The Mole Tunnel boring machine TBM. Talpa tube in Brescia
We are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence--on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations. Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced, not praised. No expenditure is questioned, no rumor is printed, no secret is revealed." The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it. Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and ...From:steelrain420Views:0 0ratingsTime:03:21More inEntertainment
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Rotorua Art Village, Aotearoa/New Zealand do Gangnam Style for Ai Weiwei and others
Arts work out in gangnam style for speech after freedom - When the Chinese government banned South Korean Psy #39;s song "Gangnam Style", then Ai Weiwei made a youtube video clip focussed on the silliness of censorship (see my review: Ai Weiwei the multi-tasker: sonjavank.wordpress.com When his video was banned, then artists and arts institutes around the world made their own #39;Gangnam Style #39; in protest against the censorship of the arts. The video above is a remix of Ai Weiwei #39;s (youtu.be and of Anish Kapoor #39;s (youtu.be videos along with some of those at my RAVE talk "Why is Ai Weiwei doing Gangnam Style" where the slogans made afterwards were in response to a discussion of what does freedom of expression mean in terms of collective and individual involvement in the world or one #39;s society. Performers in order of appearance: (to be completed soon) : 00:16 Sonja van Kerkhoff (as black mud straw horse), 00:17 Sen McGlinn (as middle aged activist in pink shirt), Snipbits in the above video also come from: MoMa, New York, The Philadelphia Museum of Arts, The Serpentine Gallery, London. And this 3 minute Hong Kong wall street journal interview discusses Ai Weiwei #39;s video. http://www.youtube.comFrom:Sonja van KerkhoffViews:13 1ratingsTime:04:16More inNonprofits Activism
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Russian Beeline censorship in Armenia
Beeline blocking in Armenia Chechen rebels Kavkazcenter web-site using Russian law about prohibited web-sitesFrom:Samvel MartirosyanViews:2 0ratingsTime:00:16More inNews Politics
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Sexy Unnecessary Censorship #3
The best one yet, and it #39;s all girls.From:PapaDwyerViews:297 15ratingsTime:01:22More inGaming
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V for Vendetta Airs in China - Anti Censorship Message?
" Television audiences across China watched an anarchist antihero rebel against a totalitarian government and persuade the people to rule themselves. Soon the Internet was crackling with quotes of "V for Vendetta #39;s" famous line: "People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people." The airing of the movie Friday night on China Central Television stunned viewers and raised hopes that China is loosening censorship."* V for Vendetta, a movie about citizens overthrowing a corrupt totalitarian government, aired in China, historically strict about censoring media. Is this a sign of change to come? Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss what the airing means. *Read more from Louise Watt/ AP via Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.comFrom:TheYoungTurksViews:35443 1131ratingsTime:01:23More inNews Politics
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