May 10th
You know, there are some real “_ _ _ holes” in Congress. Yesterday the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee was scheduled to vote on the nomination of Gina McCarthy as new head of the EPA,. Instead, they boycotted the procedure, thus the committee did not have a quorum in needed for a vote. Obstructionism, paid for by big business, plain and simple. If one of these yahoos belong to you, shame.
David Vitter, Louisiana, Ranking Member
Jim Inhofe, Oklahoma
John Barrasso, Wyoming
Jeff Sessions, Alabama
Mike Crapo, Idaho
John Boozman, Arkansas
Deb Fischer, Nebraska
We have sun this morning but are told that it will rain again later tonight. And what is wonderful is that we will actually get into the high 70s today. :)
The main flock of our hummers have arrived. The feeder is a busy place this morning. :) In blooming news the white lilacs have bloomed and the mock orange has got its buds.
I went upstairs to feed the kittens and I managed to spill water from the water bowl that had just been filled. What a mess!
I must get moving. Have a great day!
Petitions
Here is a very bad trade agreement. Public comment is now open on the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership."
The "Partnership" actually is a partnership between multinational corporations and their sellout tools in government. It features "investor-state" dispute resolution, which permits huge corporations to file lawsuits to prevent government actions that they just don't like, such as health and safety regulations.
This is not just a theoretical possibility. "These provisions elevate corporations to the level of nation states and allow them to sue governments over nearly any law or policy which reduces their future profits," the Sierra Club warns. The government of Canada has been sued under a similar clause in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for refusing to export Canada's water. Canada also has been sued for keeping a pollutant out of its gasoline supply, and for taxing windfall profits by oil companies.
Who needs these "free trade" sell-outs, anyway? Since NAFTA went into effect in 1994, the United States has lost almost four million manufacturing jobs. Moreover, huge U.S. subsidies for corn have made it impossible for millions of Mexican families to survive on the farm. NAFTA accomplished something that hardly seems possible - impoverishing both American workers and Mexican ones. Can't we learn from our mistakes? And why are our leaders treating us like sheep being led to the slaughter?
The First Amendment gives us the right to "petition the Government for a redress of grievances." So go sign the petition now since comment is only open until Friday -not a very long time period given to comment is it? Does that tell you something?
http://tradetreachery.com/
Recommended Reading
***How Government Cover-Up on Fish Farming Affects Your Health - Canada has a problem. It’s lengthy but worth the watch.
Chris Hadfield: ISS ammonia leak 'a very steady stream'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22481955
ALEC Asserting Immunity From Freedom of Information Laws
http://www.prwatch.org/node/12098
WI Bill Would Treat Organic Milk, Sharp Cheddar, Brown Eggs as "Junk Food" - WTF?
http://www.prwatch.org/node/12095
Did Make-Up Give My Wife Breast Cancer? The Ugly Truth Hidden by the Cosmetics Industry
http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/did-make-give-my-wife-breast-cancer-ugly-truth-hidden-cosmetics-industry?akid=10413.204376.EfIQn_&rd=1&src=newsletter837252&t=3
Top General's Unbelievably Idiotic Comment About Rape in the Middle of Military Rape Epidemic
http://www.alternet.org/gender/top-generals-unbelievably-idiotic-comment-about-rape-middle-military-rape-epidemic?akid=10413.204376.EfIQn_&rd=1&src=newsletter837252&t=13
11 Most Heartless GOP Ideas for Immigrants
http://www.alternet.org/11-most-heartless-gop-ideas-immigrants?akid=10413.204376.EfIQn_&rd=1&src=newsletter837252&t=17
Watch These Straight People Answer A Question Gay People Have Been Asked For Years
http://www.upworthy.com/watch-these-straight-people-answer-a-question-gay-people-have-been-asked-for-years-6?c=upw1
An Awful Corporation Does Something So Cartoonishly Creepy That We Have To Make A Dr. Evil Reference
http://www.upworthy.com/an-awful-corporation-does-something-so-cartoonishly-creepy-that-we-have-to-make-a-dr-evil-reference-4?c=upw1
I Just Learned How To Use A Paper Towel Properly For The First Time In My Life
http://www.upworthy.com/i-just-learned-how-to-use-a-paper-towel-properly-for-the-first-time-in-my-life-2?c=upw1
