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The Day the LOLCats Died…

Check out these fantastic statistics and screenshots from January 18 SOPA/PIPA Blackout Day.

http://www.sopastrike.com/numbers

 

The government shut down a big website…Alicia Keys husband arrested for piracy

http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/megaupload_seizure/?akid=1155.762188.IVDL_F&rd=1&t=2

Anonymous shuts down government websites

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/19/business/megaupload-shutdown/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

http://front.moveon.org/the-shocking-facts-about-the-governments-move-to-censor-the-internet/

Yesterday was a BIG protest on the Internet against SOPA/PIPA…with websites such as Google, Michael Moore, Reddit, Wikipedia, and others that went dark.

https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/

SOPA supporters

http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/Rogue%20Websites/List%20of%20SOPA%20Supporters.pdf

There were some good happenings as folks bombarded Congress with emails and phone calls. Some of the sponsors and co-sponsors dropped from being on board with the bills…

http://gizmodo.com/5877219/sopa-outrage-is-breaking-the-senates-websites

http://mashable.com/2012/01/18/pipa-sopa-abandon-bill/

People protesting are now asking for folks to ask President Obama to veto the bill (he has said that he would but he said he would veto NDAA and did not ultimately)…

https://act.demandprogress.org/act/veto_sopa/

https://act.demandprogress.org/act/vote_for_net/

http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/dead-on-arrival-obama-succumbs-to-pressure-will-veto-sopa-legislation_01152012

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on the road again with dog…

well, my friends, Cici and I are off to our latest adventure… here’s our travel itinerary…

Today, Guerneville in Sonoma County 

Tomorrow, Little River, California 

Wed. Fort Bragg, California 

Thursday, Redwood City, CA

Friday-Monday, Fort Bragg, CA

Tuesday, Westport, CA

 

Some of the pet friendly inns where we will stay: 

Sonoma Orchid Inn

Pacific Mist Inn

Surf Motel and Gardens

Atrium B&B

Pine Beach Inn

Little River Inn

Howard Creek Ranch Inn

 

and from there, we may visit Lancaster, CA, 29 Palms,  Las Vegas and Kanab, Utah (Best Friends, here we come)…

we will be meeting some wonderful new friends, dogs, and beaches… not to mention all of the chocolate samples and dog friendly wineries, so stay tuned for our adventures as they happen…

 

meanwhile, back at the dog ranch… thought this was really cute and funny…

 

 [© New Yorker Magazine, March 1993]

 

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