Obama gives himself right to control/hijack/shut down any media in USA, under new executive order!

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Barack Obama gives himself the right: at his discretion: to take control of any and all media facilities in the United States!


Any system that communicates to America, can be seized under new executive powers, which seemingly leave a grand amount of discretion, with the President himself.


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RT originally shared this post:

Obama gives himself control of all communication systems in America — RT »

US President Barack Obama quietly signed his name to an Executive Order on Friday, allowing the White House to control all private communications in the country in the name of national security.

Mike Elgan Responds to our criticism... by a bare denial! #BoycottApple

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Our criticism:

What Apple thinks of #BoycottApple  ;)!~ ... the IPhone kinda reminds me of+Mike Elgan 's post ;)!~ You know, attacking anyone boycotting Apple! ;0!~


Psycho Siri

Psycho Siri »

Click to tweet! http://bit.ly/y46zik An abandoned iPhone turns out to be a killer of a deal. CREDITS: http://twitter.com/hausofnate - Nathan's twitter http:/...

of (Note: he calls the movement dumb: that refers to people!) : 

Mike Elgan

Yesterday 21:53 (edited)  -  Public

Why the ‘Boycott Apple’ movement is dumb.


The #BoycottApple hashtag was trending hard on Google+ last week. The call to boycott is based on Apple’s attempts to ban both the Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone and the Galaxy 10.1 tablet.


Here’s why the call for a boycott is misguided and futile:


http://www.cultofmac.com/177786/why-the-boycott-apple-movement-is-dumb/

Got a reply from Mike Elgan Yesterday:


Mike ElganYesterday 18:28

+Marc Aupiais I didn't attack anyone boycotting Apple. I attacked the boycott itself, and laid out very specific reasons why the boycott is misguided and futile. 

We tried to get a reply out of him:


But that's just it, for us who are publicizing Apple's culture... it isn't futile or dumb, or stupid... words, which for many of your readers, translated onto them.


If you don't mind reading...


+Mike Elgan actually, I've seen it as quite successful in many ways... whether in preventing future sales, or in boosting competitive spirit. Compared with the other rebuttals, the one you posted against yourself was the least compelling I have seen. An atmosphere change was prompted by the trend, and Apple, I think: will suffer.


as seen here:


https://plus.google.com/115081025762845243709/posts/FZALgunnreZ


Many of the posters are also highlighting other Apple abuse, I certainly did: https://plus.google.com/115133333057328743179/posts/izixDjmD9dG


To call something futile, and stupid, is to call those doing so equally that. I would hope you read enough on it beforehand.


In any case, as I am sure you've seen, I have circled you on plus, I do read you, but in this case, I and many others felt very disappointed in your post, you need only read the comments on cult of mac, to see some actually uncircled you. Not, because they are Apple 'haters' /critics, but because they are highlighting a clearly anti-competitive behaviour, akin to patent trolling. 


And you chose to humiliate them. Many actually bought Apple or may in future, and some will see the trend, and wonder... it certainly is bad publicity, itself to have an effect.


The purpose of #BoycottApple  is publicity... not just of hypocrisy, but of their general turn to bad behaviour. Also, it is showing that competitors with better products, ought to be given room to compete. IT ought not be about a cult of personality, or sales pushing, but quality products.


Thanks for the reply. I hope you will reply to this also.


Sincerely,


Marc!


and tried again:


+Mike Elgan here's my early post on the trend... and it notes my experience of it also... 


http://sacns.scripturelink.net/2012/07/google-plus-users-boycottapple-over.html


and tried again:


+Mike Elgan most people listed multiple reasons... for why a boycott.


 But Mike Elgan stuck to his guns...


Should he have replied to us? After all, he replied to a post and reposted it, when really it was just more pro-Apple stuff:


+Jonas M Luster writes a nice rebuttal of my 'Boycott Apple' piece.


Interestingly, he says on the Andromancer blog that the movement is not about patents, but hypocrisy. 


Do you agree with that? 


http://andromancer.com/2012/07/08/why-mike-elgans-post-was-wrong/


But really, that wasn't a rebuttal at all... what is your view?

Cape Town: Plans to enact Martial Law over Drug Violence (South Africa News!)