George Takei PSA Teaches How To Treat Anti-Gay Hypocrites
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/06/george-takei-psa-how-to-treat-anti-gay-marriage_n_3223073.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000010
Food investigations: Welch's fruit juice cocktails contain more corn than fruit: 80% water and high fructose corn syrup
http://www.naturalnews.com/040151_Welchs_fruit_juice_high_fructose_corn_syrup.html
Fracking Ourselves to Death in Pennsylvania
http://truth-out.org/news/item/16137-fracking-ourselves-to-death-in-pennsylvania
Climate Collision Course: CO2 Levels About to Hit 400 PPM
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/29-2
Prince Charles hits out at climate change sceptics
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22463480
Downloads for 3D-printed Liberator gun reach 100,000 - not good.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22464360
Vatican declares Mexican Death Saint blasphemous
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22462181
Baby orangutan born at Paignton Zoo 'is a girl'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-22467744
'Dirty' stars hint at Sun's future
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22457009
Flu in pregnancy 'may raise bipolar risk for baby'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22447160
Fears of forest elephant slaughter in Central Africa
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22463388
Zoo seeks mate for last surviving 'gorgeously ugly' fish
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22468206
The man who makes his living whittling wooden spoons
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22467510
How foetuses learn language
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22457797
Amalfi’s Legacy of Lemons
http://www.nytimes.com/video/2013/05/08/world/europe/100000002214660/amalfis-legacy-of-lemons.html?src=me&ref=general
The FBI Doesn't Think It Needs a Warrant to Read Your Email
http://www.alternet.org/fbi-doesnt-think-it-needs-warrant-read-your-email?akid=10416.204376.IoSmtM&rd=1&src=newsletter837832&t=15
America is one bad winter away from a food disaster, thanks to dying bees
http://qz.com/81558/america-is-one-bad-winter-away-from-a-food-disaster-thanks-to-dying-bees/
Why is Corporate America fanning the flames of violence in Chicago?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/07/1207479/-Why-is-Corporate-America-fanning-the-flames-of-violence-in-Chicago
New York's Zoning Ban Movement Fracks Big Gas
http://truth-out.org/news/item/16252-new-yorks-zoning-ban-movement-fracks-big-gas
HOUSE APPROVES BILL TO CHANGE OVERTIME PAY LAW
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OVERTIME_ALTERNATIVE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-05-08-21-35-56
Homeland Insecurity: Seven Years, Untold Dollars to Silence One Man
http://truth-out.org/news/item/16283-homeland-insecurity-seven-years-untold-dollars-to-silence-one-man
Norway, Canada, the United States, and the Tar Sands
http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2013/20130509_TarSandsEmail.pdf
At Least 71 Kids Have Been Killed by Guns Since Newtown
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/05/gun-deaths-children-newtown-caroline-sparks-crickett-firearms
Fungus network 'plays role in plant communication'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22462855
Better origami using nature and maths
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130510-nature-maths-better-origami
Crowds watch 'gorgeous' solar eclipse in Australia
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22480509
Autistic teenager tipped for Nobel Prize
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22477958
US government orders removal of Defcad 3D-gun designs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22478310
WWll veteran reunited with dog tag after nearly 70 years
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22476767
Deadly mushrooms: What you need to know
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22477957
Webscape: A heaven for TV fans
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-22466607
The real spy 'who inspired Bond girl'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22477586
Petitions that need your signature
And now a word about Monsanto and others like them. These profit-hungry biotech companies have found a way to exclusively ‘own’ something that freely belongs to us all -- our food! They’re trying to patent away our everyday vegetables and fruits like cucumber, broccoli and melons, forcing growers to pay them and risk being sued if they don’t.
