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Women are objects of contempt in Islam.

I mean, 3 humans, lives snuffed out by the horror of nuclear power - and what does it give us?

Well it provides employment for the homeless and workers from around the world in a high tech clean-up that proves the benevolence od the nuclear industry.

The people who enthusiastically support nuclear power now have a way to sincerely show their commitment to their cause by participating in the effort side by side with the workers who are cleaning it up.

The research funding dictated who had a voice.

And those with the voice, can get more research funding. Is not it nice, when the government is picking winners?

Climate science has a harder problem to address, but is as rigorous as is reasonable in the circumstances.

I wonder, what you mean by "rigorous" here. Lysenko, for example, rigorously persecuted adherents of the reactionary Mendelian genetics. And, when their activities endangered the favor he held with the government, denounced them as "enemies of the people".

Something that could never happen in a free country. Right?

Is it really a reliable scientific theory, if police are called on to silence its opponents?

You need to be a "Highly Skilled Wage Slave" to get/retain a job in Globalization.
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/pe...

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Join site(s) like 38 Degrees, Avaaz even with the god-awful tories in power, 38 Degrees have made a substantial difference many times.

Donate to EFF, UCL, etc.

According the the petition link in the summary ( I know it's a lot to ask that you read it ), these accusations were dropped. And he isn't charged with anything currently.

Are you sure they aren't treated badly?

Excuse me but this is kind of important.

"Insightful". Oh please. Yes, the UK has a ridiculous number of CCTV cameras, both government-run and private. Even here in the London panopticon, though, I don't believe that there is a camera situated directly over my computer keyboard. Not yet, anyway.

If you live in the UK, please be brave, stick your head up over the parapet, and sign here, here, here, and here.

So.

What can we do which is bigger than the blackout?

I don't want to believe we don't stand a chance. We have to keep fighting.

Start by signing the petitions on EFF and avaaz.org sites. Then spread the word.

Also, you may want to consider setting up a Tor bridge using Amazon free tier (if you can't afford to pay $30 a month to sponsor a more permanent one)... just in case.

Good find. Any idea why we did not hear about this site before when SOPA and PIPA were doing the rounds?

I also wonder why does a petition like the one here have more than 450k signers yet one that seems to tackle more of the critical problem have less than 200k?

..is eternal vigilance. Did you think they were just pretty words?

If you don't, at least sign the petitions on EFF and avaaz.org sites. The spread the word.

The oligarchies of the world do a fair job of controlling media, but they can't control blogs or twitter. They need governments to make sure they can do this for them.

twitter is not representative (thus rather irrelevant). Let me demonstrate by googling on:

CISPA - 1540 results
SOPA - About 673,000 results
lady gaga - About 5,020,000 results
bieber - About 8,030,000 results
pr0n (about 42,100 results) + porn (about 2,070,000 results) - an "total about" of 2,112,100 (what???).

Everybody knows Internet is for porn and the rule 34. Now, you cannot argue that porn is less popular than Lady Gaga or Bieber - therefore Twitter must be non-representative.

Now, I tell you what you can do to prove me wrong (don't bother replying to this post, it's equally irrelevant): just sign the petitions on EFF and avaaz.org . Even better, open or sign a petitions on the We, the people site.
Then, of course, twit about it and prove me wrong.

"This is SOPA being passed in smaller chunks."

So long as all law is made solely to restrict people and _never_to recagnize rights or prevent abuses such as this, it will just be attempt after attempt until a given law passes. It is absolutely inevitable.

The very reason the people should use whatever legal influence they have to show support in delaying (if not stopping) such laws, every time they try to pass them:
petition at Electronic Frontier Foundation
petition at avaaz

It may appear that you also missed the boat in signing a petition on "We the people" (I can't, not being in US). Maybe it's time to start a new one and promote it better?

http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/new_sopa/

Do sign, please. It may not help, but it can't hurt.

While at it, give CISPA a bump... while you still can.

It's called CISPA.

FTFY. Now, go and try to do something.

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/eu_save_the_internet/
Acta petition to the EU with over 600,000 people signing up and growing fast.

http://stopsopaireland.com/ Trying to stop Irelands version of sopa being written in to law next week with not even a debate in the house just a junior ministers signature. Recent news suggests there may be a debate since pressure has been building all this week.

Both petitions need a lot more signatures if they are going to influence the respective politicians.

I did something, I signed this petition. I hope it helps.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/eu_save_the_internet/?fp

I did something, I signed this petition. I hope it helps.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/eu_save_the_internet/?fp

Maybe a case for avaaz.org?

You can also sign a petition.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/the_world_vs_wall_st/?cl=1306611662&v=10599

http://www.avaaz.org/en/the_world_vs_wall_st/?cl=1306611662&v=10599

Some tools to utilise in order to make sure Harper doesn't get a majority vote:
Check your riding to see if it's a close race
If it is not a close race, see if you can swap votes with someone using votepair

Let's kick the bastards in the nuts and hope the door hits them in the ass on the way out!

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Your donation will go to providing satellite internet devices, other related equipment, to help with network access costs,and general support for Egyptians and people working with Egypt during this crisis and beyond.

Not very hard to find an answer. Instead of an invoice for my 3 minutes of searching, may I kindly ask you to go to the posted link, fill in the form and hit the "Donate" button. Thank you.

What's the betting it will end up paying for weapons to attack Israel and the West once the Muzzies take over.

$15,242 raised so far. Help us get to $100,000
Your donation will go to providing satellite internet devices, other related equipment, to help with network access costs, and general support for Egyptians and people working with Egypt during this crisis and beyond.

Your donation will go to providing satellite internet devices, other related equipment, to help with network access costs,and general support for Egyptians and people working with Egypt during this crisis and beyond.

Not very hard to find an answer.
Instead of an invoice for my 3 minutes of searching, may I kindly ask you to go to the posted link, fill in the form and hit the "Donate" button.
Thank you.

The entirely depends on how many. Some internet activism organisations most notably avaaz have demonstrated in the last year or so that mass letter writing can give a website the power to change government policy.

Hell some places spread the lies that condoms are a western evil.

'Some places' like Vatican City?

Indeed, sadly enough. Last time just 2 months ago, on his way to Africa precisely...
We might be one step closer to a vaccine, great news. In the meantime, someone please tell the Pope that condoms do save lives?

Maybe it's utopian to imagine that the Chinese government cares about its international reputation, but just in case they do (say because of the upcoming Olympics), we might be able to make a tiny bit of difference by expressing our support for the Dalaï Lama and his call for dialog, eg. here: http://www.avaaz.org/en/tibet_end_the_violence/