
We have changed the rules of the game. Growth of the magnitude required to maintain your capital in its present form is no longer possible for you. Your ability to seduce the public has been destroyed. Your survival has long depended on your capacity to suppress the truth of your abuses, and that ability is now gone.
We have removed it.
Leaders of the global financial market, the data has spoken. We are the Cause. you are the effect.
Expect this to continue, and thanks for playing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAh2znVnexIHello leaders of the global financial market, we are anonymous. We hope you are having... more
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We live in a time of finance capitalism, when trading money, risk and associated products is more profitable and outpaces trading goods and services for capital accumulation. That is in short what people refer to often as “financialisation” of the economy. This has huge implications for where capital is invested and the everyday exposure of people to capital markets, as more and more aspects of everyday life – from home ownership to pensions and schooling – are mediated through financial markets rather than just markets.We live in a time of finance capitalism, when trading money, risk and associated... more
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While it is reported that intercepting unencrypted drone communication data streams had first been known to US military since the mid-1990's, this exploitation continued on into 2009 where militant laptops were found with drone data and unencrypted video feeds from Predator drones...
https://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/18778-How-the-RQ-170-Was-Hijacked.htmlWhile it is reported that intercepting unencrypted drone communication data streams... more
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If we we consider the Occupy movements across the globe, demonstrating and protesting against income inequality and inequitable policies around commerce and taxation, the persistent cart vulnerability could become a seemingly benign form of occupation that could develop into a serious threat...
https://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/18630-OWWWS-The-Other-Form-of-Occupy.htmlIf we we consider the Occupy movements across the globe, demonstrating and protesting... more
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Have we now arrived at the point in obtaining medical care that in addition to looking into the medical practitioner's experience and confirming they are compliant with HIPAA, that we now must review their data handling policies before choosing a health care provider?
https://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/18525-Are-Your-Health-Records-at-Risk.htmlHave we now arrived at the point in obtaining medical care that in addition to looking... more
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