cynicallyliftingamazon:

Wealth Inequality in America (x)

And they are willing to spend fractions of that wealth to purchase politicians in order to facilitate the continuing lunacy of this system.

Link FCC chairman skeptical of Obama’s call to treat broadband as a utility [Updated] | Ars Technica

<blockquote>What you want is what everyone wants: an open Internet that doesn’t affect your business,” Wheeler told attendees of the meeting, according to the Post’s sources. “What I’ve got to figure out is how to split the baby.</blockquote>

But what he is conveniently forgetting that when your business is internet delivery, an open internet is in direct conflict with your business. There is no “split the baby” here. There are people who do business ON the internet, and there are people who’s business IS the internet. The purpose of the FCC in this case is to regulate those whose business IS the internet for the people who’s business is ON the internet.

Conceeding a neutral internet and letting internet providers make up their own rules, when there is little to no competition in the market is going to really kneecap what the internet is to most people today.

Link AT&T to “pause” 100-city fiber buildout because of net neutrality rules | Ars Technica

AT&T might not get their way. So they are going to put a gun to the head of a hostage.

However, citizens shouldn’t be spectators in their own democracy, and I think the “mandate” question suggests a more active role by the electorate — it’s a conceit that the electorate has spoken to endorse the views of the winning candidates. In this case, there has been an acquiescence. With votes from something like 16-17% of eligible citizens, the winning candidates obviously have the right to govern; but any claim that we can discern the “will of the people” from this election is disingenuous. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn’t. The people simply have not spoken. They stayed home instead.

Historically low turnout - Doug Masson

The more depressing implication / extrapolation here is that the conservatives “care” more about the government, enough to show up to vote at least.  Those who would have voted for a non-GOP candidate, where its particularly important in a state like Indiana (to the agendas that I agree with at least), obviously stayed home.

Some might see it as cute that liberals only turn up to vote for presidential elections, but somebody is going to have to kick the rest of them in the ass and make them get out and vote in these midterms, or we’re going to be stuck with this split government that’s stuck in neutral (or reverse) forever.

edwardspoonhands:

oatmeal:

I wrote a letter to Ted Cruz explaining how Net Neutrality ACTUALLY works.  Read the full thing here.

GOD BLESS THE OATMEAL!

Indeed!

edwardspoonhands:

oatmeal:

I wrote a letter to Ted Cruz explaining how Net Neutrality ACTUALLY works.  Read the full thing here.

GOD BLESS THE OATMEAL!

Indeed!

liberalsarecool:

Some Americans are incapable of understanding and appreciating the positives of Obama. They must deny reality and create narratives of fear and mistrust.
Now that the elections are over, ebola and ISIS will go away. Their use was to scare Americans and distract the shallow end of the voting pool, AKA ‘white rural voters’. It worked.

Yep.

liberalsarecool:

Some Americans are incapable of understanding and appreciating the positives of Obama. They must deny reality and create narratives of fear and mistrust.

Now that the elections are over, ebola and ISIS will go away. Their use was to scare Americans and distract the shallow end of the voting pool, AKA ‘white rural voters’. It worked.

Yep.

Nov 9

soylentgreenispeople:

This is supposed to be a Halloween outfit, but fuck it, I’ll wear this around my apartment.

I have to imagine this was how the megazord battles in Power Rangers was born.

Nov 8

In case you did not know…

squashed:

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is suing for-profit colleges for things like duping students into loans for a worthless education. In one case the college told investors it anticipated a 64% default rate on the loans.

The CFPB is basically the best thing ever. (Side note: a lot of people who just got elected want to kill it. Because corporations should be free to rip off students.)

I’m curious just how much damage the GOP will be able to inflict in two years; some to be sure.  I’m curious what their platform will be in 2016…

Nov 8
youngblackandvegan:

lol he dropped that phone like he was in an infomercial 

I love these!

youngblackandvegan:

lol he dropped that phone like he was in an infomercial 

I love these!

Nov 7

Want.