Daniel Ellsberg Says Boycott Amazon

Open letter to Amazon.com Customer Service:

December 2, 2010

I’m disgusted by Amazon’s cowardice and servility in abruptly terminating today its hosting of the Wikileaks website, in the face of threats from Senator Joe Lieberman and other Congressional right-wingers. I want no further association with any company that encourages legislative and executive officials to aspire to China’s control of information and deterrence of whistle-blowing.

For the last several years, I’ve been spending over $100 a month on new and used books from Amazon. That’s over. I ask Amazon to terminate immediately my membership in Amazon Prime and my Amazon credit card and account, to delete my contact and credit information from their files and to send me no more notices.

I understand that many other regular customers feel as I do and are responding the same way. Good: the broader and more immediate the boycott, the better. I hope that these others encourage their contact lists to do likewise and to let Amazon know exactly why they’re shifting their business. I’ve asked friends today to suggest alternatives, and I’ll be exploring service from Powell’s Books, Half-Price Books, Biblio and others.

So far Amazon has spared itself the further embarrassment of trying to explain its action openly. This would be a good time for Amazon insiders who know and perhaps can document the political pressures that were brought to bear–and the details of the hasty kowtowing by their bosses–to leak that information. They can send it to Wikileaks (now on servers outside the US), to mainstream journalists or bloggers, or perhaps to sites like antiwar.com that have now appropriately ended their book-purchasing association with Amazon.

Yours (no longer),
Daniel Ellsberg

29 thoughts on “Daniel Ellsberg Says Boycott Amazon”

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  2. Something Amazon failed to mentioned, was "when" they decided to terminate the contract. If they decided to invoke TOS before or after the phone call. If it was truly before.

  6. These books are largely liked by teenagers, particularly guys. Another thing is, this type of e-book is not written in a narrative form. Encyclopedia – This sort of book is more on giving data to its reader. The bible is the perfect instance for this kind of e book. Read.
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  10. West Brom vs Everton conclusions
    * It’s a weird coincidence xem ?? bóng ?á that a West Brom Everton game has made it to Monday Night Football 3 seasons in a row. We had one of Pepe Mel’s first games in 2013/14 (maybe the first?), the Baines/Mirallas penalty last season and now this. Given the aggregate scoreline was 0-0 from the other two I’m pleasantly surprised Sky continued with their investment in this fixture, but puzzled as to why. Seriously, why Everton v West Brom on a Monday night?

    * James McCarthy. Seriously. Scousers only appreciate that stuff if it’s done by someone in a red shirt with ‘8’ on the back, Blues do not. Pack it in, or face being dropped for Tom Cleverley/Darron Gibson *shudder*

    * Deulofeu was the main man tonight. nha cai Vwin Great to watch a proper winger terrorise a defence. I said before the game that Duelfuel was the main target given Brunt was at left back and wouldn’t cover well – we need to continue in the same vein v the other lot, because they’ll go with either Moreno (see Brunt) or Gomez.

    * It is incredibly frustrating, and a knock to Matrinez’ management of ‘sterile domination’ that we needed to go to the two up top tactic to get the win today – is his vision of Tika Taka doomed?

    * In saying that, Everton are showing a pattern of results which bodes well for the derby – for people of both persuasions! Against good teams expected to beat us we’ve played with a great intensity that has seen us give two bloody noses (Saints (A) and Chelsea (H)), against teams we’re expected to beat we’ve struggled unless we’ve been behind (Watford (H) and WBA (A)) – so if you believe the narrative we’ll either give a bloody nose to a better ‘ranked team’, or struggle to stick the knife into vulnerable opponents [I am very aware I have omitted cá ?? bóng ?á trên m?ng m88 two 0-0s v Spurs and the Swans and a humping by Citeh].

