Toronto Muslims were shocked to discover a terror suspect accused of plotting an attack a Via Rail train in Canada worshipped at their mosque. Original post on ctvnews.ca Comments on reddit.com
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‘Game of Thrones’ author George R.R. Martin on piracy, video games, and new shows with HBO
George R.R. Martin is the man behind A Song of Ice and Fire — the series of epic novels upon which HBO’s Game of Thrones is based. A novelist and screenwriter, Martin’s career has spanned a… Original post on theverge.com Comments on reddit.com
Google engineer: DRM has nothing to do with piracy
A Google engineer claims that DRM is not about thwarting piracy, but giving content providers control over software and hardware providers. Original post on zdnet.com Comments on reddit.com
Police seeking Dorner opened fire in a second case of mistaken identity
Torrance police say the man was driving a pickup resembling the fugitive’s. The incident happened just after the LAPD fired on women delivering newspapers nearby Original post on latimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Cable Industry Finally Admits That Data Caps Have Nothing To Do With Congestion
For years, the key rationale given by broadband providers for implementing data caps was that it was the only way they could deal with Original post on techdirt.com Comments on reddit.com
Mega Passes 1M Users Within One Day of Launch
Mega, the new file sharing service from Kim Dotcom, has passed 1 million users, according to Kim Dotcom who spoke at the launch of the service at his mansion in New Zealand today. We’re… Original post on thenextweb.com Comments on reddit.com
Cable Industry Admits That Data Caps Have Nothing To Do With Congestion
Origin of life emerged from cell membrane bioenergetics
UCL News RSS Feed: The latest news from UCL. Original post on ucl.ac.uk Comments on reddit.com
BBC – Future – Technology – How fake images change our memory and behaviour
Doctored images can affect what we eat, how we vote and even our childhood recollections. The question is why there’s nothing we can do to stop it. Original post on bbc.com Comments on reddit.com
Bradley Manning: A Tale of Liberty Lost in America
snopes.com: Facebook Privacy Notice
Will posting a notice on your Facebook wall protect your copyright and privacy rights? Original post on snopes.com Comments on reddit.com
Billionaires take lead in conservatives’ self-pity parade – Opinion
Obama could have Original post on aljazeera.com Comments on reddit.com
Starbucks paid no tax on UK earnings in the past three years. Is this OK? – Comment is free
The coffee chain company has used legal tax-avoidance tactics to pay as little as possible, paying £8.6m in taxes on a reported £3bn in UK sales since 1998, and nothing in the past three years. Is this… Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
OOPS: without Permission, Paul Ryan and Family Show Up Washing Clean Dishes at Ohio Soup Kitchen
Charity president unhappy about Paul Ryan soup kitchen `photo op’
Charity president unhappy about Paul Ryan soup kitchen `photo op’ Original post on washingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
Ohio soup kitchen slams Ryan: “He did nothing”
The head of an Ohio soup kitchen said Ryan and his team “ramrodded their way” into a photo op Original post on salon.com Comments on reddit.com
Violence at neo-Nazi march counter-protest
A neo-Nazi rally turned violent on Saturday in southern Germany when 2,000 counter-demonstrators turned up to protest. Around 28 police officers were injured and over 100 people were arrested. Original post on thelocal.de Comments on reddit.com
Does Airport Security Really Make Us Safer?
Nothing, however vile, justifies censorship – Nick Cohen – Comment is free – The Observer
Nick Cohen: Even in the hardest of cases such as this anti-Islamic film, the old arguments against censorship remain the best Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Lawmakers get back to doing nothing – Scott Wong
With the convention pomp and pageantry over, another production now begins on Capitol Hill — this one featuring meaningless show votes and theatrical hearings. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) will hold an oversight hearing this week titled: The Obama Administration’s Abuse of Power. House GOP leaders will try to… Original post on politico.com Comments on reddit.com
Generation Smartphone – IEEE Spectrum — “If you think that people can’t seem to make a move without consulting their phones today, well, you ain’t seen nothing yet.”
The smartphone’s role as constant companion, helper, coach, and guardian has only just begun Original post on ieee.org Comments on reddit.com
Dee Snider rips Paul Ryan’s use of Twisted Sister hit ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ – NBC News Entertainment
Rocker Dee Snider is unhappy with Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan for using Twisted Sister’s 1984 hit Original post on nbcnews.com Comments on reddit.com
Facebook accused of deceiving developers over security – Technology – guardian.co.uk
Social networking site allegedly did nothing to verify security of applications it was paid tens of thousands of dollars to review. By Josh Halliday Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
The Morning Plum: Yup, Romney’s plan would raise taxes on middle class – The Plum Line – The Washington Post
Our daily roundup of news and opinion. Original post on washingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
Corporation That Paid Nothing In Taxes For Four Years Tells Congress It Pays Too Much In Taxes – ThinkProgress
Over a four years period from 2008 to 2011, Corning Inc. was one of 26 companies that managed to avoid paying any American income taxes, even though it earned nearly $3 billion during that time. In fact, according to Citizens For Tax Justice, the company received a $4 million refund from 2008 to 2010. That [...] Original post on thinkprogress.org Comments on reddit.com
Corporation That Paid Nothing In Taxes For Four Years Tells Congress It Pays Too Much In Taxes – AlterNet
FLASHBACK: Romney Challenged Kennedy To Release Tax Returns – Will Romney Release His Own? – ThinkProgress
2012 GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has no love for the Obama administration’s proposed Original post on thinkprogress.org Comments on reddit.com
Citizens United: California Becomes Sixth State To Call For Amendment Against Ruling
One of the largest states in the nation took an official stand Thursday against the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which ruled that government restriction of corporation or union spending on political campaigns violated the First Amendment right to free speech. Original post on huffingtonpost.com Comments on digg.com
There are quite a few stories on the Daily Mail website that are genuinely jaw-dropping, but none more so than the one that was brought to my attention by