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Entries from September 2007 ↓
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September 30th, 2007 — Pownce, Twitter, Facebook, Gleamd, MSM corruption, YouTube, smiley, LinkedIn, social media, StumbleUpon, Web 2.0, tech tips, social bookmarking, social news, Digg, blogging
Think it Couldn’t Happen Here?
September 28th, 2007 — Burma-Myanmar, censorware, blog censorship, Jenn Sierra (author), cellular, censorship
Myanmar: Virtual revolution via Internet
Credit for this goes not to international media but to the efforts of hundreds of Myanmar’s citizens using the Internet and mobile phones to send first hand accounts, photographs and video footage to the rest of the world…this time technology is playing a crucial role in helping subvert the Myanmar government’s attempts to control the media meaning that the eyes of the world are on Myanmar and its oppressive regime like never before.
US Blasts Myanmar for Silencing Internet
The White House criticized Myanmar on Friday for cutting off Internet access and called on “all civilized nations” to pressure the military-run government to end its violent crackdown on protesters.
“They don’t want the world to see what is going on there,” White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said….(more)
Myanmar’s main Internet link not working: official
…Myanmar’s Internet service is tightly controlled and only sporadically available even in the best of times, but the military has tightened its controls amid anti-government protests.
In Bangkok, an official at a Thai telecom that provides satellite services to Myanmar also said some Internet service inside the country had been cut….
There have been massive support from Myanmar bloggers for the current protest activities, and the whole Myanmar blogosphere is overwhelmed with news and photos. Because of that, Myanmar Junta got chickened out and banned the political blogs, almost immediately followed by banning the whole blogger domain hence all other Myanmar blogs. A few bloggers tried to bypass proxy and blog using email-to-blog techniques….
Junta tries to shut down internet and phone links
The Burmese junta was last night desperately trying to shut down internet and telephone links to the outside world after a stream of blogs and mobile phone videos began capturing the dramatic events on the streets.
In the past 24 hours observers monitoring the flow of information have noticed a marked downturn, with the reported closure of cybercafes and the disconnection of mobile telephones.
Yes, but Myanmar is a Socialist nation, we’re all thinking…that could happen waaaay over there, but not here, in the west, where we have freedom of speech. You think? The methods may be different, but the results are the same. Check out these ongoing updates about internet censorship:
Update - for Facebook users: Consider joining or supporting the “Support the Monks’ Protest in Burma” group. More info on Mashable.
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Memories Desecrated (Join this Blogburst)
September 28th, 2007 — enemy propaganda, Blogburst: stop the Murdoch Flight 93 memorial, Atlas Shrugs, Islam, Jenn Sierra (author), blogging
From Pam, at Atlas Shrugs:
Flight 93 has once again been hijacked by the terrorists.
After deliberating on this for a while, I’ve decided to start a blogburst regarding the Flight 93 Memorial in order to keep the calculations that verified its orientation to Mecca from going down the memory hole.
In addition, I think bringing heightened awareness to the mosque features of the memorial and other facts are important because they’re moving to start construction of this monstrosity at the crash site.
If you want to join the blogroll/blogburst for the Crescent of Betrayal blogburst, email caoilfhionn1 at gmail dot com, with your blog’s url address. The blogburst will be sent out once a week to the participants, the plan is- we will all be posting simultaneously on this issue on Wednesdays.
Of course, I will fully expect that you will post on this if you join the blogburst. I’ll keep an email list, and if you don’t post on it, your url will come off the blogroll, and your email address will come off the list.
When was the last time you wanted to get back at the terrorists for 9/11? THIS IS YOUR CHANCE.
Let’s roll.
See:
- Flight 93 Islamic Crescent Memorial Points to Mecca:
Allah FUbar- Free Crescent of Betrayal Download
(Caution on opening the pdf file - we’re still waiting for a patch.)- Tom Burnett’s 9/11 protests against the crescent memorial
- Crescent Moon(bat) Monument, updated here.
