Edit: Turns out that this is in fact photoshopped and the kids wearing the “O” and “M” were swapped. Am I sad that it wasn’t real? Yes. Is it still damn funny? Yes.

Source: Mitt Romney’s New Campaign Slogan?

Source: Whenever I hear about the Koch brothers, this is who I picture in my head.

Source: Why you should support SOPA / PIPA

Source: TGIF!

Note: The latest news on this front is that SOPA has been indefinitely shelved in the Congress, but PIPA still lives on in the Senate. This fight is not over and this does not affect my plans for a blackout.

For those of you unaware that the future of the Internet is at stake, following infographic will fill you in.

Source: SOPA / PIPA Infographic & The January 18th Blackout

Source: 2012 US Terrorist Identification Chart

What did liberals do that was so offensive to the Republican Party? I’ll tell you what they did. Liberals got women the right to vote. Liberals got African-Americans the right to vote. Liberals created Social Security and lifted millions of elderly people out of poverty. Liberals ended segregation. Liberals passed the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act. Liberals created Medicare. Liberals passed the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act.

What did Conservatives do? They opposed them on every one of those things, every one. So when you try to hurl that label at my feet, ‘Liberal,’ as if it were something to be ashamed of, something dirty, something to run away from, it won’t work, because I will pick up that label and I will wear it as a badge of honor.

-Lawrence O’Donnell Jr.

Source: Lawrence O’Donnell On Being A Liberal

Lately, however, our ever-productive Congress has been pushing through bills that would allow the government to set up “The Great Firewall” of the United States, under the guise of stopping online piracy. These bills, known as the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate, have caused outrage throughout the Internet. They’ve even summoned opposition from some impressively large websites, including Google, Twitter, Facebook, Wikipedia, and many more. It was Reddit, however, that has so far made the biggest news in the fight against SOPA/PIPA, by targeting it’s supporters. As it turns out, GoDaddy is not only a large supporter of the bill, but they have had at least a small part in drafting it. There is even an exemption included in the bill for registrars such as GoDaddy. Reddit organized and promoted a mass migration away from GoDaddy in to the arms of another registrar that is anti-SOPA/PIPA. Likely the largest single benefactor of this mass exodus has been a company called Namecheap. Not only are they against the bills, but they openly publicize it on the top of their site and offer a nice coupon code (STOPsopa) to give you a discount on the transfer of new domains. (Note: Since this all started, GoDaddy has first dismissed the boycott, then backpedaled a bit on their support, and most recently they claim to oppose the bill entirely. I know bullshit when I see it.)

Based on how open they are with their opposition and how good their pricing is, Namecheap is who I chose as the new registrar for Chai Life and all of my other domains. I quickly created an account and started the ball rolling. Although I’ve only been a customer of theirs for a day now, I have already noticed two major differences between Namecheap and GoDaddy. First and foremost, the upsells were extremely mild, at worst. Do they offer features above and beyond what I was looking for? Of course they do and I would expect them to at least let me know that they are available. GoDaddy’s strategy, however, is akin to throwing shit at a fan. At times, GoDaddy even attempts to trick you in to paying for more than what you want/need by having added “features” checked by default or making them appear essential. Secondly, Namecheap’s interface is so clean and organized. Everything I’ve needed to do has been easy to find and simple to understand. GoDaddy’s domain manager is the exact opposite and their website in general is a cluserfuck of horrible design choices.

Although my tiny account will not be the straw that breaks GoDaddy’s back, I am proud to have done my part. Now it’s your turn.

Source: So long GoDaddy, and good riddance.

Then they came for the 4th amendment,
and I didn’t speak out because I had no reason to be arrested.

Then they came for the 2nd amendment,
and I didn’t speak out because I owned no weapons.

Then they came for the 1st amendment,
 
 

Source: First they came for the 5th amendment…

This is what has been happening to American politics, with the top 1% making the rules reinforced by a right-leaning Supreme Court’s rulings on cases such as Citizens United. For a long time now, even before the Citizens United ruling, corporate and personal wealth has held far more sway over politics on both sides of the aisle than the actual best interests of the masses. It is time for that to stop. I don’t know if we have reached it quite yet, but we are approaching the tipping point where the 99% have finally had enough of the lies and deception. The time is coming for the 99% make the rules for the next round.

Source: The Occupy Movement Explained Simply