Edward Bernays: Assassin of Democracy

The propaganda system of the first World War and the Creel commission that he was part of showed, he says, it is possible to “regiment the public mind every bit as much as an army regiments their bodies.” These new techniques of regimentation of minds, he said.read more | digg story

Ron Paul has become ‘an Internet sensation’, But covered up in the MSM.

There are almost 30,000 Ron Paul videos on YouTube, and Paul has more than 64,000 friends on MySpace.read more | digg story

Five ways Linux is better than Vista

A user or sysadmin posts about problems with a brand new Vista PC on a support forum. Within minutes, a “helpful” soul suggests a fix: “Install Linux!”read more | digg story

Make Your Own Pop Bottle Drip Irrigation System

“The last time I forgot to water my outdoor potted plants and discovered them completely wilted and hanging on the cusp of near death, I decided it was time to take action.”read more | digg story

Current Foreclosure Crisis Deemed the Worst in U.S. History

According to the most recent foreclosure numbers released by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), the U.S. is embroiled in the worst foreclosure crisis in recorded history. More than 14 percent of subprime borrowers are defaulting, and prime borrowers are beginning to follow suit.read more | digg story

100 (Legal) Sources for Free Stock Images

Staying legal as a designer or webmaster means you
’ll have to either create your own images or buy them from stock sites. Fortunately, there are a number of sources for free images, and we’ve collected them here. So read on for 100 sources where you can find free stock images: and don’t worry — they’re [...]

Why Public Schools shoud use Linux

Why won’t they submit to Linux? Take the Plungeread more | digg story

Constitution 101, the difference between RIGHTS and PRIVILEGES

A detailed 8 part lecture about the Most important document in the history of the United States of America and how the government today continues to overstep the boundaries set in place by the Constitution. Explains the differences between RIGHTS and PRIVILEGES and the governments relationship to protecting those RIGHTS.read more | digg story

ThePirateBay.org files charges against media companies

“Thanks to the email-leakage from MediaDefender-Defenders we now have proof of the things we’ve been suspecting; the big record and movie labels are paying professional hackers, saboteurs and ddosers to destroy our trackers. While browsing through the email we identified the companies that are also active in Sweden”. TPB reported this to the policeread more [...]

10 Google Services That Get No Love

If you were to interview a broad cross-section of internet users and ask them about Google services, probably most of them would enthusiastically talk about Gmail or Google Reader. At the very least, they would mention Google
’s superior search engine. But how many people do you think would discuss… (continues)read more | digg story