Office by Alex Penny
Objective & Subjective, but always Respective of the Collective
This is why many (if not most) sanctions fail. People will simply sell stuff to Russia to reach Syria.
Unless the US is willing to form another “coalition of the willing,” I doubt Syria’s government will collapse from within.
I wish @Gmail had an all inclusive anti-political filter feature available!
I’m tired of politicians and PAC’s emailing me why they think they’re awesome while everyone else sucks.
Worse, I haven’t signed up for ANY of their silly newsletters, yet they keep emailing me as of I was their greatest fan.
Yeah, I could create a filter for each one, but creating dozens of new filters every year for each national, state, and local campaign (not to mention PACs, political organizations and political endorsers) is not the answer.
If Google Voice can save me from annoying politicians, surely Gmail can do the same. At least I hope they can. :-/
Two days ago, you guys stepped up once again to show the world just how much we care about protecting the Internet. Together, we generated more than 140,000 calls to Senators, spent more than 4,200 hours on the phone with their staffers, and blacked out 650,000 of our blogs to make our point and inspire others to get involved. And what’s more, this was on top of the 90,000 calls we sent to members of the House of Representatives a month ago. Incredible.
It’s now becoming clear just how much impact our action is having. On January 18th, only 31 members of Congress opposed these bills. Just one day later, 101 members of Congress publicly stood with us in opposition. We are being heard.
And as of today, it looks like both the Senate PIPA and House SOPA bills have been shelved, for the moment. It seems pretty likely that the bills won’t pass as written—a big first win. We now hope that Internet companies, the creative community and the content industry join together to innovate and devise new partnerships to combat online piracy. We’re confident there are effective ways to do this without damaging the Internet or diminishing our freedoms.
You’ve made a big difference in keeping the Internet a safe and open place for creators. Thank you again.
Tumblr shuts down Congress. Awesome! Now we need to vote out those who still hold steadfast to SOPA & PIPA.
(via markcoatney)
I’ve officially seen it all now. At least their active in the political discussion (which is more than I can say about most people).
The more the media looks into this, the more damage Newt (and his supporters) receive.
They may drag out the race with their PAC’s, but if Romney wins in SC their candidates may drop out.
Smart idea as the Mitt brigade turned this into a war against capitalism.
Ron Paul just had the best zinger against Newt!
Watching the GOP debate and getting depressed. Wish the politicians would answer the fracking instead of giving mini stump speeches.
Apparently he only likes “real Republicans” and blames his loss on a caucus full of…fake GOPers. (via the Blaze)
“This is a quirky place, a quirky process, to say the least, and we’re going to go into places where they have actual primaries and there are going to be real Republicans voting,” he told reporters. “Not that there aren’t real Republicans here in Iowa, but the fact is, it was a pretty loosey-goosey process, and you had a ton of people who were there that admitted they were Democrats voting in the caucuses last night.”As much as I like Perry due to his record, his sore loser man attitude sucks (and that’s putting it here mildly). If Perry only values GOPers then libertarians like me can always find another candidate to support in the upcoming primaries. He needs to be a little bit more humble especially as he campaigns in South Carolina (whose governor has endorsed Mitt Romney).
