The signs are there.

"When one's input isn't valued, sooner or later one stops providing input. And as a result, the strenuous testing and debating of ideas, along with its associated learning, no longer occur. When this started to happen, the Digital culture was no longer the same source of strength that it had been".

DEC98.PDF, page 12

I observed the same behavior at Microsoft way back when. Add to this stack ranking, and I wonder if the recent events foreshadow its future.

You know you're getting old ...

... when you look in the mirror, and observe that nose hair is white.

Industry lies about I-522, and Truthout facts.

Nice job folks -

http://truth-out.org/news/item/18385-13-lies-gmo-labeling-opponents-are-pushing-to-keep-people-in-the-dark

Read it and print out the list. And, keep it handy for those who continue to be tools of Monsanto, ADM, and Cargill.

I always found it both convenient and suspicious the way Hastings died.

Glad I'm not the only one -

http://whowhatwhy.com/2013/08/23/report-hastings-feared-tampering-on-rented-mercedes/

I agree - you won't see this Amoron 'Surveillance Shopping' item in the Washington Post much.

http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18151-amazon-received-600-million-cia-computer-cloud-contract-surveillance-shopping

"BuzzFlash at Truthout found out about the contract through Heidi Boghosian, author of the just released "Spying on Democracy: Government Surveillance, Corporate Power, and Public Resistance. (You can obtain the book, which is the Truthout Progressive Pick of the Week by clicking here.)   When it comes to exponentially advancing blending of corporate media and the government, the $600 million Amazon CIA contract does not portend well for the future of transparent coverage in the Washington Post under Bezos.  "

Good work Buzzflash!

GMOAnswers? About as informative on reality as conservepedia.

http://naturalsociety.com/gmo-answers-website-launched-monsanto-others-combat-gmo-opposition/

Fucking intimidation.

I feel bad for Glenn and David, as this is what this amounts to -

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/18/glenn-greenwald-guardian-partner-detained-heathrow

The poignant parts in bold I emphasize below.

"Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act, "fewer than 3 people in every 10,000 are examined as they pass through UK borders" (David was not entering the UK but only transiting through to Rio). Moreover, "most examinations, over 97%, last under an hour." An appendix to that document states that only .06% of all people detained are kept for more than 6 hours.

The stated purpose of this law, as the name suggests, is to question people about terrorism. The detention power, claims the UK government, is used "to determine whether that person is or has been involved in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism."

But they obviously had zero suspicion that David was associated with a terrorist organization or involved in any terrorist plot. Instead, they spent their time interrogating him about the NSA reporting which Laura Poitras, the Guardian and I are doing, as well the content of the electronic products he was carrying. They completely abused their own terrorism law for reasons having nothing whatsoever to do with terrorism: a potent reminder of how often governments lie when they claim that they need powers to stop "the terrorists", and how dangerous it is to vest unchecked power with political officials in its name."

Read Glenn report about David's ordeal here - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/18/david-miranda-detained-uk-nsa

They are worse however than the Mafia - in that the UK and US Governments operate under the pretense of democracy.