Have you tried arguing about it on the internet?
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Big protests set for early in week of NATO/G8 summits: With protests planned before and during the NATO/G8 summits, Ald. Rick Munoz says he’ll introduce legislation in the City Council to prohibit police from blocking access to social-networking sites and cellphone networks during the summits.
Under what conditions (if any) should authorities be able to restrict social media/cell phone networks?
Credit: infekted.it
I DON’T LIKE IT ANY MORE THAN YOU DO BUT UNTIL WE REPEAL THE PATRIOT ACT IT’S TECHNICALLY LEGAL.
I am amused.
Emanuel’s lawyers cite six “fundamental reasons” the lower court decision should be reversed.
The ruling is “squarely inconsistent” with prior high court decisions on residency; the restrictive view of the majority has no precedent; the ruling infringes on the rights of those in Emanuel’s situation to vote; there should only be one legal definition of “resided in” in state and municipal code; the new appellate court residency requirement creates too much uncertainty for candidates going forward; and it strips candidates of the provision that government service does not have a negative impact on residency.
We have truly made the world safe for democracy; unfortunately, we have made democracy unsafe for the world.
(Source: frontporchrepublic.com)
Leadership matters. Republicans nominated very right-wing candidates who seemed like plausible Senators in Florida and Pennsylvania. They won. They also nominated very right-wing candidates who seemed like lunatics in Nevada, Delaware and Alaska. They lost. (Well, Alaska’s not certain yet.) There is a lesson here: don’t nominate candidates who seem like lunatics. You would think this would be an easy lesson to learn.
You would think.
Did Facebook popularity help in predicting Election Night winners? An early sample of some of the hottest House and Senate races bodes well for the world’s largest social networking site. The Facebook political team’s initial snapshot of 98 House races shows that 74% of candidates with the most Facebook fans won their contests. In the Senate, our initial snapshot of 19 races shows that 81% of candidateswith the most Facebook fans won their contests. The U.S. Politics on Facebook Page (Facebook.com/USpolitics) will offer more comprehensive coverage later today. Stay tuned.
I’m guessing that the ultimate solution will involve mobile teams of salaried maintenance workers who will have access to low-cost transportation, lawn-mowing robots, and remote sensors.
I was hoping Obama would permanently improve the quality of campaign design. I was wrong (and I sent this to Mickey! For Free!).
This is good! He should have used it.