Companies like Monsanto have found loopholes in European law to get away with this, so we just need to close them shut before they set a dangerous global precedent. And to do that, we need key countries like Germany, France and the Netherlands -- where opposition is already growing -- to call for a vote to stop Monsanto’s plans. Go sign the petition.
http://www.avaaz.org/en/monsanto_vs_mother_earth_loc/?bjeIjab&v=23911
Tell Nestlé: Stop trying to patent a natural cure
In a paper published last year, Nestlé scientists claimed to “discover” what much of the world has known for millennia: that nigella sativa extract could be used for “nutritional interventions in humans with food allergy”.
But instead of creating an artificial substitute, or fighting to make sure the remedy was widely available, Nestlé is attempting to create a nigella sativa monopoly and gain the ability to sue anyone using it without Nestlé’s permission. Nestlé has filed patent applications -- which are currently pending -- around the world.
Sing the petition: http://action.sumofus.org/a/nestle-nigella-sativa/11/2/?akid=1601.65932.w0DNPx&rd=1&sub=fwd3&t=4
Maddow features PCCC activism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7LANHts78c
Tell Congress Social Security is non-negotiable.
http://act.couragecampaign.org/sign/standwithbernie
Amazon is at it again! Please go sign this petition. It is not fair for those of us who make our living by writing. Authors are not libraries and while most of us enjoy the social side of writing we do this to pay our bills. If some one returns an ebook after reading it our royalties get reduced.
I just signed the petition "Amazon Kindle e-Book Return Policy: Stop allowing refunds on e-Books after e-Books have been read." on Change.org. It's important. Here's the link: http://www.change.org/petitions/amazon-kindle-e-book-return-policy-stop-allowing-refunds-on-e-books-after-e-books-have-been-read
North Dakota just passed the most extreme abortion ban in the country. It's just one of some 300 bills across the country designed to take away women's rights and access to health care -- and ultimately to overturn Roe vs. Wade. Don't let lawmakers get away with it, take action today:
http://ppaction.org/WakeUpCall
Click here to tell Obama to veto CISPA:
http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/veto_cispa/?referring_akid=a8234599.655732.Af5Ve3&source=auto-taf
AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Verizon have all agreed to start spying on their users.
The US's largest Internet Service Providers are implementing a new "online infringement" plan to identify and punish, with virtually no due process, users suspected of downloading copyrighted content.
https://act.demandprogress.org/letter/six_strikes_2013/?rd=1&t=1&referring_akid=undefined
Remember CISPA? Well, it’s back - sign the petition
http://www.cispaisback.com/
Oppose Seismic Surveys in the Atlantic - sign it please
http://action.surfrider.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=6937
Tell Congress to Dump Monsanto's Riders!
http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=8644
Bury Power Lines in Cities and Towns, Prevent Long-Lasting Outages, Improve National Security
http://signon.org/sign/bury-power-lines-in-cities?mailing_id=7341&source=s.icn.em.cr&r_by=913515
Protect Global Internet Freedom - go sign the petition
http://protectinternetfreedom.net/
The Sierra Club has a variety of actions to be taken. Just follow the link.
Send the congress a letter here: http://action.sierraclub.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=9962
Do you really own the smartphone or computer you’re using to read this email?
If you sold your computer, would you be breaking the law? A federal court in New York says you would be.
It's unbelievable, but trademark and copyright holders really are trying to take away your right to sell things that you own. Please click here to fight back:
http://www.youvebeenowned.org/
The First-Sale Doctrine gives us the right to sell most property we own. But if the Supreme Court supports the lower court’s decision, we won't really “own” anything if it's from a different country. We expect them to issue a ruling later this year.
The President can urge the Court to side with consumers; then Congress will probably weigh in on the issue, no matter how the Court rules.
If we lose this fight, anybody who wants to resell foreign products, from Macbooks and iPhones to our clothing and textbooks, will have to ask copyright holders for permission first. And they'll have the right to deny it!
It's bad for so many reasons: It'll undermine Craigslist and Ebay, hurt the environment, increase incentives for manufacturers to move jobs off-shore, and effectively ban the traditional American yard sale. Just click here to email your lawmakers right away:
http://www.youvebeenowned.org/
There are two very bad internet bills that you need to be aware of. The first concerns making streaming content a felony. Read about it here:
http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/ten_strikes?akid=700.450896.5hVZPC&rd=1&t=1
and the second is the Protect-IP Act that gives the government power to censor search engines and browsers. Read more about it here:
http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/protectip_docs
Both of the above pages have a petition to sign so please do so.
