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SOPA Sponsor Has a Copyright Violation of His Own

The SOPA bill sponsor doesn’t even know it violated a copyright while trying to make its own site by using other people’s work and not giving them credit. That’s how stupid this bill is.
Mashable:
The controversial SOPA bill is designed to combat online piracy and copyright violations. But now it turns out the bill’s author and [...]

Reddit to go dark in SOPA protest

I am simply reprinting a post I read from Computer World which I think if SOPA passed would prevent me from doing so. Even if I put in quotes that I am quoting from that source.  How silly is that.  Honestly, the internet is fine the way it is and government should stay away.  We [...]

Iraq withdrawal

The war we should not have started is finally over. Of course, this is just a political play. We will still have thousands of American contractors being paid by our tax money. Nothing has changed. This war was about profits paid by blood.
Even most of our military do not believe the [...]

U.S. Postal Service Faces Big Changes Amid Struggles

Will the US post office go back to 5 days a week now?
The Postal Service, which has been losing money for five years, said Monday that it is shuttering more than 200 mail processing centers, adding at least a day’s wait for many first-class deliveries. The news was met with concern and frustration from some [...]