Tag: Barrett Brown
Does Barrett Brown, Anonymous journalist deserve 5 year jail?
This morning a federal judge in Texas sentenced my former room mate Barrett Brown, Anonymous associate, journalist to 63 months jail (5 years) years jail.
At the time of Barrett Brown’s arrest he had just moved out of Bushwick, Brooklyn...
Barrett Brown link sharing charges dismissed. But I’m still worried.
The US government yesterday motioned to dismiss 11 of the 12 the 12 criminal charges against hacktivist journalist Barrett Brown.
Anonymous representative Barrett Brown declares that they will either win or go to jail as Anonymous is now poised for...
Anonymous representative Barrett Brown declares that they will either win or go to jail as Anonymous is now poised...
Barrett Brown is having the time of his life.
Anonymous who recently infiltrated security think tanks files over the Christmas weekend have gone on the offensive by stating that they are now poised to release 2.7 emails.
To date the group...
Face of hacking group that forced cartel and corporate’s hand gets a six figure book deal from outlet it...
Before I get on with this story I should make the caveat that Mr Barrett Brown and I were once for a very brief period room mates before he suddenly hightailed it back to Texas (we were kicked out...
Birth of a salesman?
Scallywag and Vagabond has developed a strong and steady readership since its founding in November of 2008, thus winning out over those of our early critics who said it couldn't be done. I remember Keith Moon, for instance, predicted...
Thomas Friedman can’t even predict his birthday.
When the only predictable thing about Thomas Friedman is that he can't predict.
Those who caught Thomas Friedman's January 12th op-ed in which he predicts continued and steady economic gains for China's foreseeable future will no doubt be convinced that the...
Craisglist Job Respondent points out things we never knew.
If one is to begin to understand the happenstance of a society one is obliged to peruse the deluge offered and acted upon in one of the greatest mediator of all times- Craigslist. That said we too at Scallywag...
Charles Krauthammer makes it on our list of top failures.
Human failures that keep us wondering.
One of the most delightful and potentially game-changing aspects of the information age is our vastly enhanced ability to discover past predictions that might otherwise have been forgotten; twenty years ago, one could have...
Barrett Brown doesn’t want you to buy his book.
After a general two-month absence from hassling those with the bad manners to make more money than I do, during which time I was engaged in the hassling of those with the bad manners to make more money than...
