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President Obama On Net Neutrality: FCC Should Reclassify Internet As Public Utility

Via Reuters: Barack Obama took a strong stance on Monday on new ‘net neutrality’ regulations being drafted by the Federal Communications Commission, saying the agency should reclassify broadband to regulate it more like a public utility. The FCC has received nearly 4 million comments after Chairman Tom Wheeler proposed new rules that prohibited Internet service providers from blocking any content, …

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Headline Of The Day

About the lawmaker: Ms. Mizoulina, who holds an office roughly equivalent to that of a US Representative, is associated with the Dima Yakovlev Law and other efforts to prevent Americans from adopting Russian children. She is also known for odd proposals that express patriotism and concern for the continuation of the Russian nation. She recently recommended that all remaining Russian …

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Matt Baume: Marriage News Watch

Clip recap: We just capped off the busiest month in marriage equality history, but it’s looking like November’s going to be just as busy. Two judges in the Sixth Circuit just ruled against equality, which sets us up for a Supreme Court ruling in the coming months. And no sooner did the Sixth Circuit uphold marriage bans than a judge …

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Salon: Soldiers Are Not Always Heroes

“No American freedom is currently at stake in Afghanistan. It is impossible to imagine an argument to the contrary, just as the war in Iraq was clearly fought for the interests of empire, the profits of defense contractors, and the edification of neoconservative theorists. It had nothing to do with the safety or freedom of the American people. The last …

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KANSAS: Westboro Appeals To The Tenth

Like the wackadoodle Unruhs, Westboro Baptist Church has appealed to the Tenth Circuit Court after being denied permission to intervene in the Kansas marriage equality case. WBC appeals the erroneous conclusion that WBC lacks sufficient interest in these proceedings to intervene, after WBC has faithfully warned for 25 years, using every lawful means of publishing; pleading with the citizens of …

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David Byrne On Barry Manilow’s Latest

“Barry Manilow’s new album My Dream Duets is all duets with dead people. He sings with Marilyn Monroe, John Denver and Mama Cass, among others — a dream come true for him, as the album title makes clear. The listening experience is uncanny — the dead sound remarkably alive. This is not someone interjecting comments over a scratchy LP or …

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