Anonymous's Friday Hacks: FBI Conference Call, Haditha Marine's Lawyers

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tlanehudson Lane Hudson 
Corporate tax rate lowest in 40 years. At 12.1% of profits, lower than most indiv. tax rates. Not cool! on.wsj.com/xP3xYX

After ‘Lunch’ - The Letters William S. Burroughs Wrote at the Height of His Success

In 1959, as this collection begins, William S. Burroughs was living in Paris at 9, rue Git-le-Coeur, the address that would come to be known as “the Beat Hotel.” “Naked Lunch” had just been published by the Olympia Press; because of censorship it would not be published in the United States for another three years. He was collaborating with the British artist and writer Brion Gysin on a variety of experimental procedures. Gysin had just accidentally discovered the cut-up method, in which pages of different texts are cut into sections and combined and re­arranged to form new meanings. The two were also making tape-recorder mon­tages and tinkering with a stroboscopic device called the dream machine. Burroughs was then at the height of his literary activity, working on many of his most important books, from “The Soft Machine” to “The Wild Boys,” within the following few years. Consequently, “Rub Out the Words,” unlike its predecessor (“The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1945-1959,” edited by Oliver Harris, 1993), is longer on argument than on incident...

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Poland suspends ratification of ACTA

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The eyes have it...

#FFFLOL!!!

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Met police tells me: "The video relates to an FBI conference call involving a PCeU rep.The matter is being investigated by the FBI." #FFF

Anonymous spies on FBI / UK Police hacking investigation conference call

U.S. Unemployment Rate Falls To 8.3 Percent

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Great job, my fellow veterans. Our devious "pretend we're crazy and unstable so they give us jobs" plan appears to be working!

Ain't that the truth #4...

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Ben Goldacre: What will happen with the NHS bill in 5 tweets

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Chris Huhne resigns over speeding offence charges

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Right-wingers are less intelligent than left wingers, says study

Jeez - I also could have told you that years ago!

(Thanx Tommy!)

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Internet Rising

'Internet Rising' is a digi-documentary investigating the evolving relationships between the Internet and collective consciousness of humanity. It provokes many questions about ancient and modern paradoxes of life, its pleasures and pains… and the gray area contrasts in between – but most of all it is meant to be an inspiring conversation starter.
'Internet Rising' is a labor of love comprising a rapid fire mashup stream of live webcam interviews all conducted within the web sphere. The film’s participants include many profound personalities and key internet influencers ranging from professors, corporate academics, futurists, researchers, writers, bloggers, media creators, activists, gamers, educators, scientists, artists, innovators – real humans, all of whom provide amazing insights into how our state of the world is changing and transforming via various forces of economic, social, geographic, political, philosophical development… all centered around technology’s transformative and generative power.
Released on 11.29.11
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