August 16th
I slept in a bit this morning and awoke to another sunny, cool morning. We had a late dinner and then I read a bit before closing my eyes. When I woke up at 6 am I rolled over and decided it was too early. :)
I brewed my first two potions on Pottermore last night- both on the first try. Of course, Dearest says, “Right, it will be a great thing to put on your resume.” LOL!
I got exactly four rows of knitting done last night. What I did do was construct a few more blocks for the pillow shams to match the Twitterpated quilt. Here are a few.
While I was up there I decided to show you what the kittens get up to in the mornings after we have vacated the bed. Hey! It's Friday and you need a dose of cute cat spam, don't you?
These two are still where they were when I got up.
Kali is sleeping in Dearest’s wire clothes basket near his Tweetie tie,
And this little bundle of joy is a warm happy cat.
Have a wonderful day!
Rep. Darrell Issa is trying to pass a bill that would not only end Saturday delivery by the postal service, but also door-to-door mail service for millions. We must stop this outrageous attempt to kill the USPS and hand its business to FedEx and UPS. Go sign the petition:
http://act.credoaction.com/sign/issa_usps?akid=8606.952925.D3Dc4S&rd=1&t=2
They are at it again
The Texas Taliban - also known as the rightwing majority on the Texas State Board of Education - want to revise the state's standards for science textbooks to require the addition of religious pseudoscience when teaching subjects like biology. And this isn't just bad news for Texas school children because the Texas standards will impact the textbooks used by millions of students nationwide.
Texas may want to dumb-down their children by teaching them pseudoscience but I don’t want the children of my state to be taught this way. Tell textbook publishers to stand up to the Texas Taliban and only publish books that are based on sound, peer-reviewed science scholarship. Click the link below to sign the petition automatically:
http://act.credoaction.com/sign/texas_taliban/?sp_ref=7570952.4.422.e.0.2&referring_akid=8622.952925.lJjLf7&source=mailto_sp
Recommended Reading
STUNNING: Comparing U.S. & World Covers for TIME Magazine - well, this is certainly insulting
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/11/25/1039957/-STUNNING-Comparing-U-S-World-Covers-for-TIME-Magazine?detail=email
What I did on my vacation - yes, it is almost time to go back to school. :)
http://www.cagle.com/2013/08/back-to-school-2-3/
Extreme Heat Waves to Quadruple by 2040, According to New Study
http://www.alternet.org/environment/extreme-heat-waves-quadruple-2040?akid=10804.204376.QjnTS2&rd=1&src=newsletter883285&t=3
Parents of 2-year-old to Chris Christie: 'Don't Let Our Daughter Die-Legalize Medical Marijuana'
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/parents-sick-nj-toddler-ask-christie-legalize-weed?akid=10804.204376.QjnTS2&rd=1&src=newsletter883285&t=7
GOP Hypocrisy: Three Republicans Who Opposed Sandy Relief Want Federal Aid for AZ Wildfire
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/3-repubs-ask-fed-aid-az-after-denying-sandy-relief?akid=10804.204376.QjnTS2&rd=1&src=newsletter883285&t=9
Off-Duty Indiana Firefighter Handcuffed, Threatened with Stun Gun for Waving at Cop
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/firefighter-handcuffed-threatened-after-waving-cop?akid=10804.204376.QjnTS2&rd=1&src=newsletter883285&t=11
Iranian Electoral Candidate Disqualified for Being Too Attractive - sounds familiar
http://www.alternet.org/world/iranian-electoral-candidate-disqualified-being-too-attractive?akid=10804.204376.QjnTS2&rd=1&src=newsletter883285&t=15
Stephen Colbert's Hilarious Take on How Openly Gay Small-Town Kentucky Mayor Is Doing An Amazing Job-Despite the Haters
http://www.alternet.org/media/stephen-colbert-openly-gay-kentucky-mayor-johnny-cummings?akid=10804.204376.QjnTS2&rd=1&src=newsletter883285&t=17
Edward Snowden documents show NSA broke privacy rules
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23721818
The mystery of the vanishing gun inventor
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23709471
Star of NASA Planet Hunting Falls Idle With Broken Parts - well, maybe they should not have decommissioned the space shuttles so fast. They just need to fix a wheel.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/16/science/space/nasas-kepler-mended-but-may-never-fully-recover.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130816&_r=0
Two Florida cops shot an innocent, unarmed man in his own driveway. And then their sheriff started talking.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/08/escambia_county_sheriff_david_morgan_his_bizarre_defense_of_the_shooting.html
How to buy a used car - video - although made for the UK it is also good advice for everyone.
