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SOPA: Decisive Battle for Liberty
The underhanded effort to fundamentally alter the internet under the guise of protecting the copyrights of Hollywood and its transnational “entertainment” corporations was delivered a distinct set-back a few days ago when Congress retreated on its full-steam ahead effort to ram SOPA down our throats.
Faced with massive outrage and a political backlash, the Obama administration threatened a veto of the SOPA legislation and in response Congress shelved it.
Equally important is the battle to defeat PIPA, the Protect IP Act, which will soon be up for a vote. Congress needs to be told it must reject this legislation as well.
Even though the shelving of SOPA appears to be a victory, we cannot trust the government to not reintroduce the bill after sprucing it up as a kinder and gentler effort to rob of us our ability to freely disseminate information and speak our minds on the internet without fear of the censor’s truncheon crashing down. After all, in 2010 the government shut down 73,000 web sites under the cover of fighting copyright infringement.
We must continue to let our “representatives” in Congress know that in no uncertain terms will we accept any modification of the internet at the behest of large corporations and the globalists who intend by hook or by crook to neuter the only free communication medium left to the people.
Use the links below to contact Congress now and speak your mind:
Congress:
http://www.contactingthecongress.org/
http://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
Senate:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
STOP AMERICAN CENSORSHIP:
http://americancensorship.org/
Read the bills in full here:
SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act):
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h112-3261
PIPA (Protect IP Act):
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s112-968
YOU are the resistance.
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Why They Ignored the Jury In the Case of Wesley Snipes
by James Mcintosh on Friday, January 20, 2012 at 8:31pm
“free Wesley Snipes”
Why They Ignored The Jury
Part I
Taken from a presentation by Dr. James McIntosh at CEMOTAP celebrating Snipes as a Cub of the Historian John Henrik Clarke.
Wesley Snipes was targeted for incarceration for over several decades by all levels of law enforcement local, national and perhaps international. This article will speak about this targeting that began at the local level over 2 decades ago. Although current incarceration statistics support the fact that all Black males in general are targeted for incarceration, Wesley Snipes was targeted in a way above and beyond that. He was targeted in a way reserved for only those Blacks who commit what white supremacists consider certain unpardonable sins.
These sins include exhibiting defiance, exhibiting race consciousness, engaging in power seeking behaviors, engaging in independence seeking behaviors and engaging in revolutionary or consciousness raising behaviors. Any one of these behaviors has gotten Black men lynched by the media, the police, the government or sometimes just by mobs of white supremacists. Wesley Snipes over the decades not only exhibited one of these behaviors but all 5 of them.
Mr. Snipes first made his way on to the hit list of white supremacists on October 23, 1990. On that date Snipes criticized racism inside and outside of Hollywood in a published and widely distributed interview. Within 6 months of that interview. Los Angeles Police mistakenly identified the vehicle he was driving as stolen. Snipes found himself laid spread eagled on the ground by the LA police with a 9 millimeter gun pointed to his head. This was 39 days after another less famous man was beaten to a pulp by the same police department as they supposedly tried to spread eagle him. That man’s name was Rodney King. Intercepted radio broadcasts by the arresting cops in the King incident revealed one of the arresting cops initiating a discussion about King with the reference to GORILLAS IN THE MIST.
Two years later LAPD again arrested Snipes after he had a motorcycle accident.
Police found that Snipes had a 9 millimeter pistol. How did they find it? See if you can figure out from these media accounts.
An Important Message from 1&1 Regarding SOPA
You may have heard about Protect-IP (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) currently under consideration in Congress. If passed, among other things, SOPA requires Web hosting companies like 1&1 to police websites in
order to prevent them from communicating copyrighted information on the internet. We would like to make sure you are aware of 1&1’s official position on SOPA.
As a global provider of domains and hosting services, we oppose the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) or Protect-IP (PIPA) Acts currently under consideration. While we observe the concerns of those who are troubled by the potential impact on protecting intellectual property online, 1&1 feels there is an urgent need to strike a balance between dissemination of and access to information and protection against its illegal use within the public domain.
The US government is currently reviewing SOPA and PIPA as possible ways to prevent unlawful distribution of copyrighted materials available on the internet. These current proposals, if passed, would allow for significant
interventions into the technological and economical basis of the internet. This could put the vast benefits and economic opportunities of entirely legal and legitimate e-business models at risk. Generally, companies offering technological services should not be forced to be the executor of authority in such matters. If they were to act upon every implication of content infringement without any judicial research into the actual usage of its customers, the integrity behind their customer’s freedom of information and speech would be enormously harmed.
