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Communications

Submission + - Alternative Uses for an Old Satellite Dish? 2

ya really writes: My family has one of those BUGs (Big Ugly Dishes) sitting in their back yard still. The other day, they asked me if I would take it apart for them. I was wondering, aside from simply recycling it, are there any alternatives for its use? It was one of the last made before DirectTV and Dish took over satellite broadcasting and even has a digital receiver. I'd say it was made around 1996 or so.
Democrats

Submission + - Telecom Amnesty Foes Make Themselves Known (wired.com)

ya really writes: "According to wired.com, foes of the Telecom Anmesty Bill have mounted a campaign on Barack Obama's own website. Though only being created on 25 June, it has grown to be the fifth largest group, just short of Women for Obama. Although it is widely known that Obama changed his stance from opposing telecom immunity to supporting it, many have not given up hope of him switching sides once again.

Meanwhile, left-leaning bloggers and libertarian activists have joined forces to raise $325,000 in the fight against the legislation.

Their Blue America PAC is already targeting House Democrats who voted for the bill, including placing a full-page ad in the Washington Post slamming House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, who claimed credit for creating the so-called compromise bill. The coalition plans to follow-up with a Ron Paul-style money bomb, which will be used to target key Senators, according to Greenwald.



Perhaps the fight isn't totally lost after all."

The Almighty Buck

Submission + - Telecom Amnesty Flip-Floppers Were Paid Off (wired.com)

ya really writes:

Democrats who switched from opposing to supporting legal amnesty to telecoms that aided the government's warrantless wiretapping program received twice as much money, on average, from telcom political action groups than Democrats whose opposed the idea in March and again last Friday, according to an analysis of campaign donations by Maplight.org.

I guess that explains the sudden "change of heart" in our Congress Critters.

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