The Internet will never satisfy its lust for Net Neutrality and Bandwidth
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Too bad they probably need 2/3s and the GOP is determined to keep torpedoing itself.
GasBandit
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Unless somebody wants to filibuster.
Net Neutrality isn't in the Bible. Nor is the internet, for that matter. That will be enough for at least a handful of House members to kill it. And you can bet Fox and Friends would defend that position.
*edit* Oh, man. The giant mug at the end. Zing!
GasBandit
Staff member
His voice makes me want to give him a wedgie and stuff him in a locker.
He's deliberately pushing his voice into a lower register and making use of vocal fry, things which speakers do when they are trying to sound convincing. But he'll never become a YouTube star if he keeps doing that.
--Patrick
Well, since they put the repeal on hold until they can pass laws that stop states from implementing their own NN laws (can't have native examples of it working better then tiered and capped internet), you might not need a veto proof margin, or this law, just enough votes to not allow Reps to pass aforementioned laws.
AT&T merger with Time Warner approved without conditions
Net Neutrality officially eliminated at the Federal level
EU on brink of legislating requirement that all posted content must be submitted for copyright testing prior to being posted
Internet slated to finally surpass TV in 2019 as majority source of entertainment
Future gaming moving to "server-side" sub model, no more "purchasing" games, everything streaming-only
Tanzania effectively outlaws publicly posting your opinion (or anything else) online
Fuck.
--Patrick
Net Neutrality officially eliminated at the Federal level
EU on brink of legislating requirement that all posted content must be submitted for copyright testing prior to being posted
Internet slated to finally surpass TV in 2019 as majority source of entertainment
Future gaming moving to "server-side" sub model, no more "purchasing" games, everything streaming-only
Tanzania effectively outlaws publicly posting your opinion (or anything else) online
Fuck.
--Patrick
GasBandit
Staff member
Time to make the dark web the actual web, now, I guess.
figmentPez
Staff member
Man, that's going to make forum posts take longer than snail mail!
It's not the time that's the issue, it's that everything will need to be compared against a database, and the database will only spit back "approved" or "rejected," has no appeals process, and also has insufficient oversight over what gets put in the database in the first place. So if something gets rejected, there's no real way to argue it, it's just "well it's in the database so it must belong to somebody."
--Patrick
Sorry, can't help you. This is what the people voted for.
Oooh, or how about, vote with your wallet.
figmentPez
Staff member
Please tell me this is sarcasm.
Yes.
I know you’re probably referring to the Presidency, but it’s not even that. In just the Net Neutrality thing, for instance, the polling and comments showed something like 80% popular support for maintaining the current regulations, Pai just decided to blatantly ignore the public opinion and rule instead according to his interests.
—Patrick
GasBandit
Staff member
Also, Ajit Pai was an Obama appointee.
...who was renominated by
--Patrick
No, mainly I was sniping at a certain other poster who frequently says "that's what the people voted for," as an excuse for all of the completely horrific abuses of power, decency, and anything resembling humanity that are constantly being reported in the politics threads.
And I’m using it to mock the last two presidents who used “mandate” language to expand their power and control:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vo...4/trump-mandate-history-presidential-politics
I seem to remember a few on here defending the ACA and other Obama regime (language is fun!) decisions simply by saying, “he was elected so it’s what the people want”.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vo...4/trump-mandate-history-presidential-politics
I seem to remember a few on here defending the ACA and other Obama regime (language is fun!) decisions simply by saying, “he was elected so it’s what the people want”.
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When was it ever not hilarious? I started laughing when Democrats voted in republican primaries to sway the vote towards a candidate they felt couldn’t possibly win.
He was required to have two republicans on the FCC. Pai isn't some outlier, he's a traditional republican. Anti net-neutrality is the standard republican policy. Republicans are universally bad. You continue to pretend both sides are the same in the face of overwhelming evidence. Stop doing that.
And saying 'the last president did it' isn't justification for horrible policies. Each president should IMPROVE, not continue policies which aren't working of the previous administration. Instead, it's being used as a justification for stupidity and bigotry.
It's not funny, and we see through it. I know we are all better than that.
It's not funny, and we see through it. I know we are all better than that.
"The last DEMOCRAT President did it." And if he didn't it's a statistical anomaly, and you're upset over nothing. Also HER EMAILS.