January 2012
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Obama signs NDAA with signing statement: No...
Full text of Obama’s signing statement:
Today I have signed into law H.R. 1540, the “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012.” I have signed the Act chiefly because it authorizes funding for the defense of the United States and its interests abroad, crucial services for service members and their families, and vital national security programs that must be renewed. In...
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December 2011
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Occupy protester 'banned' from flight home for... →
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Reddit Users to Target Supporters of SOPA in... →
Between hacking outfits like Anonymous and communities like Reddit, it becomes apparent rather quickly that the power asymmetry present in our political and media status quo is shifting in ways that are impossible to predict.
Occupy Wall Street has gotten a lot of press these past few months. It may be that Reddit and other online communities have a much bigger impact in the long run than...
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“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against...”
– Ephisians 6:12 (NIV)
THERE'S A 13-FOOT PYTHON IN THE POOL! →
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The shit is* about to hit the fan — help throw...
In the wake of the recent operation by which Stratfor’s servers were compromised, much of the media has focused on the fact that some participants in the attack chose to use obtained customer credit card numbers to make donations to charitable causes. Although this aspect of the operation is indeed newsworthy, and, like all things, should be scrutinized and criticized as necessary, the...
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“Political leaders should be encouraging young adults to participate in civic...”
– NY Times Editorial: Keeping Students From the Polls (via pantslessprogressive
)
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There's a list floating around about SOPA... →
shortformblog:
The list is above. But note this TechDirt article, where multiple companies (including Gibson Guitar, D’Addario and Petzl America) disputed their spot on said list, with Petzl America writing a lengthy blog post noting how an association with the Chamber of Commerce got them on the list. Many of these companies fought for stronger counterfeiting laws involving rogue Web sites, not...
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“Companies in support of SOPA :
1-800 Contacts, Inc.
...”
– Can you spell, B-O-Y-C-O-T-T?
(via saboma)
Here is a list of even more companies who support SOPA, including those who oppose the bill, and a list of Congresspersons who took money from related interest groups!
(via mohandasgandhi)
NOTE: Both Petzl and Redwing Shoes have come out against SOPA,...
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'...With the tsunami in Japan and revolutions in... →
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Why the hell is GoDaddy exempt from SOPA?
If you haven’t heard, an ongoing boycott of GoDaddy has begun thanks to its previous support of SOPA. The company today rescinded its public support of the controversial legislation. But many still believe that GoDaddy is tied in deep with Congress on this bill — some even think it may have helped write SOPA in the first place, and exempted itself from the could-be rules.
Rep. Jared...
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Awesomely Bizarre Christmas Cards
mentalflossr:
Most store-bought Christmas cards feature Santa and his reindeer, Christmas trees, or religious iconography. These people went in another direction.
Why We Haven’t Met Any Aliens →
Fitness-faking technology tends to evolve much faster than our psychological resistance to it. With the invention of the printing press, people read more and have fewer kids. (Only a few curmudgeons lament this.) With the invention of Xbox 360, people would rather play a high-resolution virtual ape in Peter Jackson’s King Kong than be a perfect-resolution real human. Teens today must find...
Amendment inspired by Occupy Movement on the table →
occupywallstreet:
Petition to support ”Outlawing Corporate Cash Undermining the Public Interest in our Elections and Democracy (OCCUPIED) Amendment”
(pdf)
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The complete list of the 439 organizations that...
I put this list together today for an article on Digital Trends. Most of the lists out there are incomplete. This one is a combination of both the Judiciary Committee’s official list, as well as the signers of a letter to Congress in support of anti-piracy legislation.
1-800 Contacts, Inc. 1-800-PetMeds 2b1 Inc 3M Company 60 Plus Association ABRO Industries, Inc. Acushnet Company Adidas...
The Secret History of Kim Jong Il →
Written by Kim Jong Il’s former teacher.
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Sponsors of SOPA Act Pulled in 4 Times as Much in... →