Daily Archives: December 17, 2010

American Express Identifies ‘A New Era of Pause and Purchase’ With Five Key Trends Driving Consumer Spending in 2011 and Beyond

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American Express Identifies ‘A New Era of Pause and Purchase’ With Five Key Trends Driving Consumer Spending in 2011 and Beyond

Report Finds Locally-Sourced Goods, Digital Shopping and “Give-a-nomics” Are Among Top Trends Re-Shaping the American Consumer

More Than Half (54%) of Americans Said They Try to Support Their Local Economy

Over a Third (38%) of Americans Equate Being Good and Ethical to Quality of Life, Far Higher Than Being Rich (5%)

41% of Americans Cite Internet Accessibility as the Biggest Factor Affecting Spending Habits in Years to Come

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French gov censors internet without legal recourse

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Section 4 of the Bill Loppsi 2, text tote on Homeland Security, was finally adopted. It will allow the government to filter the Internet using a blacklist issued by the Ministry of Interior, without the intervention of the judiciary. A measure that the government justify the need to better fight against child pornography sites and cybercrime in general.
Why is it that anything brought out to fight ‘child porn’ is generally a serious inhibition on our freedoms? Are we really such idiots that just shouting ‘but the kiddies’ empties our brains every time?!

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