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manufacturers who distribute devices used to steal signals from DirecTV and DISH Network.
Why does the FBI care so much about this shit?
Because Murdoch et alia give huge wads of greenbacks away to those willing to tell the FBI to protect and enhance Murdoch et alia's gargantuan wads of greenbacks.

Bill Gates and Charitable Donations

£100 million here to wipe out malaria, £70 million there to combat Aids I don't care where it comes from... cos unfortunately it's not coming from our government, or from anyone else. The sad thing is it leaves Bill with only 45.83 BILLION POUNDS left in his current account. (Latest estimate). So thank you, all those forced to purchase Windoze, use Explor-urgh, and so on. 0.3% of Bill's cut is being spent on something worthwhile.

There is no profit in third-world diseases. This is why more money is spent on marketing headache tablets than on combating leishmania, filiariasis, malaria... more than on providing clean water, on sex education, on mosquito nets... We are not an altruistic society. There is no moral capital gained in labelling Bill Gates with the same barcode every last one of us also bears.
Work out what you have.
Work out what you need.
Give the rest away.
Then go point your finger at Bill.

I am no better than Bill. He is no better than me. I give around 0.6% of my gross income a year to charity by direct debit. Is that all I can spare? Is it? Really?

The B+M Gates Foundation has £14 billion worth of assets. Imagine what can be done! Why worry where it's come from? (It's from the Western world. From us. Are we missing it?) US aid to Israel runs at 3 billion dollars per year. US aid to developing coutries is in the low hundreds of millions. Thats 11 bucks per US person to Israel! A valid, morally correct use of your tax and income?

(While we're on it, remember there are people, and there are governments. Here is what some Israeli people are doing)

Here's another view on Bill's filthy lucre.
The debate about whether the Gates' philanthropy is tinged by self-interest will continue as long as they give money but ultimately, says Jacqueline Bataringaya, HIV/Aids director of the NGO ActionAid, it is irrelevant. "Their motives don't matter to mothers with sick children. I think the announcements this week will have a big impact. And they set an example to other rich people and governments."

And here's another...
There are at least 300 million acute cases of malaria each year globally, resulting in more than a million deaths. Around 90% of these deaths occur in Africa, mostly in young children. Malaria is Africa's leading cause of under-five mortality (20%) and constitutes 10% of the continent's overall disease burden. It accounts for 40% of public health expenditure, 30-50% of inpatient admissions, and up to 50% of outpatient visits in areas with high malaria transmission.

And here's one more for the road...

A child comatosed with Cerebral Malaria

[One thing on the 'protecting the kids' bit... most kids won't be able to sign up as they won't have access to a credit card. A pinch of truth in the shit-stew?]

Meanwhile.... Operation Iraqi Freedom ticks off another successful propaganda excercise.

Good job it was all justified, what?

Sorrow as UFO expert dies, 49

When the British fought off ID cards