- Egyptian bloggers rally against military – Middle East – Al Jazeera English
- Hundreds risk potential prosecution to voice criticisms of post-revolution military rule and slow pace of reforms.
- Schneier on Security: Dropbox Security
- The meta-issue is pretty simple. If you expect a cloud provider to do anything more interesting than simply store your files for you and give them back to you at a later date, they are going to have to have access to the plaintext. For most people — Gmail users, Google Docs users, Flickr users, and so on — that's fine. For some people, it isn't. Those people should probably encrypt their files themselves before sending them into the cloud.
- The ‘Christian’ Dogma Pushed by Religious Schools That Are Supported by Your Tax Dollars | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet
- Take a look at what growing numbers of students are being taught with taxpayer funding.
- Bryan Fischer Says Unlike Obama, Herman Cain is Authentically Black
- A March tweet saw Fischer referring to President Obama as “boy.”
And yet he complained just a few days later, on April 6 of this year about “false accusations that I am some kind of virulent racist.”
- The Patriot Act and bipartisanship – Glenn Greenwald – Salon.com
- So when they were out of power, the Democrats reviled the Patriot Act and constantly complained about fear-mongering tactics and exploitation of the Terrorist threat being used to stifle civil liberties and privacy concerns. Now that they're in power and a Democratic administration is arguing for extension of the Patriot Act…
- Ash cloud disrupts Europe travel | AJE
- Grimsvotn
- “Will You Be Raptured?” Flowchart | Peas and Cougars
- [In case you're wondering about what didn't happen to you on Saturday. -L]
[My bookmarks live at delicious.com/camryl. In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. Also, signal boosts are awesome! --L.]
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