The new version of the bill would allow the president to "declare a cybersecurity emergency" relating to "non-governmental" computer networks and do what's necessary to respond to the threat. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago 4 comments edit related share politics |
"The end of Free Speech in America has arrived at our doorstep. It's a new law called the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, and it is worded in a clever way that could allow the U.S. government to arrest and incarcerate any individual who speaks out against the Bush Administration, the war on Iraq, the Department of Homeland Security or any government agency (inc... read full post picked by tvirus 2 years ago 27 comments edit related share politics |
The chairman of Microsoft and one of the world's richest men, Bill Gates, is stepping down from his job running the world's largest software company. picked by psycmoe 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
The bill is still laden down with billions of pork and very little of it will actually create jobs or even help the economy (likely the opposite) but at least they cut out some tiny amount of waste. picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
What a sleaze ball. picked by afeldman 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share politics |
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For centuries, scientists have puzzled over why the toucan's bill is so remarkably large - but now one team thinks it might have an answer. 0 comments edit related share scienceInfrared footage shows how a toucan uses its bill to regulate its temperature to stay cool. picked by Bingo 4 months ago |
Here's a collection of rare early Bill "Calvin and Hobbes" Watterson's toons from The Kenyon Collegian, his college paper from Kenyon, Ohio. They're a little edgier than the Calvin and Hobbes strips (but not as funny) picked by titojuante 2 years ago 7 comments edit related share plime.com |
In a recent interview Russell Crowe let slip that he is involved in a Bill Hicks biopic. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Ten Thousand Cents" is a digital artwork that creates a representation of a $100 bill. Thousands of individuals working in isolation from one another painted a tiny part of the bill without knowledge of the overall task. Workers were paid one cent each via Amazon's Mechanical Turk distributed labor tool. Site also has a video with all 10,000 parts being drawn simultaneously. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share arts |
A woman decided to go to jail rather than pay her bill at a Fort Pierce Waffle House restaurant. The total she went to jail over: $7.45. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
Mr. Strizki's monthly utility bill is zero – he's off the power grid – and his system creates no carbon-dioxide emissions. picked by Neiako 3 years ago 14 comments edit related share plime.com |
Change for a million? That's what a man was seeking Saturday when he handed a $1 million bill to a cashier at a Pittsburgh supermarket. But when the Giant Eagle employee refused and a manager confiscated the bogus bill, the man flew into a rage. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 10 comments edit related share plime.com |
Bill O'Reily asks Stephen Colbert some hard hitting questions in the first part of Colbert and O'Rielly interviewing each other on their shows. picked by shredtone 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
According to the bill, passengers would not be able to bring "onto transit property odors that unreasonably disturb others or interfere with their use of the transit system, whether such odors arise from one's person, clothes, articles, accompanying animal or any other source." 2 comments edit related share worldCommittee members said they deferred Bill 59-09 yesterday with the intent of killing it. picked by kakana 3 months ago |
The Catholic League's Bill Donohue is typical. Just your garden variety angry blowhard who spies hatred at every turn. picked by Bornbad 3 years ago 4 comments edit related share politics |
This is hilarious. Bill Gates during an interview avoids discussing the Apple ad campaign. picked by seofeed 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share technology |
84-year-old Norman Beckman was hit with a $3,000 water bill after his pipes burst and allowed a free flow of water to pass through the meter for a 3 month period, when Beckman was away due to health problems. 3 comments edit related share plime.comNeighbor's have raised more than $4,000 to pay off the bill, and Beckman plans to donate the excess. picked by Marli 12 months ago |
The funny part is that the bill had Clinton's name on it and no picture of the president. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
US President George W Bush invited Democrats to the White House on Tuesday to discuss a standoff over a bill that provides for more than $100 billion to pay for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share politics |
Courtesy of The late show with David Letterman picked by camro77 3 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |