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BitTorrent Piracy Doesn’t Affect US Box Office Returns, Study Finds
from TorrentFreak A new academic paper by researchers from the University of Minnesota and Wellesley College has examined the link between BitTorrent downloads and box office returns. Contrary to what’s often claimed by the movie industry, the researchers conclude that there is no evidence that
Pro-Gun People Can Relax With Mitt Romney Watching Their Backs
by Karen De Coster According to this ditz on Human Events, Mitt Romney is good for gun owners. He’s so good, in fact, it’s worth writing about. My eyes immediately dropped from the headline to the bottom of the column where I read this statement from the writer: “As we say in the conservat
Swarming
LRC Writes Jack Douglas: "I don't normally speculate much about techno-futurism because there is such a mass of swarming technologies being developed worldwide and the most important ones are the ones you cannot foresee from here—the real earth shattering "breakthroughs." We can see that drone
U.S. Government Deports Woman and Kidnaps Her Children
by Ryan W. McMaken, LRC Anti-immigrant conservatives cheer. Reyes Jimenez's son and three daughters are now living in foster care in Phoenix, and are awaiting possible adoption. Reyes Jimenez is back in Mexico, her parental rights terminated by an Arizona judge, and she cries when she remembers
Mossad Chief Secretly Met With Top U.S. Officials Including Sitting Senators
from The Intel Hub A clandestine Washington visit by Mossad Chief Tamir Pardo, in which he privately met with multiple Senators and other top officials, was revealed in testimony during a hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence attended by CIA director David Petraeus and Intel C
Angry Birds boss: ‘Piracy may not be a bad thing: it can get us more business’
by Stuart Dredge, Guardian Rovio Mobile learned from the music industry's mistakes when deciding how to deal with piracy of its Angry Birds games and merchandise, chief executive Mikael Hed told the Midem conference in Cannes this morning. "We have some issues with piracy, not only in app
State Emergency Managers Usher in IMF-style Austerity and Soviet-style Governance
by Brandon Turbeville, ActivstPost In what can easily be described as a Soviet-style law, Michigan’s Emergency Financial Management Law which was passed in March, 2011, essentially gives the Governor the authority to take over local governments and municipalities and appoint his own directors i
Monsanto: ‘There is no need for, or value in testing the safety of GM foods in humans’
by Ethan A. Huff, NaturalNews There is a growing body of scientific evidence which proves that genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) are inherently different from natural organisms, including the way the body processes them, as well as how the immune system responds to them. But Monsanto, the lar
Israeli hackers bring down Saudi, UAE stock exchange websites
Haaretz Israeli hackers brought down the websites of both the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) Tuesday, in the latest episode of a continuing cyber war between hackers in the two countries. The Israeli hackers, who go by the name IDF-Team, we
Why Ron Paul?
by Voddie Baucham, Grace Family Baptist Church Voddie, because I have a great respect for you and your opinion I would really like to know why you are voting for Ron Paul ? I have not liked some of the things I have heard him say and I am wondering if I missed something?" -Pamela Wolfe (via Fa
Ron Paul: An Intellectual Revolution?
by Jesse Herman, DeathRattleSports The thought crossed my mind in sixth grade, it was the first year of Middle School and my view on politics consisted basically of whatever Rush Limbaugh said because that’s who my dad listened to. Doing the math, that would have put me at the age of 12 and it
US seeking to ‘close down’ Iran central bank
from Breitbart The latest round of American sanctions are aimed at shutting down Iran's central bank,a senior US official said Thursday, spelling out that intention directly for the first time. "We do need to close down the Central Bank of Iran (CBI)," the official told reporters on conditi
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