Category Archives: Web/Tech

The EU’s Article 13: Why Government Controlling The Internet Is A Bad Thing

For those who are big supporters of the Obama era Net Neutrality rule from O’s FCC, do you really, really think it’s a good idea to give the government a massive say in how the Internet acts? Is it really a good idea to treat it as a public utility, like the phone system from […]

Net Neutrality Is (Mostly) Officially Dead As Of Monday

This is a good thing. Brainwashed net neutrality supporters have been gnashing their teeth for months now, proclaiming future doom, despite the Internet having grown from the tiny thing with slow speeds and little content to the massive, fast, find anything you want behemoth it is now without these big government controlling type rules. There […]

LA Times: The Internet Has Become A Monster And Needs Restrictions Or Something

Opinion writer George Skelton misses the irony in slamming the very platform that allows you to read his screeds The internet is no longer an infant that needs freedom to innovate — it’s grown into a monster and needs to be restricted Real estate developer Alastair Mactaggart became alarmed about the internet’s threat to personal […]

Say, Will The Repeal Of #NetNeutrality Cause Internet To Grind To A Halt

The Washington Post Fact Checker actually fact checks stupidity from Democrats Will the FCC’s net neutrality repeal grind the Internet to a halt? “If we don’t save net neutrality, you’ll get the Internet one word at a time.” — U.S. Senate Democrats, in a tweet, Feb. 27, 2018 This clever tweet caught our eye because each […]

Turned On Comment Likes – And Off

There’s a new feature in Jetpack which allows comment likes. Not sure if I’ll keep it active or not, as this could take up storage, but, let’s see if people like it and if it brings value for a couple of days. 2/4 Was messing with the server for uploads. Turned off

Democrats Aren’t Giving Up On Reinstating The Big Government Net Neutrality

If there’s a program that gives Los Federales more power, Democrats love it (excluding any restrictions on abortion, along with deporting illegal aliens). Net Neutrality does that. It also rewards certain Big Companies which vote Democrat and give Democrats lots of money. Democrats want it back (The Hill) Democrats are promising a showdown on the […]

Blackburn To Introduce Freedom Loving Net Neutrality Bill

Marsha Blackburn isn’t attempting to turn the Internet into a government run utility (Engadget) Last week, the FCC repealed net neutrality protections put in place in 2015 and returned broadband to a Title I classification. There were many voices expressing concern over the proposal and frustration once the FCC voted to enact it and a few members of Congress on both sides […]

California Looks To Do Its Own Big Government Controlled Net Neutrality

https://twitter.com/WilliamTeach/status/942367577791254528 Yes, we have survived. No zombie outbreaks, no invasions from Mars, people aren’t scrolling through their social media looking for things to be Outraged over at speeds we haven’t seen since dial-up was the only game in town. You know, back when we had no net neutrality, and the loose regulations saw the ‘net […]

Whiny People Plan To Sue To Keep Government In Charge Of Internet

Hey, sure, we want the same people Glenn Greenwald exposed years ago in terms of spying on everything that happens on the ‘net to be in charge of the Internet Several states have already announced lawsuits against the FCC to preserve #NetNeutrality regulations https://t.co/ommVRSZHy9 — WIRED (@WIRED) December 16, 2017 THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS Commission will […]

Kimmel And CNN Compete For Best Crazy On Net Neutrality

There is a ton of crazy out there regarding the ending of the 2 year old net neutrality rules. Twitter is a seething cesspool. Then we have CNN Hey @CNN, absurd headlines like this are why people don't trust you. pic.twitter.com/dnAL7RM3NK — Curtis Kalin (@CurtisKalin) December 14, 2017 The actual article is not as bad […]

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