Als die Nazis die Kommunisten holten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Kommunist.
Als sie die Sozialdemokraten einsperrten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Sozialdemokrat.
Als sie die Gewerkschafter holten,
habe ich nicht protestiert;
ich war ja kein Gewerkschafter.
Als sie mich holten,
gab es keinen mehr, der protestieren konnte.

If Bush is successful in getting his wishes on the “detainee” bill, America will, in many ways, cease to be America.
“Habeas Corpus:
Detainees in U.S. military prisons would lose the basic right to
challenge their imprisonment. These cases do not clog the courts, nor
coddle terrorists. They simply give wrongly imprisoned people a chance
to prove their innocence.”
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Newsinitiative.org hosts a fascinating interactive tour of the various government agencies that collect data on people living in the US and then use statistical methods to establish relationships between our behavior and potential terrorism links.
One thing I didn’t know: Lexis Nexis acts as a government contractor collecting data on private citizens.
I know, I know […]

Here is a clever way of representing facts about equality and culture around the world.

The Wall Street Journal reported today that investment firms invested heavily in algorithmic trading are realizing that the high costs involved in setting such systems up are not one-time, but recurring costs. The conventional logic assumes that it’s possible to automate the decision-making process in equities and other markets. The article tells the story of […]