Snowden

[Мастер]

(which translates as Dear Herr Tubeswell,

Dammit, there just aren't enough decent people in the world these days and we sure do appreciate your petition. We have your email addy so now we think we know where to get hold of you if we need some money. blah blah blah, please also keep control of your spam filter. Best wishes Your Campact Team. PS When you use our addy 'info@campact.de' in your address book contacts, we will be able to infiltrate your address book and email all your pals."

Um, yes, that's what it says.

Just if you happen to be interested, I am one of the 50 %.

I won't ask about the 35% :)

[Enzo]

A lot of my friends are for him, and a lot are against him, and by God I am with my friends.

[Мастер]

This in from a couple of days ago.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/14/s ... n-rulings/

[tubeswell]

Habermas got it right, the modern state relies on a publicity of representation which puts power in the hands of representatives, and instead of democratic emancipation from authoritarian rule (which the emergence of the bourgeois public sphere sought to achieve by displacing the power of the aristocracy), we have authoritarian rule by representatives who are anaemic to democracy.

[Мастер]

Passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize again.

[Arneb]

They like to kick the nuts of the powerful now and than, but not in such a big way. You know, a former laureate might just send in the drones to give them a reminder who is in charge of keeping the peace here.

[Мастер]

You know, a former laureate might just send in the drones to give them a reminder who is in charge of keeping the peace here.

I think they've been regretting that choice for a while now. I think.

But, with his predecessor, who knows - when they heard Norway awarded one of their enemies a prize, they might have gone and invaded Nauru.

[Arneb]

That's totally possible. In other news, Australia was heavily criticized for being the country that burdened the world with that Hitler guy.

[tubeswell]

I wouldn't put it past the current Ozzie govt

[Heid the Ba]

We don't call it the Convict Colony for nothing.