WordPress.com, the worlds most popular free blog hosting site, bowed to pressure from CAIR to delete a blog which the Islamist organization found objectionable. Visitors to the site now receive a message which states: bootislam.wordpress.com is no longer available. This blog has been archived or suspended for a violation of our Terms of Service. CAIR [...]
Kareem Amer is a young Egyptian blogger. Much like other young people, Kareem is unhappy with certain parts of the society in which he lives. Like many young people, Kareem posted these thoughts to his blog. For this crime of self-expression, Kareem has now been imprisoned for 1,470 days. Here’s how Kareem described himself on [...]
Many global new outlets recently published high-level reports of a letter from a group of prominent Chinese elders to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress. The letter admonishes the current Chinese leadership for it’s “false democracy” and it’s censorship of almost every act of free speech. Characteristically, none of the major news outlets [...]
Bordentown New Jersey is a tiny little town with a fascinating history. The 2006 census estimated the town’s population at 3,953. Past residents of the town include Thomas Paine and Joseph Bonaparte. Bordentown is in the news again because one caustic individual published criticisms of Bordentown mayor James E. Lynch at BordentownMayor.com, BordentownWatch.com, and BordentownMayorReallySucks.com. [...]
On Sunday, John Cusack sent a message to his followers on Twitter encouraging violence against FoxNews, Dick Armey, and Newt Gingrich: “I AM FOR A SATANIC DEATH CULT CENTER AT FOX NEWS HQ AND OUTSIDE THE OFFICES [OF DICK] ARMEY AND NEWT GINGRICH-and all the GOP WELFARE FREAKS.” On Wednesday, leftist environmental activist James Jay [...]
The Federal Communications Commission was dealt a severe blow on Tuesday when a federal appeals court ruled that their current indecency policy is unconstitutionally vague. The decision is a serious setback to Julius Genachowski, Obama’s chairman at the FCC. Genachowski has been focused on significantly expanding the power of the FCC to control free speech [...]
