Seiko Epson Corp. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, filed lawsuits in a US District Court against 24 firms who manufacture after-market ink cartridges for Epson printers, citing Patent Infringement Seiko Epson’s complaint, filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), calls for a general exclusion order banning the import or sale of less expensive third party [...]
By embracing a strategy of isolation and sanctions (foreign policy = starvation?), the far-right militants of the U.S. and Israel are once again building walls where words would be more appropriate. Guess we learned a lesson from our stunning victory over Cuba. Meantime–and here’s the really interesting part–Khaled Meshal, head of the political bureau of [...]
In an effort to contain deliberate misinformation campaigns perpetrated by diarists, the Homeland Security Department coordinated a week-long exercise to disrupt their would-be hacker adversaries. The test scenario, observed by more than 115 government agencies, companies and organizations, included such challenges as responding to “deliberate misinformation campaigns” by bloggers. Foresman likened his agency’s role during [...]
Frank Luntz, political consultant to the Republican Party, is the author of what amounts to the GOP “bible” on how to frame the debate in terms of the neocon agenda. Luntz states, “Those who define the issue will determine the outcome.” And, fortunately, we can now learn exactly how the conservatives plan to define the [...]
Big Brother, as portrayed in popular fiction, is often a blatantly adversarial opponent, strong-arming the exhausted proles into their veal cages. It’s a romantic image, to be sure, but everyone knows that you catch more flies with honey, and absolute authority is not nearly as seductive as convenience. Make something more convenient, expedite it, make [...]
On Sunday the U.S. military released a quote attributed to an “unidentified” Iraqi: “The terrorists are attacking the infrastructure, the ISF and all of Iraq. They are enemies of humanity without religion or any sort of ethics. They have attacked my community today and I will now take the fight to the terrorists,” said one [...]
AMC Theatres has announced that it will not exhibit ThinkFilm’s “The Aristocrats,” an unrated documentary that features a series of comedians performing their renditions of the same classic dirty joke. Spokeswoman Pam Blase said that AMC Film Group Chairman Dick Walsh decided, with other executives, not to show the film. It’s worth mentioning that AMC [...]
The Fifth Amendment states in part that governments may seize private property through “eminent domain” for public use, provided the affected parties are duly compensated. However, the Supreme Court seems to have expanded the rights of local governments to seize people’s homes and businesses for private economic development whenever they deem it profitable, regardless of [...]
Under the “No Child Left Behind Act,” school systems that failed to provide information to military recruiters already risked forfeiting federal funding. However, having missed recruiting targets in four straight months, the U.S. military has become even more desperate as it faces missing its 2005 recruiting goals. In its efforts to bolster a sagging all-volunteer [...]
Bill Scannell has created UnrealID.com, a place for citizens to generate faxes to their senators regarding the Real ID Act. Note that the act is up for vote–tomorrow, Tuesday, May 10th. In a CNet article, Declan McCullagh writes: Starting three years from now, if you live or work in the United States, you’ll need a [...]
Klaus Ek doesn’t like things that are bad, to put it succinctly. Read more about him here.