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That sentiment, uttered by Republican Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona in his 1964 presidential bid was considered to be an example of right-wing extremism which supposedly doomed his candidacy in the aftermath of the JFK assassination. But it was no more extreme than Patrick’ Henry’s “give me liberty or give me death” was centuries earlier when men armed with guns won their and our freedom from a British tyranny so vile that they risked their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to resist and overthrow it.Was the Boston Tea Party violent right-wing extremism when a bunch of white males...

Right Side Broadcasting Network has been announced that it has been banned from broadcasting on YouTube for seven days, just hours before a Trump rally that it planned to cover. Also, many of the channel’s videos of President Donald Trump’s events and rallies have been deleted from its popular channel. YouTube deleted videos that had several million views. Footage of Trump at the first “Save America” rally in Ohio last week was deleted, as well as footage of his speech at the North Carolina GOP Convention. YouTube says the videos violate its “Community Guidelines” of “spam, deceptive practices and scams,”...

We just had some Major Announcements about ARM Development that changes Intels X86 future! Here's what we found out! (spoiler alert -- they have met the enemy and it is them)

I know most of you have given up on or never were a member of Facebook, but I still go there occasionally to participate in a few Close Groups that I enjoy. This morning without notice, a pop up is starting to appear asking you if you know anyone who is becoming a extremist and to report them and that everything is confidential. The reprisals by liberals will be overwhelming, anyone they don't like will get reported....this is a first step towards wholesale reporting of people to law enforcement.....

A federal judge has blocked a Florida law which sought to prevent social media firms from taking down content from political candidates, saying the measure was "wholly at odds with accepted constitutional principles" of free speech. Judge Robert Hinkle, in a ruling late Wednesday, said the law passed by the Florida legislature and signed by Governor Ron DeSantis distorted the idea of free-speech protections by placing restrictions on certain social media platforms for moderating content. The measure was approved by the state in response to the "de-platforming" of former president Donald Trump and others by large social media firms which...

A federal judge appointed by Bill Clinton has prevented Florida’s Big Tech law from taking effect saying Big Tech is being censored. Ron DeSantis signed a law protecting Americans from Big Tech censorship and a federal judge has decided to protect poor little Big Tech. According to FOX News:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal law enforcement agencies secretly seek the data of Microsoft customers thousands of times a year Tom Burt, Microsoft’s corporate vice president for customer security and trust, told members of the House Judiciary Committee that federal law enforcement in recent years has been presenting the company with between 2,400 to 3,500 secrecy orders a year, or about seven to 10 a day. “Most shocking is just how routine secrecy orders have become when law enforcement targets an American’s email, text messages or other sensitive data stored in the cloud,” said Burt, describing the widespread clandestine surveillance as...

Brannon Howse Live interview with neurlogistMy notes on 2 minute, 19 second Video clip from Brannon House Live interview with a neurologist:Family members are reporting to this neurologist that they note their vaccinated loved on is experiencing new, increasing difficulties with memory. They are slower and struggling and are fatigued, in addition to some of her patients with severe side effects after the vaccination.One of her patients had a blood clot that traveled from his leg to his chest 4 days after 'vaccination'. He had no prior history of blood clots. She asked if the ER doctors reported this...

Ever since the introduction of Windows Vista in early 2007, Microsoft has enforced the rule that Windows drivers must carry digital signatures by default. Any software that runs in kernel mode, in fact, has to be signed by the company. This is a security measure that should prevent malicious software from digging its claws in too deep. However, what happens when Microsoft gives its blessing to a rootkit? That's what happened a few months ago and was just now discovered thanks to G DATA Software security analyst Karsten Hahn. Initially, the company received a false-positive alert from a driver that...

SoundCloud has de-platformed journalist Andy Ngo's podcast "on the grounds of being dedicated to violating" the site's rules. However, the latest episode of the podcast was uploaded more than one year ago and there was no option in the notification email for Ngo to appeal or even seek further information. Ngo's podcast, "Things You Should Ngo," hosted heterodox ideas and stories. Ngo interviewed academics and thinkers from "the Intellectual Dark Web." Over the weekend, SoundCloud's Trust & Safety Team informed Ngo via email of the permanent ban for "violating" the site's Terms of Use and Community Guidelines, which state that...

