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Why is it those who are often the most vocal about shrinking the size of government…

Why is it those who are often the most vocal about shrinking the size of government and reducing taxes are also often the biggest beneficiaries of government largesse?

The human capacity for "Do as I say, not as I do" is quite remarkable. Take the case of Ki Gulbranson, a Minnesota shopowner that makes $39,000 [...]

When Maggie Gallagher said on +Up with Chris Hayes this morning that she was not…

When Maggie Gallagher said on +Up with Chris Hayes this morning that she was not opposed to "marriage equality" just to "same-sex marriage" that was a distinction without a difference.

How can you have marriage equality if any two individuals that want to be together can't get married. Does she maybe favor polygamy as [...]

Paulo Coehlo is living proof that we don't need more anti-piracy laws

He made a very healthy living after "pirating" his own book by posting it on thepiratebay.org. Once readers had the opportunity to experience his writing for free, word spread and people actually started buying his books and made them bestsellers.

#acta #sopa #pipa

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Straight from the horse's mouth, take that wingnuts

Straight from the horse's mouth, take that wingnuts

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Eastwood Calls Criticism of Chrysler Ad “Daydreaming” Actor/Director Clint Eastwood is firing back at those who criticized his “Halftime in America” Chrysler ad.

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Excellent news for the web! Now we need to go back revisit the pantent granting process…

Excellent news for the web! Now we need to go back revisit the pantent granting process and get examiners to outright reject patents that are either obvious, vague or duplicate ideas that have already been produced.

Reshared post from +Tim O’Reilly It's so great to see the Eolas patent struck down. We had firsthand knowledge [...]

Without doubt the highlight of the current presidential campaign has been Bad Lip…

Without doubt the highlight of the current presidential campaign has been Bad Lip Reading and here is the latest effort. #indecision2012

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It's really tragic that religious groups in this country make it so politically…

It's really tragic that religious groups in this country make it so politically suicidal for Americans to come forward and admit that they don't believe in a higher power. As a result we get almost every politician feeling like they have to pander to church-goers just so they don't get shouted down by the radicals [...]

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder shuffles the deck chairs again

Since his election last November, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has consistently proven himself to be little more than a shill for his conservative corporate pals. But his latest proposal really boggles the mind. Michigan has among the worst roads in the entire nation and we have no money to fix them (or any of the [...]

John Voelker takes a good look at the so-called "reporting" on Fisker and…

John Voelker takes a good look at the so-called "reporting" on Fisker and its DoE loans since last week. The trigger for all this was the release of the EPA efficiency estimates for the Karma, Fisker's first product which I wrote about at the time.

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In short, while the Karma's numbers are disappointing, [...]

Ideas are not property

In the days before the G8 summit in France last week, French president Nicolas Sarkozy decided to invite influential people from the technology and content fields to discuss the role of the internet in society in a forum dubbed eG8.  Unfortunately what Sarkozy had in mind was less of an open discussion on modern [...]