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It is commonly understood that the period of the mid-1950s was a time of enormous change in American music. Even one of the mildest of Elvis Presley’s early hits — 1956’s “Hound Dog” — is obviously a very different thing than Patti Page’s 1953 hit “How Much Is That Doggie in the Window.” It is also commonly understood that the mid-to-late sixties was also a time of change, with almost as large a difference between the Beatles’ 1964 hit “I Want To Hold Your Hand” and Hendrix’s 1967 recording of “Purple Haze.” But to many the in-between period appears to...

. . . . . Check out my weekly column at World Net Daily WikiLeaks data now on 1800 sites Posted: December 14, 2010 1:58 am Eastern © 2010 In last week's Surfin' Safari, I reported that the whistleblowing site WikiLeaks could be transformed from a handful of volunteers to a global movement. One week later, there are more than 1,800 websites now hosting WikiLeaks in different languages and locales. And while WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is in a British jail, some of his former staffers led by Daniel Domscheit-Berg have launched a competing site for whistleblowers called OpenLeaks. Domscheit-Berg, Assange's former right-hand man, left last...

. . . . . Check out my weekly column at World Net Daily Anti-American hackers ready to defend WikiLeaks? Posted: December 06, 2010 12:28 pm Eastern © 2010 In a news update from WikiLeaks' Twitter account,wlcentral, an "unofficial WikiLeaks information resource" reported that Evgeny Morozov cautioned in The Financial Times that the U.S. backlash against WikiLeaks and Julian Assange may have unintended consequences:

. . . . . Surf's up at World Net Daily, where you'll find my latest column about what's happening on the Internet, under attack from an overreaching federal government.

. . . . . In case you missed it... This week's Surfin' Safari column leads with "Airport Security - the new Checkpoint Charlie?" - the TSA controversy and how the Internet is being used to communicate, coordinate, and report on controversial airport security measures. I also tell you about how the government is clamping down on the information superhighway via Net Neutrality and COICA, the Senate's attempt to confer complete authority to the Attorney General Eric Holder to shut down websites for the flimsiest of reasons. Below the fold, you'll find "Qwik Picks", links that take you to interesting and...

Lots cookin' today... let's start with this: The upcoming lame duck Congress — that stretch between the Nov. 2 election and when the newly elected Congress is seated -- is a dangerous time for our country.According to Elizabeth Letchworth of Gradegov.com (who spent 26 years as the elected Secretary to the US Senate), we are looking at a potential disaster in November and December when the lame ducks try to push through all the legislation they can. Think Amnesty, Cap and Trade, the Kill Switch bill drafted by Sen. Joe Lieberman to give the president power to shut off the...

**If we don't act on this NOW, then God help us all** THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION now wants to takeover, or "regulate," the internet. And it looks like they're well on their way to doing just that. As we all know, there is nothing wrong with the internet. The internet seems to be developing and growing just fine, thank you, very much. But Obama sees it much differently. Americans for Prosperity has launched an ad campaign to alert those Americans who are not yet aware of another government intrusion into the private sector--the internet. AFP has a petition for you to...

Just heard: ambulance called to Obama compound, Obama has left his golf game.

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