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CISPA Vote of the Day: CISPA — the most unpopular bill on the Internet, no matter what Facebook says — passed late Thursday with a 248-168 vote in the GOP-controlled House.
What you might have missed, helpfully pointed out by Forbes‘ Andy Greenberg:
Even before it passed, the House voted to amend the bill to actually allow even more types of private sector information to be shared with government agencies, not merely in matters of cybersecurity or national security, but in the investigation of vaguely defined cybersecurity “crimes,” “protection of individuals the danger of death or serious bodily harm,” and cases where that involve the protection of minors from exploitation.
The CISPA fight now heads to the Democrat-controlled Senate. If the bill manages to reach his desk, President Obama has threatened a veto.
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CISPA Vote of the Day: CISPA — the most unpopular bill on the Internet, no matter what Facebook says — passed late Thursday with a 248-168 vote in the GOP-controlled House.
What you might have missed, helpfully pointed out by Forbes‘ Andy Greenberg:
Even before it passed, the House voted to amend the bill to actually allow even more types of private sector information to be shared with government agencies, not merely in matters of cybersecurity or national security, but in the investigation of vaguely defined cybersecurity “crimes,” “protection of individuals the danger of death or serious bodily harm,” and cases where that involve the protection of minors from exploitation.
The CISPA fight now heads to the Democrat-controlled Senate. If the bill manages to reach his desk, President Obama has threatened a veto.
I think that the entire world should be ashamed of what’s happening here. Everybody is just silent and looking at us being slaughtered every moment for no reason — just for asking for our freedom. Everybody is looking at us like this. We are slaughtered. Russia has (called) for a veto. China has gone for veto. The rest of the world are condemning this veto, and what else? Looking at us?
…We are getting killed every moment. We are not able even just to get even some basic medicine to injured people. Children are really hungry — I swear, children are hungry. No power. No fuel. So cold. It’s too much, for God’s sake — this is too much.
…You kill people for what? Isn’t it enough? You think we can stop? We will go back. (You) will stop this revolution? If you want to stop this revolution, you are going to have to kill three, four million people. Are you able to do so? Well, you are able. But we will not finish… We will stay, and we will keep this revolution.
Syrian revolutionary ZAIDOUN, on the bloodbath in his country, during a phone interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper. (via thearabspringrevolutions)
And where is the US response? We’ll gladly invade Afganistan and Iraq and threaten Iran under a Republican president, yet bitch at the Democrat for going along with a UN coalition in Libya, and let’s just ignore Syria?
I take it Syria has no oil? (And, of course, never attacked the US (verbally or physically) on network TV.)
Abraham Lincoln, Letter to Joshua Speed, 1855
Watching Republicans parse who deserves rights and freedoms always makes me think of this quote … from the man who would be the first Republican president.
(via politicalprof)
(via agirlcalledchris)
RELIEF Jubilation erupted among residents of Benghazi, Libya following the announcement of a United Nations resolution that would allow for airstrikes and a no-fly zone against forces loyal to Col. Muammar Qaddafi. (Photo: AFP-Getty via the Daily Mail)
The Arab League called on the United Nations Security Council to impose a no-fly zone over Libya to stop air attacks by forces loyal to Muammar Qaddafi, Egyptian state television reported.
The appeal was made during a meeting today in Cairo, according to the channel, as Arab leaders gathered to discuss options to halt the burgeoning civil war in neighboring Libya. Syria, Yemen and Algeria opposed the proposal, Al-Jazeera television reported, citing unidentified diplomats.
“The dangers are plenty and the Arab League has to bear its responsibility to avoid the descent into civil war or unneeded foreign intervention” in Libya, Yusuf bin Alawi, Oman’s foreign minister, said before the Cairo meeting. “An Arab intervention is needed using the tools of the Arab League and within the confines of international legitimacy.”
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he’s dispatching a special envoy to Tripoli this weekend in an effort to stop the violence and seek access for humanitarian aid. The European Union will assess the “efficiency” of economic sanctions on individuals and entities in Libya before deciding on further measures such as a no-fly zone, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said today.
Ashton will fly to Cairo tomorrow to meet with Arab League leaders and discuss the situation, she said after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Hungary. A majority of leaders at a European Union summit in Brussels yesterday were “very reluctant” to launch military action sought by rebels and agreed that a no-fly zone would need UN and Arab support, Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker told reporters.
I’ve been wondering whatever happened to Libya on tumblr. I haven’t heard much this week at all. I guess even here, old news is old news. That or I’m not following the right blogs. (Yeah, the only dedicated news blog I follow, I think, is inothernews, so maybe I should look into that.)
Wow. Just since December in little Tunisia.
Part of me wants to go out and shout “WILLIAM!!!’ and joust someone.
(As I sit in my comfy office chair in front of my own personal computer looking forward to some ice cream… I may be unemployed and penniless, but I certainly am spoiled compared to those sacrificing their lives for freedom in the Middle East.)
(Yet I am also excited to “see” it happen.)
Too bad they didn’t have HD and color. And better audio. But still a strong message.
