SparrowHawk
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Outside of their philanthropy, his (their) goal is *always* to advance their political agenda, regardless of who they're speaking to.
Well that's fine by me. You don't see me ranting about Soros on here do you? Same thing. If more people exercised their rights to speak out we wouldn't be stuck hearing from dolts like Koch & Soros and the rest of the Crony Capitalist crowd.
Wake up, Wise up and Rise Up! Why do you think all of the sudden the powerful are trying to regulate the Internet? Trust ne it has little if nothing to do with piracy of music. Check out what's going on in Iran leading up to their elections? "Funny" things are happening like all of the sudden, Hotmail, gmail and Yahoo dont work. VPN's don't work.
Article
Iran government cuts off internet access as hardline regime makes a stand
By John Hutchinson
Holds all the cards: It seems a crackdown on cyber-opponents of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has taken place after the internet outage in Iran
Holds all the cards: It seems a crackdown on cyber-opponents of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has taken place after the internet outage in Iran
Iran has demonstrated further evidence of its strict regime after the government cut internet links leaving millions without email and social networks.
Interestingly, the shutdown comes at a time when inhabitants are preparing to celebrate the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, with rumours of anti-government protests also planned.
But some internet boffins are rising above the crackdown, and accessing the web by using proxy servers over VPN connections.
Gmail, Google and Yahoo are all thought to have been restricted, and users have been unable to log in to their online banking.
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Anyone ever stop to think that all of this Saber Rattling by Iran is NOT designed to threaten the US or Israel as much as it is to maintain thier regimes power?