Megaupload Fallout: Filesonic Kills Sharing Service

Seeded on Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:16 PM EST ()

Under the potential threats from U.S. law enforcement, FileSonic has ended its sharing abilities effective immediately. Users will be able to download content they uploaded but nothing more.

technology

U.S. Government Cares Not For Your SOPA Protest: Megaupload Shut Down Today, Workers Arrested

Seeded on Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:10 PM EST ()

The optics are incredible. Mere hours after the conclusion of a day of Internet protest that saw many of the web’s biggest sites formally protest or shut down outright for the upcoming Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), file sharing site Megaupload.com was shut down and remove …

politics

Ukraine's Former Prime Minister Sent to Prison Camp

Seeded on Mon Jan 2, 2012 8:37 PM EST ()

A prominent politician who stood against one allied with Russian interests suddenly finds herself starting 2012 in prison.

world-news

Portugal's Austerity Depression: PM Suggests Unemployed Abandon Country

Seeded on Mon Jan 2, 2012 12:21 PM EST ()

While Portugal’s journey from pre-recession unemployment to recession-unemployment heights hasn’t been as sharp as its European counterparts, its government certainly takes home the honors for least emphatic response to the concerns of the public.

world-news

Media Cocoons: Selective Obfuscation of the Real World

Seeded on Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:30 AM EST ()

Six out of seven episodes of the BBC's "Frozen Planet" are just fine for American consumption, so deems the Discovery Channel. The seventh, about climate change? Not so much.

Media Cocoons: It's Safe & Warm Inside

Seeded on Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:52 AM EST ()

Picking on cable television “news” is way, way too easy.

politics

The Ignorance of the "Just Get a Job" Sentiment

Seeded on Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:34 AM EST ()

Long before the Occupy Wall Street protests vaulted the canned response of “shut up and get a job” or “go occupy a job” into the quick response lexicon, there was a data-filled and depressing reality seemingly just out of range of day-to-day view …

economy, politics, unemployment, occupy-wall-street

Occupy Wall Street Isn't Here Because There's Nothing Better To Do

Seeded on Mon Nov 21, 2011 9:33 AM EST ()

If the same amount of effort put into policing and suppressing Occupy Wall Street was turned on the outrageously irresponsible practices of the firms that got us into this mess, there would be no need for Occupy Wall Street. Plain and simple.

politics, occupy-wall-street

The Times When Fandom Must Stop: Penn State

Seeded on Mon Nov 14, 2011 9:11 AM EST ()

There are certain situations where love for one’s team and one’s school just has to stop.

sports, penn-state, joe-paterno

For-profit disaster response. What could possibly go wrong?

Seeded on Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:31 AM EDT ()

With more than three full months still to go this year, the United States has already been the victim of ten separate billion dollar disasters. Flooding, tornadoes, blizzards, hurricanes, drought, the country has assuredly taken it on the chin this year.

politics

Bond Markets Beg U.S. to Borrow & Invest

Seeded on Wed Sep 7, 2011 9:40 AM EDT ()

Before the holiday weekend, on September 2nd, the interest rate on a 10-year U.S. treasury bond finished out the day at 1.99%.

economy, jobs, politics

The facade of religious extremism being the domain of only Muslims needs to end now

Seeded on Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:33 AM EDT ()

On July 22nd, a cold and calculated monster decided to make a political statement.

norway, terrorism, politics, racism, anders-behring-breivik

Nearly 94,000 start week laid off to appease Tea Party mentality

Seeded on Mon Jul 25, 2011 3:16 PM EDT ()

Coming soon: a higher unemployment rate. While thumbs continue to twiddle in Congress over the debt ceiling charade/debate/hostage situation, the House has seen fit to extend their desire to say no to any and all spending forever by targeting the Federal Aviation&n …

budget, politics, unemployment, faa, tea-party, austerity, faa-shutdown

"The ability to carry on routine financial business … would be lost."

