Hey, we can talk all we want about free downloads and copyright infringement and IP all we want. cucumberseed breaks it down that it isn't just about the feel good First Amendment stuff. SOPA/PIPA affects more than how we gather information or share it.  It affects kills jobs.  It's impossible that he is the only person in this situation.

Bring up this ( Read more... )

SIGNAL BOOST: I'll be donating to this as soon as I get paid (Friday 10/14), but damn, what a fucking fucked thing to be going on.

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Originally posted by gabrielleabelleat Mississippi Personhood Amendment
Okay, so I don't usually do this, but this is an issue near and dear to me and this is getting very little no attention in the mainstream ( Read more... )

What's the word for false happiness? Not Ahedonia. Not antihedonia. Pseudohedonia? That sounds right. Feels like America has a big fat case of it right now. Some kind of murder-high that occurred as a result of ten years of misdirected anger and impotent rage.

I could understand people being quietly relieved or indignant that it could not have ( Read more... )

Here is the "Firestorm of Controversy Meme". Taken from ashkierasghost for kindly responding to my ether fishing. Unforunately, the questions are somewhat poorly designed and aren't exactly "firestorm" quality (better examples could have been: Do you support Israel or Palestine? Pakistan or India? Mac or PC? Intelligent Design or A Cold Universe? Is the ( Read more... )

I just had a horrifying thought ( Read more... )

Here's this, from pecunium, George W. Bush declares himself immune from prosecution, criminalizes dissent. Follow the links in the post for context, because it's important.

I want to highlight this bit in the post however:

"This is, absurd as it is to say, the Rubicon. If we allow them to keep on, then we will have our equivalent of Caesar. The Senate ( Read more... )