So much for my goal of becoming a more organized blogger in 2012. After two wicked storms featuring wild winds that delivered snow and freezing rain and toppled trees over the power lines leaving us without power for almost two days each time – I’m back. I have trashed my schedule and started over. Continue reading
My regular readers will be shocked to see my blog in black but there’s an important reason for that. Today Jane Wells made the Anti-SOPA announcement millions of WordPress.com bloggers have been waiting to hear. WordPress.com is joining, Reddit.com, Wikipedia.org, Boing Boing, Mozilla, and Google.com in the protest against Stop Online Piracy Act(SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) which are being discussed in Congress. Continue reading
There are two options: a “Stop Censorship” ribbon and a full blackout. The blackout portion will be in effect January 18 from 8am to 8pm EST, while the ribbon will be displayed until January 24. Here’s how to join in:
In a surprise move today, Representative Eric Cantor(R-VA) announced that he will stop all action on SOPA, effectively killing the bill. This move was most likely due to several things. One of those things is that SOPA and PIPA met huge online protest against the bills. Another reason would be that the White House threatened to veto the bill if it had passed. However, it isn’t quite time yet to celebrate, as PIPA(the Senate’s version of SOPA) is still up for consideration.