Click here for more articles about the Murdoch Flight 93 terrorist memorial!
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They’re talking about a how-to video that you will NOT find on this blog!
September 28th, 2007 — Goose Creek, YouTube, smiley, Islam, American South, e-jihadis, video
It’s the Goose Creek pipe bomb boys again:
- Update - Goose Creek Terror Case Admission
In a 12-minute video posted on YouTube, an Egyptian man wearing a white shirt, khaki pants and rubber gloves explains in Arabic how to turn a toy boat into a bomb.
- US authorities: How-to explosives video made by man arrested in S. Carolina
A toy boat? Yikes. 
The take-home lessons for all of us:
- If you notice anything that looks like a radio-controlled toy left unattended outdoors or in a public place - use caution. Radio-controlled toys are fairly expensive and people normally don’t abandon them. Ask around to see if anybody knows whose it is and how it got there. If there isn’t a good reason for it being there, consider it a suspicious object and call the local authorities to check it out. Don’t just absent-mindedly touch it or push it aside. Take care not to step on it or run over it with your vehicle!
- Do not turn on the remote controller for any of your own radio-controlled toys in a public place. This is especially important in and around airports, train stations, buses, and other transportation facilities. You don’t want to affect anything else that might be using the same frequency.
- If you see something, say something! Keep your eyes open for other videos of this nature when you’re exploring YouTube or other Internet video hosting services. Notify the video hosting service and the appropriate authorities. See our Reference Material resource page for specific information about where to report suspicious activities.
Also see: Airport Security Alert: Radio-Controlled Toys May Trigger Remote Bombs!
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Introducing Our New Resource Page: Stop Blog Censorship!
September 27th, 2007 — incident tracking, SonicWALL, enemy propaganda, Jim Sutter, censorware, blog censorship, Islam, malware, spam, cyberwars, e-jihadis, 1389 Blog - Antijihadist Tech, censorship
You Can Blog for Free Speech: Modoggies and Other Cartoon Censorship Issues
September 23rd, 2007 — blog censorship, activism, Sharia, cartoon censorship, smiley, Islam, censorship, Gates of Vienna, cyberwars, e-jihadis, blogging
Artist Lars Vilks stirs the pot even more!
(Updated 10/18/2007)
Support Free Speech, Support Lars Vilks
Help The Gates of Vienna fight “Modoggies” cartoon censorship
(Updated 9/25/2007)
Click on the flag to learn how you can participate:
Copy this code to display The Öland Modoggie Free Speech Flag on your site:
- Select all of the code in the text box for the desired image size.
- Ctrl-C to copy the code.
- Ctrl-V to paste the code into your blog.
Medium-size image:
Small-size image:
Here’s a list of all articles on “Modoggies” at The Gates of Vienna:
Also see:
Participate in this important blogburst:
Blogburst: Muslims Against Shariah Issue Counter Bounty
This is where it all started:
Join The Mohammed Cartoon Blogburst - Learn Why it’s Still So Important
Learn about other cartoon censorship issues:
- Cartoon Rage is breaking out all over: Bangladesh authorities arrest cartoonist
- “Muhammad cat” cartoonist gets one month in jail; magazine banned
- Another Cartoon Controversy: Iran This Time
- Opus Pocus: Now you see a comic strip, now you don’t, thanks to Islam
- Cartoon censorship articles on 1389 Blog
Islamist censorship in general:
- The EU Wants to Increase Muslim Immigration and Internet Censorship
- Jihad Watch: “trust me this site is coming down, legally or illegally…”
- Resource Page: Stop Blog Censorship!
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Aid and Comfort at Columbia U.
September 21st, 2007 — Iran, leftist-jihadist convergence, treason, Jenn Sierra (author)
US Constitution Article 3, Section 3. Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted.
According to West’s Encyclopedia of American Law:
Treason is punishable by death. If a death sentence is not imposed, defendants face a minimum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine (18 U.S.C.A. § 2381). A person who is convicted of treason may not hold federal office at any time thereafter.
