Giuliani: out. Edwards: out. Huckabee: out…wait? What? Not out? And…and…is that Ron Paul in that article? Whatever.
As “presidential hopeful” becomes an increasingly elite category, the knock-down, drag-out, till-the-end cage match that is our country’s election process will deal its final death blow on Nov. 11th. Because, you know… There can be only one.
In the meantime, check out where candidates stand (or stood) in relation to First Amendment issues.
Dumping a load of John Does who share the same ISP into one single lawsuit has made things simpler (and cheaper) for music industry lawyers for quite some time. We’re glad a judge has finally questioned their fallible logic: “They share the same ISP therefore they engage in the same behavior.”
We copy each other to learn and to improve - it’s one of the things that makes us human, because we’re a lot better at it than chimps.
We absolutely agree, even though it’s a sweeping generalization that doesn’t necessarily hold true for all humans…or all chimps, for that matter.
I can’t even begin to imagine how much money I owe Mick Jagger & Co. for the many, many, many times I’ve battled intoxication and poor karaoke sound systems in order to “ape” his high notes in “Beast of Burden.”
And now I’ve said it online. And now they will sue me.
Call me Ben. Consider me the jester to SD&IF’s regal court. I’ll pop up now and then to cavort and caper like a trained monkey, spreading mirth and joy while Tony wrestles heady issues to the ground and subdues them as if handling a rampaging, yet lovable trained circus bear.
“Now Ben,” you say. “Surely you’re not uncouth enough to suggest—in this liberated and forward-thinking forum, no less—that censorship could somehow be beneficial.” I chuckle softly, “Following ‘Party All the Time’ no-one suspected that there could be anything worse than one Eddie Murphy but here we are post-Norbit, so I must regrettably present A Case for Censorship…”
Gotta love cyberactivism: a group of hackers—simply referred to as Anonymous—has declared war on the Church of Scientology.
According to Wired, they have, among other things, been flooding servers and fax machines and barraging offices with prank calls.They are also encouraging people to host secretive Scientology documents online in order to make them publicly available.
In a statement released yesterday, Anonymous cites Scientology’s misuse of copyright and trademark law as reasons for the attack. They are also concerned with the threat Scientology—and the Church’s widespread censorship of critics—poses to free speech.
“Knowledge is free,” the above video (an Anonymous release that has seen heavy play on YouTube) states. “We are Anonymous. We are legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget.”