Day July 19, 2005

Dave Winer on the EFF losing their way

I gave money to the EFF in their first year, and have supported all their initiatives, until they sided with the tech industry on content modification, and that’s where I think they parted ways with the interests of bloggers. Now…

Native Hawaiians on brink of sovereignty

Now, 112 years after U.S. troops helped overthrow the independent Kingdom of Hawaii and 12 years after Congress apologized for it, that Hawaiian distinctiveness appears close to being formally recognized by the U.S. government. A bill that for the first…

Unusual criminal defense strategies

We advised you to buy it, you did, now we’ll sue you Facing the threat of criminal indictment and a torrent of civil lawsuits over its marketing of abusive tax shelters, KPMG LLP is fighting back against the very customers…

Slime Diego

San Diego is so awash in political corruption it’s becoming comical. San Diego’s interim mayor convicted of wire fraud A federal jury convicted San Diego’s interim mayor and a councilman on conspiracy and wire fraud charges on Monday, the latest scandal…