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Change the world one loan at a time - visit http://www.Kiva.org to find out how
David Vitter, Louisiana, Ranking Member
Jim Inhofe, Oklahoma
John Barrasso, Wyoming
Jeff Sessions, Alabama
Mike Crapo, Idaho
John Boozman, Arkansas
Deb Fischer, Nebraska
We have sun this morning but are told that it will rain again later tonight. And what is wonderful is that we will actually get into the high 70s today. :)
The main flock of our hummers have arrived. The feeder is a busy place this morning. :) In blooming news the white lilacs have bloomed and the mock orange has got its buds.
I went upstairs to feed the kittens and I managed to spill water from the water bowl that had just been filled. What a mess!
I must get moving. Have a great day!
Petitions
Here is a very bad trade agreement. Public comment is now open on the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership."
The "Partnership" actually is a partnership between multinational corporations and their sellout tools in government. It features "investor-state" dispute resolution, which permits huge corporations to file lawsuits to prevent government actions that they just don't like, such as health and safety regulations.
This is not just a theoretical possibility. "These provisions elevate corporations to the level of nation states and allow them to sue governments over nearly any law or policy which reduces their future profits," the Sierra Club warns. The government of Canada has been sued under a similar clause in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for refusing to export Canada's water. Canada also has been sued for keeping a pollutant out of its gasoline supply, and for taxing windfall profits by oil companies.
Who needs these "free trade" sell-outs, anyway? Since NAFTA went into effect in 1994, the United States has lost almost four million manufacturing jobs. Moreover, huge U.S. subsidies for corn have made it impossible for millions of Mexican families to survive on the farm. NAFTA accomplished something that hardly seems possible - impoverishing both American workers and Mexican ones. Can't we learn from our mistakes? And why are our leaders treating us like sheep being led to the slaughter?
The First Amendment gives us the right to "petition the Government for a redress of grievances." So go sign the petition now since comment is only open until Friday -not a very long time period given to comment is it? Does that tell you something?
http://tradetreachery.com/
Recommended Reading
***How Government Cover-Up on Fish Farming Affects Your Health - Canada has a problem. It’s lengthy but worth the watch.
Chris Hadfield: ISS ammonia leak 'a very steady stream'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22481955
ALEC Asserting Immunity From Freedom of Information Laws
http://www.prwatch.org/node/12098
WI Bill Would Treat Organic Milk, Sharp Cheddar, Brown Eggs as "Junk Food" - WTF?
http://www.prwatch.org/node/12095
Did Make-Up Give My Wife Breast Cancer? The Ugly Truth Hidden by the Cosmetics Industry
http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/did-make-give-my-wife-breast-cancer-ugly-truth-hidden-cosmetics-industry?akid=10413.204376.EfIQn_&rd=1&src=newsletter837252&t=3
Top General's Unbelievably Idiotic Comment About Rape in the Middle of Military Rape Epidemic
http://www.alternet.org/gender/top-generals-unbelievably-idiotic-comment-about-rape-middle-military-rape-epidemic?akid=10413.204376.EfIQn_&rd=1&src=newsletter837252&t=13
11 Most Heartless GOP Ideas for Immigrants
http://www.alternet.org/11-most-heartless-gop-ideas-immigrants?akid=10413.204376.EfIQn_&rd=1&src=newsletter837252&t=17
Watch These Straight People Answer A Question Gay People Have Been Asked For Years
http://www.upworthy.com/watch-these-straight-people-answer-a-question-gay-people-have-been-asked-for-years-6?c=upw1
An Awful Corporation Does Something So Cartoonishly Creepy That We Have To Make A Dr. Evil Reference
http://www.upworthy.com/an-awful-corporation-does-something-so-cartoonishly-creepy-that-we-have-to-make-a-dr-evil-reference-4?c=upw1
I Just Learned How To Use A Paper Towel Properly For The First Time In My Life
http://www.upworthy.com/i-just-learned-how-to-use-a-paper-towel-properly-for-the-first-time-in-my-life-2?c=upw1
George Takei PSA Teaches How To Treat Anti-Gay Hypocrites
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/06/george-takei-psa-how-to-treat-anti-gay-marriage_n_3223073.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000010
Food investigations: Welch's fruit juice cocktails contain more corn than fruit: 80% water and high fructose corn syrup
http://www.naturalnews.com/040151_Welchs_fruit_juice_high_fructose_corn_syrup.html
Fracking Ourselves to Death in Pennsylvania