1&1 Internet, Inc. has worked through associations and with related companies to ensure that these aspects are taken into account. Thus, we welcome the serious consideration by the US Congress of the potential harmful effects on Internet freedom should SOPA and / or PIPA be passed as law, and hope the stability of the Internet’s domain name system (DNS)
remains intact.
We encourage every Internet user concerned about these plans to contribute to the debate and to raise their voice with their local representatives in the House or Senate. One way to express your concerns could be to use one of the websites that emerged to protect user interests in the current legislative debate, such as http://fightforthefuture.org/.
At 1&1 we support you, our customer, and an open internet. If you find that you are supporting a company that encourages SOPA and wish to drop them as a provider, please follow the simple instructions contained on the website
linked below.
Thank you for being one of our extremely valued customers, and for taking the time to read this.
Best regards,
Frederick Iwans
General Manager 1&1 Internet Inc.
Fight SOPA! Move Your Domain to 1&1!
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Monday Funny (aka REALLY???!!!)
I have decided that this is funnier than it is creepy. The Zombies are coming and we’re concerned with this? Actually the design is quite beautiful and people might be taking this a little too seriously. I’d just hate to be the person living in one of those middle apartments if the ground decided to start moving.
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Unannounced Verizon Emergency Alert Causes Panic In New Jersey
Scared citizens flood 911 boards with anxious calls
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Monday, December 12, 2011
An unannounced test of a soon to be mandatory emergency alert system caused panic in New Jersey today after Verizon customers received text messages warning them that a “civil emergency” was in progress and to “take shelter,” prompting alarmed citizens to flood 911 lines with anxious calls.
However, media reports concerning the alarm completely ignore the fact that Verizon was almost certainly running a test for the federal government’s soon to be mandatory PLAN alert program, which the company has signed up for.
“A mass text message warning New Jersey cell phone users of a “civil emergency” was sent out by Verizon Wireless earlier today,” reports the New Jersey Star-Ledger. Verizon Wireless later apologized to its customers for causing alarm.
The alert message included the text “U.S. Govern,” suggesting to customers the text had come from the federal government itself, which undoubtedly fueled the panic.
Black & White Portraits of the Homeless – Lee Jeffries
(c) 2010 Lee Jeffries. All rights reserved
Lee Jeffries lives in Manchester in the United Kingdom. Close to the professional football circle, this artist starts to photograph sporting events. A chance meeting with a young homeless girl in the streets of London changes his artistic approach forever.
Lee Jeffries recalls that, initially, he had stolen a photo from this young homeless girl huddled in a sleeping bag. The photographer knew that the young girl had noticed him but his first reaction was to leave. He says that something made him stay and go and discuss with the homeless girl. His perception about the homeless completely changes. They become the subject of his art.
The models in his photographs are homeless people that he has met in Europe and in the United States: «Situations arose, and I made an effort to learn to get to know each of the subjects before asking their permission to do their portrait.» From then onwards, his photographs portray his convictions and his compassion to the world. [Source: YellowKorner.com]
Lee Jeffries career began as a sports photographer, capturing the beautiful game of football in Manchester. Then a chance meeting with a homeless woman living in the streets of London changed his life forever. He has since dedicated himself to capturing gripping portraits of the disenfranchised.
Shooting exclusively in black and white, Lee Jeffries’ 135+ pictures can be viewed in his Flickr Photostream. The majority are closeup portraits with incredible detail. Each photograph exudes so much raw character and depth, you find yourself studying each shot with great intensity. Below is a sample of his large collection, the Sifter strongly recommends you check out his entire set on Flickr.
Patrice O’Neal Died
Patrice O’Neal, a fixture in the New York comedy scene for two decades who was most recently seen in the Comedy Central Roast Of Charlie Sheen, has passed away according to sources close to the comedian.
Talk show host Opie of the Opie & Anthony Radio Show tweeted this morning, “Yes, it’s true that our pal Patrice O’Neal has passed away. The funniest and best thinker I’ve ever known PERIOD.”
O’Neal suffered a stroke in October after a long battle with diabetes. The announcement about his condition was made by a group of his comedian friends and peers on the popular Sirius radio show, but few details have been made known since then at the wishes of his family.
Occupy This!
This one comes from Lee…
Women Of Egypt This picture from Tahrir Square gives a sense of the scale of the protesters, with Reuters reporting some 20,000 people have packed into the area.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/
Al Jazeera’s Live Blog :
http://
David Icke talks with Luke Rudkowski at Occupy Wall Street
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VICEwwilk-Q&feature=player_embedded&noredirect=1
