Seen on Slashdot:
“Indian journalist Amit Varma reports that Mumbai’s police are requiring the city’s 500 Internet cafes to install keystroke loggers, which will capture every keystroke by users and turn that information over to the government — nearly in realtime by the sound of it. Buy things online, and the underpaid Indian police will have […]
From Laila Lalami’s blog:
By the way, even though I have dual Moroccan and American citizenships, and even though the constitution provides for the voting rights of MREs (or Moroccans Residing Abroad) I am not able to vote in these elections, because no procedures have been put in place for absentee ballots. Voters must be present […]
Amazigh people of Libya have been oppressed for decades by a totalitarian regime that wanted them to unlearn their language and cultural identity. Since 1969, this regime used all kinds of measures of uniformitarianism and militarization to make of Libya an Arab country.
Gaddafi does not even recognize their existence of Amazigh people […]
I have something very special coming up for tomorrow - M. Bouba of Ghasbouba has graciously agreed to write something in response to Gaddafi’s silly speech. He also reminded me that September 1 is “Fateh,” the anniversary of Gaddafi’s coup in 1969 - so it’s a very appropriate time to counter the statements of the […]
Driss Basri died in Paris today. Seems like a great time to quote one of the jokes that got Nichane into such hot water last year:
Driss Basri [the hated and feared Minister of the Interior under Hassan II] died. He tried to bribe the Angel of Death in order to get to Paradise. The angels […]