Courts typically determine what company is a “monopoly,” and therefore deserves additional regulation, based on the standard of consumer harm. Unfortunately, two bills scheduled for a House floor vote this week would seek to change this standard in an attempt to break up big tech companies, but they would harm consumers rather than protect them. If enacted, they would lead to textbook cases of unintended negative consequences by reducing consumer choice, including making products and services more expensive and less accessible. After years of threats to break up Big Tech, Congress followed through earlier this month in the U.S. House,...

A South Carolina attorney has been suspended from practicing law after making incendiary Facebook posts, including one about George Floyd’s murder, sparked complaints. Lawyer David Paul Traywick was handed a six-month suspension and ordered to take a diversity class earlier this month by the state Supreme Court, The State newspaper reported. The attorney will also have to undergo an anger management assessment with a licensed therapist before his license is reinstated, the outlet reported.

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, sent a letter to Microsoft president Brad Smith on Monday, alleging that while it has largely escaped the notice of House Democrats, the company is among the Big Tech companies "out to get conservatives."

The sad part is that Big Tech’s control over the free flow information is almost entirely illusory and based wholly on our submission to it. Much in the same manner that consumers become zealously brand-conscious, we have come to accept that Microsoft, Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have some innate value that makes them indispensable. We forget that Big Tech’s dominance has come about in just one generation and we can track a direct trajectory between the rise of Big Tech and the radical Left’s ascendancy.

...“I find this outrageous. Facebook banned any post for four months about COVID coming from a lab,” the comedian began, adding, “Now, even the Biden administration is looking into it.”... Facebook was not the only big tech giant Maher criticized. Maher slammed Google over allegations of manipulating search results to prefer what the company considered “authoritative” sources.... He then criticized YouTube for allegedly censoring information related to ivermectin saying, “Ivermectin is not a registered Republican. It’s a drug!”

Netflix - Democrats - $340,485 (98%), Republicans - $7,124 (2%)Nvidia - Democrats - $154,466 (93%), Republicans - $11,673 (7%) Adobe - Democrats - $401,937 (93%), Republicans - $28,137 (7%)IBM - Democrats - $1,496,234 (90%), Republicans - $163,804 (10%) Salesforce - Democrats - $457,119 (89%), Republicans - $59,181 (11%)Alphabet (Google) - Democrats - $5,437,048 (88%), Republicans - $766,920 (12%) Microsoft - Democrats - $3,969,072 (85%), Republicans - $690,953 (15%)Apple - Democrats - $1,243,825 (84%), Republicans - $228,653 (16%) PayPal - Democrats - $145,483 (84%) Republicans - $27,529 (16%)Cisco - Democrats - $798,586 (80%), Republicans - $204,400 (20%) Amazon - Democrats -...

Microsoft took the shrink wrap off Windows 11 today, debuting a refreshed interface, support for Android apps, and deep integration of Microsoft Teams. But beneath all of the GUI goodies and swish superficial changes are a stricter set of system requirements. ....... It is only possible to install Windows 11 on hardware that is UEFI, Secure Boot, and TPM 2.0 — and its the 2.0 that’s important — enabled. This killer combo of hardware requirements excludes swathes of computers made more than 5 or 6 years ago, including some of Microsoft’s own.

What does Trump have up his sleeve?TRUMP: "Watch next week because you'll see me do something about big tech & people have wanted me to do it a long time, it won't be too surprising. They don't love me to talk about it early but watch what I do next week on big tech. I think you'll find it to be very interesting." pic.twitter.com/8QAjKvGvjz— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 25, 2021

Mark, we often hear that Facebook is a platform for parents and grandparents. Photo-sharing, accidental "Likes," and awkward conversations, while the kids are snapping and chatting or ticking and tocking. So where now are parents to go as they communicate with each other and make decisions on the health of their children? You decided to ban discussion of the origins of COVID, then allow it. You blocked discussion of emerging treatments, and now will allow some, but not all, of it. And the WHO – your preferred arbiter of truth – recommends waiting to vaccinate children and adolescents while our...