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    I urge you to oppose CISPA cybersecurity bill (H.R. 3523). CISPA would trample on decades of privacy law, allowing companies to spy on our online communications and pass all kinds of sensitive data to the government. That information could end up in …more

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  • by davidswanson May 8, 2012 - 2:37pm
    On March 9th the Federal Aviation Administration requested comments from the public on drone test sites.  On May 8th, lengthy comments were submitted by Not 1 More Acre! and Purgatoire, Apishapa & Comanche Grassland Trust.  The FAA …more
  • by davidswanson May 1, 2012 - 2:09pm
    There's a new Atrocity Prevention Board in town, and its chief tool for preventing atrocities will be . . . wait for it . . . atrocities!  What a breakthrough! And this clown is forming a tentative life partnership with an unbelievably …more
  • by davidswanson May 1, 2012 - 11:37am
    Medea Benjamin will speak at Random Row Books in Charlottesville, Va. at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 4th. Random Row Books315 West Main Street Charlottesville, VA 22902434-295-2493 Free. Open to the Public. Medea Benjamin is cofounder of Global …more
  • by davidswanson April 30, 2012 - 7:51pm
    Two key steps have helped to ruin May Day in the United States.  First, Labor Day was created at a completely different time of year -- labor day without the struggle, labor day without the history, labor day without the labor movement. …more
  • by davidswanson April 30, 2012 - 9:36am
    Sibel Edmonds' new book, "Classified Woman," is like an FBI file on the FBI, only without the incompetence. The experiences she recounts resemble K.'s trip to the castle, as told by Franz Kafka, only without the pleasantness and humanity.  I' …more
  • by davidswanson April 29, 2012 - 9:25am
    They told me I was the best, better than any human.  I didn't hesitate.  I didn't flinch.  I didn't think.  It wouldn't have occurred to me to think.  I'd been taught to value obedience above all else, and I did so, and …more