    * Back to tonight and I’m still amazed of the stick Rom gets. Yes, he should be in the box more because he’s deadly there. But he also needs to link the play. Therefore, Naismith and particularly Barkley need to get in the box more (if we want to utilise GDs early delivery more)

  11. West Brom vs Everton conclWest Brom vs Everton conclusions* It’s a weird coincidence  xem ?? bóng ?á that a West Brom Everton game has made it to Monday Night Football 3 seasons in a row. We had one of Pepe Mel’s first games in 2013/14 (maybe the first?), the Baines/Mirallas penalty last season and now this. Given the aggregate scoreline was 0-0 from the other two I’m pleasantly surprised Sky continued with their investment in this fixture, but puzzled as to why. Seriously, why Everton v West Brom on a Monday night?

    * James McCarthy. Seriously. Scousers only appreciate that stuff if it’s done by someone in a red shirt with ‘8’ on the back, Blues do not. Pack it in, or face being dropped for Tom Cleverley/Darron Gibson *shudder** Deulofeu was the main man tonight. nha cai Vwin  Great to watch a proper winger terrorise a defence. I said before the game that Duelfuel was the main target given Brunt was at left back and wouldn’t cover well – we need to continue in the same vein v the other lot, because they’ll go with either Moreno (see Brunt) or Gomez.* It is incredibly frustrating, and a knock to Matrinez’ management of ‘sterile domination’ that we needed to go to the two up top tactic to get the win today – is his vision of Tika Taka doomed?* In saying that, Everton are showing a pattern of results which bodes well for the derby – for people of both persuasions! Against good teams expected to beat us we’ve played with a great intensity that has seen us give two bloody noses (Saints (A) and Chelsea (H)), against teams we’re expected to beat we’ve struggled unless we’ve been behind (Watford (H) and WBA (A)) – so if you believe the narrative we’ll either give a bloody nose to a better ‘ranked team’, or struggle to stick the knife into vulnerable opponents [I am very aware I have omitted cá ?? bóng ?á trên m?ng m88  two 0-0s v Spurs and the Swans and a humping by Citeh].* Back to tonight and I’m still amazed of the stick Rom gets. Yes, he should be in the box more because he’s deadly there. But he also needs to link the play. Therefore, Naismith and particularly Barkley need to get in the box more (if we want to utilise GDs early delivery more)usions

  14. Something Amazon failed to mentioned, was "when" they decided to terminate the contract. If they decided to invoke TOS before or after the phone call. If it was truly before, I would side with them a little (but still boycott) but at least I would have some respect for them, but if it was after Mr libermans phone call, well, then this TOS is post facto justification, and they really are cowards.

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  24. The genus Aerodramus was thought to h? y?n sào khánh hòa be the only echolocating swiftlets. These birds use echolocation to locate their roost in dark caves. Unlike a bat’s echolocation, Aerodramus swiftlets make clicking noises that are well within the human range of hearing. The clicks consist of two broad band pulses (3 – 10 kHz) separated by a slight pause (1 – 3 milliseconds). The interpulse periods (IPPs) are varied depending on the level of light; in darker situations the bird emits shorter IPPs, as obstacles become harder to see, and longer IPPs are observed when the bird nears the exit hu yen sao khanh hoa of the cave. This behavior is similar to that of bats as they approach targets. The birds also emit a series of low clicks followed by a call when approaching the nests; presumably to warn nearby birds out of their way. It is thought that the double clicks are used to discriminate between y?n khánh hòa ch?ng s?n individual birds. Aerodramus sawtelli, the Atiu swiftlet, and Aerodramus maximus, the black-nest swiftlet are the only known species which emit single clicks. The single click is thought be used to avoid voice overlap quà t?ng cho s?p during echolocation. The use of a single click y?n sào khánh hòa nguyên ch?t might be associated with an n?m linh chi evolutionary shift in eastern Pacific swiftlets; determining how many clicks the Marquesan swiftlet emits could shed light on this. It was also discovered that both the Atiu swiftlet (Fullard, 1993) and the Papuan swiftlet yen sao khanh hoa nguyen chat (Price et al., 2005) emit clicks while foraging outside at dusk; the latter possibly only in these circumstances, considering that it might not nest in caves at all. Such behavior yen khanh hoa chung san is not known to occur in other species (Fullard, 1993), but quite possibly does, given that the Papuan and Atiu swiftlets are not closely related. However, it has recently been determined that the echolocation vocalizations do not agree with evolutionary relationship yen sao khanh hoa chung san between swiftlet species as suggested by DNA sequence comparison (Thomassen & Povel, 2006). This suggests that as in bats, echolocation sounds, once present, adapt rapidly and independently to the particular species' acoustic environment.

