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Congress May Pass a Bill Similar to China's Internet Censorship, With Corporations in Charge

ELLIOT COHEN FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT

On the surface, the so-called "Stop Online Piracy Act" (SOPA) looks like it has a noble end, that of protecting criminal violations of copyright by foreign (non-U.S.) actors. However, on careful inspection, the Act has the potential to spawn a virtual (cyber) witch-hunt and dismantle the free and democratic edifice of the Internet.

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Palin Won’t Back Down, Insists Her Rambling Comments About Paul Revere Were Accurate

TONY PEYSER for BUZZFLASH at TRUTHOUT<

Sarah should be feeling more than

Just a little bit skittish

Because he was warning Americans

Not (as she claims) the British.


Whenever there's an easy answer that

She manages to botch, a

Quick defensive move is defensively

Whining it was a "gotcha."


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The Minimum Wage Is A Poverty Wage

DICK MEISTER for BUZZFLASH at TRUTHOUT

Imagine trying to live on pay of $7.25 an hour. Even if you managed to work full eight-hour days, you'd be making only about  $58 a day, $230 a week, or a measly $12,000 a year.  And out of that would come taxes and other deductions.

According to the standards of the federal government, you'd be living in poverty. Yet $7.25 an hour is the federal minimum wage set by Congress.State legislatures can and do set state minimums higher than the federal rate, but never lower, much as some would like to.

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