Three UN investigators have stood by the conclusions of a report into human rights abuses by Israel and Hamas during Operation Cast Lead, a military operation launched by Israel in December 2008 and finished in January 2009. The report found several instances where Israel had committed acts "not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly." Other acts by Israel, like targeting policemen, bombing hospitals, UN compounds and schools that sheltered civilians from the fighting, violated international humanitarian law and were war crimes.

Gah. Just when you were in the middle of ranting about the evils of Facebook, their determination to stamp out privacy and freedom on the internet and their recent closing of accounts of those associated with supporting WikiLeaks, its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, goes and gives billions to charity. Now who's the dumbass?

Something bad happened. Governments around the world, and the U.S. government in particular, decided freedom of speech was no longer allowed on the internet. WikiLeaks was the target. They put massive pressure on EasyDNS.net, Paypal, VISA, Mastercard, Amazon, Twitter, Facebook and PostFinance (Switzerland) to cease business with WikiLeaks. They all caved in, choosing to side with the elites rather than holding true to the principles of freedom. Governments launched DDoS attacks on the WikiLeaks website and forced it offline, while demanding the founder be tried for treason. Others called for him to be assassinated.

Wikileaks has caused uproar with the release of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables in the last two days. And that's only the tip of the iceberg. Wikileaks has millions more documents to release before it is finished, and possibly, the founder charged with espionage by a White House aghast that it's most sensitive correspondence and policies should be laid bare before it's citizens.