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Cape Town: Plans to enact Martial Law over Drug Violence (South Africa News!) The South African army has previously assisted in disaster relief, in neighbouring nations, and Intelligence does spy on South Africans (more effectively than The Soviet Union, or any other intelligence force if reports are to be believed, but Zille's army idea, has gained a lot of flack!)

The argument by the Western Cape Premier, below!

Zille: Why the army should help fight gangs - Crime & Courts | IOL News | »

South Africa's Premier Online News Source. Discover the world of IOL, News South Africa, Sport, Business, Financial, World News, Entertainment, Technology, Motoring, Travel, Property, Classifieds ...

Well done Roger Federer... #Wimbledon #7thWimbledonWin #Wimbledon2012 ! Well Played Andy Murray...

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Well done Roger Federer... #Wimbledon   #7thWimbledonWin !


Well Played Andy Murray...


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/wimbledon/9384439/Andy-Murray-v-Roger-Federer-Wimbledon-2012-mens-final-live.html

Andy Murray v Roger Federer - Wimbledon 2012 men's final: live - Telegraph »

Follow live game-by-game commentary as Andy Murray takes on Roger Federer in Wimbledon 2012 men's final in SW19, on Sunday July 8.

Don't name passwords after common things... Personally my passwords are just about always over 20 characters at least!

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Don't name passwords after common things... Personally my passwords are just about always over 20 characters at least!

Steve Mayne originally shared this post:

Children warned name of first pet should contain 8 characters and a digit

Popular pet names Rover, Cheryl and Kate could be a thing of the past. Banks are now advising parents to think carefully before naming their child’s first pet. For security reasons, the chosen name should have at least eight characters, a capital letter and a digit. It should not be the same as the name of any previous pet, and must never be written down, especially on a collar as that is the first place anyone would look. Ideally, children should consider changing the name of their pet every 12 weeks.

Expectant mothers have also been advised to choose carefully where they give birth. Anywhere that has a place name is best avoided. These are listed on maps, which are freely available on the Internet.

It’s a good idea too, security experts have warned, for children not to get friendly with certain teachers. For instance, Miss Smith may be enriching your son’s education but he should try and see if he can’t make a favourite of Father O’Grinnighan-Scythe II, even though it may mean a lot of staying late.

We tried to call Barclays’ security expert R0b Ste!nway for a comment, but he was not available for 24 hours, having answered his phone incorrectly three times in succession.

Story from Newsbiscuit: http://goo.gl/AQR2i

Sad to see, and Russia, just like in the Case of Georgia, is right on this one! The Vatican, Russia, China, South Africa, and others, including the BBC Trust, suggest that Western Media is pulling an Iraq...

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Sad to see, and Russia, just like in the Case of Georgia, is right on this one! The Vatican, Russia, China, South Africa, and others, including the BBC Trust, suggest that Western Media is pulling an Iraq...

When the ultimate goal ought be peace.

c.f.

http://sacns.scripturelink.net/2012/06/syrian-rebels-using-hostages-as-human.html

http://sacns.scripturelink.net/2012/06/kidnapping-genocide-against-christians.html

http://sacns.scripturelink.net/2012/06/bbc-telling-half-truths-on-arab-spring.html

http://sacns.scripturelink.net/2012/06/un-fears-syria-is-becoming-non.html

http://sacns.scripturelink.net/2012/06/britain-could-be-attempting-overthrow.html

RT originally shared this post:

'Washington backed jihadist elements in Kosovo, now in Syria' — RT »

The Western media's coverage of the Syrian conflict has drawn comparisons to how it covered conflicts in the past, most notably the series of brutal wars that accompanied the disintegration of Yugosla...

The future of the Tablet- is in mini-tablets: Mike Elgan argues!

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I Love my small Blackberry Playbook! But I am considering a netbook / notebook / laptop sized Microsoft Tablet when 8 comes out!

Speaking of which, I even carry Kindle on Safaris into the African wilderness... I agree with Mike... but I also think Windows is onto something... I think my next laptop may be a Windows 8 Tablet!

Mike Elgan originally shared this post:

Why small tablets will dominate the tablet market.

Most tablets in use today are iPad sized. (That's because they areiPads.)

This reality has led pundits to believe that iPad size is the right size for a touch tablet. But I've come to believe that in just two years, iPad-sized tablets will represent a small minority of the market.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9228871/Why_small_tablets_will_dominate_the_tablet_market

Fundraiser: pay up and we'll stop playing Bieber between classes... students paid up! Oh And Justin Bieber caught speeding!

