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Google suspends Finnish Pirate Party related blog

May 25th, 2008  |  by Thomas Nybergh  |  published in in English, internet, notes, politics

The process of properly establishing the Finnish Pirate Party took a leap forward this weekend.
A blog covering the party’s constitutive meeting in real time has however been suspended by Google/Blogspot. Xuenay, one of the party leaders writes the following on his personal blog:
I just got back from the founding meeting of the Finnish Pirate [...]

Brazilian ads reflect understanding of Money

May 18th, 2008  |  by Thomas Nybergh  |  published in in English, link tips, notes, politics

These money themed ads made by JWT for the Brazilian business newspaper Gazeta Mercantil are among the better marketing I’ve seen lately. I approve of their message.
Images found at I Believe in Advertising. Click on the images to view them in full size (there are some thoughtful details just waiting to be spotted).
[via:Gothamist, Disinfo]

Breaking News: “A prominent American politician spoke about race as though [Americans] were adults”

March 20th, 2008  |  by Thomas Nybergh  |  published in in English, notes, politics, video

Facing pressure over anger of a kind hard which is hard to explain to middle class white people, displayed in public by a priest of the church that he attends, Senator Barrack Obama, a potential Sensible Candidate in the upcoming presidential elections is the USA, commented on issues of Race in a recent speech. As [...]

Join the protest against Internet censorship in Finland on 2008-03-04!

February 27th, 2008  |  by Thomas Nybergh  |  published in in English, internet, notes, politics, technology

Due to recent steps taken by Finnish authorities towards weakening Freedom of Speech, a demonstration will be held outside Eduskuntatalo/The House of Parliament in Helsinki.
On Tuesday 2008-03-04 12:30 PM preparations will begin outside Kiasma, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and the protest in scheduled to begin at 1 PM outside the Parliament. The protesters will attempt [...]

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