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Alan Moore, Kevin O’Neil – League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Alan Moore does a BBC interview on some of his more famous comics – this one is on ‘The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’.

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Lawrence Lessig – Fix Congress First

Lawrence Lessig has moved from activism on Creative Commons issues to activism on fixing Democracy. It boils down to trust. A system of governance without trust can not be an effective Democracy. A system that incorporates an addiction to lobbyists money and electoral campaigns to maintain power and, at the end, retire into the wealthy [...]

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Steve Jobs Interview – 2010, All Things Digital

Long, gloves off (in a respectful way) interview with Steve Jobs. Covers a lot of ground and quite interesting.

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Nina Paley’s movie ‘Sita Sings the Blues’

Movie website: sitasingstheblues.com Also available here: Sita Sings the Blues Movie Her take on Copyright is interesting, check out her blog at: ninapaley.com

Quick memes

• "Paranoia is having all the facts" - William Burroughs #
• "Never be afraid of being wrong, being wrong just means the world is more interesting than you thought it was." - Dan Kaminsky, at The Next HOPE, New York City July 16-18, 2010 (his talk) #
• Since it is impossible to refrain from reacting to the Palestinian demand for self-determination in the occupied territories, the Israelis seek to limit it to a mere quarter of them, those who live in the West Bank. For them they have invented a unique concept of a "state": Its "sovereignty" will be scattered, lacking any cohesive physical infrastructure, with no direct connection to the outside world, and limited to the height of its residential buildings and the depth of its graves. The airspace and the water resources will remain under Israeli control. Helicopter patrols, the airwaves, the hands on the water pumps and the electrical switches, the registration of residents and the issue of identity cards, as well as passes to enter and leave, will all be controlled (directly or indirectly) by the Israelis. This ridiculous caricature of a Palestinian state, beheaded and with no feet, future, or any chance for development, is presented as fulfillment of the goal of symmetry and equality embodied in the old slogan, "two states for two peoples." It is endorsed - even by supporters of Greater Israel - and the traditional peace camp rejoices in its triumph. - by Meron Benvenisti in article for Haaretz Daily Newspaper #
• "Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes her laws. " by Mayer Rothschild #
• "We all have to recognize, no matter how great our strength, that we must deny ourselves the license to do always as we please." and "I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it." - two quotes from President Harry S. Truman, the man who decided to drop two nuclear bombs on Japan, resulting in the death of between 150,000 to 246,000 people. Wikipedia article on Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki #