I don't think mortgages are public record. Sales of houses and their prices are public record, but that is a far cry from knowing your actual mortgage (maybe you paid cash?)

Yes, "big data in a cloud with web 2.0" is the solution. It is reasonably known what "funny stuff" goes on, but instead of cracking down on these practices, we are going to do reports. Reports are needed to identify the problem when it is a mystery.

You can say a lot of words without promising anything. I particularly like "recover every dollar to which Oregon is entitled". It could be $0 or $1 or $100M, because she didn't mention how much that is in her opinion.

Of course they don't.
I am sure that just in 3-4 years, after a lawsuit, affected customers will be able to get a $7.50 credit good towards purchase of a new LG TV.

Not disagreeing with you...
However, you can be SUCCESSFULLY sued for actual damages, blah blah. Without that, you can STILL be sued albeit unsuccessfully. An eventually-lost lawsuit would still cost you a lot of money to defend yourself. Maybe more money than whatever damages you are accused of.

"State secrets".
Allowing the lawsuit to proceed will expose state secrets and undermine the all-important War on Terror.
Next suggestion?

And I bet that the cap would proceed to move down to 250 GB and so on. USA is the only country where internet access quality is actually moving in reverse.

One word: Playstation3

I never looked to buy a Blue-Ray, but I do have a PlayStation in my house.

He says so right there:

I just don't know what makes him think that the current administration is on the "respect freedom" side of things.

Maybe it can replace 2+ of them? That would be nice. Installing 4-5 tools for one task is a pain

Also, NoScript specifically breaks 3 out of 4 websites until you figure out which half-a-dozen domains must execute JavaScript for each damn website. I remember how chase.com had a most fraudulent looking domain in order to let me login to my checking account.

It will.
And then they will ask the head of FCC to explain why his decision is obviously a good thing (just like they have with ban-TSA White House petition).

The article basically claims that with employees making 60K+, the rule of "cannot find competent employees" does not apply to H1-B, so they should be ok. Does anyone know more about this loophole that the article is talking about?

Well, what do you expect?
Why would a monopoly bother to serve their (captive) customers well?

If we don't create significant viable competition, this will continue. No amount of public shaming will help.

Why not? Congressmen did end up on this list a few times

Granted, they would probably be taken off when this issue comes up (unlike the rest of us who just have to deal with it).

Oh, how I hate those streaming services and the assumption that such delivery is convenient for the user.

It's hard to find a downloadable movie trailer nowdays (and you'd think this is something movie studios WANT me to have, because it is an advert for their product).

No, no, no!
We need to force politicians to eliminate the loopholes, which are all legal and often intentional

To create legal loopholes and then to expect people to voluntarily pay more (than they have to) taxes is a losing and pointless battle.