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CISPA passes in the House, still faces resistance in the Senate and White House

The CISPA cybersecurity bill is back, and it passed the US House this morning. Now it will go on to the Senate and possibly the White House. The bill gives the government the authority to collect private computer and internet data without a warrant as a tool to fight cyberattacks and espionage, but most people are rightfully wary of letting the government snoop through our digital lives without warning or a warrant.

posted 18 April, 2013
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Watch a US military laser gun shoot a drone out of the sky

The US military has been experimenting pretty heavily lately with laser cannons that can use the power of lasers to pew pew missiles and aircraft straight out of the sky with a quickness.

This is how you diplomacy.

(Source: ziprage)

It’s 2013 and one Georgia high school is still having trouble holding an integrated prom

Thirteen years into the 21st century and schools across America have gotten used to racial integration for decades, for generations. Except at Wilcox County High in Georgia, where the school is integrated, but the prom is not. Even as some students try desperately to change this, students and parents alike, steeped in tradition, are determined not to change anything.

Lawrence Lessig on fixing America’s broken political system. There is also the companion TEDBook Lesterland: The Corruption of Congress and How to End It.

posted 03 April, 2013
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Turkish News Site Reports Destruction Of Washington, D.C. In Disturbingly Straightforward April Fools’ Story

This was the Turkish media’s idea of a cool April Fool’s Day story. It would have been funnier if the White House did it.

posted 02 April, 2013
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2020 US Census to try and move much of the tallying online

Two whole decades into the 21st century and the US Census Bureau has finally decided to move as much of its censusing online as it can by 2020. Why didn’t we do this in 2010? Bureaucracy and a fear that there are still too many people without regular internet access. There will still be paper censuses, but if you can complete one online you’ll be encouraged to. At least you don’t have to travel 100 miles over mountains and rivers to be counted.

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NK update: Mass rally in Pyongyang, NK government claims to have missiles aimed at US targets

North Korea seems to show no signs of backing off the crazy lately. There was a government sponsored, pro-Kim Jong Un rally in Pyongyang that drew a hundred thousand people, forced to march and sing and pump their fists in olive drab uniforms, singing about how happy they would be to tear Americans limb from limb.

B-2 Stealth Bombers fly to Korea and drop dummy bombs to send a message.

As North Korea continues to ramp up its rhetoric, the US has also been ramping up its presence in the region with high profile war games meant to show North Korea exactly the kind of destruction they would bring upon themselves if they attacked South Korea, Japan or US interests in the Pacific. As part of this deterrent effort, the US flew B2 bombers from Missouri to the Korean peninsula to drop dummy bombs, warning the North against going full retard.

IHC After Dark: Al-Qaeda’s connection to the Syrian insurgency with CIA support

The US has been kinda-not-so-covertly directly supporting the Syrian insurgency through arms and other weapons via the CIA, but this video alleges that many of these Syrian insurgents are directly linked to or are highly sympathetic of Al-Qaeda’s war on America and the CIA knows it.

Passions flare outside the Supreme Court as they review the legalities of same sex marriage

Today was the day that the US Supreme Court heard the first of the two cases that will determine the immediate future of gay marriage not only in California but across America. Hundreds and hundreds of people on both sides of the argument crowded the streets outside the Supreme Court building, trying to make their own public case for one side or the other.

The Israeli Embassy releases this bizarre Jib Jab style video preview of Barack Obama’s visit

And it’s even got the Golden Girls theme song. I hope this is a new trend in international politics.

On the verge of collapse, the city of Detroit is now run by an emergency financial manager

The governor of Michigan and the mayor of Detroit both agree it’s a last ditch effort, but with the city in decay and tens of billions of dollars in debt, the city is now under the control of an unelected emergency financial manager, whose decisions override any by the elected mayor or city council. Yes, in order for Detroit to survive at all, it’s now being run by a lawyer-czar. But it could be Detroit’s last hope.

Ten things that are easier than applying for Obamacare… like applying to set up a bank

The draft application for health insurance under Obamacare is out, and it’s long — 21 pages, to be exact. That’s close to ten times longer than an individual tax return, and significantly longer than an application for citizenship or a federal housing loan. It’s even longer than an application to establish a bank.

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CISPA passes in the House, still faces resistance in the Senate and White House

It’s 2013 and one Georgia high school is still having trouble holding an integrated prom

2020 US Census to try and move much of the tallying online

NK update: Mass rally in Pyongyang, NK government claims to have missiles aimed at US targets

B-2 Stealth Bombers fly to Korea and drop dummy bombs to send a message.

Passions flare outside the Supreme Court as they review the legalities of same sex marriage

On the verge of collapse, the city of Detroit is now run by an emergency financial manager

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