http://www.spalpeen.co.uk Internet and Politics Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:10:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The British National Party's membership list got leaked. For people not familiar with the Party, it's an extreme-right wing group that is based around racist policies (they only allow whites as members, and want to kick everyone of any other ethnicity out of the country). You can download the BNP ... http://www.spalpeen.co.uk/2008/11/19/bnp-membership-list-leaked/ I'm at the 2nd Hull Peace Conference (Warning: PDF link) where Aurelien Tobie from International Alert just finished his talk on the training and skills required for "Peacebuilding". An interesting anecdote came when I asked him about lobbying, and how the organisation would like to influence Governments and policy makers. International ... http://www.spalpeen.co.uk/2008/11/06/killing-is-costly-when-youre-shell/ I support Obama for President (the opponent would be a disaster for America and the world), but this video the campaign aired recently is essentially propagandist drivel. Who would in their right mind sit through a 30 minute commercial?! I expect that it'll come off cheesy for uncertain voters, and ... http://www.spalpeen.co.uk/2008/10/29/american-stories-american-solutions-boring-patronising-drivel/ Dick Cheney Hospitalized, reports BreakingNews on twitter. http://www.spalpeen.co.uk/2008/10/15/dick-cheney-hospitalized/ Some points about The Guardian's Tomasky videos. First, let it be known that I really enjoy this series. It's a very level headed take on the U.S. election, and follows the latest developments very closely. I also admire The Guardian for jumping into this field. However, there are some technical issues ... http://www.spalpeen.co.uk/2008/10/08/the-guardians-videos-and-tomaskys-talks-and-seo/ Leah and Andrea produced a couple of very entertaining viral videos for our Mahalo VLOG Idol competition. Check them out below! Episode download: MOV | MP3 | M4V (for iPods and iPhones) Episode download: MOV | MP3 | M4V (for iPods and iPhones) http://www.spalpeen.co.uk/2008/06/03/viral-videos-r-us/ For a short period last summer I blogged about Nuclear weapons over at a site called Nucular vs. Nuclear. I got several visitors from institutions directly associated with the military, including one by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Ministry of Defense, and one visit from Raytheon's Executive Office. Raytheon Visit ... http://www.spalpeen.co.uk/2008/05/04/military-searchers/ I interviewed John McCain and Meg Whitman about H-1B Visas today in Santa Ana. http://www.spalpeen.co.uk/2008/03/25/john-mccain-and-meg-whitman-interview/ And the BBC has sought to report on it. You should read the LA Homeless blog if you live in LA. http://www.spalpeen.co.uk/2008/03/18/la-homelessness-is-a-huge-problem/ The reason for this flub? Thatcher is the name of the little pug that I live with, and I'd had a bit to drink... http://www.spalpeen.co.uk/2008/03/05/william-shatner-vs-conrad-quilty-harper/