Lowering flags of convenience for fish poachers New international measures to end fish poaching on the high seas would enforce laws where the poacher calls,
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In defense of Seattle (Snow edition) Andrew Smith explains why the notion that Seattleites are “snow wimps” is silly. At Sportspress NW, Art Thiel agrees.
LaunchI say to you that the VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston strangler is to the woman
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The man who crushed the Keystone XL pipeline The Boston Globe profiles Bill McKibben, crediting him with derailing the $7 billion oil project, organizing the
LaunchThis was a whole new different game all of a sudden… This thing was considered by many to be a slam dunk. — MPAA Chairman
LaunchProof that we don’t need SOPA or PIPA: U.S. shuts down Megaupload, charges operators with online piracy
Proof that we don’t need SOPA or PIPA: U.S. shuts down Megaupload, charges operators with online piracy Following an FBI investigation, Department of Justice has
LaunchAs supervisor of a media empire that is best known at present for hacking into people’s personal phone accounts, this is not someone you want
LaunchMillions participate in Day of Action against PIPA and SOPA
Millions participate in Day of Action against PIPA and SOPA Americans opposed to the “Stop Online Piracy Act” and the “Protect IP Act” blacked out
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PIPA cosponsors caught violating copyrights Vice’s Jamie Lee Curtis Taete asks: Won’t someone change the law to protect us from these awful, awful people?
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Confessions of a Hollywood professional: Why I can’t support the “Stop Online Piracy Act” On Daily Kos, a freelance film editor (who works on the
LaunchWhat one slogger learned when he called undecided state senators about marriage equality
What one slogger learned when he called undecided state senators about marriage equality A Slog reader reports that several state senators who are undecided on
LaunchWhen the public’s right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other
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“Going dark” to shine a light on SOPA The Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s Joel Connelly explains why NPI and many other sites and organizations are “going dark”
LaunchIt used to be that Google said they wanted users to get off their site and on to the site they were seeking as quickly
LaunchWe’re within 9½ months of the country telling us whether to honor the instructions they gave us in 2008 or the ones they gave us
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Why Wikipedia is going down at midnight CNN, which is owned by media conglomerate Time Warner, has a solid interview with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales
LaunchOne of the claims that studios make is that they need legislation to stop piracy. The fact is, piracy is rampant in all forms of
LaunchBishops don’t speak for the flock on same-sex marriage
Bishops don’t speak for the flock on same-sex marriage The Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s Joel Connelly calls on Washington State’s Catholic bishops to rethink their opposition to
LaunchWe have a people’s initiative process… Well, it’s not a people’s initiative process when you use paid signature gatherers and pay $22 million into the
LaunchMartin Luther King fought for more than racial equality
Martin Luther King fought for more than racial equality The Philadelphia Daily News reminds us that Martin Luther King didn’t just fight to end racial
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SOPA coverage no match for Kim Kardashian and Tim Tebow While U.S. television news outlets have largely ignored the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act during
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