    Three hypotheses are yen sao khanh hoa tinh che considered to describe how echolocation evolved in the genus Aerodramus and, as determined more recently, other taxa in the Apodidae. One hypothesis states that echolocation evolved from an ancestral species of swiftlets and was lost in the genera which lack echolocation. A second hypothesis is that echolocation evolved independently several y?n sào khánh hòa tinh ch? times. The third scenario involves a combination of the first two, i.e. a gain-loss-regain scenario.

  25. Several functional yen sao thien nhien subunits (like vocal muscles and brain areals) are needed to produce the echolocating system. Past studies have thought that the loss of one of these subunits was more likely to occur than acquiring all the traits needed to echolocate. But a recent study (Thomassen et al., 2005) suggests that the echolocation subunits were mainly located in the y?n sào thiên nhiên central nervous system, while the subunits in the vocal apparatus were already present and capable of use before echolocation even evolved. This study supports the second hypothesis of independent evolution of echolocation in Aerodramus and Collocalia, with the subsequent evolution of complex behavior needed to complement the physical echolocation system, or even the third approach, as the vocal apparatus-parts of the echolocation system might even be inherited from some prehistoric nocturnal ancestor.
    The energy contained quà t?ng cao c?p cho s?p in 100 g of swiftlet nest is 345 kcal. The nests are often served simmered in chicken broth.

    Authentic bird's-nest soup is quite quà t?ng s?p 2016 popular throughout Asia. It is also extremely expensive; many western restaurants serve a less expensive version consisting of soup with noodles shaped to resemble a bird's nest.
    The use of echolocation ??i lý y?n sào khánh hòa t?i tphcm was once used to separate Aerodramus from the non-echolocating genera Collocalia and Hydrochous (virtually nothing is known about Schoutedenapus). But recently, the pygmy swiftlet Collocalia troglodytes was discovered making similar clicking noises in and outside its cave y?n sào thiên nhiên khánh hòa (Price et al., 2004). Characteristics of behavior, such as what materials other than saliva the nests contain, can be used to qua tang sep differentiate between certain species of Aerodramus (Lee et al., 1996).

    Authentic bird's-nest soup is made from nests of some ?ông trùng h? th?o species of swiftlet, mainly the edible-nest (or white-nest) swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus) and the black-nest swiftlet. Instead of twigs, feathers and straw, these swiftlets make their nest only nam linh chi from strands of their gummy saliva, which hardens when exposed to air. Once the nests are harvested, they are cleaned and sold to restaurants. Eating swiftlet nest material is believed to help maintain skin tone, balance qi ("life energy") and reinforce the immune system. It is also san pham yen sao khanh hoa believed to strengthen the lungs and prevent coughs, improve the constitution and prolong life. The nutritional value of 100 g of dry nest includes 49.9 g of water-soluble protein (including amido nitrogen, monoamine nitrogen, non-amino nitrogen, dong trung ha thao arginine, humin, histidine, lysine and cysteine), 30.6 g carbohydrate (glycoprotein and mucin), 4.9 g iron, 2.5 g inorganic salt (including potassium, sodium, calcium, s?n ph?m y?n sào khánh hòa magnesium, sulfur, phosphorus, silica and other trace elements), and 1.4 g fiber (Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The History of Chinese Medicine and the Nutrition Table).

  26. The swift family remains gia to yen sao khanh hoa one of the more complicated groups of birds in taxonomic research, but the swiftlet tribe is a rather well-defined group. Its internal systematics is confusing; the plumage is usually dull, with shades of black, brown, and gray; from their outward appearance, most species are yen sao khanh hoa nguyen to very similar. Swiftlets have four toes, except the Papuan swiftlet which lacks the hallux (back toe). Their legs are very short, preventing the birds from perching, y?n sào khánh hòa ch?ng s?n but allowing them to cling to vertical surfaces. Flight is mainly gliding due to very long primary feathers and small breast muscles. The larger giá t? y?n sào khánh hòa Aerodramus swiftlets weigh about 14 grams and are 10 cm long.

