Posts Tagged ‘censorship’

Money for Nothing gets banned in Canada

January 13th, 2011 | No Comments

Canada, that land of escapism from the burdens placed on people in the US, just banned Dire Strait‘s Money For Nothing.  According to the complaint, someone complained about the word “faggot”.  If you’re not willing to click the download and contribute to Amazon, myself, and Dire Straits to listen to the song like any responsible [...]

Presidential Priorities

May 11th, 2010 | No Comments

Yesterday we had two issues, among many, that demanded Obama’s attention. Fannie Mae, the largest U.S. residential mortgage funds provider, on Monday asked the government for an additional $8.4 billion after the company lost $13.1 billion in the first quarter. Barack Obama, addressing an audience in Hampton, Virginia, said nothing.  The government very quietly wrote [...]

MSNBC gets bored of Hillary’s speech

July 22nd, 2009 | No Comments

Hillary Clinton gave a 35:44 speech you can watch in its entirity at MSNBC: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Only thing about this speech is it was actually over an hour long. MSNBC cut off the last 34 minutes. That’s kind of understandable, it’s a very windy speech [...]

Henry Waxman wants to suppress me!

February 17th, 2009 | 1 Comment

This isn’t the first time this has happened, but it’s being discussed again ( via Kerry Picket at Newsbusters.org ): The House Energy and Commerce Committee is also looking at how it can put in place policies that would allow it greater oversight of the Internet. “Internet radio is becoming a big deal, and we’re seeing [...]

Matt Damon endorses Sarah Palin

September 11th, 2008 | 3 Comments

Matt Damon had this to say about this year’s election: “It’s like a really bad Disney movie, “The Hockey Mom.’ Oh, I’m just a hockey mom from Alaska, and she’s president,” said Damon. “She’s facing down Vladimir Putin and using the folksy stuff she learned at the hockey rink. It’s absurd.” Of course, Damon’s referring [...]