Newly elected state Sen. Barbara Favola (D-Arlington) speaks against what’s been dubbed the “Values Crusade” of Republican lawmakers in Virginia:
Intellectual Property, Internet Piracy, Politics
Stop SOPA: Web Giants Go On Strike On Jan 18th, 2012, And So Should You
January 17, 2012
As some of you are aware, Congress is set to pass House Bill 3261 on January 24th. This bill is the controversial face of the Stop Online Piracy Act (or SOPA), which was introduced to the US House of Representatives on October 26, 2011, by Lamar Smith (R-TX), a House Judiciary Committee Chair Representative (and part-time control freak, apparently), alongside 12 other bipartisan co-sponsors.
I have a question…
Have you ever wondered where you end and where others begin? Does it stop with your body or the perimeter surrounding it? Are you sure?
Are you also present, in a way, wherever your thought goes? Or are you completely confined within the limits of your skin?
Commentary, Politics
Occupy Frank Miller // Alan Moore Challenges Miller's "Anarchy"
December 6, 2011
Via Alison Flood of The Guardian (UK), Sin City creator, writer and critically renowned graphic artist Frank Miller posted a rather incendiary condemnation of the Occupy Movement last month, which fractionally reads as follows (Occupy supporters, put on your safety goggles). Continue Reading…