As others have warned, the two-tiered system isn't the most important outrage of the leaked (ha ha) FCC plans: it's this:
"For many Americans -- particularly those who live in rural areas -- the future of the Internet lies in mobile services. But the draft Order would effectively permit Internet providers to block lawful content, applications, and devices on mobile Internet connections.
I'd love to eat some crow on this one. The iissue at hand is how the mortgage servicers conducted business, whether or not the loans were conveyed properly or not down the chain to the issuers of the bundled mortgages, and if the bundles were presented fraudulently.
Ted Kaufman raised the alarm not long ago; individual states have been taking the lead on investigations, and it's high time the federal regulators join in. Marcy Kaptur explained MERS on Ratigan's show.
Some here at Dagblog are big on saying that ‘all of us want the same things’, and sometimes it’s been a little more plaintive than others. I’ve found myself resisting that in any but the most shallow meaning of the phrase, and over the past few days I’ve been coming closer to why I don’t think that it’s altogether true.
Pete Hoeksta and Darrell Issa are having second thought, and cite Wilileaks as the reason. Joe Davidson notes that:
"The irony here is that as legitimate avenues for exposing not classified information but valid, documented concerns about government operations are blocked, the more attractive routes such as WikiLeaks become."
Private Manning has never been tried for a crime. He has never been convicted of a crime. Yet he has spent the past five months in solitary confinement at the Marine brig in Quantico, VA, and the preceding two months in prison in Kuwait.
There are no sheets or a pillow on his bed. He is not permitted to exercise in his cell, and closed circuit television monitors him to make sure he doesn’t sneak in a prohibited push-up or sit-up.