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Fundraiser: pay up and we'll stop playing Bieber between classes... students paid up!


'A suburban Chicago high school fundraising to save a popular arts center is motivating students to donate with an earsplitting incentive: pay up and they'll stop blasting Justin Bieber's "Baby" during passing periods.


Evanston Township High School seniors [...] convinced school administrators to let them play [Bieber] over the loudspeakers for one week, or until they'd raised $1,000, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Within three days, students had coughed up [...] .'


Huffington Post | 'School Plays Bieber's 'Baby' As Fundraiser: Students Pay To Make It Stop' by Lizzie Schiffman at 12/15/11 12:55 PM ET


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/15/school-plays-bieber_n_1150920.html

Students Give School Money To Stop Playing Justin Bieber Song »

A suburban Chicago high school fundraising to save a popular arts center is motivating students to donate with an earsplitting incentive: pay up and they'll stop blasting Justin Bieber's "Baby" during...

Little Tweeb... No wonder his relationship with silly-nuh is strained!

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Justin Bieber was slapped with a speeding ticket in Los Angeles today

Justin Bieber has another brush with the law as he is slapped with a speeding ticket in his $100,000 chrome-plated car »

Justin was pulled over by police after being spotted driving at 80 miles per hour in his chrome Fisker Karma sports car.

UN HRC declares internet access, freedom online: human rights!

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UN HRC declares internet access, freedom online: human rights! One must remember that the Human Rights council is controversial, often focused more on political horseplay, media relations, and punishing enemies, than Human Rights.

The Declaration by the agenda driven group, certainly isn't like a binding vote... and that is probably why, the many members who have no intention to grant such a right, voted to declare these not real 'human rights', something only named such by them. China's stipulation, mentioned by Mashable, certainly shows: how unenforceable these words truly are, especially for a socio-economic right such as internet access: which cannot be granted all at once, or easily defined or enforced!

Mashable originally shared this post:

Is Internet access and online freedom of expression a basic human right? The United Nations’ Human Rights Council unanimously backed that notion in a resolution passed Thursday.

The resolution says that all people should be allowed to connect to and express themselves freely on the Internet. All 47 members of the Human Rights Council, including notoriously censorship-prone countries such as China and Cuba, signed the resolution.

Internet Access Is a Human Right, Says United Nations »

A United Nations human rights body resolution passed this week called Internet access and freedom of online expression a basic human right.

Trojan software, was for sale in Apple AppStore, was available in Google Play... one of many!

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Trojan software, was for sale in Apple AppStore, was available in Google Play... one of many!

SACNS reported on the LinkedIn App, illegally gathering Apple IPhone data, including corporate espionage targets. Kasperski calls this, new instance, with a separate application run by an Asian firm, the first time such type of weakness, allowing for the gathering of private data secured on smart devices, to be harvested: was exploited for malicious uses, in the form of a spam campaign. Recently, Microsoft, also discovered Android SpamBot networks, sending emails illicitly from Android devices. There are no reports of Blackberry weaknesses.

'Kaspersky Lab shared Eugene Kaspersky's photo.
Guess what is this? This is a iOS/Android cross-platform Trojan that downloads contacts from your smartphone and then sends them spam SMS. Amazingly, the Trojan is still on Apple AppStore and Google Play. More details:

http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193641/Find_and_Call_Leak_and_Spam '

Find and Call: Leak and Spam »

Yesterday we were contacted by our partner MegaFon, one of the major mobile carriers in Russia. They notified us about a suspicious application, which was found in both the Apple App Store and Google ...

Cars as an Orchestra: For London 2012 German Owned BMW owned Mini, are celebrating with the British National Anthem... played by Mini motor-vehicles...

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Cars as an Orchestra: For London 2012 German Owned BMW owned Mini, are celebrating with the British National Anthem... played by Mini motor-vehicles...

All stand please for the MINI horn section

Microsoft massive write-off unimportant; Microsoft's smart home OS; Android botnet discovered!

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aQuantive = Ironic name... Microsoft Write-off!