http://www.theguardian.com/money/video/2013/aug/16/how-to-buy-a-used-car-video
12 Best Fictional Libraries
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2013/08/best-fictional-libraries.html
Modern Masterpieces of Comedic Genius: The Art of the Humorous Amazon Review
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/07/08/humorous-amazon-reviews/
Lobbyist Secretly Wrote House Dems' Letter Urging Weaker Investor Protections - busted.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/08/congressional-black-caucus-fiduciary-duty-rule-financial-services-institute
Financial-Industry Group to SEC: This Letter We Ghostwrote for House Dems Proves We're Right
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/08/financial-services-institute-lobbyist-letter-john-pitney
Texas Attorney General: Texas Didn’t Discriminate Against Minorities, Only Against Democrats
http://www.nationalmemo.com/texas-attorney-general-texas-didnt-discriminate-against-minorities-only-against-democrats/
Rand Paul’s Terrible Obamacare Answer On The Daily Show
http://www.nationalmemo.com/watch-rand-pauls-terrible-obamacare-answer-on-the-daily-show/
Monsanto’s GMO Feed Creates Horrific Physical Ailments in Animals
http://www.alternet.org/food/monsantos-gmo-feed-creates-horrific-physical-ailments-animals?akid=10805.204376.d_fQ7_&rd=1&src=newsletter883334&t=13
How to: instantly turn water into ice
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/0/23065582
Richard III: King's reburial row goes to judicial review
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23726011
Siblings gather for annual event
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23721345
***How Government Cover-Up on Fish Farming Affects Your Health - Canada has a problem. It’s lengthy but worth the watch.
Petitions that need your signature
The Mind Your Own Business Act
http://mindyourownbusinessact.com/?source=Jun13Email
America's top grocers are selling fake honey containing carcinogens, heavy metals, and banned antibiotics.
Get grocers to make sure they're selling us the real thing.
http://action.sumofus.org/a/honey-fake-walgreens/4/2/?akid=1806.65932.QE7P4I&rd=1&sub=fwd&t=3
The Wounded Knee site has been held sacred by the Lakota Sioux since the horrific massacre that happened there in 1890. Now, it's in danger of being sold to the highest bidder, including someone who would build a horse slaughterhouse on the plot.
The current owner has offered to sell the site to its rightful owners, the nearby Oglala tribe, for the cool price of $3.9 million. But The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, just a few miles from where Wounded Knee is located, is one of the poorest places in the country. To build a horse slaughterhouse on their sacred site after everything the tribe has already suffered would be unthinkable.
http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AhnMh/zNI6/3R2f
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.
The non-existent tags
weather, knitting, gardening, global warming, environment, politics, Repugs, scumbags, quilting, petitions, CISPA, Exxon, oil spills, Monsanto, evil, people, tar sands, privacy, GMOs, fish, Kepler, fracking, food, health, animals, WTF?, NASA, people, books, libraries, police, fun stuff, media
Change the world one loan at a time - visit http://www.Kiva.org to find out how
I brewed my first two potions on Pottermore last night- both on the first try. Of course, Dearest says, “Right, it will be a great thing to put on your resume.” LOL!
I got exactly four rows of knitting done last night. What I did do was construct a few more blocks for the pillow shams to match the Twitterpated quilt. Here are a few.
While I was up there I decided to show you what the kittens get up to in the mornings after we have vacated the bed. Hey! It's Friday and you need a dose of cute cat spam, don't you?
These two are still where they were when I got up.
Kali is sleeping in Dearest’s wire clothes basket near his Tweetie tie,
And this little bundle of joy is a warm happy cat.
Have a wonderful day!
Rep. Darrell Issa is trying to pass a bill that would not only end Saturday delivery by the postal service, but also door-to-door mail service for millions. We must stop this outrageous attempt to kill the USPS and hand its business to FedEx and UPS. Go sign the petition:
http://act.credoaction.com/sign/issa_usps?akid=8606.952925.D3Dc4S&rd=1&t=2
They are at it again
The Texas Taliban - also known as the rightwing majority on the Texas State Board of Education - want to revise the state's standards for science textbooks to require the addition of religious pseudoscience when teaching subjects like biology. And this isn't just bad news for Texas school children because the Texas standards will impact the textbooks used by millions of students nationwide.
