I need a new damn mouse. It’s being such a pain in the ass. New random problem: When I middle click to open a link in a new tab, sometimes it sends two click actions and it opens that tab twice. Happens like 30% of the time What the hell… So annoying.
Faux News – The USS Abraham Lincoln on Sunday passed through the Strait of Hormuz — the first time a US aircraft carrier has been through the strategic waterway since Iran threatened to close it earlier this month.
This is it folks! Your next Iraq and Afghanistan in the making. We’re going to war! I guarantee it. You heard it here first. It’s what the United States does. All of the rednecks in the south love war and politicians who initially speak out against it get paid off by some machine to keep declaring illegally starting wars that never end.
Also:
The US Navy said the passage of the vessel was “routine” and had been completed without incident. ”USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) completed a regular and routine transit of the Strait of Hormuz, Jan. 22, to conduct maritime security operations as scheduled and in support of requirements set by the combatant commander,” a statement from Naval Forces Central Command said.
Bullshit. It wasn’t routine. How about you don’t send two aircraft carriers to an area to begin with. Does anyone understand fucking history. Like the whole World War I powder keg thing and the Lucitania? Same shit. You can’t just go putting aircraft carriers in someone’s waters without being militaristic. I’m pretty sure the U.S would flip a shit if some other country started sending their aircraft carriers to US waters.
The thing is… Obama is not anti war even though he said he was his whole campaign. All Republicans except Ron Paul are all for attacking Iran. And because Obama has a 79% chance of getting reelected, and Ron Paul has a 0% chance of getting the Republican nomination, even if some other Republican beats Obama, it doesn’t matter. Someone is going to go to war with Iran.
I just want fucking gasoline to not be $8.50 a gallon, which it will be soon ($9.50 in NY because they tax your balls off). First, you have the European Union putting oil embargoes, sanctions and all that shit on Iran and fucking with the world economy. Fuck Iran. Let them develop nuclear shit, just like other countries have done. It doesn’t mean they’re going to attack people with them. They can’t get anywhere near the United States. This is a country that’s been at conflict since the 70s. U.S intervention now isn’t going to fix anything.
Happy Monday!
I’m a little bit late to post this, but if you haven’t heard, FileSonic (a leading file storage and sharing site) removed file sharing ability for every single file hosted by its users. Only the owners of each file can access their data after logging it. . This effectively broke millions of download links throughout the internet. So what caused this change?
The people running the site did not admit, why but it is very clear: The MegaUpload raid/ legal action. The FileSonic admins shit their pants and were like “What do we do – we don’t want to get arrested, fined $10 million and put in jail for 5 years. Oh, let’s just not let anyone share files anymore and make it a storage only service for individual users.”
This is what I am calling indirect censorship. The establishment is inciting fear by making examples of other sites with harsh punishment, lawsuits and jail time. This effectively trickles down and scares other startups and people running similar sites. Ultimately, big business and lobbyists win. This is exactly what they are trying to do. It’s only a matter of time before other services like this will be voluntarily shut down by site owners who do not want to get into any trouble.
The same way MegaUpload was shut down, what about Amazon Cloud (cloudfront and s3)? Thousands of startups rely on these services to inexpensively host user uploaded content. Suppose the users upload pirated material? Does that mean we seize the website of the startup? Does that mean we
You don’t need legislation like SOPA and PIPA to hinder creativity. The US already has that ability. Tech startups are booming again. It will not last forever, since economies and industries all boom and bust. History WILL repeat itself and there WILL be another dot com bust – I don’t know when. No one wants to admit that, because things are looking great right now. With all this censorship and the fact that the government can just shut down any site for any nonsensical reason – mark my words “the internet as we know it now will be destroyed.”
Edit: Like 8 more sites shut down: http://torrentfreak.com/cyberlocker-ecosystem-shocked-as-big-players-take-drastic-action-120123/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Torrentfreak+%28Torrentfreak%29&utm_content=Google+Reader See!
Side note: Hey look. A blog post that intelligently discusses an issue and isn’t vulgar smut… I’m trying to tone it down a notch. I’ve been a little too aggressive. Batstool was rubbing off on me.
