Darrell Issa Wants a Dumb Two-Year Ban on New Internet Laws

Today in things that will never happen, Republican Representative Darrell Issa has proposed a new bill called the Internet American Moratorium Act (IAMA) that would put a stop to any internet-related lawmaking for the next two years. More »

Online Prostitution Laws Are Out of Date and Letting Internet Pimps Off the Hook [Crime]

According to legal experts, the laws that have been regulating prostitution have left giant loopholes when it comes to online prostitution. So though real life brothels can still be policed with those old laws, brothels that originate and operate over the Internet have managed to escape the law. Ruh Roh. More »

Fracking Now Legal in North Carolina, Because Lawmaker Pressed the Wrong Button [User Error]

Technology is screwing up our voting system. It is, time and time again. It’s possible that technology just doesn’t belong in that process, isn’t it? At least, not until the technology is foolproof and failsafe. More »