UK: Corporatism + Censorship = Fascism
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| The UK government injected over £24bn of tax-payers money into Northern Rock
| Bank, yet the public is not supposed to know of any details.
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http://beranger.org/index.php?page=diary&2008/01/21/15/48/42-uk-corporatism-censorship-fascis
Makes one think of Microsoft receiving a cash infusion from the BBC, BECTA and
so on... more on the beauty of the Internet:
FBI buries docs showing US officials stole nuke secrets?
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| The FBI is denying the existence of a file that details a program whereby US
| officials stole nuclear weapons secrets for eventual sale to Pakistan and
| Saudi Arabia -- but there's plenty of evidence for the file's existence...
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http://www.boingboing.net/2008/01/19/fbi-buries-docs-show.html
Related:
Lawmaker blasts U.K. government on Microsoft policy
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| "A member of Parliament of the United Kingdom has launched a stinging
| attack on the U.K. government's IT strategy, saying that it has given
| Microsoft too much control.
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| John Pugh, who is a member of Parliament, or MP, for Southport and a
| member of the Public Accounts Committee, was speaking in an
| adjournment debate on Tuesday that he had called. The aim of the
| debate, he said, was to explore the alternatives to using Microsoft
| software, including open source."
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| [...]
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http://www.news.com/Lawmaker-blasts-U.K.-government-on-Microsoft-policy/2100-1012_3-6212721.html
http://tinyurl.com/2ashm2
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