Russian performance artist nails himself to Red Square cobblestone by his TESTICLES in protest at Kremlin's crackdown on rights | Mail Online

Russian performance artist nails himself to Red Square cobblestone by his TESTICLES in protest at Kremlin's crackdown on rights | Mail Online: It is not the first time the 29-year-old has resorted to dramatic methods of protest.

He has previously sewn his lips together to demonstrate against the jailing of two female members of the Pussy Riot punk band who staged an anti-Kremlin performance inside Moscow's main cathedral in 2011.

He was also arrested after wrapping his naked body in barbed wire outside a Saint Petersburg government building in May.

Las Vegas street lights can record your conversations | Mail Online

Las Vegas street lights can record your conversations | Mail Online: In addition to recording capabilities the Intellistreet lights are energy efficient. They use far less energy than traditional street lamp systems.

Mexicano plane downed in Venezuela 'had cocaine' - FRANCE 24

Mexicano plane downed in Venezuela 'had cocaine' - FRANCE 24: "That was a plane that we found full of drugs," said Maduro, speaking during his weekly radio and television nationally broadcast address.

He said that he told Foreign Minister Elias Jaua "to give all the necessary explanations" to Mexico, but should "try to make the Mexican president know that he is standing up for an airplane that was full of cocaine."

My Way News - Warming report sees violent, sicker, poorer future

My Way News - Warming report sees violent, sicker, poorer future

Dark Mail Alliance: Lavabit, Silent Circle team up to create surveillance-proof email.

Dark Mail Alliance: Lavabit, Silent Circle team up to create surveillance-proof email.

TSA will now “pre-screen” your taxes, car registration, passport, employment history, and more - BlackListedNews.com

TSA will now “pre-screen” your taxes, car registration, passport, employment history, and more - BlackListedNews.com

Partnership between Facebook and police could make planning protests impossible - BlackListedNews.com

Partnership between Facebook and police could make planning protests impossible - BlackListedNews.com:
Bloggers at the website PrivacySOS.org acknowledged that former federal prosecutor-turned-Facebook security chief Joe Sullivan was scheduled to speak during the conference at a panel entitled “Helping Law Enforcement Respond to Mass Gatherings Spurred by Social Media,” and suggested that agencies could be partnering with tech companies to keep users of certain services for communicating and planning protests and other types of demonstrations. A 2011 Bloomberg report revealed that Creativity Software, a UK based company with international clients, had sold geofencing programs to law enforcement in Iran which was then used to track political dissidents. US Senator Mark Kirk (R-Illinois) told Bloomberg that those companies should be condemned for being complicit in human rights abuses. And while this week’s convention in Philadelphia was for law enforcement agencies around the globe, it wouldn’t be too surprising to see American companies adopt similar systems.