If you caught my recent attempt to wax lyrical on the subject of causememes, and the new age of digital caring, it’s possible that you may have detected a small amount of cynicism in my stance on the subject. You may even have developed the impression that I’m one of those generally negative people who [...]
Category Archives: Politics
Censor is bad Iranochina – stop now or the Internet will get you
June 17, 2009 – 11:56 pm
Do you sometimes feel an emptiness in your life, that even your FriendFeed can’t seem to fill?
You add the friends to your wall every day, send hand-picked e-gifts on all the right occasions, take up the latest quiz challenges from your friends and LOL along with the group when everyone comes out as Yoda.
But you [...]
Eurovision fairytale leaves Russian fairies out in the cold.
May 18, 2009 – 10:39 pm
I’m sure I could be forgiven for coining the phrase, as gay as a Eurovision song contest.
The heavily sequined show is the birthplace of European pop cheese and has a traditional following in the gay community, with the inclusion of Graham Norton as this year’s British commentator firmly securing it’s status as a high point [...]
Obama’s Federal Netnanny – behave or she’ll take away your Internets
April 10, 2009 – 10:10 pm
"Last week, legislation was introduced that would create a cybersecurity adviser who reports directly to the president and who would have the authority to disconnect federal or critical infrastructure networks from the Internet if they were deemed to be at risk of attack." read more
Back in February Obama launched a review of the US national [...]
G20 Protest Melodrama:Evil Police Shove Man to Death
April 8, 2009 – 10:01 pm
I’ve found myself locked in a back and forth debate over the last few days with an old friend who is a staunch ‘left winger’ and attended the G20 protests – the highlight of this event of course being the tragic death of Ian Tomlinson due to police brutality. According to the Guardian’s first article [...]