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Stop SOPA

By Dave | Published: December 13, 2011

I’ve censored the following, in protest of a bill that gives any corporation and the US government the power to censor the internet–a bill that could pass THIS WEEK. To see the uncensored text, and to stop internet censorship, visit: http://americancensorship.org/posts/4757/uncensor As ███████ who █████ for a ███████ ████ ██████, ████, and ████████ the ████████ [...]

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A true patriot

By Dave | Published: December 10, 2010

I wish Bernie Sanders was my senator.

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Presidential nicknames

By Dave | Published: December 8, 2010

It seems like every President ends up with a nickname, that rightly or wrongly, sums up their legacy. Reagan was “The Great Communicator,” Nixon was “Tricky Dick,” Theodore Roosevelt was “The Trust Buster” (among many others), and even George W. Bush was mockingly named “The Decider.” Wikipedia has a more in depth list as well. [...]

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Interesting tidbits from Wikileaks

By Dave | Published: December 7, 2010

The Wikileaks controversy has been pretty horrifying to watch play out, at least with regard to various organizations and companies such as PayPal, Amazon, Mastercard, and EveryDNS denying or revoking their access to services. In case you were wondering, Wikileaks is actually a good thing. Here is a site that lists various reasons why. Of [...]

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Predictions for America’s Future

By Dave | Published: December 7, 2010

Happy Tuesday mourning morning! If only 15 years remain, the odds of frittering them all away still remain high. Congress and the president are now in gridlock; the American system is flooded with corporate money meant to jam up the works; and there is little suggestion that any issues of significance, including our wars, our [...]

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TSA Checkpoint Sign

By Dave | Published: November 22, 2010

Oleg Volk created this TSA checkpoint sign in 2008, which is now getting attention due to recent abuses by the organization. Interestingly enough, the social location service Loopt is offering 10 iPod touches to people who check in to an airport using the app on November 24th, and tweet about being pat down by the [...]

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Another TSA problem? Data collection

By Dave | Published: November 21, 2010

Another problem with the TSA? Lack of data collection. A former assistant police chief writes on the potential for passive discrimination, due to the TSA’s lack of data collection: Over the last fifteen years or so, many police agencies started capturing data on police interactions. The primary purpose was to document what had historically been [...]

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It’s a two for one deal…

By Dave | Published: October 19, 2010

Sarah Palin works her magic… by endorsing a candidate from the wrong state. Oops! Pennsylvania voters can’t afford cap and trade legislation, says Sarah Palin. And that’s why they need to send Republican John Raese to the Senate. Except that John Raese is the Republican nominee in West Virginia. Obviously, that’s just the liberal elitist [...]

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Maybe the Tea Party should party a little less…

By Dave | Published: October 19, 2010

Is Christine O’Donnell serious? Back to school with the lot of you. “Where in the Constitution is the separation of church and state?” O’Donnell asked him. When Coons responded that the First Amendment bars Congress from making laws respecting the establishment of religion, O’Donnell asked: “You’re telling me that’s in the First Amendment?” My God, [...]

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Everything wrong with mainstream journalism

By Dave | Published: September 15, 2010

Andrew Sullivan at the Daily Dish posted this email from a reader. In posting that Quote of the Day from Jon Stewart, you showed the optimistic Stewart but missed what I think is the most important quote in the piece: “Jon has chronicled the death of shame in politics and journalism,” says Brian Williams, the [...]

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