Ian's News Links

May 16

Ian Ash shared Institute for Policy Studies's photo.

May 15

Lupe Fiasco loses control of Twitter account after writing about Marxism

www.salon.com The rapper's management has taken control, sending out less political tweets

May 13

Ian Ash shared Occupy Rochester MN's photo.

May 12

May 8

Internet blackout severs Syria from Web – reports

rt.com Syria has seen a massive slump in Internet traffic, with the country effectively cut off from the Web, an Internet monitor reported. It is the latest in a series of cyber-blackouts to strike Syria since the conflict began two years ago.

May 7

Welfare Statistics: Government Spends More on Corporate Welfare Than..

thinkbynumbers.org The government spent 50% more on corporate welfare than it did on food stamps and housing assistance in 2006. An investigation of welfare statistics.

May 6

Observed Atmospheric CO2 Hits 400 Parts Per Million - Slashdot

news.slashdot.org symbolset writes "Over the past month a number of individual observations of CO2 at the Mauna Loa Observatory have exceeded 400 parts per million. The daily average observation has crept above 399 ppm, and as annually the peak is typically...

May 6

Former FBI Agent: All Digital Communications Stored By US Gov't - Slashdot

yro.slashdot.org New submitter davesays writes "CNN anchors Erin Burnett and Carol Costello have interviewed Former FBI Counterterrorisim specialist Tim Clemente. In the interviews he asserts that all digital communications are recorded and stored. Clemente:...

May 5

In Historic Vote, UN Declares Water a Fundamental Human Right

www.democracynow.org The United Nations General Assembly has declared for the first time that access to clean water and sanitation is a fundamental human right. In a historic vote Wednesday, 122 countries supported the resolution, and over forty countries...

May 3