Archive for October 19th, 2008
If you’re in D.C. on Wednesday, swing on by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce HQ over near the White House at lunchtime — I’ll be speaking at this month’s Grassroots Forum meeting at noon. These events usually get 100-200 people and they do require an RSVP, but they’re free and worth your time (particularly this one, right?). Bonus: Shaun Dakin of StopPoliticalCalls.org will talk about his personal obsession, ending the evil of political robocalls. I’ll be speaking about the changing nature of advocacy in a world increasingly filled with digital natives — better be on your toes, these kids these days are almost getting clever enough to be a threat.
– cpd
October 19th, 2008
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Americans may have been waging electronic war via robot this past week, but we aren’t the only ones fighting dirty online: as the Post reported on Saturday, several of the main websites used by Al Qaeda to spread information have been down since mid-September despite all efforts to bring them back up. No one’s saying who’s behind it, but do note the double-edged sword of e-warfare — with their sites dead, the bad guys have a much harder time distributing videos, promoting ideology and recruiting followers, but Western intelligence agencies also lose a way of seeing into their enemy’s mind.
The Post article also describes in some detail a separate online war raging in the Middle East, this one between Sunnis and Shi’ites. Casualties include hundreds of websites hacked down in the prime of life, plus the dignity of a number of religious leaders — far less destructive than some other uses of the ‘net in sectarian war in Iraq in darker days past.
– cpd
October 19th, 2008
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Cross-posted on K Street Café
Well, at least we’ve gotten ONE thing settled this political year: we now know what e.politics actually IS. At least according to (former) reader-via-email-signup K— S——, who sent this friendly message a couple of days ago (font size rendered accurately).
You left wing Marxist racist scum!
Dont send me any more of your crap.
Which brings up one of the classic issues involved in running an email list: how to deal with people who unsubscribe violently.
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