SOPA is (Shelved)... one down, and one more to go...

**Bowzer** · 17-01-2012, 08:18

**stillman** · 17-01-2012, 10:42

He said a lot of things...
And he signed the NDAA on Jan 1. Not a good sign.

**Glurin** · 18-01-2012, 02:13

Well that didn't last long. SOPA is now set to be making a comeback in February, provided they don't bring it up sooner.

http://judiciary.house.gov/news/01172012.html

**SaroDarksbane** · 18-01-2012, 02:16

Originally Posted by Glurin

Well that didn't last long. SOPA is now set to be making a comeback in February, provided they don't bring it up sooner.

http://judiciary.house.gov/news/01172012.html

It's too hot of an issue now to pass on its own, so they'll probably just attach it to a bill about increasing hospital benefits for wounded war vets or something.

**Glurin** · 18-01-2012, 06:19

The online protests have begun. Wikipedia, boinboing, etc. have gone dark. Google's protest is a bit underwhelming though. They just blacked out the logo and made it link to their anti-SOPA message.

**Bowzer** · 18-01-2012, 11:12

If you really want to read the wikipedia page press escape right as the page loads to the text.

Lol

**jmervyn** · 18-01-2012, 14:23

If anyone's keeping score, you might be interested in this. Marco Rubio (one of the sponsors) is openly pulling his support, but Harry Reid wants to push it to a floor vote.

Don't ever fall for the "GOP is teh EBIL KKKorporation" anti-House bullcrap being peddled by some n00z outlets. <Everyone> there has his or her face in the Progressive trough, there's just some who enjoy gorging themselves more than others. They're the ones who are behind this, and a scary number of them have a "D" behind their name.

**Glurin** · 18-01-2012, 16:23

It's a true testament to their skill in politics that they can be as wildly corrupt, racist, greedy, incompetent, fascist and untruthful as they want, yet convince so many people that all those things are inherent traits exclusive to the Republican party. It's like the Sith. There is the apprentice and the master, who we call the republican and the democrat. They both follow the same overall agenda, but one has more skill at achieving it while the other makes for a good fall guy.

**Bowzer** · 18-01-2012, 18:19

If google is serious about this, they should black out for like an hour, people would go berzerk.

**Glurin** · 18-01-2012, 19:03

Maybe not. People are so dependent on it these days that that could cause a sudden void in worldwide knowledge, creating a massive IQ black hole and rendering everybody so stupid that they can no longer function.

On the other hand, two girls one cup could claim no more victims for a while...