Watch May Day Labor Protest Live
Here is a good May Day Labor Rights Protest live stream http://www.ustream.tv/timcast
Here is a good May Day Labor Rights Protest live stream http://www.ustream.tv/timcast
See ways to fight back here.
Via Alternet.org: "Congress is seriously considering a bill called the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). Intended to allow information-sharing both between corporations and between corporations and the government, it presents serious dangers to individual privacy. The most important parts of the proposed act permit corporations to share information about their customers with each other and with the government if they assert that this information-sharing is necessary for national security...".* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down. Read more from Scott Lemieux:
April 23, 2012
"Paul warned that CISPA “represents an alarming form of corporatism, as it further intertwines government with companies like Google and Facebook.”
“It permits them to hand over your private information to government officials without a warrant, circumventing well known federal laws like the Wiretap Act and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, ” he said. “It also grants a broad immunity from lawsuits for doing so, leaving you without recourse for invasion of privacy.”
“Simply put, CISPA encourages some of our most successful Internet companies to act as government spies, sewing distrust in social media and chilling communications in one segment of the world economy where Americans still lead,” Paul added. “…If you believe in privacy and free markets, you should be deeply concerned about the proposed marriage of government intelligence gathering with private, profit-seeking companies.”
Read more here: Raw Story
Take Action: Call or Write Your Representative
Write President Obama and tell him to veto CISPA if it ever reaches his desk
Sign up for ACLU alerts, and Moveon.org and sign their petitions, and also go to the Whitehouse petition site, and sign or make a petition there. Tweet, Facebook, Instagram, Pin, and blog your thoughts on CISPA. Let your voices ring as high as they did when fighting SOPA. Thanks!
April 07, 2012
"The Internet has a new enemy. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 (CISPA), also known as H.R. 3523, is a “cybersecurity” bill in the House of Representatives. CISPA is quickly gaining traction as “the new SOPA,” the infamous anti-piracy bill that was forced to crawl back into its hole after thousands of websites and millions of Web users protested with a massive, high-profile “blackout.” While CISPA does not focus primarily on intellectual property (though that’s in there, too), critics say the problems with the bill run just as deep. But what is CISPA, really, and will its presence on Congress’ agenda cause the same type of online revolt that SOPA and PIPA did?" - Digital Trends
The Center for Democracy and Technology sums up the problems with CISPA this way:
• The bill has a very broad, almost unlimited definition of the information that can be shared with government agencies notwithstanding privacy and other laws;
• The bill is likely to lead to expansion of the government’s role in the monitoring of private communications as a result of this sharing;
• It is likely to shift control of government cybersecurity efforts from civilian agencies to the military;
• Once the information is shared with the government, it wouldn’t have to be used for cybesecurity, but could instead be used for any purpose that is not specifically prohibited.
Read the article here.
March 29, 2012
Speaking in the Rose Garden, President Barack Obama challenged Congress to cut $24 billion in tax breaks for big oil companies and instead invest that money in clean energy technology.
"The oil industry is doing just fine. With record profits and rising production, I’m not worried about the big oil companies. With high oil prices, they’ve got more than enough incentive to produce more. I think it’s time they got by without more help from taxpayers who are having a tough enough time paying their bills and filling up their tanks.
“Instead of taxpayer giveaways to an industry that’s never been more profitable, we should be using that money to double down on investments in clean energy technologies that have never been more promising,” Obama argued, saying that the “future” lies in “wind power and solar power and biofuels; in fuel-efficient cars and trucks and homes and buildings.” He criticized Big OIl’s allies in Congress who choose to defend fossil-fuel subsidies “that keep us trapped in the past” while attacking investment in a clean-energy future."
Read more here.
Adele - Someone Like You
Will Ferrell reveals that Anchorman 2 is a go! Hi there, I'm Lauren Bradshaw, and we're showing you the hilarious footage of Will as Ron Burgundy as he makes the big announcement in today's PopSugar Rush.
WILL FERRELL: It is official — there will be a sequel to Anchorman, there will be a sequel. Gentleman . . . [plays flute]Ron Burgundy — and his jazz flute — are back! On last night's Conan, Will Ferrell made a surprise appearance in character, showing up to play with the late-night band and announce that Anchorman 2 is finally underway after years of talks.RON BURGUNDY: I don't know how to put this, but I'm kind of a big deal.Will reportedly started working on a sequel all the way back in 2008; however those plans were halted when an agreement couldn't be reached over budget. But now it seems the film is back on. Not only is Will returning to reprise his role as Ron, but Judd Apatow will produce, and former costars and news team members Paul Rudd and Steve Carell have also signed on.With the stunning Retina display, a 5-megapixel iSight camera, and ultrafast 4G LTE, the new iPad is brilliant from the outside in.
Apple's Philip Schiller unveils the company's newest iPad. The device offers a higher-resolution Retina Display and better camera. The pricing starts at $499 for a 16GB Wi-Fi model and 4G starting at $629.