    Swiftlets are insectivores; hymenopterans and dipterans being the most abundant prey (Lourie & Tompkins, 2000). Typically, they leave the cave during the day y?n sào khánh hòa nguyên t? to forage and return to their roost at night. Males and females look similar; as usual in such cases, these birds are monogamous and both partners take part in caring for the nestlings. Males perform aerial displays to attract females and mating dai ly yen sao khanh hoa occurs at the nest. The breeding season overlaps the wet season, which corresponds to an increased insect population. Clutch size depends on the location and the food source, but it is yen sao khanh hoa thien nhien generally not large; Aerodramus swiftlets lay 1 to 2 eggs. The eggs are a dull white color and are laid every other day. Many if not all species are dai ly yen sao khanh hoa tai tphcm colonial nesters; some build their nests in high, dark corners on cave walls. Swiftlets in temperate zones do migrate, but most Aerodramus swiftlets live in the tropical Indo-Pacific region and do not migrate. These birds y?n sào khánh hòa thiên nhiên usually remain in one cave or other roosting/nesting site. Some examples of caves include the Niah Caves at Niah National Park & Gunung Mulu National Park which are all located in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo.

    The genus Aerodramus is of special interest due to its use of echolocation and its intricately constructed saliva nests which in some species contain no other material yen sao thien nhien khanh hoa such as feathers, moss or twigs and are collected, selling at extremely high prices (see Bird's nest soup). It has been argued that the high demand for these nests could have had an adverse effect on their populations (Hobbs, 2003; Marcone, 2005) but other authorities (Jordan, 2004) have shown that modern techniques of nest farming have increased the bird population.

  27. Có tác d?ng d??ng âm, b? ph?, tiêu ?àm, tr? ho ??nh suy?n. Dùng trong các ch?ng ho hen, khái huy?t, suy nh??c c? th?. Y?n sào th??ng ???c dùng cho ng??i hen suy?n, ho ra máu, suy nh??c. T? y?n ???c ph?i h?p v?i nhân sâm, ??i táo, liên nh?c, hoài s?n, ???ng quy, câu k? t?… ?? làm thu?c b? cho ng??i già y?u, ng??i b?nh lâu ngày. Y?n sào có tác d?ng yen tinh che soi làm c??ng tráng, t?ng s?c d?o dai, kích thích tiêu hóa, giúp an th?n, gây ng?, c?m máu, ch?a ???c b?nh ho, th? huy?t, ki?t l?. ?ây là v? thu?c b? r?t t?t cho ng??i ?m y?u, ng??i cao tu?i, s?n ph? b?ng huy?t, tr? em suy dinh d??ng. Y?n sào còn có hi?u qu? trong ?i?u tr? hi?m mu?n, suy th?n, suy gi?m trí nh?. S? d?ng dài ngày làm ??p da, t?ng s?c ?? kháng c?a c? th?. Li?u dùng trung bình t? 6 – 12g m?i ngày. Tham kh?o thêm “l?i ích y?n sào“. Thành ph?n y?n sào: Theo nghiên c?u c?a các nhà khoa h?c trên th? gi?i cho th?y y?n sào ch?a các thanh t? dinh d??ng quan tr?ng ?ó là acid amin r?t c?n thi?t cho y?n tinh ch? tr?ng c? th?: -Glycine: 1,99%, có tác d?ng t?t cho da -Valine: 4,12% giúp mau lành t? bào c? và tái t?o t? bào m?i -Leucine: 4,56%, giúp ?i?u ch?nh hàm l??ng ???ng trong máu. -Isoleucine: 2,04 % giúp ph?c h?i nhanh s?c kh?e -Threonine: 2,69%, t?ng c??ng h? mi?n d?ch và giúp h?p th? các d??ng ch?t cho c? th? -Methionine: 0,46% h? tr? ch?ng viêm kh?p -Proline: 5,27% t?ng c??ng ph?c h?i các c?, mô, và da -Acid aspartic: 4,69%, giúp t?ng tr??ng t? bào.

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