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Mace in the face at Air and Space
At a demonstration by the October 2011 Movement at the National Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian Protection Services security officers pepper sprayed protesters as soon as they entered the museum. They pepper-sprayed a young woman from Woodlawn, VA who is not part of the protest.
Demonstrators were protesting the drone exhibit at the museum, which represents the glorification of extra-judicial executions and the military industrial complex at a public institution.
The police closed the museum and have been telling the public that the building was closed due to a bomb threat.
http://october2011.org/
Video by Nathan Schneider
http://wagingnonviolence.org/author/nathanschneider/
Demonstrators were protesting the drone exhibit at the museum, which represents the glorification of extra-judicial executions and the military industrial complex at a public institution.
The police closed the museum and have been telling the public that the building was closed due to a bomb threat.
http://october2011.org/
Video by Nathan Schneider
http://wagingnonviolence.org/author/nathanschneider/
Harry Moseley RIP
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My brave inspirational boy fell asleep in my arms at 11.10pm. Suddenly our world is a very dark and cruel place
Harry MoseleyHarry Moseley: Tributes as cancer fundraiser, 11, dies
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jeff_rock Jeff Rock
Hey musicians that put samples of police sirens in songs: those of us that drive would really appreciate it if you would stop doing that.
Chaos Computer Club analyzes government malware
The CCC now published the extracted binary files [0] of the government malware that was used for "Quellen-TKÜ", together with a report about the functionality found and our conclusions about these findings [1]. During this analysis, the CCC wrote its own remote control software for the trojan.
The CCC analysis reveals functionality in the "Bundestrojaner light" (Bundestrojaner meaning "federal trojan" and is the colloquial German term for the original government malware concept) concealed as "Quellen-TKÜ" that go much further than to just observe and intercept internet based telecommunication, and thus violates the terms set by the constitutional court. The trojan can, for example, receive uploads of arbitrary programs from the Internet and execute them remotely. This means, an "upgrade path" from Quellen-TKÜ to the full Bundestrojaner's functionality is built-in right from the start. Activation of the computer's hardware like microphone or camera can be used for room surveillance.
The analysis concludes, that the trojan's developers never even tried to put in technical safeguards to make sure the malware can exclusively be used for wiretapping internet telephony, as set forth by the constitution court. On the contrary, the design included functionality to clandestinely add more components over the network right from the start, making it a bridge-head to further infiltrate the computer...
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Brian Eno at the Stop The War rally in London on October 8, 2011
Glinner Graham Linehan
That Steve Jobs thought LSD integral to his success is another validation of the Bill Hicks theory that drugs drive human evolution. #hurray
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Not that everyone who takes LSD changes the world, as Ben Folds knows bit.ly/mQC9yr
Netherlands to classify high-potency cannabis as hard drug
The Dutch government has said it will move to classify high-potency cannabis alongside hard drugs such as cocaine and ecstasy, the latest step in the country's ongoing reversal of its liberal policies.
The decision means most of the cannabis now sold in Dutch coffee shops would have to be replaced by milder variants. But sceptics said the move would be difficult to enforce, and that it could simply lead many users to smoke more of the less potent weed.
Possession of cannabis is technically illegal in the Netherlands, but police do not prosecute people for possession of small amounts, and it is sold openly in designated cafes. Growers are routinely prosecuted if caught.
Maxime Verhagen, the economic affairs minister, said cannabis containing more than 15% of its main active chemical, THC, is so much stronger than what was common a generation ago that it should be considered a different drug entirely.
The high potency cannabis has "played a role in increasing public health damage", he said at a press conference in The Hague.
The cabinet has not said when it will begin enforcing the rule.
Jeffrey Parsons, a psychologist at Hunter College in New York, who studies addiction, said the policy may not have the benefits the government is hoping for.
"If it encourages smoking an increased amount of low-concentration THC weed, it is likely to actually cause more harm than good," he said, citing the potential lung damage and cancer-causing effects of extra inhalation.
The Dutch justice ministry said it was up to cafes to regulate their own products and police will seize random samples for testing.
But Gerrit-Jan ten Bloomendal, spokesman for the Platform of Cannabis Businesses in the Netherlands, said implementing the plan would be difficult "if not impossible".
"How are we going to know whether a given batch exceeds 15% THC? For that matter, how would health inspectors know?" he said. He predicted a black market will develop for highly potent cannabis.
The ongoing Dutch crackdown on cannabis is part of a decade-long rethink of liberalism in general that has seen a third of the windows in Amsterdam's red light district closed and led the Netherlands to adopt some of the toughest immigration rules in Europe.
The number of licensed coffee houses has been reduced, and earlier this year the government announced plans to ban tourists from buying cannabis. That has been resisted by the city of Amsterdam, where the cafes selling cannabis are a major tourist draw.
