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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Catgirls (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Have done nothing of consequence this weekend, and has been great. After going to Parliament on Wednesday (forgot to mention previously I quickly popped up to the public gallery to see a bit of Keith Vaz drone on about the Queen's speech) had the RAE on Thursday, then after a couple of glasses of wine there went to meet the London Libertarian crowd. Friday was a bit of a grim day therefore, so was...
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Realstreet (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
The normally slippery character that is Keith Vaz has suggested that Gary McKinnon, who hacked into US Defense websites, should be given a job by the Government rather than be extradited. The intelligence that enabled the Asperger’s sufferer to hack into American military computers could be put to good use, according to Keith Vaz. Quite. Mr Vaz, who [...]
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out >> m_Conscientia().toString(); (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Kermode expresses an intelligent outsider’s view of gaming. If you follow the perpetual media circus surrounding game violence, it’s pretty obvious those involved don’t play games (e.g. Jack Thompson/Keith Vaz). It’s not only that these anti gaming campaigners don’t understand the language and convention of games. I think they are probably somewhat detached from contemporary...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The Association of Chief Police Officers' proposed register of domestic violence perpetrators is welcome and long overdue ( Report , 17 November). The home affairs select committee found in our domestic violence report last year that there was no "single risk tool" available to all agencies which have a part to play in keeping people safe from domestic abuse. The proposed register goes some...
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Webeufobelievers (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
COMPUTER hacker Gary McKinnon should be given a job rather than extradited to the United States, as his skills could be "put to good use". That was the view of MP Keith Vaz, who heads the home affairs select committee. He said McKinnon showed intelligence "far beyond what anyone could imagine" when he hacked into US military networks. Mr Vaz again urged Home Secretary Alan Johnson...
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Webeufobelievers (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
A POWERFUL committee of MPs has told the Home Secretary that he CAN block the extradition of an autistic man who is wanted in the US on computer hacking charges. Keith Vaz, the chairman of the influential Home Affairs Select Committee, has written to Alan Johnson to advise him that he has the power to refuse requests to hand Asperger’s sufferer Gary McKinnon over to the authorities in Washington...
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Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Corporate Rescue (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I attended the R3 (Association of Business Recovery Professionals ) Annual Parliamentary Reception on Wednesday evening (18 November 2009) at the Palace of Westminster . It was a very interesting and informative event. The reception was held in the Churchill Room, a magnificent space dedicated to the memory of Sir Winston Churchill, the scion of the great Spencer/ Churchill/ Marlborough dynasty . Some...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Anti-bullying? Anti-cyber-bullying? Anti-homophobic bullying? All the good ideas are taken. Maybe I could just symbolically apologise for something Nestyn, Saturday night. Feel like an outcast. In 2003, 500 people watched me switch on the winterval lights (theme: Glad Tidings from Iraq). This year, 20 turned up, including my agent and a couple of tramps. By the time I'd said a few words about Christmas...
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GamePolitics.com (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
In a recent radio interview, Labour MP Keith Vaz again took videogames to task. Vaz thinks that rating information on the front of games should be larger, reports GI.biz , and also adopt health warnings currently found on packs of smokes: If you look to the packaging of an 18-rated videogame, it's [the size of] a tiny 10p coin. What it should be is the same as cigarettes - it should be splashed across...
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TechRadar (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
While many gaming news outlets have been quick to replicate news stories about Russia 'banning' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 , it looks like reports of the game being banned have been, to coin a phrase, 'greatly exaggerated'. Activision has been quick to issue a statement to say that reports of the Russian government banning the game are 'erroneous'. The statement was released in response to hundreds...
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Lobbydog (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The Independent Network (IN) - the association that guides parliamentary candidates without party affiliations – has launched its own blog . With the expenses scandal fresh in people’s minds as we come to the election, independents may feature in quite a big way. There are already noises that independent candidates will stand against dozens of MPs including Alan Duncan, Keith Vaz, Geoff...
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Pocket-lint (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
"No Russian" provokes anger Russia has reacted with anger to the infamous "No Russian" level in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, by banning it outright and recalling all copies. In the level, you infiltrate a Russian terrorist's gang while they undertake a massacre at a Moscow airport. It's proven very contentious, with the Daily Mail and Labour MP Keith Vaz claiming it allows players...
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GamesIndustry.biz (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Labour MP Keith Vaz has declared in a radio interview that when it comes to ensuring children can't gain access to adult-rated videogames, there is a huge responsibility on the part of parents - and he then went on to admit that he doesn't actually know which games his own 14 year old son plays at home. Speaking on SubCity's Debate is Free programme yesterday, he also restated his belief that videogame...
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Destructoid (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Although Modern Warfare 2 has snatched all the headlines recently for its infamous "No Russian" level, we should not forget that Rockstar is the king of controversy. Even so, the Grand Theft Auto developer believes that the whole "violent videogame" debate has gotten silly, and that its own games have become pariahs. "It feels at last like we’re moving on from that debate,"...
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John Connell (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
According to theyworkforyou.com, Keith Vaz MP, a man who has never knowingly passed up a chance to jump on a bandwagon: Voted very strongly for the Iraq war: [votes - speeches] Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war: [votes - speeches] Voted very strongly for replacing Trident: [votes - speeches] Of the recently launched Call to Duty: [...]
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