http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 25 May 2013 06:58:42 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:58:42 During protests in Warsaw last weekend, one crafty activist deployed a flying drone to spy on riot police.

YouTube user latajacakamera — or “flying camera” in Polish — uploaded the amazing video that the drone effortlessly captured as it hovered over teargas-filled streets.

In another video, t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/cyberpj/50 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:47:43 these excerpts from his convention speech, the parts that led us to believe he would not continue policies that gave everything to corporations.

So much of the hope and change we were promised was immediately obliterated by his selections for financial advisors and the TARP bailouts. There were... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/cyberpj/49 Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:22:32 [b]Here are 2 articles from 2007/2008 that I have posted on DU before.
I believe they're still highly relevant, perhaps more today than ever.
For example, how many of the police 'controlling' Occupy protests were trained by Blackwater/Xe?
And if Blackwater/Xe were called in, as contractors, are... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/cyberpj/47 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:17:07 just because I find it so informative when thinking about

- when the different Presidents were in office
- when the wind down of pensions and wind up of 401ks began
- when unions began to die out and corporations became more and more powerful
- when outsourcing started and as it grew


Wha... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/cyberpj/46 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:05:34 [i]More evidence of Corporate America dictating US (and now Global) law --this time [u]without requiring Congressional approval[/u].

Hey, anyone remember how easy it used to be to record on a VCR or cassette player and give copies to friends. Well, no more my friends... no more. Ever wonder why... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/cyberpj/45 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:56:42 snip-
It was another demonstration of Christine O'Donnell's capacity to polarize even her own party: A national tea party group dropped her from a lineup of speakers for a Sarah Palin rally in Iowa on Saturday, only to turn around within hours and re-invite her.

http://www.delawareonline.com/art... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/cyberpj/44 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:07:04 [b]I'm trying to find out if there has been fracking going on in Virginia and West Virginia anywhere near the center of this totally strange and unprecedented East Coast earthquake. I've lived in Delaware all my life and we've never had anything like this before.

Hell, even F-- mentioned a possi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/cyberpj/43 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:01:11 of Democrats being Democrats. When the issues are worth outing and expressing our opinions that's what we do.

I am one of the greatly disappointed in the difference between what Obama promised and what Obama has done.

I've wondered if he has been threatened, once in office...

I've wondered ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/cyberpj/42 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:52:16 1. Many many years ago I did it to avoid getting the overwhelming junk mail and contribution solicitations from either of the other 2 parties. (And BTW, that was a generally known and used tactic at the time so there are probably lots of people like me out there.)

subsequently, I left it that wa... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/cyberpj/41 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:39:20 Several researchers have investigated the business history of the Bush family. The facts that they have uncovered are not very pretty. [b]The business record of George W. Bush holds some revealing insights to how his presidency has operated, and helps to explain why the country has fallen so deeply ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/cyberpj/29 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:30:44 snip-
Waxman said that in January, Fuld and his board were warned the company’s “liquidity can disappear quite fast.” Despite that warning, he said, “Mr. Fuld depleted Lehman’s capital reserves by over $10 billion through year-end bonuses, stock buybacks, and dividend payments.”

Waxman quoted F... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/cyberpj/28 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:37:52 [i]Not to say that the methods of theft are exactly the same
(although the FBI is now investigating for fraud) but -
If you read the entire Mutual fund scandal article you'll notice a VERY familiar cast of characters...

Shouldn't someone be talking about the familiarity of the scenarios, capt... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/cyberpj/26 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:34:44 In case anyone missed this chart, posted over the weekend, here it is again.

The attached picture will make it much clearer how much money the thieves are talking about now.

Note, all of the dots in the chart are those up until today's suggested additional bailout.

Also note that the larges... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/cyberpj/25 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:11:14 [b]Just finished reading this article, posted in the Economy forum, and like others I recommend it x 1000!

It's long but well worth the time and will give you information you need to both know and discuss our current economic state.

Really - you'll understand a LOT more after this article.
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/cyberpj/23 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:25:09 [b]I think this may better explain the tension between The Clintons and The Obama/Biden ticket better than anything.

I'm also wondering why such important Democratic groups are calling themselves "Democrat" groups. [/b]



New Democrat Movement
GROUP

The right wing current of the Democrat... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/cyberpj/21 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:06:34 I'm curious about DU thoughts on this -

snip -

"Picking Joe Biden was more than a strategic move in the Obama campaign. It wasn't just about putting a white man with more experience in the ticket so that he would appeal to middle America. It was about carrying out what Obama has been saying ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/cyberpj/20 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:04:39 [b][i]Note: this is an OPINION post; this is DU and we're all entitled to our own opinions. And this morning I felt so much anger I had to come here and write it out or start throwing things around the house -- so writing was definitely the right choice.

If you have an honest and thoughtful re... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/cyberpj/19 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:50:22 Certainly there are liberal Dems that get involved with the DLC. Personally I don't think everyone who gets involved with them even realizes the depth of their desire to drag the party away from their liberal history.

But the real power of the DLC lies in it's intent: to rescue the Democratic P... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/cyberpj/18 Thu, 22 May 2008 15:49:44 Blackwater by Numbers: A Statistical Index
In a rare appearance before Congress yesterday, Blackwater founder and CEO Erik Prince answered questions about his company's operations in Iraq; by mutual agreement, details of the September 16 shootings in Baghdad, which reportedly left 17 Iraqis dead an... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/cyberpj/16 Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:11:19 Source: [b]BBC News UK[/b]

US 'no longer technology king'

Singapore was among the nations ranked higher than the US
The US has lost its position as the world's primary engine of technology innovation, according to a report by the World Economic Forum.
The US is now ranked seventh in the b... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/cyberpj/14 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:31:38 Quietly, quietly building the North American Union
By Steven Yates
October 5, 2006
NewsWithViews.com

Just when you thought it might be safe to go on to topics other than regional integration and trade practices driven by the love of money and the lust for power, you get blindsided again.
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/cyberpj/10 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:07:12 [b]A History of Clinton, Bush, and Terrorism[/b]

snip...
A mere 38 days after taking office, the World Trade Center is attacked for the first time. Clinton captures and imprisons Ramzi Yousef, Abdul Hakim Murad, and Wali Khan Amin Shah.

January 1994: Clinton's first crime bill provides for s... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/cyberpj/8 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:35:23 If you click on one of the Big Ten, it will show you all the media each one owns.

And that was current as of Dec., 2001 - Things are probably even worse by now.

http://www.thenation.com/special/bigten.html
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/cyberpj/6 Wed, 06 Sep 2006 14:42:55 Top 200 Federal Contractors
Total Purchases: $388,017,686,748

Ths list shows rank, how much they got, what amt to military and how much to civilian.

Top 10 below (ugly format, the web site is a nice table)

[u]Rank Parent Company Total $ DoD $ Civilian $ DoD Rank Civil. Rank[/u]

1 Lockhe... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/cyberpj/4 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:32:55 Global Secure Corp., a Washington, D.C.-based firm with a plant in Bear, recently acquired a $2 million contract with the Army to provide 2,200 troops with a cooling vest known as a body-ventilation system. Earlier this month, it shipped the first of three installments of the vests to soldiers in Ir... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/cyberpj/5 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:57:45