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Mozilla joins Netflix in calling for stronger net neutrality Mozilla joins Netflix in calling for stronger net neutrality - The Washington Post

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I was greeted with a message when I opened Firefox to sign my name to a petition in favor of Net Neutrality. I’d just like to send the message out to anyone who might be confused about net neutrality, please don’t sign it. The message of “keeping a free and open internet” is nothing more than a bow on a pile of crap. While there is a serious problem with ISP’s cornering their markets, which is caused by government cooperation, they aren’t the bad guys in this situation.

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Due to the increased popularity of high bandwidth services such as Netflix & YouTube, internet speeds have been increasingly slower. This is due to the fact that within certain areas, there is a limited amount of bandwidth. ISP’s have been pushing for years for regulations which have allowed for the fore-mentioned mini monopolies (they echo what you see in many markets today). This hasn’t been a problem for ISP’s up until recently because there hasn’t been much of a need for improvement. As mentioned previously, the increased popularity of streaming services has created that need. These regulations have now caused for a much higher cost to be imposed on ISP’s to reinvest towards improvements and to create room for these new services. As any business does, it has to offset these cost somehow. The basic economic lessons apply here, this can be done with automation, lay offs, increased prices, etc. They were going to avoid passing this cost on to their customers and instead charge the companies who utilize their services. This didn’t sit well with them, so they decided to lobby for this legislation.

Anytime you hear the words “equality” in our political dialogue, your skepticism should immediately begin to kick in. This isn’t about keeping a “free and open internet”. This is about companies like Netflix passing that cost on to you or dragging the internet down with it.

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I was greeted with a message when I opened Firefox to sign my name to a petition in favor of Net Neutrality. I'd just like to send the message out to anyone who might be confused about net neutrality, please don't sign it. The message of "keeping a free and open internet" is nothing more than a bow on a pile of crap. While there is a serious problem with ISP's cornering their markets, which is caused by government cooperation, they aren't the bad guys in this situation.

I will try to keep this breakdown as simple as possible:
Due to the increased popularity of high bandwidth services such as Netflix & YouTube, internet speeds have been increasingly slower. This is due to the fact that within certain areas, there is a limited amount of bandwidth. ISP's have been pushing for years for regulations which have allowed for the fore-mentioned mini monopolies (they echo what you see in many markets today). This hasn't been a problem for ISP's up until recently because there hasn't been much of a need for improvement. As mentioned previously, the increased popularity of streaming services has created that need. These regulations have now caused for a much higher cost to be imposed on ISP's to reinvest towards improvements and to create room for these new services. As any business does, it has to offset these cost somehow. The basic economic lessons apply here, this can be done with automation, lay offs, increased prices, etc. They were going to avoid passing this cost on to their customers and instead charge the companies who utilize their services. This didn't sit well with them, so they decided to lobby for this legislation.

Anytime you hear the words "equality" in our political dialogue, your skepticism should immediately begin to kick in. This isn't about keeping a "free and open internet". This is about companies like Netflix passing that cost on to you or dragging the internet down with it.

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Miss USA Says Health Care Is a Privilege, Not a Right — and People Are Mad Miss USA Says Health Care Is a Privilege, Not a Right — and People Are Mad [Video]

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I have no clue who this woman is, but that was awesome. That takes some serious balls. Not entirely right but on the right track. Great job Miss USA, you would have my vote for that comment.

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Blue collar blues for the working man Willie Nelson – He Won't Ever Be Gone

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This is in reference to Merle’s song Workin' Man Blues, from his album A Portrait Of Merle Haggard, released in 1969.

Merle often wrote about the hardships and troubles of a blue collar life, notably on the song “A Workin Man Can’t get Nowhere Today”, which was featured on an album of the same name in 1977.

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He Won't Ever Be Gone Willie Nelson – He Won't Ever Be Gone

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The closing track is written in memory of Willie’s longtime friend and collaborator, Merle Haggard. Merle & Willie were on tour together, when Merle feel ill and passed away on April 6th, 2016.

