Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 5th Feb 2012 12:26 UTC
"Among the treasure troves of recently released WikiLeaks cables, we find one whose significance has bypassed Swedish media. In short: every law proposal, every ordinance, and every governmental report hostile to the net, youth, and civil liberties here in Sweden in recent years have been commissioned by the US government and industry interests." How such prestigious nations with such long and proud histories, like Sweden, The Netherlands, and so on, can succumb to pressure from a former colony is beyond me. We should know better.
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So to is Canada under the now majority government of the (neo)-Conservative right wing extremist prime minister Harper.
He is now trying very hard to follow the US instructions on the destruction of freedom and free speech on the internet as well as threatening to destroy our pension rights.
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On the bright side the CAD is kicking ass, the resources sector of the economy is booming, the financial sector is rock solid, the job picture (versus historical trends) is pretty good, the Canadian GDP growth is wiping the floor with those of most first world economies, the energy sector continues to expand, and there are all sorts of other awesome things going for you guys.
So, yeah, Harper is a bit a nut but Canada is doing pretty well under his watch - which is probably why he keeps getting re-elected Let's be honest though, Chrétien was a bit of a nut too - albeit a liberal one - so this sort of like a Canadian trend. ;-)
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Do you guys have a problem spelling Iraq?
Has it occurred to you it is not written "Iraq" even in their own language?...
↑ Cfr. Ortografía de la lengua española, Madrid, Espasa, 2010. ISBN 978-84-670-3426-4
[...] se documenta desde antiguo en español la forma Irak, mayoritaria en el uso y preferible a Iraq, pues evita la anomalía que supone en nuestro sistema gráfico el uso de la letra q fuera del dígrafo qu, y presenta una k final que es hoy normal en muchas voces procedentes de otras lenguas.
Ortografía de la lengua española, 2010, pág. 115. § 6.2.2.4.2.2 Uso de la letra q para representar el fonema /k/
[...] se documenta desde antiguo en español la forma Irak, mayoritaria en el uso y preferible a Iraq, pues evita la anomalía que supone en nuestro sistema gráfico el uso de la letra q fuera del dígrafo qu, y presenta una k final que es hoy normal en muchas voces procedentes de otras lenguas.
Ortografía de la lengua española, 2010, pág. 115. § 6.2.2.4.2.2 Uso de la letra q para representar el fonema /k/
Ref:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq#cite_note-1
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So, the Xbox One disaster continues. Microsoft's policy for dealing with the used games market has reportedly leaked - and it's a clear and direct attack to destroy the used games market. Prices for used games will be set at the retail value of a new game, and retailers have to hook into Microsoft's computer systems and comply with Microsoft's terms and conditions.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/21/13 21:38 UTC
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In our democracies, new laws are subject to public debate unlike ACTA and other US horror stories. In the past few years, the land of freedom and democracy, has only tried to circumvent the will and sovereignty of the people of other countries that it calls friends.
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But after some "debate" everthing, some way or another, is either accepted, or ovelooked, or silently condoned... to follow your examples: France´sthree strikes law, Spain´s Sinde law and Irak support, Britain irak support and a fragging citizen extradition (WTF!!!).
Europe is going that same way, it´s just they are still at the "massaging peoples brain" stage.