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The Daily Word in what happened in 2011, what's coming in 2012, a divorce over something that happened in the 1940's

E.J. Maliskas [ Fri Dec 30 2011 9:19 AM ]

Beloved elderly man dies in the cold on his porch in La Mesilla, NM.

New state laws for 2012 bring about happy hour bans, fire-breathing regulations and more.

Canadian drug found successful in treating ovarian cancer.

99-year-old Italian man divorcing his wife of 77 years over her 1940's affair.

Anti-theft butt cheek recognition car seats.

Amazon, Facebook and Google consider a coordinated anti-SOPA blackout.

Target becomes target (hehe) for large public gathering of breast-feeding moms.

CNN's top stories of 2011.

Too bad Christmas is over: I would have wanted a Batman iPod dock with built in taser.

Let's make some New Year's Eve resolutions.

Fox apologizes to Jews for Facebook poll on Jesus' death.

Words of comfort: Russia test fires long-range missile with new warhead.

Apparently Rihanna's forehead has its own Uncyclopedia page.

Thanks C!

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coordinated blackout [ Fri Dec 30 2011 10:50 AM ]

The blackout the coalition is considering isn't an "anti-piracy" statement. You've almost got it backwards; it's more of an anti-censorship statement (though even that understates it). There's a bill in the House called SOPA which is ostensibly intended for fighting piracy, which would grant IP holders radical new powers which would not be limited to dealing with infringing material. The effect will be tons of collateral damage, like what happened with DMCA. It's that lack of limitation and focus which has pretty much everyone on the internet feeling so threatened.
Not enough people are complaining to their reps about it, yet everyone (especially internet-related companies) is going to suffer from it if enacted, so almost all big players on the internet are trying to recruit the public into helping to lobby against it.
I apologize [ Fri Dec 30 2011 11:28 AM ]

I clearly misinterpreted (or perhaps even skipped over) the article's main point. Thanks for the clarification, sloppy.
Venture Beat sheds a bit more light on the potential blackout.
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If she had told him in the 40's, they'd probably still be married. [ Fri Dec 30 2011 12:31 PM ]

He could have just given her a good slap, called her whore and sent her back into the kitchen to make him a sandwich.
Ah, simpler times.