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The Pirate Times is now Accepting Bitcoin Donations | PirateTimes

The Pirate Times is now Accepting Bitcoin Donations January 20, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Inside Pirate Times Up until now the only way you have been able to contribute monetarily to the work of the Pirate Times is to use Flattr. We are thankful to those who have helped us to defray our basic running costs from our Flattr income. This year we have set goals that are ambitious and we want to be in the position to help pay for research costs as well as travel and accommodation for conferences and events. In the past, to report on events at a set geographical location, we have relied …

Flattr Appreciation During Dec 2014 (10.41E) | PirateTimes

Flattr Appreciation During Dec 2014 (10.41E) January 17, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times December brought a lot of interesting events and articles which are reflected in number of things that were flattred last month. The value of each flattr was increased, especially on a few things that got more than a Euro for a click. This might be because people decided to be more generous during the Christmas break or more likely that they were less active with flattring, splitting their donations in fewer pieces. Thanks a lot for your continued support that allows us to keep running the basics. In December 2014 we had …

Young Pirates Surveil Government Officials at Security Conference | PirateTimes

Young Pirates Surveil Government Officials at Security Conference January 15, 2015 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Party News The Swedish Pirate Party’s youth organisation Young Pirates recently visited a security conference in Sälen, Sweden – and took the opportunity to track a hundred government officials, politicians, journalists and others through an open WiFi network. The annual Society and Defence conference always attracts a number of prominent guests, including top politicians, government officials, journalists, and top leaders of the mass surveillance establishment. The conference frequently gets its publicity stunts and surprising political statements, but the Young Pirates president Gustav Nipe and vice president Elin Andersson took on quite an original stunt of their own. Just …

YPSE | PirateTimes

Young Pirates Surveil Government Officials at Security Conference January 15, 2015 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Party News The Swedish Pirate Party’s youth organisation Young Pirates recently visited a security conference in Sälen, Sweden – and took the opportunity to track a hundred government officials, politicians, journalists and others through an open WiFi network. The annual Society and Defence… PPSE GA: New board, Changes and Plans for 2015 November 30, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in General Assembly The General Assembly of the Pirate Party of  Sweden recently ended with some changes. The meeting decided to make the future GA’s a bit more flexible, in lead up time, …

PPI Takes Help from PPAU to Arrange Online GA | PirateTimes

PPI Takes Help from PPAU to Arrange Online GA January 12, 2015 · by Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer · in General Assembly The Pirate Parties International (PPI) Board and Pirate Party Australia (PPAU) will cooperate to conduct an online General Assembly meeting on (or before) 15 March 2015, according to minutes of the most recent PPI Board meeting. On 5 January 2015 PPAU proposed an agenda item for consideration at the PPI Board meeting scheduled for the following day. The proposed item requested that the PPI Board consider and vote upon a motion to hold an online General Assembly meeting. The contents of that motion are noted in the Board’s minutes. The motion, …

Goals: Pirate Times in 2015 – World Domination | PirateTimes

Goals for Pirate Times in 2015 – World Domination January 10, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times At the start of each year the Pirate Times team discusses the plans and goals we have for the coming twelve months. Here are our goals for 2015: 100.000 visitors to our website 3.500 followers on both Facebook/twitter (+50% follower increase) Launch an API to help disseminate Pirate Party Information New Website design Attend the PPI conference in Warsaw, Poland Attend at least 5 non-pirate conferences Offer some Pirate Times merchandize Cover ALL elections where Pirates participate Stabilize ES/FR/GR translations (at least some updates every month from each …

Winning Discussions: The Fallacy Fallacy (Effective Pirating) | PirateTimes

Winning Discussions: The Fallacy Fallacy (Effective Pirating) January 9, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) Logical fallacies are techniques that people use to make an argument appear convincing even when it is wrong. Learning how to identify and refute logical fallacies is one of the best ways to win in a discussion. Catching an opponent committing a fallacy will force him to retract his error or he will appear foolish or manipulative to his audience. There is a dark side to this. Once you learn to identify logical fallacies you will also be able to use them. Do not deliberately use them against fellow Pirates; it is …

Winning discussions | | PirateTimes

Winning Discussions: The Fallacy Fallacy (Effective Pirating) January 9, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) Logical fallacies are techniques that people use to make an argument appear convincing even when it is wrong. Learning how to identify and refute logical fallacies is one of the best ways to win in a discussion. Catching an opponent… News about the pirate movement International Pirate News: #ppintSign up: bi-weekly newsletter contact@piratetimes.net All Content (not specified) is CC-BY PirateTimes. Please link back to us. Recent Comments Loading…

Fallacy fallacy | | PirateTimes

Winning Discussions: The Fallacy Fallacy (Effective Pirating) January 9, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) Logical fallacies are techniques that people use to make an argument appear convincing even when it is wrong. Learning how to identify and refute logical fallacies is one of the best ways to win in a discussion. Catching an opponent… News about the pirate movement International Pirate News: #ppintSign up: bi-weekly newsletter contact@piratetimes.net All Content (not specified) is CC-BY PirateTimes. Please link back to us. Recent Comments Loading…

PPI Board Cannot Collect Fees, says Court of Arbitration | PirateTimes

PPI Board Cannot Collect Fees, says Court of Arbitration January 4, 2015 · by Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer · in Pirate Party News On the afternoon of Tuesday 30 December 2014 (CET) the Pirate Parties International (PPI) Court of Arbitration (CoA) ruled that the PPI Board does not have the authority to request payment affiliation fees from its members. The decision relates to an application made by Pirate Party Australia (PPAU) that questioned the validity of a motion relating to fees that was passed at the PPI Paris 2014 General Assembly conference. PPAU’s application alleged that the motion instituting fees was not passed with the two-thirds majority of the votes cast by PPI members, meaning …

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