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SOPA and PIPA legislation. If you haven't heard about this legislation, you need to educate
yourself, as the major media companies are trying to get Congress to pass legislation that will
allow for government censorship of the Internet under the guise of copyright infringement.
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The next to final mention of soccer in the ESPN history book is on page 715, courtesy of
writer/personality Bill Simmons.
Now, I can appreciate that Simmons is a new fan to the sport of soccer, but honestly, nothing makes
me roll my eyes more than a) Those who act as if Americans, not English, invented the word "soccer"
for the game b) Those who act as if the sport needs to change to appeal to Americans.
The next to final mention of soccer in the ESPN history book is on page 715, courtesy of
writer/personality Bill Simmons.
Now, I can appreciate that Simmons is a new fan to the sport of soccer, but honestly, nothing makes
me roll my eyes more than a) Those who act as if Americans, not English, invented the word "soccer"
for the game b) Those who act as if the sport needs to change to appeal to Americans.
By Billy the Dog McGraw our legal correspondent. By and large I don't like censorship. But I find
myself writing on a site that is now censoring comments and have to admit that I see the need
sometimes. (At the moment we have the issue of people who come onto the site, look at [...]
Moscow, Russia Upon waking early this past tuesday morning, journalist Oleg Pogrebizhskaya
apparently thought to himself "It is awful dim in here. I really wish my body emitted a gentle
greenish-yellow glow."
Mr. Pogrebizhskaya might just get his wish. Yesterday, he published an article raising
questions over Russia's 2018 World Cup security in the wake of the recent Moscow Airport bombing
and now, officials in Russia's Information Ministry have hinted that it will only be a matter of
time before Oleg's pickled herring is seasoned with polonium 210.
