HPR1061: TGTM Newscast for 2012/08/22




Hacker Public Radio show

Summary: TGTM Newscast for 2012/08/22 Here is a news review: Britain Vows to Deny Assange Safe Passage ‘Top-two’ primary election limits choice, promotes voter apathy Romney would pay less than 1% in taxes under Ryan plan Worse Than I Thought Secret Boy Scout Predator Files Released Government Faces New Warrantless Surveillance Battle After Losing Landmark GPS Tracking Case Pakistan's Internet Censorship Worsens...Again Google Starts Punishing “Pirate” Sites In Search Results New Data Exposes BitTorrent Throttling ISPs Internet Archive Starts Seeding 1,398,875 Torrents Other Headlines: The Freedom 7 Are Beating Obama in Court WikiLeaks: Paraguay's "Quasi-Coup" Has the Smell of Oil Facebook And ACLU Argue That 'Liking' Something Is Protected By The First Amendment Walmart workers paint graphic picture of working conditions throughout supply chain Green Party to Obama: Call off federal crackdowns on medical marijuana, respect state laws News from "thestand.org," "rawstory.com," "maggiemcneill.wordpress.com," Audio clip "Moc#153 Purging Voter Rolls,"  and "allgov.com" used under arranged permission. News from "torrentfreak.com," and "eff.org" used under permission of the Creative Commons by-attribution license. News from "democracynow.org" used under permission of the Creative Commons by-attribution non-commercial no-derivatives license. News Sources retain their respective copyrights. Links http://www.democracynow.org/2012/8/17/headlines#8170 http://www.thestand.org/2012/08/top-two-primary-election-limits-choice-promotes-voter-apathy/ http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/12/romney-would-pay-less-than-1-in-taxes-under-ryan-plan/ http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2012/08/14/worse-than-i-thought/ http://www.allgov.com//ViewNews/Secret_Boy_Scout_Predator_Files_Released_120809