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CISPA Passed This Week Against Objections, Pleas, And Rationality

By on April 19, 2013 in Culture, Future Tech, Internet, Odds And Ends, Politics
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I guess after being paid craploads of taxpayer money ($174,000 annually), Senators need to show something for it, given they have one of the laxest schedules imaginable. Some of the bills that have gone through the house in the last week or two have included rolling back insider trading rules, making Congress immune to prosecution, […]

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House Washes Theirs Hands Of SOPA

By on January 16, 2012 in Culture, Internet
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The U.S. House of Representatives put a freeze on SOPA legislation today, as Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia (R) announces he’ll take no further action on the bill. Although a somewhat unexpected move, perhaps it’s unsurprising considering the amount of negative press the controversial legislation has received and the fact that the White House stated […]

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