Domain Seizures & Due Process

Torrent Freak, "Several other commentators have pointed out that judges signed off on the affidavits despite numerous factual and technical errors." The judge even used a rubber stamp for her signature.

Can you imagine being one of the 84,000 legitimate websites taken down, replaced with a U.S. government banner saying your company was involved with child pornography?

Notice that Ms. Espinel was also targeting web sites with mp3 downloads, not cargo shipping containers of Gucci goods, Coach bags, or Nike sportswear. Entertainment trade organizations (RIAA, MPAA) have successfully side stepped all public debate with trade agreements by spending more on congress than even major label designers can. Explain how Congress can't notice the shift away from major studios with the results from this year's Grammys?

But now that Rove-Koch "tea partiers" have proved that stupidity can make money even more valuable, I guess anything can happen..

Gov. Walker admitting to fake Koch brother they considered "planting troublemakers" into peaceful protest (video) and lays out his strategy.

Can it get worse? "You betcha'".

While attention has been diverted, Michigan passes a bill that allows a corporate financial manager to take over cities and towns in financial disaster - which they can declare - and giving local elected officials the pink slip. Isn't that why you vote? The short tittle could be; "Gov. Can Now Auction Off Cities To Corporations", with the subtittle, "after corporate tax cuts that create financial disaster". The saddest part is this is not a parody. It's true.

Nah, corporations wouldn't take advantage of a situation like that, would they? Just consider how banks, servicers, and insurance companies have helped out homeowners with refinancing ...

I'm sorry folks, but the news is grim. The best part has been the population of Wisconsin that have already collected over half the signatures needed for a recall vote (hmmm, maybe that's why voting was eliminated in Michigan's bill).

P.S. There was also a post of emails from Bank of America involving forced-insurance for MUCH higher premiums, with kickbacks for loan servicers, which seems clearly illegal made by Anonymous today (their website keeps going down).

I find it sad that organizations like Wikileaks and Anonymous are needed to do the job the press used to do.