http://truth-out.org/news/item/16137-fracking-ourselves-to-death-in-pennsylvania
Climate Collision Course: CO2 Levels About to Hit 400 PPM
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/29-2
Prince Charles hits out at climate change sceptics
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22463480
Downloads for 3D-printed Liberator gun reach 100,000 - not good.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22464360
Vatican declares Mexican Death Saint blasphemous
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22462181
Baby orangutan born at Paignton Zoo 'is a girl'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-22467744
'Dirty' stars hint at Sun's future
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22457009
Flu in pregnancy 'may raise bipolar risk for baby'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22447160
Fears of forest elephant slaughter in Central Africa
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22463388
Zoo seeks mate for last surviving 'gorgeously ugly' fish
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22468206
The man who makes his living whittling wooden spoons
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22467510
How foetuses learn language
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22457797
Amalfi’s Legacy of Lemons
http://www.nytimes.com/video/2013/05/08/world/europe/100000002214660/amalfis-legacy-of-lemons.html?src=me&ref=general
The FBI Doesn't Think It Needs a Warrant to Read Your Email
http://www.alternet.org/fbi-doesnt-think-it-needs-warrant-read-your-email?akid=10416.204376.IoSmtM&rd=1&src=newsletter837832&t=15
America is one bad winter away from a food disaster, thanks to dying bees
http://qz.com/81558/america-is-one-bad-winter-away-from-a-food-disaster-thanks-to-dying-bees/
Why is Corporate America fanning the flames of violence in Chicago?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/07/1207479/-Why-is-Corporate-America-fanning-the-flames-of-violence-in-Chicago
New York's Zoning Ban Movement Fracks Big Gas
http://truth-out.org/news/item/16252-new-yorks-zoning-ban-movement-fracks-big-gas
HOUSE APPROVES BILL TO CHANGE OVERTIME PAY LAW
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OVERTIME_ALTERNATIVE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-05-08-21-35-56
Homeland Insecurity: Seven Years, Untold Dollars to Silence One Man
http://truth-out.org/news/item/16283-homeland-insecurity-seven-years-untold-dollars-to-silence-one-man
Norway, Canada, the United States, and the Tar Sands
http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2013/20130509_TarSandsEmail.pdf
At Least 71 Kids Have Been Killed by Guns Since Newtown
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/05/gun-deaths-children-newtown-caroline-sparks-crickett-firearms
Fungus network 'plays role in plant communication'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22462855
Better origami using nature and maths
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130510-nature-maths-better-origami
Crowds watch 'gorgeous' solar eclipse in Australia
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22480509
Autistic teenager tipped for Nobel Prize
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22477958
US government orders removal of Defcad 3D-gun designs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22478310
WWll veteran reunited with dog tag after nearly 70 years
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22476767
Deadly mushrooms: What you need to know
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22477957
Webscape: A heaven for TV fans
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-22466607
The real spy 'who inspired Bond girl'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22477586
Petitions that need your signature
And now a word about Monsanto and others like them. These profit-hungry biotech companies have found a way to exclusively ‘own’ something that freely belongs to us all -- our food! They’re trying to patent away our everyday vegetables and fruits like cucumber, broccoli and melons, forcing growers to pay them and risk being sued if they don’t.
Companies like Monsanto have found loopholes in European law to get away with this, so we just need to close them shut before they set a dangerous global precedent. And to do that, we need key countries like Germany, France and the Netherlands -- where opposition is already growing -- to call for a vote to stop Monsanto’s plans. Go sign the petition.
http://www.avaaz.org/en/monsanto_vs_mother_earth_loc/?bjeIjab&v=23911
Tell Nestlé: Stop trying to patent a natural cure
In a paper published last year, Nestlé scientists claimed to “discover” what much of the world has known for millennia: that nigella sativa extract could be used for “nutritional interventions in humans with food allergy”.
