Update: Voted! Passed 293-129. Today the House votes on a new compromise FISA Bill that will make the NSA’s formerly questionable activities—like spying on Americans—legal, and will grant conditional..
It’s ok, go back to watching Americans Idle. Nothing to see here. We’ve just gotten the Telcos (Friends of Bush) off the hook for spying. Oh yeah, […]
U.S. House Blocks $163 Billion for War in Iraq 15 May 2008 The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a plan to spend $163 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan after anti-war Democrats and Republicans who objected to Democratic tactics refused to support the measure. Lawmakers defeated the measure by a 149 […]
The US House of Representatives has passed the PRO-IP bill, authorizing seizure of equipment used to `steal music’.
This means that if you are accused of pirating music, your computer can be seized.