Seeded on Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:55 PM EDT ()

Not some quote from a hand-wringing crazy person lurking in the swamps of the lower Potomac River, but the words of former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers when speaking about the effects of reaching the debt ceiling.

economy, politics, debt-ceiling

Proposed cuts to Census Bureau would prevent accurate economic reporting

Seeded on Fri Jul 15, 2011 2:09 PM EDT ()

With the current slash-and-burn everything (that isn’t defense-related) going full steam in the current Congress, an agency who has the responsibility of informing us of just how good or bad our economy is doing just happensto be one of the agencies finding a …

economy, budget, cuts, politics, census-bureau, gdp

Michigan declares 48 months of welfare retroactive to 2006 is enough for lifetime

Seeded on Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:14 PM EDT ()

The conservative government in the state of Michigan has decided to take a more… proactive… approach to dealing with financial shortfalls than other states or jurisdictions.

politics, michigan, welfare, recession, austerity

NOAA finds U.S. 0.5°f warmer than 10 years ago

Seeded on Thu Jul 7, 2011 11:12 AM EDT ()

Once every decade, NOAA revises the average temperatures across the nation, based on the latest decade’s worth of data.

global-warming, environment, climate-change, noaa

A New Country Setting Up For A New War

Seeded on Wed Jul 6, 2011 9:32 AM EDT ()

On Saturday July 9th, another phase of the long and bloody Second Sudanese Civil War will come to an end, as the southern three proviences of Sudan officially break away to become the world’s 193rd (or 204th, depending on how you count) nation.

war, sudan, africa, world-news, horn-of-africa, south-sudan

166 Times to the Stars, and That's a Wrap

Seeded on Tue Jul 5, 2011 9:37 AM EDT ()

Pending weather and other conditions that can delay such things, the Shuttle Atlantis is set to blast off from the Kennedy Space Center on Friday morning. The purpose of the 12 day flight will be a resupply mission to the International Space Station.

space-shuttle, politics, nasa, spaceflight

Reprehensible Republican Inaction & Climate Change

Seeded on Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:56 AM EDT ()

With the calendar year 2011 barely half over, the number of billion dollar disasters that have impacted the United States continues to rack up at a relentless pace. The Groundhog Day blizzard that brought a large swath of the central U.S.

global-warming, environment, climate-change

A War Whose Language Would Kinetically Enthuse Orwell

Seeded on Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:51 AM EDT ()

As the inspiring, peaceful Arab spring turned repressive and bloody on the streets of Tripoli and Benghazi in late February and early March, the world watched as a rag-tag band of rebels were being systematically routed back toward their last stranglehold and capital, days after …

libya, politics, civil-war, obama-administration

The Low Bar Set by Tearing Down Anthony Weiner

Seeded on Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:37 AM EDT ()

After two weeks of an embarrassing non-scandal scandal for now-former Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) that provided for some of the easiest comedic material for late night comedy programming since Lorena Bobbitt, the Democratic leadership in the House of Rep …

politics, scandal, anthony-weiner, andrew-brietbart

Climate Change, Loaded Dice, and 'Freak' Weather

Seeded on Mon May 2, 2011 6:27 AM EDT ()

From April 25th – 28th, a large and destructive tornado outbreak occurred across the southern Plains states as well as the Southeastern part of the country – bringing extremely violent tornadoes far outside their normal habitat in the traditional Tornado Alley a …

weather, environment, climate, tornado-outbreak

In Search of a Budget Fix: Missing Revenue

Seeded on Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:23 AM EDT ()

Among conservatives and other small-government minded individuals, a common complaint is that the full ability of our economy to recover from the late 2000′s crash is being restrained by taxes on business.

tax, budget, politics, deficit, corporations

The Right Call, Pending The Right Outcome

Seeded on Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:50 AM EDT ()

Last night President Obama took to the airwaves to deliver a speech outlining his rationale for the recent American-led military involvement in the Libya civil war, and its siding with the Libyan rebels.

libya, politics, war, obama, gaddafi

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