70 days ago by Cassandra

Atlas Shrugs: "Silencing the Blogs: Pistachio Gone" (...) Douglas Gibb over at Political Pistachio, a terrific blog, has gone dark. He hosted an electric BlogTalkRadio radio show that I had the pleasure of appearing on. Shut down as well. Douglas Gibb is a great American. His smart, optimistic , dis ...

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82 days ago by Cassandra

Pajamas: "The Fight for Free Speech: Will We Be the Greatest Generation?" by Steve Boriss In many ways, there was more free speech before the printing press was invented than at any time since. Yes, we have more rights today to criticize government, but strangely, until recently technology has reduc ...

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99 days ago by Foehammer

This should not come as a surprise to my regulars, but I am going to make this official: I am on an indefinite hiatus from blogging here at the Anvil. This does not mean that I will never put an entry up. This does not mean that I will never do another radio interview or podcast. What this means is ...

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100 days ago by Cassandra

Elsevier: " Brussels Police Fears Large Scale Racial Rioting" Following a clash last Sunday between north African youths - predominantly Algerians and Moroccans - and native fans of soccer club Anderlecht, described as 'skinheads, 'large scale racial rioting is expected in the Belgian capital Brusse ...

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115 days ago by Foehammer

My friends, I am alive and well. However, the Anvil has been the victim of a barrage of hacking since March and I have reached a point where I do not know if I will be able to contend with it for much longer. Bots are automatically sniffing my site and looking for any vulnerabilities 24/7. The ‘Let ...

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147 days ago by Foehammer

Yes, the Anvil was hacked yet again yesterday morning. That makes three times in the past 11 days. Do not panic. I can and will weather the storm. I fully expect such attempts to continue, just as all the other forms of censorship and abuse have come my way since going full-time and full-tilt with t ...

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160 days ago by Foehammer

The First Amendment. It guarantees my Right to Free Speech. Yet, here we are 6 months later, after I originally brought up the issue of Foehammer.com (sister domain to Foehammer.net) being listed as a ‘hate site’, and it is still unchanged from or has reverted back to “1.Violence/Hate/Racism” catego ...

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162 days ago by Cassandra

Pajamas Media: "Russia vs. Blogging" Arresting bloggers can be added to the long list of the Kremlin’s encroachments on human rights, writes Kim Zigfeld. So much for free speech in Russia. It looks like the beginning of the end for Russia’s celebrated blogosphere. (...) >>> Updated: 20th Mar 2008 ~ ...

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169 days ago by Foehammer

Even if you are a regular reader here, you may not have noticed that I have slightly altered the welcoming message at the top of the main page to the Anvil this morning. It has been changed as follows, the following lines being added: “If you are not prepared to discuss all enemies of the United Sta ...

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174 days ago by Cassandra

Athens News: "Blog it or leave it" With the justice ministry hammering out an amendment to tackle libellous content written on websites, internet users are crying out foul (...) It is outrageous to treat blogs like newspapers and television stations. Should this bill go through, it will signal an er ...

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