Internet traffic and media manipulation

I have websites on various servers: MSU, Examiner, NowPublic, and YouTube. I don't measure/record traffic on my MSU sites out of respect for their add-free hosting. You cannot post vulgarity, pornography, or copy-infringing content, as you cannot most places, but I have no...

Illegal Patents on Effexor Earned Wyeth/Pfizer Millions?

The federal government has reportedly filed a lawsuit against Pfizer, which now owns Wyeth, maker of the SSNRI drug called Effexor. The claim is that Pfizer/Wyeth made millions through monopolistic practices and lies. Full story...

Big Parking in the Big City

While driving in and around Toronto one cant help but notice the big green 'P' signs sticking out in select locations and the solar powered pay-and-display units aka parking meters standing neatly at attention...

Google Earth Runs the Spy Scene

"Look! It's my car. It's at my house.  Everyone in the World can See!"     Yes.  Google just keeps on monopolizing.  The newest rumor is of their Operating System.  Does this mean the end of Microsoft and Apple as we will all be able to...

Google Monopoly: Monopoly City Streets Site Down on Launch Day

Google Monopoly launched today, but has proven too popular for its own good: the Monopoly City Streets site is currently down due to traffic overload. So we're talking about a lot of traffic, even with all the other 9/9/09 stuff competing for eyeballs today. Hasbro and...

Lawsuit to declare Niagara Parks Commission & Maid Lease Illegal

The big news in Niagara Falls is the huge controversy over the secret practices of The Niagara Parks Commission in awarding a lease to Maid of the Mist Steamboat Company Limited to offer the boat service at Niagara Falls.  It is estimated that the lease will generate at...

MS Monopoly Deepening in Korea

"For a nation that prides itself as a high-tech utopia, the land of fancy third-generation (3G) phones, wireless broadband and citizen-driven media, it's amazing how South Korea continues to invent new ways to be held hostage by a single corporation ― Microsoft. It's now...

Three Canadian cities to be featured on Monopoly world edition

Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal have been included on Hasbro's new Monopoly game, Monopoly Here and Now: The World Edition. " Monopoly's boardwalk stroll is now a hike up Mount Royal, and getting from jail to...

A monopoly made in the heavens?

Two of the world's biggest airlines have announced that they are to form an alliance, that they say will allow them to offer lower prices, but their rivals are saying that this is nothing short of a...

OBAMA FAVORED GAY MARRIAGE!

OPINION: The State of California contradicted the Supreme Courts decision on November 4 issue on the " Gay Marriage" which was endorsed by John MacCain. Californians vote for the altering and overriding the rule of the Supreme Court allowing " SAME -SEX MARRIAGE" The...

Fifth of Burmese aid cash lost to exchange rate trick

The situation in Burma after getting hit by Cyclone Nargis is back in the headlines. This time, it has much to do with money issues. " International aid agencies helping the victims of the devastating cyclone in Burma are losing as much as a fifth of the money that they...

China relaxes newspaper sales for Olympics

I wonder if this is something that can be done temporarily or if it will have long standing effects?"Normally, only a handful of overseas and Hong Kong publications are available for purchase in China, and then...

New Weapon Against Crime in the South

"New Weapon Against Crime in the SouthCrime in the South's fast-growing cities has a negative affect on economic development and social and community harmony. In Africa, with one fifth of the world's population,...

Clinton To Put Gravity Under Scrutiny

It was a matter of time before someone called Hillary on her ridiculous statements about OPEC and who better than Josh Marshall:"What is Hillary talking about? She's going to break up the OPEC oil cartel? ...

Boston Tea Party Hit Corporate Monopoly

"The Boston Tea Party was a direct action against a corporate monopoly that led to the birth of the United States. The raiders of the Tea Party pledged silence for 50 years. One of them, George R. T. Hewes, lived...

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