From @Wikileaks just a while ago:

 

"WARNING all 637,000 @wikileaks followers are a target of US gov subpoena against Twitter, under section 2. B http://is.gd/koZIA"

 

I wasn't following them, but after hearing about this, I started following them, cuz I'm one of those silly assholes who doesn't like government intimidation tactics like this one.  I encourage others to do the same.

I'm just so damn disturbed by this, I needed to share it.



I teach computers to elementary kids, so I have a lot of friends on Facebook who are middle schoolers (former students of mine). Often, I find it entertaining to watch the myriad varieties of adolscent dramas taking place, but throw religion into the mix and it can get damn disturbing.



There's this one boy, who we'll call "Carl" (not his real name). At some point in the last few months, Carl got "saved" and nearly… Continue

Source: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2010/04/22/everybody-draw-mohammed-day

(Note: This was posted elsewhere on T|A, however the text of the story was not included and the post was closed to comments, therefore I am reposting it properly)





RICHARD DAWKINS, the atheist campaigner, is planning a legal ambush to have the Pope arrested during his state visit to Britain “for crimes against humanity”.



Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, the atheist author, have asked human rights lawyers to produce a case for charging Pope Benedict XVI over… Continue