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Instantly Tweet Your Representatives & Senators To Stop #SOPA & #PIPA

Shoq — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:48:30 +0000

Hit 'em all with just a few clicks. Takes 30 seconds.

Register your extreme displeasure about the preposterously stupid internet killer legislation knowing as #PIPA, now before the Senate.

SOPA, the House bill has been tabled, but only for now, so you want to let your Representatives know how you feel about it

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The Supercommittee Will Probably Fail. Hoorah!

Shoq — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:36:29 +0000

Remember all that hysteria from the pro-left …

…about how the Supercommittee would be the end of social security and medicare as we know it? Well, many pragmatists (like me) were trying to explain that the entire concept came about because Obama totally outmaneuvered the Republicans, forcing a deal that would result in precisely

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Meet Dr. David M. House (aka @Axiarch) of @Twitterleaks

Shoq — Mon, 30 May 2011 01:32:34 +0000

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There I was, out enjoying some well deserved sunshine on a lovely South Florida Memorial Day weekend, when, against my better judgment, I happened to peek at my Twitter timeline appearing on my ever-present Android mobile phone. Prominently littering my stream were many tweets from one David M. House (aka @axiarch),

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On America’s Obligation To The United Nations In The Libyan Crisis

Shoq — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:25:24 +0000

There is a lot of misinformation going around the social media space about whether President Obama (who resisted being pulled into this Libyan conflict), is legally allowed to commit U.S. Military forces to the conflict without the authorization of the United States Congress.

While I would welcome any input that corrects my understanding, it is currently

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What Is A Nuclear Meltdown, And Why Our Planet Doesn’t Want To Meet One

Shoq — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 06:30:57 +0000

It's been 32 years since the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island, and 25 years since the deadly mishap in Chernobyl made the public understand what a "nuclear meltdown" might actually mean. This first video trailer will get you in touch with the inner dread that we all felt back then. While

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Primer: Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami News and Resources

Shoq — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:02:28 +0000

Got links? Please tweet them to @shoq. I will add them here.

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Primer: Toward A Koch Industries Boycott

Shoq — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:30:09 +0000

Rumblings of Boycotts are Not Boycotts

As I suspected would happen, the Koch boycott idea is gaining traction fast. That's why I hacked together this primer last week, hoping to encourage and/or report on more formalized embodiments of the idea as they emerged. I still haven't learned of one worth repeating, but I expect to any

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America Workers Vs Multi-Billionaires: Latest Video Volley From Jasiri X

Shoq — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:47:29 +0000

My new BFF, Jasiri X, whose last hit, "What If The Teaparty Was Black," was one of my most popular links this year, isn't a household name yet. But I sure want to do my part to help him get there. So I asked him for reprint permission on the lyrics to this, his

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Loaded For Bear, Tea Party Again Shoots Self In Foot

Shoq — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 01:17:21 +0000

When my friend Karoli at Crooks and Liars broke the the Mark Williams story by tweeting his "let's all infiltrate the SEIU, and do to them what they do to us" page, I immediately smelled a stunt and told her that I felt we should ignore it. Great reporter that she is, she basically agreed,

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We’re Finally Seeing Red: Show A Twitter Solidarity Tributar

Shoq — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:10:05 +0000

UPDATE/NOTE: Twitter has a very poorly-timed bug. If you're having trouble changing your avatar, see note below.

I so rarely do this, but as I wrote in a post last week, and detailed in my primer on the crisis, what is happening in Wisconsin is too important to not do everything that we

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