We’ve courted offers to sell the blog in a way that links it to a major publication or web portal. The serious considerations have been this month where we were resolved to make a decision by June 30. That day has come and we’re not moving. The objective wasn’t to be a part of a [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Evening Briefing—29th June 2010
Posted: 29 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: ACLU, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, airstrikes, Andrew Clark, Avigdor Liberman, BitTorrent, Chicago Police, Colombia, copyright, David Cameron, David Petraeus, DHS, drones, economy, Ecuador, espionage, extrajudicial assassinations, file sharing, FinReg, free press, Gaza, global economic crisis, Homeland Security, human trafficking, Iran, Iraq, Jack Hunter, Jon Burge, Karl Eikenberry, Kashmir, Lond Police, Mitsubishi, National Pork Board, Noam Chomsky, Obama Administration, Pakistan, police brutality, Royal Dutch Shell, Rules of Engagement, Russia, SCOTUS, soft, Susan Antilla, Thalif Deen, The Southern Avenger, ThinkGeek.com, Toronto G20 Summit, Toronto Police, torture, trademark, UN, US dollar, USD, Washington lobbyists, West Bank
News and views from around the web posted to the Wonderland Wire
Report: Toronto Police Molested Female G-20 Captives (Video)
Posted: 29 June 2010 by Little Alex in International AffairsTags: Amy miller, anarchism, anti-globalization activism, G20, Maryam Adriangi, protests, sexual abuse, Tom Godfrey, Toronto G20 Summit, Toronto Police
Independent journalist Amy Miller told reporters that while kidnapped by the Toronto Police during the G-20 Summit she faced threats of rape, saw women being strip searched my male officers and was told by one woman that she was penetrated by a finger
Pork Copynazis Against Unicorns as ‘New White Meat’
Posted: 29 June 2010 by Little Alex in National NewsTags: Canned Unicorn Meat, Chris Matyszczyk, copyright, fair use, GeekNet, intellectual property, IP, libertarian, Luke Meredith, market-anarchism, Molly Wood, National Pork Board, NPB, property rights, Scott Kauffman, ThinkGeek.com, trademark, US
The National Pork Board is going after a website for modifying the trademarked slogan it uses to advertise a product that doesn’t exist: unicorn meat.
‘Martial Law Act’ Executed During G-20 Summit (Video)
Posted: 29 June 2010 by Little Alex in International AffairsTags: anarchism, corporatism, fascism, G20, global economic crisis, IMF, Jesse Freeston, libertarian, media, Naomi Klein, Newspeak, Paul Cavalluzzo, Paul Jay, privacy rights, Toronto G20 Summit, TRNN, US, World Bank
The Ontario Public Works Protection Act grants the executive branch “unlimited authority to the cabinet” to appoint any with the authority of a local police officer; deem any place in the province a ‘public work’; threaten whatever force is necessary to make any person—irrelevant of probable cause—identify themselves, grant consent to their person and property to a search, and prevent the person without cause from entering property deemed as a ‘public work’.
The War in Afghanistan is Crazy
Posted: 29 June 2010 by Editors in Af-Pak WarTags: 9/11, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, David Petraeus, Gary Faulkner, George Will, Jack Hunter, libertarian, Newspeak, Obama Administration, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Stanley McChrystal, terrorism, The Southern Avenger, US, War, War on Terror
Jack Hunter’s recent article at The American Conservative compares Gary “The bin Laden Hunter” Faulkner’s loony mission with much loonier one of the Obama Administration
Daily Briefing—28th-29th June 2010
Posted: 28 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghanistan, Alexander Cockburn, ANA, Andy Worthington, Anthony Fenton, ASF, Behzad Yaghmaian, Blackwater, BP, Brazil, Burundi, Canada, Chicago Police, China, CIA, David Petraeus, Dennis Kucinich, espionage, France, G20, Germany, Glenn Greenwald, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, Hezbollah, Hizbollah, IMF, India, Iran, Israel, Jon Burge, journalism, Lara Logan, Leon Panetta, Manuel Noriega, media, Michael Hastings, Middle East, military industrial complex, Mississippi, Noah Shachtman, NYPD, Palestinians, Panama, Pierre Nkurunziza, police brutality, propaganda, renminbi, Right to Information Act, Russia, SCOTUS, Spencer Ackerman, Stanley McChrystal, Syria, Taiwan, terrorism, torture, Turkey, USS Harry Truman, Xe
News and views from around the web posted to the Wonderland Wire
‘Dozens’ of American Citizens Maybe Targeted for Assassination by Obama Administration
Posted: 28 June 2010 by Little Alex in Af-Pak War, International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: ACLU, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Africa, airstrikes, al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, Anwar al-Awlaki, Bush Administration, Central Asia, CIA, civil liberties, Colombia, counterterrorism, Democrats, DHS, drones, due process, Eli Lake, extrajudicial assassinations, fascism, Glenn Greenwald, Homeland Security, human rights, international law, Jason Ditz, John Brennan, JSOC, law, liberals, libertarian, liberty, Middle East, Newspeak, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Philippines, progressives, Somalia, terrorism, US, War, War on Terror, Yemen
Glenn Greenwald was on “The Dylan Ratigan Show” at MSNBC discussing the Obama Administration’s extension of the previous administration’s extrajudicial assassination program to include citizens of the U.S.
