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Pittsburgh beefs up security to greet G20

Posted on September 21, 2009 by @ndy

Pittsburgh beefs up security to greet G20 Virginie Montet (AFP) PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania — Pittsburgh is beefing up security with thousands of extra anti-capitalist, anti-globalization, anti-war, anti-government and anti-poverty activists as police, politicians and technocrats descend on it for the G20 … Continue reading →

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YouTube: “we don’t permit hate speech”. No, really.

Posted on September 20, 2009 by @ndy

YouTube Community Guidelines Don’t Cross the Line Here are some common-sense rules that will help you steer clear of trouble… We encourage free speech and defend everyone’s right to express unpopular points of view. But we don’t permit hate speech … Continue reading →

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I’m too sexy for Denmark

Posted on September 18, 2009 by @ndy

Danish tourism Web ad pulled for promiscuity Jan M. Olsen AP September 15, 2009 COPENHAGEN – Denmark’s tourism agency has removed an advertisement from YouTube after complaints that it promoted promiscuity in the liberal Scandinavian country. The video clip, nearly … Continue reading →

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Leave Kyle Sandilands and the military-industrial-entertainment complex alone!

Posted on September 11, 2009 by @ndy

We R back on air tomorrow.Thank you to our loyal listeners 4 all ur msg’s.Your support has been amazing,& we luv u.See you in the morning. (4:31 AM Aug 17th) Kyle Sandilands is ace. So is Jacqueline Ellen Marie Last … Continue reading →

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The Tale of Denis Donohue… and Donny Ryder

Posted on September 11, 2009 by @ndy

Neo-Nazi skinheads belonging to Blood & Honour (B&H) Australia and the Southern Cross Hammerskins are gathering in Melbourne this weekend to commemorate the death of B&H’s co-founder, Ian Stuart Donaldson, in 1993. As in previous years, the boneheads have organised … Continue reading →

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“The Church of Morris Dees” [Et cetera]

Posted on September 10, 2009 by @ndy

The Church of Morris Dees Ken Silverstein Harper’s Magazine November 2000 How the Southern Poverty Law Center profits from intolerance Ah, tolerance. Who could be against something so virtuous? And who could object to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the … Continue reading →

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Australians all let us ring Joyce…

Posted on September 9, 2009 by @ndy

…for she is young and free. Ah! The ’80s! Hakim Bey — T.A.Z. 1 Chaos 2 Poetic Terrorism 3 Amour Fou 4 Immediatism 5 The Tong 6 Boycott Cop Culture The Tong Embedding disabled by request [of Permanent Authority Zone] … Continue reading →

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Ooh Aah : Look Who’s Talking Two!

Posted on September 8, 2009 by @ndy

Update (September 10): Ooh Aah Aah Ooh No! US corporation Optus, one of the Kyle & Jackie O’ Show’s major sponsors, has announced it has withdrawn its sponsorship: “We can confirm we have withdrawn all advertising on the Kyle and … Continue reading →

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Smash! Magnavox! Spectacle! Videocracy!

Posted on September 4, 2009 by @ndy

Sweet. Erik Gandini is, inter alia, a filmmaker. You may remember him from such films as The Boatjacking of Supership 79, Hydro, the Man With the Hydraulic Arms! and Surplus: terrorized into being consumers. Erik has a new film: Videocracy. … Continue reading →

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Bloggy Tuesday

Posted on September 1, 2009 by @ndy

one loon pond is the name of a blog that has come to replace The Michael Duffy Files. loon is a) entertaining and b) informative — the two purposive categories into which all writing may be classified (if I remember … Continue reading →

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