farcebook team: Distressed Green Turtle Rescued at Magnetic Island...

farcebook team: Distressed Green Turtle Rescued at Magnetic Island...: Last Sunday Magnetic Islanders got together at Picnic Bay to rescue another distressed turtle. The large green turtle, named Gulbura by t...

Now this is worth following 'farcebook team blog'

farcebook team

Magnetic Island's WikiLeaks' Julian Assange gets Australian peace prize

LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks' Australian founder Julian Assange, who enraged Washington by publishing thousands of secret U.S. diplomatic cables, was given a peace award on Tuesday for exceptional courage

Photo Reuters Julia Assange Peace Prize

Magnetic Island's WikiLeaks' Julian Assange gets Australian peace prize 

(Reuters)By Avril Ormsby

LONDON | Tue May 10, 2011 2:17pm EDT

Apologies to the Magnetic Island Weddings Help Blog Team

Apologies from Something Special About Magnetic Island Blog to the 

Magnetic Island Weddings Ceremony Help Blog team.

Tying the Knot on Magnetic Island (Not Willie & Kate)

We 'borrowed' their pic of 'Willie & Kate's honeymoon on Magnetic Island' without permission. But the team has forgiven us. Our penance is a free plug with a link.

So, here it is;

If you are planning to tie the knot at an island wedding why go overseas? Check out Magnetic Island first, and.. Click the link below to find out more.

Magnetic Island Weddings Ceremony Help Blog

 Magnetic Island Weddings Ceremony Help Blog is an independent  online service to assist couples in having the Magnetic Island Wedding of their dreams and it is not part of any wedding co-ordinator or planning service.

Prince William & Kate Middleton go topless on their Magnetic Island honeymoon!

William & Kate go topless

Why wouldn't William & Kate honeymoon on Magnetic Island? Magnetic Island already has experienced Royalty in Bernadette & Phil who produced & co-wrote a series of comedy cabaret shows as 'A Broad with the Queen' (Bernadette is the Broad….)They have performed (not topless) in North Queensland to rave reviews and continue to do so at their very own venue, The Stage Door Theatre Restaurant on Magnetic Island since 2005.

Make a booking! You might run into Prince William& Kate on their Magnetic Island Honeymoon. Hmm

Harvey Norman 100% OFF!

Harvey Norman Sale Ads are 100% off the mark. They are just one of the screeching mob - a violent assault on our senses and an invasion of our space.

 

Ban Harvey Norman Ads!

 

 ...and this is what Gerry Harvey does when we suggest he changes his ads..

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..and this is what his public relations people do...

What?

Visa & MasterCard: Ku Klux Klan, Yes – WikiLeaks, No

The hypocrisy of the moral rationaleof the redneck element of the USA for shutting down WikiLeaks & eliminating Julian Assange defies logic, basic native intelligence and the basic premise of life in the United States. Truth, Justice & the American way? Check out this extract from from an article by Charles Arthur the UK Guardian's technology editor on the 7th December 2010.

4.14pm: Charles Arthur, the Guardian's technology editor, points out that while MasterCard and Visa have cut WikiLeaks off you can still use those cards to donate to overtly racist organisations such as the Knights Party, which is supported by the Ku Klux Klan.

The Ku Klux Klan website directs users to a site called Christian Concepts. It takes Visa and MasterCard donations for users willing to state that they are "white and not of racially mixed descent. I am not married to a non-white. I do not date non-whites nor do I have non-white dependents. I believe in the ideals of western Christian civilisation and profess my belief in Jesus Christ as the son of God."

And here's more from techdirt.com:

Visa & MasterCard: KKK Is A-OK, But Wikileaks Is Wicked

from the starvation-through-political-pressure dept

Well, it looks like we can add Visa to the list of companies pressured into no longer working with Wikileaks, following a similar move by MasterCard. At least, unlike MasterCard, Visa isn't already claiming that Wikileaks was convicted of a crime. Instead, it's just said that it's suspended any work with Wikileaks "pending further investigation into the nature of its business and whether it contravenes Visa operating rules."

As Charles Arthur points out, the Ku Klux Klan's website points you to a site that takes both MasterCard and Visa -- suggesting the pure arbitrariness of both credit card companies' decision here. It's a bad idea when firms start making decisions for political reasons. There are all sorts of companies out there that take credit cards to support objectionable (to many) activities. Is it really the credit card companies' job to pick and choose who they find objectionable to work with -- and if so, what basis does it use for saying "KKK is okay, but Wikileaks is not"?

This reinforces the point we recently made about the role of corporate intermediaries in being able to aid governments in censorship, even in the absence of a trial or conviction. Either way, this is a really sad statement about both Visa and MasterCard and their willingness to cave to government pressure.

Truth Justice & the American Way? Given a choice who would you as a thinking Aussie support? The Ku Klux Klan?

(According to Visa, Mastercard & Paypal these fine upstanding American  are worthy free speech & financial support.)

Or WikiLeaks?

Jemma