Money Unlimited: How John Roberts orchestrated the Citizens United Decision.
From the New Yorker
A well-written, albeit aggravating, 30 minute read on the judicial activism from right side of the bench.
This is pretty great:
“Kickstriker is a fundraising platform for activists, engineers and others working to resolve global conflicts. We believe that crowdfunding holds the potential to address many conflicts around the globe by allowing those who care to directly support potential solutions. These solutions might take the form of military action, supplying equipment and arms to those in need or the development of new military technologies with immediate applications in the field. Rather than waiting for national governments, coalitions and international bodies like the UN, NATO, EU and AU to decide to address a conflict—a process that can take years of deliberation—Kickstriker users are funding solutions that can be on the ground in weeks.
Kickstriker was built by three graduate students in the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at NYU: Josh Begley, Mehan Jayasuriya and James Borda. Following the massive success of Invisible Children’s “Kony 2012” campaign, we found ourselves excited about the potential that crowdsourcing held for addressing global conflicts. We were equally disappointed when that campaign unraveled, amid a backlash and public scandal. While “Kony 2012” succeeded at raising awareness and connecting potential activists with an issue, it ultimately failed due to suspicions regarding the role that Invisible Children played as a middleman. Kickstriker is our attempt to cut out the middleman in online activism, allowing funders to directly support the causes they care about.”
If donating to projects by The Heritage Foundation isn’t your thing, maybe consider funding the PANOPTICOPER
And yes, I know it’s satire.
I had a great talk on web freedom and online anonymity ( TOR PROJECT ) with one of the site’s designers last week. Seems that NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program has been up to lots of good things of late.
“Now you see my fists?” Fullerton police officer Manny Ramos asked Thomas while slipping on a pair of latex gloves.
“Yeah, what about them?” Thomas responded
“They are getting ready to fuck you up,” said Ramos, a burly cop who appears to outweigh Thomas by 100 pounds.
“Well, start punching,” Thomas responds, never once displaying any physical aggression towards Ramos.
Kelly Thomas died 5 days later, never coming out of the coma Ramos and other officers left him in.
Enjoy prison, Officer. Still not justice, but about as close as cops can get to it.
http://www.pixiq.com/article/shocking-video-of-kelly-thomas-released-watch-with-caution
