Kudos to the Guardian and Naomi Wolf for keeping this topic in at least one mainstream media outlet. Neither the President nor Congress should have the right to detain an US Citizen for any reason indefinitely. This is guaranteed in our constitution and should not be lightly disregarded. Before anyone says yeah, Obama sucks. Remember both parties voted for the bill, both parties politicians think and say nothing is wrong with the bill. What we have is a political class that is completely cut off from reality and one which we as voters need to find a way to change quickly, before it is too late.
Rights Slip Sliding Away
Published May 20, 2012 News Leave a CommentTags: Guardian, Naomi Wolf, National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA, Section 1021
China and Foreigners
Published May 20, 2012 China Leave a CommentTags: China, foreigners, Party Congress
I knew if I waited someone else would make the same points as I was planning on making.
Last week Beijing announced a “cleaning up” of unregistered foreign workers. Is China turning against foreigners?
I have seen many articles describing this situation. The reality here is that we are going thru an especially painful power struggle leading up to this year’s Party Congress. Programs such as this new-found need to root out the evil foreign bastards is simply meant to deflect criticism and attention from the issues facing China and its leadership during this crucial time period. China Digital Times and China Geek have this topic well discussed.
This is not to say I do not recommend being more cautious and careful if you travel to China, (I DO!). I however, do not think we have reached a stage of modern era Boxer rebellion tactics.
Like this:
The main stream media seems to have realized over the last few weeks about the true life changing nature of 3D printing. See the below posts for all the articles I have come across.
Great david Brin Interview here. While dystopia’s can be fun, I am a fan of at least a strain of optimism to run thru my Science Fiction.
STAR TREK Out of Date? While Star Trek may be out of date in some cases, I am not ready to throw it under the bus quite yet.
