Sen. Bob Casey Compared to Nazis for Facebook Bill
Conservatives got all riled up years ago when then-Sen. Joe Biden said paying taxes is “patriotic.” Because it’s really not! Or something. So we can only imagine their heads are exploding a la Scanners in the face of the latest piece of legislation put out by Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and your very own Bob Casey. Their bill, titled the “Ex-Patriot”...
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Sen. Bob Casey to Tax Facebook Expatriate
Senator Bob Casey has co-sponsored a bill which would tax those who renounce their U.S. citizenship for monetary gain. The legislation, co-sponsored with New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, is meant to be a direct hit on Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, who recently announced he planned on renouncing his citizenship and moving to Singapore, permanently, with the...
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PA House GOP Says Will Finally Focus on Jobs–Monday
It’s been a long year and some. After Pennsylvania Republican Party swept into control of both Legislative bodies and the governorship with the promise of restoring more Pennsylvania jobs, they began their session of hateful rule in January 2011. But instead of a Keystone economic boost, they’ve mainly focused on social issues, voter suppression, cutting...
Continue ReadingCongress Bills Could Censor Internet
On the eve of the revolution/Armageddon/consciousness expansion of 2012, two bills in the federal legislature could potentially cripple American access to the tool that protesters the world over have used to coordinate mass demonstrations against authoritarian governments and corporate interests: the Internet. Ostensibly, the House’s Stop Online Piracy...
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Are Menacing Posts on Occupy Philly’s Facebook Page from a Philly Cop?
This message was posted and deleted Saturday night. 5:00pm Sunday is the deadline for Occupy protesters to clear off Dilworth Plaza. Someone going by the name of Mike Sidebotham—whose profile indicates he is a Philadelphia police officer—posted a menacing message to the Occupy Philadelphia facebook page Saturday evening. He posted the notorious photo...
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Occupy Philly Likely To Decide on Move Tonight
An active Occupy Philadelphia member “strongly” believes there will be a vote at tonight’s General Assembly on whether or not to move to Thomas Paine Plaza and/or to take up the city on its offer for a 9 a.m.-7 p.m. permit. The Occupation has already decided to “relocate” to Thomas Paine Plaza without the restrictions set by the city — and before...
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All Hell Breaks Loose on Occupy Philadelphia Facebook Page
Total chaos is breaking out over at Occupy Philadelphia’s Facebook page. Either the administration went berserk or someone else—someone identifying himself as ‘Jay’—has hijacked the keys to the movement’s digital kingdom. Posts have been fast and furious, full of ALL CAPS and curses. Many address Cindy Milstein, an activist based in San Francisco...
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Author Steven Levy on ‘In The Plex’ and his Unprecedented Look at Google
Steven Levy Five years from now, will the engineers at Google have designed a supercomputer that tells you what you want, when you want it, and/or have enslaved the human race? Probably not. But if anyone outside the company’s inner circle could know the answer, it’s Wired Magazine Senior Writer Steven Levy. The Philly-native (and Temple grad) spent the past...
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Will You ‘Friend’ Milton?
After a strange Twitter debacle, official Mayoral candidate Milton Street now says he plans a Facebook-heavy campaign. Or something. While we have no reason to doubt the now-official ‘ex-con-not-just-the-president-but-a-client’ mayoral candidate, there’s a problem, as pointed out by CBS3: no Facebook page yet. His official word on the potential for an online...
Continue ReadingAdministrator of “Kensington Strangler” Facebook Page Threatened
The search for the Kensington Strangler took an odd and dangerous turn earlier this week when on Sunday, an anonymous “fan” of the Facebook group “Catch the Kensington Strangler before he catches someone you love” erroneously—and sources say, purposefully and maliciously—posted a photograph of a guy named Triz Jeffries on the group’s wall and claimed...
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