Breakingviews: $6.2 bln Microsoft blooper has silver lining

A different view, than Reuters:


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304299704577503121027728032.html

Web Woes Hit Microsoft »

Microsoft said it would record a $6.2 billion goodwill write-down in its online services division, largely related to the 2007 purchase of aQuantive.

Microsoft's Home network Operating System?


Microsoft HomeMaestro


Home OS


http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/3074050/list/Does-Your-Home-Need-an-Operating-System-

http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-engineer-discovers-android-spam-botnet-7000000272/


No mention of Blackberry!

Microsoft engineer discovers Android spam botnet | ZDNet »

Summary: A Microsoft engineer has discovered and identified an Android botnet that is sending out spam on an industrial and international scale. Please only install Android apps that you trust.

Would rebranding Windows 8 be the answer to taking Microsoft from useful, to cult-like Apple devotion?

Personally I care not for a logo...


http://www.minimallyminimal.com/journal/2012/7/3/the-next-microsoft.html

The Next Microsoft - journal - minimally minimal »

...

Justin Bieber to take Baywatch movie role? And his music is all 'copies', journalist claims!

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Justin Bieber to take Baywatch movie role? I thought he had a policy against wearing red bikinis...


Seriously, the only reason anyone watched bay (babe) watch is for ladies in Bikinis, if they put him in that movie, us lads won't watch


#BoycottApple  would possibly become the dreaded #BoycottBaywatch ;)!~ or would it become gay-watch?


http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2012/07/02/justin-bieber-baywatch-remake-movie-holbie/

Justin Bieber Starring In ‘Baywatch’ Remake? »

One of the original stars of 'Baywatch' wants to see Justin seated in the lifeguard's chair. Vote: Should he do it? We all know Justin Bieber would do an

Justin Bieber... Unoriginal!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/02/justin-bieber-mojo-interview-radio-hangs-up_n_1643706.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment&utm_source=crowdignite.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=crowdignite.com

LISTEN: Justin Bieber's On-Air Temper Tantrum »

Justin Bieber recently graduated from high school, but the 18-year-old still has a lot of growing up to do. In a recent interview with a morning radio show, "Mojo in the Morning," Justin Bieber quickl...

Showbiz: Katie Holmes Divorce

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“I think Tom and Katie -- along with Rupert Murdoch’s tweet -- is what is going to open the floodgates,” says Rinder. “Murdoch basically telling all his own reporters that it’s open season on Scientology. It means Rupert isn’t scared of them and their reputation for litigiousness. That’s not good news for Scientology.” - 10:44 AM PDT 7/4/2012 by Dana Kennedy Hollywood Reporter 'Katie Holmes 'Biggest Nightmare' in Scientology History, Say Experts' 


http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tom-cruise-katie-holmes-divorce-scientology-344687?page=show


Hopefully she returns to Roman Catholicism, which she once held as her religion, and reportedly wanted to raise suri in.


Religion is important. Real religion. Be it Catholic or another mainstream world religion. I hope she finds solace in something.


In the eyes of the Catholic Church, she was never married to Tom cruise, due to her marrying in a Scientology ceremony, to my knowledge... so that won't stand in her way... and if she signed a letter renouncing Catholicism, which most don't, there's still Tom's two previous marriages, so still, not married in the eyes of the Church.

Katie Holmes 'Biggest Nightmare' in Scientology History, Say Experts »

In filing for divorce from Tom Cruise -- and apparently blindsiding him -- amid indications she doesn’t want her daughter raised a Scientologist and is seeking sole custody, Katie Holmes has made it c...

http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/03/katie-holmes-tom-cruise-prenup-money-divorce-child-support/

Katie Holmes -- Getting PEANUTS From Prenup in Tom Cruise Divorce »

Katie Holmes will be getting virtually nothing from Tom Cruise by way of $$$$ because their prenup cuts her out of his fortune ... and sources connected…

The result of Rupert Murdoch declaring war on the Church of Scientology.

NewsCorp... including Fox, have lead a charge, to help Katie Holmes, and Scientology will seemingly find it very difficult, to destroy Katie Holmes publicly... given these sorts of articles!

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/07/03/former-scientologist-says-katie-holmes-answers-during-church-qa-sessions-will/

Former Scientologist says Katie Holmes' answers during church QA sessions will be used against her »

Katie Holmes isn’t just parting ways with A-list husband Tom Cruise, she is also divorcing the Church of Scientology.