Aiding an enemy takes various forms. One might sell secret information to the enemy, as Benedict Arnold did, attack a federal arsenal, like John Brown, harboring an enemy like Hans Max Haupt, or promoting the enemy’s propganda, like Adam Gadahn.
Now, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (aka “I’m-a-nut-job”), the “president” of Iran, wants to take advantage of his visit to the United Nations, currently housed in New York City, to lay a wreath at ground zero, and accept an invitation by Columbia University to speak there and answer questions. Law enforcement, private citizens and political candidates from the right and left spoke out vehemently against the Ground Zero visit, and that, apparently, is not going to happen. (For more info, see Thug-In-Chief still planning to speak at Columbia, says he’ll steer clear of Ground Zero by Robert Spencer, of Jihad Watch.)
Under no circumstances should the NYPD or any other American authority assist President Ahmadinejad in visiting Ground Zero. This is a man who has made threats against America and Israel, is harboring bin Laden’s son and other al-Qaeda leaders, is shipping arms to Iraqi insurgents and is pursuing the development of nuclear weapons. Assisting Ahmadinejad in touring Ground Zero - hallowed ground for all Americans - is outrageous.
It is unacceptable for Iranian President Ahmadinejad, who refuses to renounce and end his own country’s support of terrorism, to visit the site of the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil in our nation’s history.
But Lee Bollinger, the president of Columbia University, has insisted that the visit and scheduled speech is in line with:
Columbia’s long-standing tradition of serving as a major forum for robust debate, especially on global issues.
FHK’s TXPoet gave us an overview of just exactly how dangerous I’m-a-Nut-Job’s regime really is here and here.
The public pressure is increasing on Columbia University may yet officially withdraw the invitation, but WHY would this enemy of the U.S. be welcome, as New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn put it, “…be given center stage at one of New York’s most prestigious centers of high education”? This is, as FHK’s Orlando, reminded us yesterday, however, the same university, that “allowed its students to verbally assault Jim Gillcrest of the Minuteman Project.”
I agree with Orlando, who wrote:
Shame on Columbia University. You hide behind free speech and scholarship but never stand up for basic human rights and principles.
I wonder if Columbia University will be as open to the free speech rights of its students as it is to America’s enemies, during the National Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week that will take place on its campus, and at least 151 other campuses throughout the nation during October?
We’ll see. Meanwhile, Bollinger and his fellow “citizen[s] of the world,” enjoy basking in the presence of a man who wants to blow them up along with the rest of us. A man who said on MEMRI TV (Iran Ch.1, Esfahan TV (Iran) - 5/24/2007 - 00:06:42, linked here because the original record has been removed):
America Is Like a Battery Running Out. They Are Done For…With the grace of God, we have almost reached the end of the path where we can take complete advantage of all nuclear capabilities. We are very near the summit. The resistance of the enemies grows weaker every day.
UPDATE: Apparently this is Standard M.O. at Columbia. AllahPundit has more at HotAir.
also at FHK, and JennSierra.com
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Blogburst: Muslims Against Shariah Issue Counter Bounty
September 20th, 2007 — Sharia, cartoon censorship, activism, Islam, censorship, Gates of Vienna, blogging
Urgent Blog Burst Request
From The Lighthouse,
~ Urgent Blog Burst Request ~
In reply to yesterday’s crosspost from Gates of Vienna on the Lars Vilks Modoggies Art Project, we received following message from “Muslims Against Sharia”:
“Muslims Against Sharia” praise the courage of Lars Vilks, Ulf Johansson, Thorbjorn Larsson and the staff of Nerikes Allehanda and Dagens Nyheter and condemn threats issued by Abu Omar Al Baghdadi and the Islamic State of Iraq.
Muslims Against Sharia will provide a payment of 100,000kr (about $15,000) for the information leading to capture or neutralization of Abu Omar Al Baghdadi…(more)
Click on this link to see more:
Cartoon censorship articles on 1389 Blog
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