National Defense Authorization Act Vs Anonymous

Dox have been released.

If you are wondering what goes into making something like NDAA law, you might do better than ask one advocate of the law. In the words of the anonymous statement:

"Robert J. Portman is a Republican Senator from the state of Ohio. He has made himself a target as an advocate of the NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act), but we are truly disturbed by the ludicrous $272,853 he received from special interest groups supporting the NDAA bill that authorizes the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens on U.S. soil. Robert J. Portman, we plan to make an example of you."


Good luck to Robert's family, who may or may not be culpable, but will certainly feel some of the backlash.

(via FreakOutNation)

Mandy; Pawn of Satan

Mandelson was in the news a while back, after his oh-so innocuous holiday at the Rothschild's with Gaddafi Jr. and David Geffen. The decision to release Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi came after this meeting, so it's safe to assume this was more than a sunbathe and a blether. Mendacious Mandy also came home spouting copyright related nonsense, seemingly as the mouthpiece for Big Music. What a coincidence.
Michael Masnick of Techdirt doesn't think he got away with it, and has held some of his cack up for examination:
Peter Mandelson Defends His Sudden Conversion To Kicking People Off The Internet

We are living in a time when we can, and will, change these industries. Arm yourself with information, and never take the word of the majors or their spokesman.


(I realise this is a couple of weeks old but life has been on pause while I deal with Berlin related things. Anyway! the internet is a library as well as a newspaper, so it's fine.)