It's About Liberty: A Conservative Forum
Topics => Politics/Legislation/Elections => Topic started by: trapeze on January 18, 2012, 01:33:35 AM
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So...
...wikipedia is protesting SOPA by blacking out their articles today. I just tried it and although I appreciate their taking a stand against SOPA, their so-called blackout is easily defeated.
A wikipedia page begins to load normally and then it shifts to a black/gray page with information about SOPA. To defeat it all you have to do is hit the stop page load button on your browser and you get the article you are looking for without allowing it to black out.
So, great idea poorly executed. Way to go, wiki-liberals. Great protest.
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I wish Wikipedia was that concerned about the accuracy of its entries .
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Still, this is a rare instance that liberals and conservatives seem to be not only on the same side of an issue, but for the same reasons.
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I wish Wikipedia was that concerned about the accuracy of its entries .
Back when you could edit their pages I used to correct the entry for Slick Willie...somebody would come back within 5 minutes and reset it it sans my corrections. Back and forth, back and forth...
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You do have to take them with a big grain of salt and review their content before passing it on.
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Still, this is a rare instance that liberals and conservatives seem to be not only on the same side of an issue, but for the same reasons.
True enough, and in the cyber frontier there may be enough opposition to protect it from tyrannical incursions...but government will always look for alternate ways to curtail freedoms...they are relentless and power-hungry...so vigilance cannot wane.
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Oh, and this...
"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he was open to changes to satisfy critics."
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/17/source-online-protest-threatens-piracy-bill/ (http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/17/source-online-protest-threatens-piracy-bill/)
Yeah...sure...whatever.
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Cache page works, also.
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My local forum is in "maintenance mode", with a SOPA protest banner the only visible thing.
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My local forum is in "maintenance mode", with a SOPA protest banner the only visible thing.
Did Gene allude to any scheduled event? I really really need to bash some leftists!
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My local forum is in "maintenance mode", with a SOPA protest banner the only visible thing.
Did Gene allude to any scheduled event? I really really need to bash some leftists!
Not that I know of, he didn't.
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We got almost 10 inches of Global Warming last night and I'm not going any further than the woodpile.
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I did not know that Rubio was a co-sponsor of PIPA, but apparently he's gotten the message. (Gawd, even the smart ones act stoopitly!)
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/18/rubio-on-second-thought-sopapipas-a-bad-idea/ (http://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/18/rubio-on-second-thought-sopapipas-a-bad-idea/)
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I remember once meeting and speaking with South Carolinas Fritz Hollings about his proposed "Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act". I rapidly learned three things:
1. The rich (and virtually every Congress Critter is rich) don't GAF about the impact of new laws since they systematically exclude themselves from their impact.
2. Politicians are generally ten miles wide and a half-inch thick. They can speak convincingly (YMMV) on a whole range of subjects they really don't know jack about.
3. Egomaniacs (like Hollings) can't understand why anyone would prefer anonymity on the Internet.
4. Politicians are generally twice as gullible as the average bear. Even the best of them get taken in by a convincing sales schpeal.
For me the true question is how they handle the revelation that they just bought the Brooklyn Bridge. Do they admit fallibility or double-down on stupid?
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For me the true question is how they handle the revelation that they just bought the Brooklyn Bridge. Do they admit fallibility or double-down on stupid?
I'll take double-down on stupid for a hundred, Alex.
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You obviously missed the memo. Once elected to office, one is an expert on any subject. ::unknowncomic::
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We got almost 10 inches of Global Warming last night and I'm not going any further than the woodpile.
That fat bastard AlGore lurch into town?!
::hysterical::
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I did not know that Rubio was a co-sponsor of PIPA, but apparently he's gotten the message. (Gawd, even the smart ones act stoopitly!)
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/18/rubio-on-second-thought-sopapipas-a-bad-idea/ (http://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/18/rubio-on-second-thought-sopapipas-a-bad-idea/)
Must be that Pelositis bug...have to pass it to know whats in it...
::facepalm::
DC needs to be sterilized...
::gaah::
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As if we needed another reminder which side of this is the right side and which is the wrong side...another example for the latter -
http://www.deadline.com/2012/01/exclusive-hollywood-moguls-stopping-obama-donations-because-of-administrations-piracy-stand/ (http://www.deadline.com/2012/01/exclusive-hollywood-moguls-stopping-obama-donations-because-of-administrations-piracy-stand/)
For this reason I DO NOT trust the dem's to get this right, regardless of the other special interest groups on the Left aligned with us...so if Repub's begin to crack (Lindsey! The crazy ladies from Maine! J-Mac and the rest of the mavericks and loons!) we are screwed!
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HAH!! (http://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/19/legislators-run-for-the-exits-on-sopapipa-after-protests/)
In darkness, there is apparently much sunlight. As a number of Internet sites either went dark or protested the proposed anti-piracy bills circulating in Congress, a number of sponsors ran for cover, reports The Hill:
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The Regime shut down Megaupload today. Can hear the cheers from Hollyweird form here, didn't take long, Hollywood just bitched yesterday.
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The Regime shut down Megaupload today. Can hear the cheers from Hollyweird form here, didn't take long, Hollywood just bitched yesterday.
Chris Dodd threatened them, said we'll cut your money off.
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Threats, intimidation...The Regime and their watercarriers march merrily along...
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Anonymous launched a DDoS attack on DoJ in retaliation for Megaupload bust.
Once again, an outfit sourced outside the US get nailed under law that can be used against anybody here at home. Obviously, I'm no fan of Anonymous, that's for sure, but hard to work up any sympathy for that Jackboot Holder and his Dept of (In)Justice either.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/anonymous-attacks-doj-feds-shut-113600316.html?l=1 (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/anonymous-attacks-doj-feds-shut-113600316.html?l=1)
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Looks like RIAA, MPAA & Universal Music hit too.
http://gizmodo.com/5877679/anonymous-kills-department-of-justice-site-in-megaupload-revenge-strike (http://gizmodo.com/5877679/anonymous-kills-department-of-justice-site-in-megaupload-revenge-strike)
And it was good to see everyone in the debate last night say SOPA went too far!
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GOP_DEBATE_INTERNET?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-01-19-21-28-15 (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GOP_DEBATE_INTERNET?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-01-19-21-28-15)
::thumbsup::
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It appears that historically the "pirate" market has always benefited
the original industry including the performer. The industry approached
or projects its numbers to the government in the same static fashion
the government projects budgets. Neither take into consideration the
unintended consequences which are usually the opposite of projections.
There is not sympathy here for their plea.
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House & Senate table it, not that they couldn't sneak it in somewhere down the line, but for now, good news is good news. But let us not let up watching these clowns!
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/sopa-shelved (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/sopa-shelved)
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Modern tradition has it that just after they say
they are finished or right after they say never
again they put it back in. It's an Øbamanation.
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