Attempted Copyright Infringement

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Tuesday May 15, 2007 · 5:27 PM PDT

2007/05/15 · 17:27

Copyright and Intellectual Property holders are all smiles today as the United States Government looks to further align its laws with the profit motives of the RIAA and MPAA

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is pressing the U.S. Congress to enact a sweeping intellectual-property bill that would increase criminal penalties for copyright infringement, including "attempts" to commit piracy.

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Thursday February 16, 2006 · 2:54 PM PST

2006/02/16 · 14:54

Wouldn't it be nice to never again hear about some outrageous detail slipped into legislation at the last minute by Frist and company, or some Stealth Legislation hid in the Budget? I think that both parties are probably guilty of such shenanigans, and that if the Dem's were in power, we'd be getting hit over the heard in regards to pork-barrel spending and other questionable legislation. Congress has two responsibilities, oversight and legislation. Why is it that we continually hear about last minute additions and deletions, log-rolling, and the like. Why is it that in the information age, where our representatives can reach out to their constituencies with little more than a few button clicks, we only get to read legislation after it has passed? And Our respresentatives feign indignation, when in reality it is often their abdication of responsibility that allows such shenanigans to pass. How about a Read the Bill Act? Read More

Filibuster Poll

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Thursday January 26, 2006 · 10:12 AM PST

2006/01/26 · 10:12

Reading Kos's Front page about Polls, I decided to to Run my own poll. Read More

VA judge raises burden of proof for DUI

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Thursday October 27, 2005 · 7:48 AM PDT

2005/10/27 · 07:48

A Fairfax country judge has been dismissing DUI/DWI cases because he believes that the DUI/DWI laws unfairly presume guilt, and the US Constitution makes clear that people are "innocent until proved guilty" and the Burden of proof is on the Government.
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