How to Protest Safely

If you are planning on participating in a protest or some form of demonstration it is very important to be prepared and know how to stay safe. There are numerous ways that things can get out of hand wither for you as an individual or for the group as a whole. There are dangers presented by police, malefactors withing the group or even just being enclosed with too many people and no where to go.

Any Internet Censorship Is Unacceptable

There are a wide range of views when it comes to regulating the web. For many it is a matter of moral standards. These individuals believe that the internet should be free of pornography, hardcore gore and offensive prejudice material. Others see regulation of the web as a matter of controlling the distribution of copyrighted material. No matter what you care about or are offended by on the internet there should be no question that any universal regulation on the web will inherently change what the web is.

Torrenting: A How To Guide

For many people peer to peer file sharing is a way of life. Some people would rather wait for a torrented show to become available instead of watching it on tv for free, perhaps because of the ease of access once it is downloaded. But, for the rest of us torrenting can seem very foreign. Much of you will probably ask "what is torrenting" "what is peer to peer" or even "what the fuck happened to limewire." if this is you then you have come to the right place. This is a beginners tutorial to torrents and peer to peer file sharing.

The Modern Introduction To Freedom

What do we owe the government? What do we as citizens owe those who we vote into power? Do we owe them our livelihoods? Should we thank them for the economy? Should we thank them for our shitty school districts? How about those rising tuitions? Why do we have to put up with such ridiculous incompetence with those in power? The answer is simple.

TOR Tutorial (Hide Your Online Activity)

There are millions of reasons why you should care who and what keeps track of you on the web. Its not just about hiding activity that could be considered illegal (but that is important as well.) Employers, advertisers government security agencies and hackers all have an interest in seeking your personal data. Now there are numerous paid services that claim to protect your personal info, but lets get real. For most of us these services are unnecessary and probably wont protect you from government agencies who will just ask for the logs of your data from the company that you pay to protect it.

How The Fed Is Making You Poorer

The Fed has long had a difficult time balancing there public image with the reality that they are what little that stands between equity and liquidity and a possibly deeper recession. There is a growing number of Americans who believe that the tax code is a front in the battle between the high earning class and basically everyone else. The truth is that the tax codes that favor the rich are only a small part of the problem. The true problem is the way the Federal Reserve treats our currency.

How To Handle Being Pulled Over

Many people may be unaware of this, but when it comes to dealing with police encounters there is an invariable plethora of scenarios and options to take that could land you in jail or home free. The most common of these kinds of encounters is being pulled over while operating a motor vehicle. When this happens its the details that matter most and that the person being pulled over should pay extensive attention to.