But instead of creating an artificial substitute, or fighting to make sure the remedy was widely available, Nestlé is attempting to create a nigella sativa monopoly and gain the ability to sue anyone using it without Nestlé’s permission. Nestlé has filed patent applications -- which are currently pending -- around the world.
Sing the petition: http://action.sumofus.org/a/nestle-nigella-sativa/11/2/?akid=1601.65932.w0DNPx&rd=1&sub=fwd3&t=4
Maddow features PCCC activism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7LANHts78c
Tell Congress Social Security is non-negotiable.
http://act.couragecampaign.org/sign/standwithbernie
Amazon is at it again! Please go sign this petition. It is not fair for those of us who make our living by writing. Authors are not libraries and while most of us enjoy the social side of writing we do this to pay our bills. If some one returns an ebook after reading it our royalties get reduced.
I just signed the petition "Amazon Kindle e-Book Return Policy: Stop allowing refunds on e-Books after e-Books have been read." on Change.org. It's important. Here's the link: http://www.change.org/petitions/amazon-kindle-e-book-return-policy-stop-allowing-refunds-on-e-books-after-e-books-have-been-read
North Dakota just passed the most extreme abortion ban in the country. It's just one of some 300 bills across the country designed to take away women's rights and access to health care -- and ultimately to overturn Roe vs. Wade. Don't let lawmakers get away with it, take action today:
http://ppaction.org/WakeUpCall
Click here to tell Obama to veto CISPA:
http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/veto_cispa/?referring_akid=a8234599.655732.Af5Ve3&source=auto-taf
AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Verizon have all agreed to start spying on their users.
The US's largest Internet Service Providers are implementing a new "online infringement" plan to identify and punish, with virtually no due process, users suspected of downloading copyrighted content.
https://act.demandprogress.org/letter/six_strikes_2013/?rd=1&t=1&referring_akid=undefined
Remember CISPA? Well, it’s back - sign the petition
http://www.cispaisback.com/
Oppose Seismic Surveys in the Atlantic - sign it please
http://action.surfrider.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=6937
Tell Congress to Dump Monsanto's Riders!
http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=8644
Bury Power Lines in Cities and Towns, Prevent Long-Lasting Outages, Improve National Security
http://signon.org/sign/bury-power-lines-in-cities?mailing_id=7341&source=s.icn.em.cr&r_by=913515
Protect Global Internet Freedom - go sign the petition
http://protectinternetfreedom.net/
The Sierra Club has a variety of actions to be taken. Just follow the link.
Send the congress a letter here: http://action.sierraclub.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=9962
Do you really own the smartphone or computer you’re using to read this email?
If you sold your computer, would you be breaking the law? A federal court in New York says you would be.
It's unbelievable, but trademark and copyright holders really are trying to take away your right to sell things that you own. Please click here to fight back:
http://www.youvebeenowned.org/
The First-Sale Doctrine gives us the right to sell most property we own. But if the Supreme Court supports the lower court’s decision, we won't really “own” anything if it's from a different country. We expect them to issue a ruling later this year.
The President can urge the Court to side with consumers; then Congress will probably weigh in on the issue, no matter how the Court rules.
If we lose this fight, anybody who wants to resell foreign products, from Macbooks and iPhones to our clothing and textbooks, will have to ask copyright holders for permission first. And they'll have the right to deny it!
It's bad for so many reasons: It'll undermine Craigslist and Ebay, hurt the environment, increase incentives for manufacturers to move jobs off-shore, and effectively ban the traditional American yard sale. Just click here to email your lawmakers right away:
http://www.youvebeenowned.org/
There are two very bad internet bills that you need to be aware of. The first concerns making streaming content a felony. Read about it here:
http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/ten_strikes?akid=700.450896.5hVZPC&rd=1&t=1
and the second is the Protect-IP Act that gives the government power to censor search engines and browsers. Read more about it here:
http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/protectip_docs
Both of the above pages have a petition to sign so please do so.
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