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All 12 Member Countries Sign Off On the TPP (freezenet.ca)
Dangerous_Minds writes: News is surfacing that the TPP has officially been signed by all 12 member countries. This marks the beginning of the final step towards ratification. Freezenet has a quick rundown of what copyright provisions are contained in the agreement, including traffic shaping, site blocking, enforcement of copyright when infringement is "imminent," and a government mandate for ISPs to install backdoors for the purpose of tracking copyright infringement on the Internet.
It hasn't been ratified though. There are significant benefits to being an original signatory on any international treaty, and every member country is afraid of being left in the dust if they don't. There are provisions requiring signatories to ratify certain provisions, but it has not been ratified yet, only signed, and there is a big difference.
The TPP might actually be a net financial gain for the United States - unfortunately, at the expense of other countries involved. A number of provisions in it give an unfair advantage to the US, because they have demanded that these provisions be put in.
Michael Geist is doing a very good review of all the problems with the TPP, and has been posting daily about it for about a month now. It's a rather Canadian perspective on it, but a good read nonetheless.
"Government is like fire; a handy servant, but a dangerous master." -- George Washington
Would it have been that hard to expand that initialism? I've got far too many TLAs floating around in my head to be able to figure out what context you are talking about. The inability to introduce a topic properly within a slashdot summary irks me more than all the other stuff people always moan about here.
Investor-state dispute settlements here we come
According to The Nation's interpretation of leaked documents in 2012, countries would be required to conform their domestic laws and regulations to the TPP Agreement, which includes provisions on government spending in certain areas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_Partnership#Investor.E2.80.93state_arbitration_.28ISDS.29
Welcome to shadowrun chummer
The latest economics study on the TPP suggests it will "cause some job losses and exacerbate income inequality in each of the dozen participating nations, but especially in the largest — the United States"
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/02/business/international/economists-sharply-split-over-trade-deal-effects.html
You're just shouting, without checking the positions. What if it really is a partisan issue, and Obama is the only high profile Democrat supporting it? Then what?
Clinton and Sanders are both against the TPP. Not sure why you're spewing anti-Hillary stuff here. Trump is also opposed. Rubio says he is undecided.
Cruz supports the TPP, but doesn't think that Congress should vote in a lame duck session.
Even counting withdrawn Democratic candidates, you'll find that Martin O'Malley and Jim Webb both opposed it.
Presidential candidates supporting the TPP are only: Bush(R), Cruz(R), Kasich(R), Rick Perry(R), Rick Santorum(R), Scott Walker(R)
Maybe yes are: Rubio(R)(maybe; supported before now says undecided), Rand Paul(R)(opposes Presidential authority to negotiate it, but open to voting for the actual deal)
Cruz does not support TPP. He does support TPA. Get your facts straight.
Hillary being "against" it is hilarious because you have to remember that this thing has been going on long enough that she literally was involved in negotiating it. Her hands are already all over the TPP. The only reason she's "against" it is because Bernie is against it. Once Bernie loses the nomination (and he will, democracy doesn't mean shit to the DNC), she'll forget all about being "against" the TPP.
Yes, but Hillary was one of the authors of the TPP. And in the debate she didn't say she wouldn't support it when asked, she just waffled.
I think we've pushed this "anyone can grow up to be president" thing too far.
I guess. I'll give it a bookmark and see what I can come up with over the weekend. If you want, you can reply and let me know and I'll link you to it when it's ready. I'm sure I can find an appropriate site name and hosting is damned near free. Hell, if I get really bored - I'll see if I can do it (with a TLD) and not pay a nickel for it - just to make 'em think a bit more. I imagine that I can do that.
I did have a picture of me (complete with my face!) during the OWS Festival. I was holding a sign that said quite a bit of similar things to that. Note, I was not at the Festivals (protests?) but simply standing in my living room. I'd made the sign and had the picture taken because I was kind of amused by all the signs that were being posted. "I made horrible life choices and now my parent's won't fund me well enough to achieve my irresponsible dreams and I think I deserve a trophy!" (That's not what the sign said. That's what the 99%er signs said.) The picture was up on Fark and then made it to Reddit and is (intentionally) not attached to this username.
Now, just because it needs saying as this is Slashdot... No, OWS was actually kind of stupid and morally bankrupt as a whole. However, *some* of them had some very good complaints that were legitimate. I can't say that I recollect seeing any good (realistic) solutions being proposed. That's a shame because just noting the viable complaints would have been a good start and they could have actually gotten a more cohesive message across. Instead, they let the zealots, inept, and crazy speak for them and the message they portrayed, to the vast majority of people, was that they were a bunch of people who could not, would not, do anything to better themselves (really better) and were mad about the repercussions of their choices.
I think my favorite was someone claiming that they had huge college debt, was owed a "well paying job," was owed a refund for their college debt, and that "big business" was to blame. The journalist asked what they majored in and this girl looks at the camera with a proud face and spouts out some arts major or humanities major. I don't recall what it was specifically but I burst out laughing when I watched the clip. I was waiting for someone to tell me that it was actually one of those live art things where they interact with people.
However, OWS had some legitimate gripes if we took the time to listen to them. The solutions might have been a bit amiss but the lack of a proposed viable solution does not mean there is no problem. Ah, it was a great festival.
And, if one is curious... I paid for my college by joining the Marines and using the GI Bill. Not just once, twice - I wanted to finish and get my doctorate. What did I major in? Applied Mathematics. It might not be glamorous but when you increase throughput and reduce congestion in traffic (I modeled traffic) across the country, you do a lot for efficiency, productivity, reduction of pollution, and lowering costs. They drove to their OWS events on roads that my company did the consulting, modeling, engineering on (depending on the scale of the project). However, I am where I am today mostly because I got damned lucky and was in the right place, at the right time, while being able to accept risks. I not only am not special, I made more mistakes than needed.
At any rate, I'll bang out a site like that over the weekend. Just a single domain and a single page? Hmm... Should I do a contact form? I can make it more readable but a part of my point was to make it a solid wall of text. I'd agree, a better readability score would be good. Just lemme know and I've got a few minutes this weekend. I've got a few projects going so something that's quick and easy will be good. Seeing it finished and ready for the world will make me feel more productive.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."