... by phone or via minivan, if I got over this plague and got my voice back in time: Here's one reason why.

See also:
John Scalzi's endorsement on Whatever.

Seaman McGuire's moving essay about gay marriage, the reality.

Mitt Romney's famed jokes about rising sea levels (video)

Insurance giant Munich Re's warning that climate change is ( Read more... )

"…The recent financial flailing and machinations in the U.S., including the trillion-dollar bailout of the institutions that created the economic meltdown in the first place, provide ample and blatant evidence of Wall Street’s control over U.S. politics in the interest of trying to see that the rich get richer and the rest get nowhere…"

-- From ( Read more... )

"Pay your f***ing taxes. Revel in living in a rich, modern, 21st century civilisation and stop wishing your life back to the 19th century."

-- From job-creator and high-earner
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You've probably heard about the federal government's recent illegal illegal acquisition of calling records from the major phone companies. What you may not have heard of is the "Net neutrality" or "Free Internet" issue. In the words of Working Assets:
Net neutrality is what separates the Internet from cable TV. It prevents Internet service ( Read more... )

They hate our freedoms!

Yup, those great advocates of the American Way now have decided that bloggers may rank as terrorists. Yes, really.

Quoth the Associated Press, as published in the Friday, February 10, Seattle Post-Intelligencer:WASHINGTON -- The government concluded its "Cyber Storm" wargame Friday, its biggest-ever exercise to test how ( Read more... )