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Google’s Brin Says Piracy Bills Puts U.S. Censorship On Par With China : The Two-Way : NPR

Brin said if the U.S. passed either SOPA, the House version of the bill, or the Protect IP Act, the Senate version, it would put the country in same league as China and Iran as far as Internet censorship is … Continue reading

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link- Now You Can Pay For Parking In (Some Of) SF By Phone: News: SFAppeal

To use the service, call (866) 490-7275 or download the PayByPhone app at www.paybyphone.com, then enter the meter location number and desired length of stay. The first 5,000 people to register for the service will have the 45-cent fee waived … Continue reading

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In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011 | Blogs | Vanity Fair

“My chief consolation in this year of living dyingly has been the presence of friends,” he wrote in the June 2011 issue. He died in their presence, too, at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. May his 62 … Continue reading

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Mercedes Sosa

Que triste- Mercedes Sosa died (Yahoo! news) One of my mom’s favorite singers …

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zomg outrage!

(of course it’s the sf chron that picked this story up…) link A 12 year old girl was censored(!) by her school for trying to give a report on Harvey Milk (zomg!!)…. outrage here and there… “After the principal sent … Continue reading

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