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U.S. Courts Split on Internet Bans
A federal appeals court is reversing a lifetime internet ban imposed on a child sex offender also handed a 15-year prison term. The outcome highlights the appellate courts are all over the map when it comes to internet bans often imposed on defendants, especially sex deviants, once they have served their time. What’s more, the courts appear to be accepting the internet as a basic freedom to which convicts, even the worst of the worst, usually should not be denied permanent access.
Continue reading »It’s official: Blogging is a dangerous business
Report suggests 2009 was worst ever year for bloggers 2009 was a bad year for freedom of speech across the world, with journalists and bloggers getting the worst of it.…
Continue reading »Stormy weather
Why is it when p2pnet is down for a couple of hours everyone expects the worst? Anyow, in reply to emails wondering what happened, in one word, Nothing. l live on Vancouver Island in BC, Canada.
Continue reading »100 worst movies of the last 10 years
They’re awful. Shockingly horrible. They’re the baddest of the bad, the worst of the worst.
Continue reading »Hawaiian princess no ‘barbarian’
Hawaiian princess Ka’iulani traveled to England in 1888 at the age of 12, “to escape the impending turmoil in the Kingdom of Hawai’i as a result of rebel American forces trying to take over,” wrote Kawehi Haug in the Honolulu Advertiser back in March, going on »»» The princess returned to Hawai’i after the overthrow in 1893 to try to restore the monarchy. She traveled to the mainland to meet with President Grover Cleveland to seek his support. The tentative title of the film is “Barbarian Princess,” which is a reference to the paparazzi of the time who dubbed Ka’iluani “the barbarian princess.” The media portrayed her as such until she traveled to the mainland and conducted her business there with poise, strength, intelligence and honor.
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