Tag: congress
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SCOTUS Says Congress May ‘Re-Copyright’ Public Domain Works
from threat level: Congress may take books, musical compositions and other works out of the public domain, where they can be freely used and adapted, and grant them copyright status again, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. In a 6-2 ruling, the court said that, just because material enters the public domain, it is not “territory…
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SOPA Is Back As Websites Go Black
A mere 4 days after announcing he was dropping the DNS blocking provisions of the bill and putting it on the shelf until a ‘consensus’ was reached, Representative Lamar Smith has brought SOPA back out to play, and just in time for the January 18th SOPA blackouts.
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US politicians get richer despite recession
Remember how members of Congress are allowed to profit from insider information, while for the rest of us it’s called ‘insider trading’ and it’s illegal? Well, apparently government is the business to be in.
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12/29 binge & purge: check, please!
gastro roundup: best food of 2011* top ten food & farm stories of 2011* the bad food news of 2011* the biotech industry is growing bioweapons* bugs may be resistant to genetically modified corn* food bill doesn’t promote security* discover the doomsday seed vault’s secrets* mexico rehab clinic food poisoning kills five* hunger warning for…
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12/29 #defcon: ç¥∫´®ßπåç´∑å® – 404 file or directory not found
#2012 watch: the countdown begins* how the world might end in 2012 (or maybe later)* top 10 most bizarre tech stories of 2011* ten plotlines you’ll find in science fiction – over & over again* twin probes to orbit moon, study gravity field* sen. ron wyden leaps into middle of internet piracy fight* army ‘red…
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#sopa: how to stop the ‘stop online piracy act’
from brasschecktv.com: If passed, the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, will ban the very architecture of the Internet and turn the Internet into basically another form of television. The Internet is interactive. It is infinitely searchable with links that connect the free flow of information and ideas to a system that can be navigated.…
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#satire: year in review 2011
from theonion.com: This week, The Onion Review takes a look back at some of the most important news stories that shaped our lives in 2011.
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signs point to economic rise at end of 2011, but experts see false dawn
from nytimes: As the fourth quarter draws to a close, a spate of unexpectedly good economic data suggests that it will have some of the fastest and strongest economic growth since the recovery started in 2009, causing a surge in the stock market and cheering economists, investors and policy makers. In recent weeks, a broad…
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police state updates: contracts, stockpiles & predictions
company lobbied for ndaa, gets $23m contract for equipment* from the intel hub: According to reports from the Daily Kos and Russia Today, a company specializing in night raid equipment was awarded a 23 million dollar contract from the Department of Defense and subsequently went on to lobby for the NDAA which has given the…
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12/15 pop occulture: osama, occupy & more
poll: osama tops religion news for 2011* occupy 2.0? church leaders join movement* satire: 5 subtle ways to convince co-workers that you’re evil* atheists embracing faith for their kids* senate action averts shutdown of US religious freedom commission* christopher hitchens dead at 62*
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12/15 defcon: god’s particles, takedown sprees & more
ndaa gives pentagon a green light for cyberwar* congress authorizes pentagon to wage internet war* ‘blueprint for a secure cyber future’: dhs releases cyber strategy framework* california unveils cyber crime unit* florida arrests 48 in child computer sex crimes investigation* cops target climate-sceptic bloggers in three countries* sopa tweet triggers political explosion, delays vote* carrier…
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#econocrash updates: census, collapse, congress & more
census data shows half of US poor or low income* the collapse, death & end of the euro* was the ‘collapse’ of mf global premeditated? a conspiracy theory thought experiment* ex-washington mutual executives settle fdic suit* is netflix a takeover candidate?* update: congress blinks on shutdown; temporary deal averts government shutdown*
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wyden wants answers from dhs over domain name seizures
from threat level: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) said Friday he would demand answers from the Department of Homeland Security about its domain seizure program known as Operation in Our Sites after it was revealed that the government kept a hip-hop music review site’s name for a year without affording the owner a chance to challenge…
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federal agents raid mormon food storage facility
from natural news: As was the plan all along, the so-called “War on Terror” has officially devolved into a war on the American people. This was clearly illustrated by the recent traitorous passage of the egregious National Defense Authorization Act by the US Congress. But in order to fully implement the ultimate goal of total…