In 2014, Merle was interviewed by Rolling Stone and commented on their relationship:

Merle Haggard, who died last week at 79, considered Willie Nelson one of his closest friends. “I love Willie and I think Willie loves me,” Haggard told Rolling Stone in 2014, detailing how the two bonded on the Nevada casino circuit in the Seventies. “We’d play a couple of long shows a day, then spend all night long jamming,” said Haggard. “There’s seldom a straight moment between us. He likes to pop a good funny, and so do I.” They went on to score a Number One hit with 1983’s “Pancho and Lefty.”

As the two got older, Haggard came to admire Nelson’s work ethic as well as his talent. “That’s why we all admire Willie: because he doesn’t go out every six years. He goes out every six minutes, and he’s on all the time. Anytime you call on him, he can handle it. He can be Willie Nelson. He’s gonna do it till he drops. I guess I’m the same way.” Nelson spoke with Rolling Stone about their friendship, which Nelson calls “a bond that went a long way.”

You can find the quotes above along with comments from Willie about Merle’s passing here.

Willie and Merle released an album together in 2015, entitled Django & Jimmie.

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The closing track is written in memory of Willie's longtime friend and collaborator, [Merle Haggard](https://genius.com/artists/Merle-haggard).  Merle & Willie were on tour together, when Merle feel ill and passed away on April 6th, 2016.

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In 2014, Merle was interviewed by Rolling Stone and commented on their relationship:

> Merle Haggard, who died last week at 79, considered Willie Nelson one of his closest friends. "I love Willie and I think Willie loves me," Haggard told Rolling Stone in 2014, detailing how the two bonded on the Nevada casino circuit in the Seventies. "We'd play a couple of long shows a day, then spend all night long jamming," said Haggard. "There's seldom a straight moment between us. He likes to pop a good funny, and so do I." They went on to score a Number One hit with 1983's "Pancho and Lefty."

> As the two got older, Haggard came to admire Nelson's work ethic as well as his talent. "That's why we all admire Willie: because he doesn't go out every six years. He goes out every six minutes, and he's on all the time. Anytime you call on him, he can handle it. He can be Willie Nelson. He's gonna do it till he drops. I guess I'm the same way." Nelson spoke with Rolling Stone about their friendship, which Nelson calls "a bond that went a long way."

You can find the quotes above along with comments from Willie about Merle's passing [here](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/willie-nelson-on-merle-haggard-we-had-a-lot-of-fun-together-20160415).

Willie and Merle released an album together in 2015, entitled [Django & Jimmie](https://genius.com/albums/Willie-nelson/Django-jimmie).

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Identity Politics & The Two Party System Movies-For-The-Blind-Songs-For-The-Deaf – Identity Politics & The Two Party System

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This is the first essay or whatever you would like to classify it as I’ve ever written. I might write more. It’s a problem I see constantly plaguing our current political discussion and I decided to give my opinion on the matter.

To all who took time out of their day to read it, thank you and god bless.

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Well, they closed down the auto plant in Mahwah late last month
Ralph went out lookin' for a job, but he couldn't find none Bruce Springsteen – Johnny 99

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“Mahwah” is a town in north-eastern New Jersey, home to around roughly 20,000 people.

Due to circumstances unknown to the listener, the auto plant in this town has been closed. This leaves the population without a job, specifically the main character of this song, Ralph.

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Johnny 99 Bruce Springsteen – Johnny 99

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The harrowing tale of a down and out man who can’t find a job. Without any work, he turns to sticking up a cashier for money. When it doesn’t turn out as planned, he shoots him.

One of the many dark, hopeless tales featured on Bruce’s LP Nebraska.

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donger’s asshole looks like mc ride SouthSide Gooches – Roster | Genius

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hahahahahhahaha thats how i feel in school

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The Beatles took cultural appropriation to a whole new level. Why I Hate The Beatles

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Literally couldn’t give two shits less about anything else you have to say. When this is your first point, you’ve already failed. Go chop off your hands so I never have to read horse shit like this again.

Go fuck yourself reverbpress.com

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Lmao this was hilarious, but:

Literally couldn’t give two shits less about…

That catches everyone.

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I never cared for the Beatles in anyway and can’t stand how overrated they are, but to say they were culturally appropriated anything racial, is funny considering they were counterculture.

