Tonight, during the Saryusz-Wolski report “Towards a common European foreign policy on energy” the Euro realist MEP Tom Wise will use parliamentary privilege to spell out the allegations against Alisher Usmanov. He has been talking to Craig Murray to ensure that the allegations are accurate and to the point.Under the rules governing parliamentary privilege, any news organisation can repeat what has been said in the Parliament chamber, allowing the MSM to circumvent the legal threats being thrown about by Usmanov’s lawyers Schillings.

Let the fun begin.

I think I can hear the sound of toys being thrown out of prams.

Matt Wardman has the speech. Early on in this, someone commented Usmanov, an Uzbek billionaire who forced blogs critical of him off the net, didn’t know what he was taking on in attacking former British ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig Murray. Now Murray’s allegations about Usmanov’s corruption, having been mentioned in Parliament, can be quoted by anyone without fear of being sued. Sweet.

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The just-released version 2.3 of WordPress includes an auto-update “feature” which phones home with information on the site; installed plug-ins, url, etc. It can’t be disabled natively and they don’t tell you they’re doing it.

WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg appears evasive and unhelpful about this, saying everyone else does it (perhaps, but at least they tell you they’re doing it and provide opt-outs) then says hey, there’s a fix for it (however it’s a third-party plugin, and not from WordPress itself.)

When Microsoft pulls crap like this, people can and do protest loudly about privacy violations.

WordPress is about the most trusted name in blogging, hope they don’t blow it.

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This Saturday, Sept. 29th

Show your support for the Jena 6 by wearing Black and joining Greater Hartford’s “March for Justice” in America.

9:00am. Assemble at Albany and Main
9:30am. Press Conference
10:00am. March to Bushnell Park

Info: (860) 246-4656

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Yes, higher, that’s because in the U.S. there are multiple taxes, which result in Americans paying a higher effective tax rate than in Europe.

Next time a politician warns that his opponent wants to tax you like the Europeans, tell him, “I wish!” Then ask him (or her), why do we pay so much more and get so much less?

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Ford is planning to feed toxic fumes from an assembly paint shop into a fuel cell that will convert it to electricity as well as cutting down on noxious emissions.

This is the kind of creative thinking, that once done on a mass scale, could make a huge difference. They are literally turning toxins into power.

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