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Rightscorp Threatens Every ISP in the United States (torrentfreak.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Following a court win by its client BMG over Cox Communications this week, Rightscorp has issued an unprecedented warning to every ISP in the United States today. Boasting a five-year trove of infringement data against Internet users, Rightscorp warned ISPs that they can either cooperate or face the consequences. "For nearly five years, Rightscorp has warned US internet service providers (ISPs) that they risk incurring huge liabilities if they fail to implement and enforce policies under which they terminate the accounts of their subscribers who repeatedly infringe copyrights," the company said in a statement. "Over that time, many ISPs have taken the position that it was simply impossible for an ISP to be held liable for its subscribers' actions -- even when the ISP had been put on notice of massive infringements and supplied with detailed evidence. There had never been a judicial decision holding an ISP liable."
Many parts of Hillary's evil have been well documented. She's a nasty person devoid of scruples, dedicated primarily to the acquisition of money and power. Trump is awful, Hillary is vile.
Okay, just for fun, name the worst thing Hillary has done that has been documented and proven?
The worst one that comes to mind to me is staying with Bill, likely for political purposes, and defending Bill also likely for political purposes. (The bad thing is she attacked others to defend Bill, when I suspect, on some level she probably knew Bill was cheating on her. I can't prove that of course, but she is a smart woman.) The republicans at the time had Newt doing the same thing, which isn't a defense. I'm certainly not going to defend anyone for having an affair, nor for lying under oath, though I also would not defend the whole partisan impeachment mess. I do think she is, well, a pretty standard politician, and that is not really a complement save that skill might help her get something done, though I doubt it. The only way she could get anything done is probably to get a democratic controlled congress, since I can't think the republicans would actually work with her. They have spread too much hate, and would get replaced if they did.
She is, however, the best choice we have that can win the upcoming election. (I'd almost think the damage Trump would likely do worth it, if we could get something better than first pass the post voting, but that won't happen regardless, at least not this year.)
I still half wish Bernie had won. Most of his history appears guided by a set of consistent beliefs. He got a bit desperate towards the end of the campaign and some of that was just not really appropriate, but was tame compared to all this. Elizabeth Warren might have been a better choice as well. Hell, you know who I would love to have in the oval office. I'd love to have Jon Stewart in there. He knows the issues and seemed to give a damn and despite his liberal leanings, he would call out anyone if the situation called for it. He has the intelligence for the job. Sadly I'm not convinced he has the resolve for it even if by some miracle he could get enough votes.
This thread reminded me of Man Of La Mancha. The Impossible Dream