Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

The Pirate Bay takes over IFPI.com

Monday, October 15th, 2007 442 views

Ever heard of The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry - or IFPI? Somehow, through a donation from a third party, The Pirate Bay has gotten hold of the domain, ifpi.com. The original owners probably let the domain expire and someone snagged it before they could correct the mistake. Torrentfreak has ...

Pirates vs. Big Media

Monday, September 24th, 2007 453 views

As foreseen, interesting things are happening in the wake of the recent MediaDefender email leak. Based on information gathered from said email messages, The Pirate Bay is now going after several huge media conglomerates, filing police reports alleging "infrastructural sabotage, denial of service attacks, hacking and spamming, all of ...

Internal MediaDefender emails leaked

Sunday, September 16th, 2007 1,129 views

Infamous RIAA legal attack dog MediaDefender seems to be in a bit of a pickle, as over 700MB of internal emails have been leaked to the public. And a juicy catch it is! Grab the torrent and read them for yourself - there should be hours and hours of entertainment ...

Dude! Where’s my Nuke?

Thursday, September 6th, 2007 289 views

So, how do you misplace a B52 bomber with a full compliment of live nuclear cruise missiles? Apparently it's easier than one would think, as a fully loaded B52 flew from Minot ND to Barksdale LA (a three and a half hour flight across several states) on the 30th of ...

Yet more Mohammed controversy

Sunday, September 2nd, 2007 238 views

Apparently it doesn't take much talent to get the headlines these days - doodle a bit on a napkin and call it "Mohammed as a dog" and you should be all set. Well the Muslims are up in arms anyway, this time over Lars Vilks set of sketches showing the ...

Ministry of Propaganda

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006 153 views

Apparently the Pentagon has started the War on Information, with a special unit dedicated to fighting "inaccurate" news stories. Saying nasty things about the Bush administration helps the terrorists of course, so unless you want an extended vacation on Cuba, stay in line! I don't know if I should laugh ...