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@TheeMurkiness It’s based off the fact one of their members (George Harrison) started getting heavy into Indian music and threw a track or two based around Indian music on every late LP of theirs. Annoying bs. Nobody goes after, for example, a Korean band for playing metal music. People feel like making a certain type of music I don’t know why their skin color should prevent them from doing so.

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@TheeMurkiness I wouldn’t really consider them overrated. I don’t think they are untouchable gods like a lot of people, but they pretty much created the blueprint for good pop music. It’s hard to think of many bands they weren’t influenced by the Beatles, from One Direction to Nirvana, it’s crazy. They weren’t the best lyricist, but they were extremely creative and diverse. They honestly aren’t in my top 10 bands but they are without a doubt one of the greatest bands to ever play.

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Based on that data, Mr. Moskos reported that roughly 49 percent of those killed by officers from May 2013 to April 2015 were white, while 30 percent were black. He also found that 19 percent were Hispanic and 2 percent were Asian and other races. Police kill more whites than blacks, but minority deaths generate more outrage: analysis - Washington Times

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Replying to Swinelord’s tate:

Or because there’s about a bajillion more “white” people in America, meaning there is more criminals, meaning there is more targets for cops.

Based on that data, Mr. Moskos reported that roughly 49 percent of those killed by officers from May 2013 to April 2015 were white, while 30 percent were black. He also found that 19 percent were Hispanic and 2 percent were Asian and other races.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States#Race_and_ethnicity

Non-Hispanic White- 196,817,552- 63.7 %

Non-Hispanic Blacks- 37,685,848- 12.2 %

So “blacks” make up 12% of the population, and make up 30% of police deaths? You see the “issue” now?

We don’t know how many of these are unarmed, how many of these were legitimate cases of someone needing to be neutralized, but you can least see the argument.

Now, do I think the “#BlackLivesMatter” movement is one of the most ungodly and horrible social movements in recent memory? Sure. They cherry pick who they want to stand up for. They don’t practice what they preach. It’s just a fucking mess.

The conversation needs to shift from “OMG, white cop killed black kid” to “OMG, we are heading towards a police state”.

Police brutality affects all races, racism knows no friends. It will soon be enforced on all of us if we don’t get our heads out of our asses.

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Or because there's about a bajillion more "white" people in America, meaning there is more criminals, meaning there is more targets for cops.

> Based on that data, Mr. Moskos reported that roughly 49 percent of those killed by officers from May 2013 to April 2015 were white, while 30 percent were black. He also found that 19 percent were Hispanic and 2 percent were Asian and other races.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States#Race_and_ethnicity

> Non-Hispanic White- 196,817,552- 63.7 %

> Non-Hispanic Blacks- 37,685,848- 12.2 %

So "blacks" make up 12% of the population, and make up 30% of police deaths? You see the "issue" now?

We don't know how many of these are unarmed, how many of these were legitimate cases of someone needing to be neutralized, but you can least see the argument.

Now, do I think the "#BlackLivesMatter" movement is one of the most ungodly and horrible social movements in recent memory? Sure. They cherry pick who they want to stand up for. They don't practice what they preach. It's just a fucking mess.

The conversation needs to shift from "OMG, white cop killed black kid" to "OMG, we are heading towards a police state".

Police brutality affects all races, racism knows no friends. It will soon be enforced on all of us if we don't get our heads out of our asses.

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@swinelord

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Exactly what i was trying to get at more our less

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But it’s also really hard to decipher these things with all these biased statistics and lack of defining information, like you said, we had no idea of how many of these are actually unarmed unagressive killings.

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Goddamn, realest shit on this site, I agree with every word here.

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@PseudomonarchiaDaemonum @Movies-For-The-Blind-Songs-For-The-Deaf Racism does have a friend, named “Ethnocentricism”.

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@TheeMurkiness That’s true, but how often do we see that today? That’s similar to Nationalism, which is one of the driving forces for the Nazis that helped vindicate the genocide of the Jews, in their eyes.

I guess it does go hand in hand with some different racists. I guess it would be a root for racism.

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