The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. Anatole France (16 April 1844 – 12 October 1924), born Jacques Anatole François Thibault, was a French poet, journalist, and novelist.

I am a cord cutter and have minimal contact with the cable and telco monopolies. What that means is that I get my internet and VOIP over VDSL through a 3rd party but still pay a regulated lease rate of about $10/mo via the third party for the "dry loop" copper wire that passes signals over Bell's network. There is no competing copper in the neighbourhood, so that's about as low as I can go. Cable is an option, but same story there -- Rogers owns the wire.

Spooks and Cops have tried and failed a couple of times to pass "lawful access" provisions into law in Canada. Strong push-back on what has been euphemistically rebranded "awful access" has so far succeeded in shutting this down. See: http://www.michaelgeist.ca/tag...

That says more about the limitations of your memory than the reality of climate change -- Katherine Hayhoe - one of the recent climate report authors (who was paid $zero for her contribution) writes: "...the president then said that he “didn’t believe” the report. But climate science isn’t a religion: it’s real, whether we believe in it or not. If our decisions are not based in reality, we are the ones who will suffer the consequences." See her pushback here -> https://t.co/OufAyRWY1Z

Maybe. Almost certainly if they were using viruses -- see: Frank Ryan's "Virolution" ISBN-13: 978-0007315123 IIRC 43% of our DNA has viral origins. One reviewer writes: viruses have played a significant role in evolution. Large segments of viral genes have been found in human (and other) genome code fragments; viruses will co-evolve with their host under certain situations rather than destroy them. This co-evolution symbiosis has historically contributed to the selection process and enhanced the survival of both the host and viruses and added creative variation to the gene pool of all life forms. Part of our gene structure is due to viruses intrusion and subsequent symbiosis and are inheritable.

Indymedia is the only journalism outlet that covered what was happening outside the RNC in New York last fall.

Citizen Journalism with a left of centre twist.