I am not amused.(Source: thinksquad, via divineirony)
(Source: getbackvassifer, via rrrick)
Awesome compilation of people refusing to answer DHS questions at non-border checkpoints
(Source: reason.com, via rrrick)
(via dl-44)
CISPA: Say Hello To Big Brother
Worse than SOPA and PIPA, deliberately vague and gives the government and corporations litigation immunity from playing loose with your data. Take a moment and contact your legislator →
Daily Kos: Internet giants seriously considering 'nuclear option' to stop SOPA »
What if the biggest websites in the country were to temporarily shut down their services and instead inform visitors of the dangers of SOPA?
I was there to take down the names of people who were arrested… As I’m standing there, some African-American woman goes up to a police officer and says, ‘I need to get in. My daughter’s there. I want to know if she’s OK.’ And he said, ‘Move on, lady.’ And they kept pushing with their sticks, pushing back. And she was crying. And all of a sudden, out of nowhere, he throws her to the ground and starts hitting her in the head,” says Smith. “I walk over, and I say, ‘Look, cuff her if she’s done something, but you don’t need to do that.’ And he said, ‘Lady, do you want to get arrested?’ And I said, ‘Do you see my hat? I’m here as a legal observer.’ He said, ‘You want to get arrested?’ And he pushed me up against the wall.”
— Retired New York Supreme Court Judge Karen Smith, working as a legal observer after the raids on Zucotti Park this Tuesday, via Paramilitary Policing of Occupy Wall Street: Excessive Use of Force amidst the New Military Urbanism (via seriouslyamerica)
(via stfuconservatives)
SOPA: The Internet Blacklist Bill
See also: H.R.3261 on OpenCongress.
Tumblr and Youtube shut down by the end of 2011 »
As the man say: Don’t just reblog this and feel like you helped the world because you’re half-assing it. Sign it. Reblog it. Sign it and reblog it.
I, for one, find Tumblr one of the more reliable sources of information and one of the most up to date. We knew about the content of Obama’s impromptu surprise announcement before he announced it himself, just to name an example. The same difference applies to Youtube, so when I see things like this:
Sssssooooo…the government is enforcing copyright. Without proof or hearing they uproot a UK resident and SHIP HIM OVER to be persecuted in the US. WITHOUT PROOF.
Now we have The IP Act that is on the fast track of becoming a law.
An except that summarizes what this does: “The PROTECT IP Act would allow copyright owners – movie studios and other content providers – simply to accuse a website of infringement, which could lead to that site being shut down by court order and entire links to the site being wiped clean from the Internet.”
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that if you even pass a disagreeable fart, a big angry fist will punch you in the butthole and seal said butthole forever.
WHERE’S OUR SHIT GONNA GO?
Before:
After:
So the title of this, while an exaggeration of something that hasn’t happened, is a very real possibility and it’s so close to happening.
Don’t just reblog this and feel like you helped the world because you’re half-assing it. Sign it. Reblog it. Sign it and reblog it.
Sign everything and anything you can.
But most importantly…
Calling by phone is much more effective than petitions or e-mails.
Enter your zip code here and get the numbers to call
(numbers shown on right hand side of page)
Important.
(Source: dondondadadon)
12 Most Absurd Laws Used to Stifle the Occupy Wall St. Movement Around the Country »
Land of the free…
