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In protest of ACTA, Polish Parliament members wear Anonymous Guy Fawkes masks in chambers on 26 January 2012. ps: this is what winning looks like…

This is the final cut of the one minute television commercial for the 99% declaration which calls for an election of 876 delegates to attend a National General Assembly in Philadelphia.

First they came for the downloaders,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a downloader.

Then they came for the youtubers,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a youtuber.

Then they came for the bloggers,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a blogger.

Then they came for the social networkers,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a social networker.

Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.

I took this from AnonCentral.org and think the whole article is worth a read.

The US gov has been after a single mother

Did it make you go look at the contents of your computer, or the things you link to?

ALMOST-X FLARE AND CME (UPDATED): This morning, Jan. 23rd around 0359 UT, big sunspot 1402 erupted, producing a long-duration M9-class solar flare. The explosion’s M9-ranking puts it on the threshold of being an X-flare, the most powerful kind. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the flare’s extreme ultraviolet flash:

Taken by: NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory

The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) and NASA’s twin STEREO spacecraft detected a CME rapidly emerging from the blast site: movie. Analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab say the leading edge of the CME will reach Earth on Jan. 24 at 14:18UT (+/- 7 hours). Their animated forecast track shows that Mars is in the line of fire, too; the CME will hit the Red Planet during the late hours of Jan. 25.

This is a relatively substantial and fast-moving (2200 km/s) CME. Spacecraft in geosynchronous, polar and other orbits passing through Earth’s ring current and auroral regions could be affected by the cloud’s arrival. In addition, strong geomagnetic storms are possible, so high-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras.

@daveweigel NOT A JOKE: #Santorum launches C.U.M.: Conservatives Unite Moneybomb.

Think I am lying?

Conservatives Unite Moneybomb

And just in case they realize what the fuck they have done…

We are Anonymous. We are decentralized, non-violent resistance movement that seeks to restore the rule of law and fight back against the organized criminal class. As we’re aware, the real terrorists known as the government continue to push for full domination and control of our Internet. They believe that it is acceptable to condition and enslave all of us. As proved in America, this just isn’t the case. The people stopped your acts of trying to censor and enslave the Internet and we will do it again. On January 19, during a meeting with NGOs and business representatives, the Polish government announced that it would sign the controversial anti-piracy agreement ACTA on January 26. While the governement calls it a success of the Polish EU Presidency, we the people think this is unacceptable. ACTA would impose new criminal sanctions forcing Internet actors to monitor and censor online communications. Creating legal uncertainty for Internet companies, ACTA would become a major threat to freedom of expression online and another assault against the culture of sharing on the Internet. Poland believes that they can successfully get away with passing this agreement, however this will not occur.

Welcome to Operation ANTI-ACTA. We encourage anyone out there, for the freedom of yourself or for the freedom of your brothers and sisters in Poland to join our operation. We encourage you to spread the word of ANTI-ACTA far and wide. The top priority is to steal and leak any classified government information, including emails and documentation. Prime targets are Polish government websites and other high-ranking establishments. If they try to censor our progress, we will obliterate the censor with the power of the people. From this point until January 26th, we will disrupt and attack Polish government websites, leaking documentations and emails. We will show the government of Poland that they CAN’T censor the people. To Polish government, this is your last chance…reject ACTA or face consequence from the people. OPERATION ANTI-ACTA

We are Anonymous
We are Legion
We do not Forgive
We do not Forget
Expect us.

The line of people, looking like ants takes my breath away. Literally, when I saw that, I gasped and felt sick to my stomach. Really truly, I absolutely felt aghast.

Carnival, shame on you.

I can only speak for myself, and what MY experiences on cruise ships have been. I do not hang in the largest drinking areas of the ship, when that is what is going on. Some of the things I have seen or heard of happening on the ships is gross. Americans have no class when it comes to traveling abroad. I’m sorry for this.  DEEPLY SORRY.

At the same time, Carnival makes money on booze. That is what drives them from the red, to the black, and it doesn’t happen till the last full day at sea.

In each and every cruise I have been on:

9/11/2011	Carnival Splendor	MEXICAN RIVIERA	1026	7
5/30/2011	Carnival Paradise	Catalina & Ensenada	V36	4
11/15/2010	Carnival Imagination	KEY WEST & COZUMEL	V21	4
4/11/2010	Carnival Splendor	MEXICAN RIVIERA	6426	7

We had mandatory safety meeting at our assigned muster stations. This was done before we left port, and as we departed in each and every cruise. I don’t feel we were let down there. However, I wasn’t on the Splendor months later when it had a fire and was dead in the water for days.

I’ve silently watched in horror and been able to partly imagine what it must have been like for people. I’ve sort of been rendered speechless but part of me cries inside every time I see what those people went through.

I think the Captain is a coward. For a Captain, there is no bigger failure than to abandon ship. There is no honor in abandoning your ship or the people you have sworn to protect. EPIC FAIL! Sitting in his house on house arrest, is too good for this man. He ought to be in a jail cell.

I don’t care if he did a great thing by bringing the ship in closer to the rock and land to reduce loss of life. He never should have been as close to shore as he was in the first place. It was the show-boat move that caused this:

THIS, should have never happened.

The passengers should have had muster drill. If they were at sea long enough to be dressed and seated for dinner, they had time to do their muster drill.

The fact that this GASH and giant rock sliced through the hull says the ship was where it shouldn’t have been. The fact the “Captain ” then steered it further onto rock, thus GROUNDING the ship caused the ship to list, rendering lifeboats on HALF THE SHIP inoperable. EPIC FAIL.

The fact that the Captain never made a single fucking emergency exit announcement, nor guided HIS passengers to a safe exit, is again another EPIC FAIL.

The fact that this man tripped and fell into a lifeboat will condemn him to a fate I wouldn’t want.

I’ve been silent on this, but it has shaken me.

Do I still love cruising? Some of it. Will I ever cruise Carnival again? I doubt it. I have met some very nice people, a few amazing people in fact, but most of the people I have traveled with on Carnival, I couldn’t stand in a voting booth with, and it wouldn’t typically be because they are of different political belief than me. It would be because I have more information to base my decisions on.

Carnival owns the cruise line that ran the Costa Concordia aground, 100 years to the day of the Titanic sinking.

May the people they haven’t found, be at peace.

May the families and friends left behind, find whatever it is they need to come to terms with the irresponsible behavior of one man.

The walk to the stairs wasn’t possible at 5:00 a.m.

I managed to get up the walk, de-ice it, and then get up the stairs to street level.

I had fun yesterday just having a snow day. The bf’s gf’s son came over, and another friend with cabin fever took the city bus over. We sat inside playing Yahtzee, drinking coffee, and watching it dump.
Today, branches are breaking. I’m tree watching and debating a hot shower.
Roads are closed and the Governor had declared a state of emergency. The news its reporting death in Covington, Wa where I once lived another life.
I am hunkered down, texting file locations to work and planning another quiet day at home.