Texas may want to dumb-down their children by teaching them pseudoscience but I don’t want the children of my state to be taught this way. Tell textbook publishers to stand up to the Texas Taliban and only publish books that are based on sound, peer-reviewed science scholarship. Click the link below to sign the petition automatically:
http://act.credoaction.com/sign/texas_taliban/?sp_ref=7570952.4.422.e.0.2&referring_akid=8622.952925.lJjLf7&source=mailto_sp
Recommended Reading
STUNNING: Comparing U.S. & World Covers for TIME Magazine - well, this is certainly insulting
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/11/25/1039957/-STUNNING-Comparing-U-S-World-Covers-for-TIME-Magazine?detail=email
What I did on my vacation - yes, it is almost time to go back to school. :)
http://www.cagle.com/2013/08/back-to-school-2-3/
Extreme Heat Waves to Quadruple by 2040, According to New Study
http://www.alternet.org/environment/extreme-heat-waves-quadruple-2040?akid=10804.204376.QjnTS2&rd=1&src=newsletter883285&t=3
Parents of 2-year-old to Chris Christie: 'Don't Let Our Daughter Die-Legalize Medical Marijuana'
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/parents-sick-nj-toddler-ask-christie-legalize-weed?akid=10804.204376.QjnTS2&rd=1&src=newsletter883285&t=7
GOP Hypocrisy: Three Republicans Who Opposed Sandy Relief Want Federal Aid for AZ Wildfire
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/3-repubs-ask-fed-aid-az-after-denying-sandy-relief?akid=10804.204376.QjnTS2&rd=1&src=newsletter883285&t=9
Off-Duty Indiana Firefighter Handcuffed, Threatened with Stun Gun for Waving at Cop
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/firefighter-handcuffed-threatened-after-waving-cop?akid=10804.204376.QjnTS2&rd=1&src=newsletter883285&t=11
Iranian Electoral Candidate Disqualified for Being Too Attractive - sounds familiar
http://www.alternet.org/world/iranian-electoral-candidate-disqualified-being-too-attractive?akid=10804.204376.QjnTS2&rd=1&src=newsletter883285&t=15
Stephen Colbert's Hilarious Take on How Openly Gay Small-Town Kentucky Mayor Is Doing An Amazing Job-Despite the Haters
http://www.alternet.org/media/stephen-colbert-openly-gay-kentucky-mayor-johnny-cummings?akid=10804.204376.QjnTS2&rd=1&src=newsletter883285&t=17
Edward Snowden documents show NSA broke privacy rules
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23721818
The mystery of the vanishing gun inventor
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23709471
Star of NASA Planet Hunting Falls Idle With Broken Parts - well, maybe they should not have decommissioned the space shuttles so fast. They just need to fix a wheel.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/16/science/space/nasas-kepler-mended-but-may-never-fully-recover.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130816&_r=0
Two Florida cops shot an innocent, unarmed man in his own driveway. And then their sheriff started talking.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/08/escambia_county_sheriff_david_morgan_his_bizarre_defense_of_the_shooting.html
How to buy a used car - video - although made for the UK it is also good advice for everyone.
http://www.theguardian.com/money/video/2013/aug/16/how-to-buy-a-used-car-video
12 Best Fictional Libraries
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2013/08/best-fictional-libraries.html
Modern Masterpieces of Comedic Genius: The Art of the Humorous Amazon Review
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/07/08/humorous-amazon-reviews/
Lobbyist Secretly Wrote House Dems' Letter Urging Weaker Investor Protections - busted.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/08/congressional-black-caucus-fiduciary-duty-rule-financial-services-institute
Financial-Industry Group to SEC: This Letter We Ghostwrote for House Dems Proves We're Right
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/08/financial-services-institute-lobbyist-letter-john-pitney
Texas Attorney General: Texas Didn’t Discriminate Against Minorities, Only Against Democrats
http://www.nationalmemo.com/texas-attorney-general-texas-didnt-discriminate-against-minorities-only-against-democrats/
Rand Paul’s Terrible Obamacare Answer On The Daily Show
http://www.nationalmemo.com/watch-rand-pauls-terrible-obamacare-answer-on-the-daily-show/
Monsanto’s GMO Feed Creates Horrific Physical Ailments in Animals
http://www.alternet.org/food/monsantos-gmo-feed-creates-horrific-physical-ailments-animals?akid=10805.204376.d_fQ7_&rd=1&src=newsletter883334&t=13
How to: instantly turn water into ice
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/0/23065582
Richard III: King's reburial row goes to judicial review
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23726011
Siblings gather for annual event
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23721345
***How Government Cover-Up on Fish Farming Affects Your Health - Canada has a problem. It’s lengthy but worth the watch.
Petitions that need your signature
The Mind Your Own Business Act
http://mindyourownbusinessact.com/?source=Jun13Email
America's top grocers are selling fake honey containing carcinogens, heavy metals, and banned antibiotics.
Get grocers to make sure they're selling us the real thing.
http://action.sumofus.org/a/honey-fake-walgreens/4/2/?akid=1806.65932.QE7P4I&rd=1&sub=fwd&t=3
The Wounded Knee site has been held sacred by the Lakota Sioux since the horrific massacre that happened there in 1890. Now, it's in danger of being sold to the highest bidder, including someone who would build a horse slaughterhouse on the plot.
The current owner has offered to sell the site to its rightful owners, the nearby Oglala tribe, for the cool price of $3.9 million. But The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, just a few miles from where Wounded Knee is located, is one of the poorest places in the country. To build a horse slaughterhouse on their sacred site after everything the tribe has already suffered would be unthinkable.
http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AhnMh/zNI6/3R2f
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.
The non-existent tags
weather, knitting, gardening, global warming, environment, politics, Repugs, scumbags, quilting, petitions, CISPA, Exxon, oil spills, Monsanto, evil, people, tar sands, privacy, GMOs, fish, Kepler, fracking, food, health, animals, WTF?, NASA, people, books, libraries, police, fun stuff, media
Change the world one loan at a time - visit http://www.Kiva.org to find out how