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First they came for the cattle, then they came for your kids. RFID Creep

East Coast Ledger — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:48:33 +0000

Over a decade ago in a Spanish magazine I penned the first exposé of RFID chip use in a human subject, a habitual junkie in England given the choice to be chipped or imprisoned. Then we witnessed the USDA require the chips in our livestock. Now David Kravets in WIRED uncovers the unnatural of this [...]

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Romney Campaign “A Shambles”

East Coast Ledger — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 16:02:49 +0000

(ECL) NORFOLK, VA – BBC cameras caught a colossal gaffe by clumsy Romney saturday. With much fanfare he announced his VP running mate as the “next President” Paul Ryan. With the fantastic London 2012 Olympic wonders before us daily this weakness under pressure stands in stark contrast. And who dresses these guys? One has no [...]

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Sikh temple attack madness

East Coast Ledger — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 22:57:13 +0000

There is one faith tradition on earth that is not Judeo-Christian-Isamic which was born as an organic response to and resistance of Muslim expansion, and that is the Sikhs. They are the born warriors against Islam. The men must not be cut, and the women must wear pants and have hair uncovered. They are the [...]

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On the “Support Chick-fil-A” Day and Protests

East Coast Ledger — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:06:36 +0000

OP-ED August 1st, 2012 New York, Maryland and Virginia Fast Food Giant Chick-fil-A drew enormous crowds of supporters across the country all day as people rallied in support of, as one woman on the drive though line stated it, “free speech and Christian values.” WATCH: Raw Video While this writer acknowledges a total disinterest in [...]

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Results of One Year Pirate Media Study

East Coast Ledger — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:09:57 +0000

In 2009 we conducted a study of online distribution of pirated media. The questions were: “How do they make money?”, “Why do the sites survive?”, and, “Who pays the operators?”. The answers were strange, and changed noticeably over the course of a single year. The pirate media distributors stream their wares out of server farms [...]

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Moneybrother – Real Control – the quality music you want

East Coast Ledger — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:52:01 +0000

What is it about hip Swedes with english accents? Moneybrother released Real Control in 2009 and has been touring the US, a show you should have caught. I did, at the Jefferson Theatre in Charlottesville. Great room, but being taken unawares by Anders Wendin blew it away. This man is a huge star. I bought [...]

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Against Me! 2010 White Crosses Tour Review

East Coast Ledger — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:59:27 +0000

So I drove a couple hours to catch Against Me!, (full disclosure: Against Me! is one of my favorite current bands) in Charlotte, VA for their 2010 pre-album (White Crosses) release tour. A note on the venue, the redone Jefferson Theatre is beautiful, and has perfect sound… but they sell this brand of beer called [...]

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Kick Ass Doesn’t

East Coast Ledger — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:56:19 +0000

Kick Ass is garbage. The only cool thing in Kick Ass is inappropriate, and that is Hit Girl, the killer child. She is the entire movie, and kick ass himself is a whimpering, masturbating, pointless waste of space. For a moment he gets the limp notion of standing up against evil, but he does it, [...]

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Save Haiti

East Coast Ledger — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:06:17 +0000

Haiti does not need military occupation. Haiti needs flour, rice, medical supplies, and active compassion. No geopolitics. No manipulation. Only one love. Is this a press story? What is anything, but people? This is a human story, and the tiny, maligned island which encompasses Haiti, birthplace of African democracy, needs global assistance, nothing more, nothing [...]

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Haiti’s Remarkable Decorum – David Belle Reports From The Disaster

East Coast Ledger — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:21:10 +0000

Ciné Institute Director David Belle reports from Port-au-Prince: “I have been told that much US media coverage paints Haiti as a tinderbox ready to explode. I’m told that lead stories in major media are of looting, violence and chaos. There could be nothing further from the truth. “I have traveled the entire city daily since my [...]

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