Sunday, November 20, 2011

Tumblr users fight SOPA with 87,834 calls to Congress

by Don Reisinger November 18, 2011 9:27 AM PST

Tumblr's SOPA facts

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Tumblr users have come out in full force against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the microblogging service announced yesterday.

Earlier this week, Tumblr set up a page where its users could sign up and receive a phone call from the company with talking points about SOPA. From there, the company connected users with their U.S. representatives to voice concerns about the bill.

All told, Tumblr said yesterday, 87,834 calls were placed to representatives. The average call lasted 53 seconds, while the longest came in at 31 minutes, the company said. A total of 1,293 total hours were spent talking to representatives... http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-57327681-17/tumblr-users-fight-sopa-with-87834-calls-to-congress/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

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The Washington Examiner Opinion Digest: Washington conducts public business for private gain and other stories

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HuffPost The Media: Chris Matthews, Larry Elder Have Incredibly Hostile Conversation

Chris Matthews, Larry Elder Have Incredibly Hostile Conversation

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/18/chris-matthews-larry-elder-hostile_n_1101342.html?ir=Media

11/18/11

Chris Matthews and conservative radio host Larry Elder had an unbelievably hostile conversation earlier in the week.

The Hollywood Reporter caught wind of the chat when Elder wrote about it in his syndicated column.

"You know things didn't go well when, a few minutes after the interview concludes, Matthews' booker emails my producer: 'I wish you would've let me know that Larry was planning on attacking Chris,'" Elder wrote.

Whatever it was, the interview was definitely not a friendly one. Elder started by asking Matthews, "do you still feel that, as a journalist, it's your job to help Obama succeed?" … http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/18/chris-matthews-larry-elder-hostile_n_1101342.html?ir=Media

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Friday, November 18, 2011

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I'm sad to report that chaos and disorder were discovered in friend's office.

This my friends, colleagues and countrymen, is box abuse. Always remember, you can never sacrifice order in the pursuit of progress. Take a memo: just because you are upset with the IRS, you should not take out your frustrations on a poor innocent box. You know who you are. Repent. I'm just saying...

A hint of box abuse in Westminster. I'm sad to report that chaos and disorder were discovered in friend's office.

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The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective nouns for the various groups of animals

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The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective nouns for the various groups of animals. We are all familiar with