Report: Days Before ‘Forced’ Resignation, McChrystal Warned NATO ‘Not to Expect Progress’ This Year
Posted: 27 June 2010 by Little Alex in Af-Pak WarTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Carlotta Gall, COIN, COINdinistas, counterinsurgency, David Kilcullen, David Petraeus, Eric Schmitt, Hamid Karzai, Haqqani Network, Henry Kissinger, ISAF, Jane Perlez, Michael Hastings, Mullah Omar, NATO, Obama Administration, Quetta Shura, Sirajuddin Haqqani, Stanley McChrystal
The recently-resigned U.S. top commander in Afghanistan told ISAF allies the local insurgency was enhanced since the Obama-led surge. Karzai’s best option is negotiating with leaders of opposing militant factions.
Evening Briefing—24th June 2010
Posted: 24 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Abu Zubaydah, Afghanistan, anarchism, AUD, Azerbaijan, bailouts, banking, Blackwater, capitalism, Chicago, CIA, corporate governance, corporatism, David Petraeus, drones, Dylan Ratigan, economic sanctions, Elena Kagan, failed state index, Federal Reserve, Gaz blockade, Gitmo, Glenn Greenwald, Guantanamo Bay, gun control, Hasan Abu Nimah, immigration, Iran, J. Neil Schulman, Jamal Abdi, Jeannine Aversa, Jeremy Scahill, Jim Lobe, JPY, Kelley Vlahos, Laura Flanders, Libya, Likudniks, Manhattan, marijuana, Michael Tommasky, Noah Shachtman, oil prices, Pakistan, Paul Joseph Watson, poverty, Richard Daley, SCOTUS, settlements, Sri Lanka, Stanley McChrystal, TARP, Tokyo, torture, UNHCR, US Congress, USD, Venessa Wong, Venezuela, war crimes, waterboarding, West Bank, widows, Xe
News and views from around the web posted to the Wonderland Wire
More Substance Than Gossip in Rolling Stone’s McChrystal Profile
Posted: 23 June 2010 by Editors in Af-Pak WarTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, AntiWar radio, COIN, COINdinistas, COMISAF, David Petraeus, Gareth Porter, George Will, Hamid Karzai, Hillary Clinton, human rights, ISAF, Joe Biden, John Kerry, John McCain, Kandahar Surge, Karl Eikenberry, Marja Surge, Michael Hastings, NATO, Newspeak, Obama, Obama Administration, Petraeus Doctrine, Scott Horton, Stanley McChrystal, US, War, War on Terror
The controversial article which led to today’s resignation by the top commander in Afghanistan and David Petraeus as his replacement is discussed as if it was a celebrity gossip column. It actually makes the substantive case that the occupation of Afghanistan is regressively destructive.
WikiLeaks Current Project Reveals ‘Abusive Mass Spying’
Posted: 22 June 2010 by Little Alex in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: ABC, Adrian Lamo, Afghanistan, anarchism, Andrew Fowler, anti-Statism, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, CIA, CID, Collateral Murder, Echelon, Ellen Nakashima, espionage, Farah Massacre, Garani Massacre, Glenn Greenwald, Grenai Massacre, human rights, Julian Assange, libertarian, MI6, Mike Gogulski, Newspeak, State Department, US, War, War on Terror, West Baghdad Massacre, whistleblowers, Wikileaks
WikiLeaks founder recently hinted at ‘anarchistic’ leaking of documents relating to a deadly 2009 U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan and the future leaking of wide-reaching detailed spying.
