Nero

Words often are insignificant.

Monochrome Monday

Connecting people.
Protection of privacy?
Once upon a time . . .

Friday is Skyday (77)

Oh, all those poor spooks
in the US and elsewhere:
they can read my thoughts.

Bombengeschäft

Deutsche Bank – a bunch of dishonourable bast ... bankers. Obviously.

Well, in a future not too distant the day might come when the lexica of synonyms will teach us that banker is just another word for bastard.

... Yes, Susan. And shammer, crook, impostor, pretender, faker, swindler, bigot, poser, two-faced humbug etc. etc. ...

Scottish Independence: No warning

The first time I became acquainted with Craig Murray was in September 2007 during a fine and successful (!) campaign by bloggers in favour of free speech, in which I had the pleasure to participate.

Shammers

Monochrome Monday

Scratched.

Whistleblower and Liar

We need to empower federal employees as watchdogs of wrongdoing and partners in performance. Barack Obama will strengthen whistleblower laws to protect federal workers who expose waste, fraud, and abuse of authority in government.
Barack Obama, 2008

Pina Bausch with love

Pina Bausch (27 July 1940 - 30 June 2009)

Friday is Skyday

There are some people
who do prefer skyscrapers
to walnut and fir.

Chapeau, Mr. Chomsky

If you wish to read black on white, voilà.

Stop Watching Us

Now that will teach them.

Still, why not?

Stop Watching Us.

I do think, though, the lousy little low-intelligent contractors on the other side of the pond who for money would probably even sell their grandmothers will neither get stopped by their masters nor by their conscience due to a petition signed by 500,000 or several millions of MUPs (Most unimportant persons);  same goes for their British brothers in crime (GCHQ), and for any other secret service.

Alas! If at least they stopped to use the word 'intelligence' pertaining to their spooks. It's just ridiculous.

* * *

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.

UN Declaration on Human Rights

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

Benjamin Franklin

 

[The National Security Agency's] capability at any time could be turned around on the American people, and no American would have any privacy left, such is the capability to monitor everything: telephone conversations, telegrams, it doesn’t matter. There would be no place to hide.

Senator Frank Church, 1975

Unwarranted government surveillance is an intrusion on basic human rights that threatens the very foundations of a democratic society.

Tim Berners Lee

 

Democracy requires an informed citizenry in order to function properly, and transparency and accountability are essential parts of that. That means knowing what our government is doing to us, in our name.

Bruce Schneier Schneier.com

 

Chimneys . . .

. . . the other side.