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 Apple Yanks WikiLeaks App from iTunesPosted on Dec 21, 2010
On Monday, Apple engaged in another round of Dubious App Politics by pulling a WikiLeaks application for the iPhone and iPad from the iTunes app store after offering it for a mere three days, according to The New York Times.
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By Maani, December 22, 2010 at 11:40 am Link to this comment
From Lawrence Britt’s “14 Characteristics of Fascism”:
3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause. The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial, ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.
6. Controlled Mass Media. Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.
7. Obsession with National Security. Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.
From Naomi Klein’s “Fascism in 10 Easy Steps”:
7. Target ket individuals.
Report this8. Control the Press.
9. Dissent equals Treason
By Anarcissie, December 22, 2010 at 11:35 am Link to this comment
When was Steve Jobs every cool? He has been a major national jerk forever. Apparently that’s one of the requirements for being a prominent leader in the computer industry—see Bill Gates.
Report thisBy m@earth, December 22, 2010 at 9:57 am Link to this comment
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Interesting. What is it exactly that they mean by the word ‘Harm.’
Report thisThat said. I think I just got a cold chill on my neck from the implications this will
have as we get further into this new war being waged against the citizens who are
interested in preserving liberty by upholding their patriotic duty of being an
informed public.
By thethirdman, December 22, 2010 at 9:39 am Link to this comment
Rico:
Nobody says Steve Jobs is cool. We’ve never liked him…
Report thisBy reynolds, December 22, 2010 at 8:21 am Link to this comment
uck fapple
Report thisBy SteveL, December 21, 2010 at 11:57 pm Link to this comment
Amazingly Rupert Murdoch can distort, lie, and spew garbage on his TV stations
Report thisand Newspapers and not a thing is said. Wikileaks prints the truth and the nation
goes nuts.
By rico, suave, December 21, 2010 at 9:48 pm Link to this comment
And who says Steve Jobs is cool?
Report thisBy thethirdman, December 21, 2010 at 7:07 pm Link to this comment
No computer is safe! Might there be a correlation with all this current internet
Report thisbusting?
By anaonymous, December 21, 2010 at 6:42 pm Link to this comment
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apple, mastercard, visa, b of a, paypal, etc… all the same uSSa fascist corporate imperialist vermin.
twitter, facebook and others (google heh !?!) going full blast during fake colored revolutions… but when the crimes of the empire are exposed (ever so superficially and with kid gloves)... the tune changes.
C’mon, wake up, we are the furthest thing away from Liberty. Time to choose sides, lest you’re willing to live (or die) with what’s coming (once started, these type of trends we’re living thru now always end up the same way; open your eyes wide shut).
boycott their crummy (and overpriced) products, sabotage anything linked to them that you can, do more if you can. Don’t organize, you’ll be infiltrated. Be creative… and radical, copycats and new variations will follow.
the rotten system is incredibly vulnerable at all levels if you stop a second and think about it.
enough of this BS.
For those not willing to go so far… China, please offer alternatives to all these products and services.
they didn’t want us to be citizens but consumers?
fine!
China, please help us show them the west has lost and is cooked.
But then again, if you really think about it… deep down there’s only one solution:
bring back the guillotines!
Let’s decorate all the trees with new types of ornaments of those who are the ones who brought this all about.
There’s no other way.
For every action, there is a reaction.
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable.”—JFK
Report thisBy Wikileaks for Nobel, December 21, 2010 at 6:15 pm Link to this comment
Apple knows that revealing the truth about corporate doings is putting “a group” near and dear to them, “in harm’s way.” Stay tuned for the corporate leaks…
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