@'The Guardian'
billmaher Bill Maher
Is there anything stupider in the whole world than newspaper cartoons of recently dead famous people meeting god in heaven?
Is there anything stupider in the whole world than newspaper cartoons of recently dead famous people meeting god in heaven?
Polly Borland’s Indescribably Creepy 'Smudge' Photographs
Wall Street protesters have little faith in US democracy
Discontent with the state of the US economy has drawn many protesters out to demonstrations in major cities in the United States.
The "Occupy Wall Street" movement that started in New York on September 17 has spread to over 90 other US cities.
As the 24-hour encampment continued in New York City on Friday, there were demonstrations around the country, including in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Chicago, Illinois; Austin and Houston, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia; and Washington DC.
Some Republican politicians are criticising the movement.
Republican House Majority leader Eric Cantor called the protesters "growing mobs".
But the protesters are not focused on the US' traditional political system.
"We need to dictate the policy up, not policy being dictated down," Jesse LaGreca, a protester on Wall Street, told Al Jazeera.
"We will be the leaders, and if there's any politicianss who wanna support us in passing policies that we support, then that's the best we to about gaining our support."
Katie Davison, another Wall Street protester, agreed.
"A candidate is sort of the old way of doing things," she told Al Jazeera. "We're looking for a new way of doing things that is more participatory and more meaningful. What that looks like we're still figuring out."
Anthropoligist, writer and protest organiser David Graeber, told Al Jazeera why he thinks young people in the US have reached an especially frustrating point.
In making a demand, you're essentially recognising the authority of the people who are going to carry it out," he said.
"Our message is that the system that we have is broken. It doesn't work. People aren't even discussing the real problems Americans face."
The "Occupy Wall Street" movement that started in New York on September 17 has spread to over 90 other US cities.
As the 24-hour encampment continued in New York City on Friday, there were demonstrations around the country, including in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Chicago, Illinois; Austin and Houston, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia; and Washington DC.
Some Republican politicians are criticising the movement.
Republican House Majority leader Eric Cantor called the protesters "growing mobs".
But the protesters are not focused on the US' traditional political system.
"We need to dictate the policy up, not policy being dictated down," Jesse LaGreca, a protester on Wall Street, told Al Jazeera.
"We will be the leaders, and if there's any politicianss who wanna support us in passing policies that we support, then that's the best we to about gaining our support."
Katie Davison, another Wall Street protester, agreed.
"A candidate is sort of the old way of doing things," she told Al Jazeera. "We're looking for a new way of doing things that is more participatory and more meaningful. What that looks like we're still figuring out."
Anthropoligist, writer and protest organiser David Graeber, told Al Jazeera why he thinks young people in the US have reached an especially frustrating point.
In making a demand, you're essentially recognising the authority of the people who are going to carry it out," he said.
"Our message is that the system that we have is broken. It doesn't work. People aren't even discussing the real problems Americans face."
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Protest in London marks 10 years of war in Afghanistan
The Stop The War Coalition says it expects a huge turnout. It says opinion polls show most British people want a "speedy withdrawal" of UK forces.
But a BBC correspondent says protest numbers so far are lower than expected.
Ben Ando, in Trafalgar Square, estimated there were 800 to 1,000 people at the event.
Speakers at the event include Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, journalist John Pilger, activist Jemima Khan, singer Billy Bragg, composer Howard Blake, musician Brian Eno, comedian Mark Steel, Egyptian novelist Ahdaf Soueif, head of the Unite union Len McCluskey, actors Simon McBurney and Mark Rylance, and a number of Labour MPs.
Later, ex-soldiers and military families are due to march on Downing Street.
'Bring troops home' A Stop The War spokesman said: "After 10 years of war in Afghanistan, more than 100,000 Nato troops remain and tens of thousands have died.
"The Government claims that the war is contributing to Britain's stability look increasingly hollow.
"Opinion polls suggest the majority of Britons want a speedy withdrawal of British troops, a view recently endorsed by the trade unions.
"Politicians have to get in step with public opinion and announce a date to bring troops home."
Campaigners held a Naming the Dead Ceremony, in which 120 names of British soldiers and Afghan civilians who have died in the 10 years since the war began will be read out.
The same number of balloons will be released, each symbolising the months of the conflict so far.
'Tweet-out' A "Tweet-out" led by Khan will take place, in which those in attendance will use social media to get their message to a wider audience.
At 16:00 BST - the closing stages of the demo - a delegation are due to march on Downing Street to deliver their message to the prime minister that they want the conflict to end as soon as possible.
Our correspondent said it remained to be seen whether the prime minister was at Downing Street or whether he would come out to meet campaigners.
The number of British military deaths in operations in Afghanistan since 2001 stands at 382.
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