In solidarity with Reddit and other sites, this site is blacked out today (January 18th) in protest against SOPA and PROTECT IP laws. These laws are a threat to free speech and to the freedom of the Internet. Please contact your congressional representative and tell them to vote 'No' on this law.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is so bad about SOPA and PROTECT IP?

Threat to online freedom of speech

According to the EFF, proxy servers, such as those used during the Arab Spring, can also be used to thwart copyright enforcement and therefore may be made illegal by the act.

On TIME's Techland blog, Jerry Brito wrote, "Imagine if the U.K. created a blacklist of American newspapers that its courts found violated celebrities' privacy? Or what if France blocked American sites it believed contained hate speech?" Similarly, the Center for Democracy and Technology warned, "If SOPA and PIPA are enacted, the US government must be prepared for other governments to follow suit, in service to whatever social policies they believe are important—whether restricting hate speech, insults to public officials, or political dissent."

Laurence H. Tribe, a Harvard University professor of constitutional law, released an open letter on the web stating that SOPA would “undermine the openness and free exchange of information at the heart of the Internet. And it would violate the First Amendment.”

The AFL-CIO's Paul Almeida, arguing in favor of SOPA, has stated that free speech was not a relevant consideration, because "The First Amendment does not protect stealing goods off trucks."

Negative impact on websites that host user content

Journalist Rebecca MacKinnon argued in an op-ed that making companies liable for users' actions could have a chilling effect on user-generated sites like YouTube. "The intention is not the same as China’s Great Firewall, a nationwide system of Web censorship, but the practical effect could be similar", she says.

The EFF has warned that Etsy, Flickr and Vimeo all seem likely to shut down if the bill becomes law. According to critics, the bill would ban linking to sites deemed offending, even in search results and on services such as Twitter.

Christian Dawson, COO of Virginia-based hosting company ServInt, predicted that the legislation would lead to many cloud computing and Web hosting services moving out of the US to avoid lawsuits.

Conversely, Michael O'Leary of the MPAA argued at the November 16 Judiciary Committee hearing that the act's effect on business would be more minimal, noting that at least 16 countries block websites, and the internet still functions in those countries. Denmark, Finland, Ireland and Italy blocked The Pirate Bay after courts ruled in favor of music and film industry litigation, and a coalition of film and record companies has threatened to sue British Telecom if it does not follow suit. Maria Pallante of the US Copyright Office said that Congress has updated the Copyright Act before and should again, or "the U.S. copyright system will ultimately fail." Asked for clarification, she said that the US currently lacks jurisdiction over websites in other countries.

Weakening of "safe harbor" protections for websites

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), passed in 1998, includes a provision, known as the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act, that provides a "safe harbor" for websites that host content. Under that provision, copyright owners who feel that a website is hosting content that infringes on their copyright are required to submit a notice to that website to ask for the infringing material to be removed, and the website is then given a certain amount of time to remove such material. SOPA would override this "safe harbor" provision, by allowing judges to immediately block access to any website found guilty of hosting copyrighted material.

According to critics of the bill such as the Center for Democracy and Technology and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the bill's wording is vague enough that a single complaint about even a major website could be enough to cause the site to be blocked, with the burden of proof then resting on the website to get itself un-blocked. The focus of much of the criticism is on a statement in the bill, that any website would be blocked that "is taking, or has taken deliberate actions to avoid confirming a high probability of the use of the U.S.-directed site to carry out acts that constitute a violation." Critics have read this to mean that a website that does not actively monitor its content for copyright violations, but instead waits for others to notify it of such violations, could be guilty under the law.

Law professor Jason Mazzone wrote, "Damages are also not available to the site owner unless a claimant 'knowingly materially' misrepresented that the law covers the targeted site, a difficult legal test to meet. The owner of the site can issue a counter-notice to restore payment processing and advertising but services need not comply with the counter-notice".

Goodlatte stated, "We're open to working with them on language to narrow [the bill's provisions], but I think it is unrealistic to think we're going to continue to rely on the DMCA notice-and-takedown provision. Anybody who is involved in providing services on the Internet would be expected to do some things. But we are very open to tweaking the language to ensure we don't impose extraordinary burdens on legitimate companies as long as they aren't the primary purveyors [of pirated content]".

The MPAA's O'Leary submitted written testimony in favor of the bill that expressed guarded support of current DMCA provisions. "Where these sites are legitimate and make good faith efforts to respond to our requests, this model works with varying degrees of effectiveness," O'Leary wrote. "It does not, however, always work quickly, and it is not perfect, but it works."

General threat to web-related businesses

A news analysis in the information technology magazine eWeek stated, "The language of SOPA is so broad, the rules so unconnected to the reality of Internet technology and the penalties so disconnected from the alleged crimes that this bill could effectively kill e-commerce or even normal Internet use. The bill also has grave implications for existing U.S., foreign and international laws and is sure to spend decades in court challenges."

Art Bordsky of advocacy group Public Knowledge similarly stated that "The definitions written in the bill are so broad that any US consumer who uses a website overseas immediately gives the US jurisdiction the power to potentially take action against it."

On October 28, 2011, the EFF called the bill a "massive piece of job-killing Internet regulation," and said, "This bill cannot be fixed; it must be killed."

Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, spoke out strongly against the bill, stating that "The bill attempts a radical restructuring of the laws governing the Internet," and that "It would undo the legal safe harbors that have allowed a world-leading Internet industry to flourish over the last decade. It would expose legitimate American businesses and innovators to broad and open-ended liability. The result will be more lawsuits, decreased venture capital investment, and fewer new jobs."

Lukas Biewald, founder of CrowdFlower, stated that "It'll have a stifling effect on venture capital... No one would invest because of the legal liability."

Booz & Company on November 16 released a study, funded by Google, finding that almost all of the 200 venture capitalists and angel investors interviewed would stop funding digital media intermediaries if the House bill becomes law. More than 80 percent said they would rather invest in a risky, weak economy with the current laws than a strong economy with the proposed law in effect. If legal ambiguities were removed and good faith provisions in place, investing would increase by nearly 115 percent.

As reported by David Carr of the New York Times in an article critical of SOPA and PIPA, Google, Facebook, Twitter and other companies sent a joint letter to Congress, stating "We support the bills’ stated goals — providing additional enforcement tools to combat foreign ‘rogue’ Web sites that are dedicated to copyright infringement or counterfeiting. However, the bills as drafted would expose law-abiding U.S. Internet and technology companies to new uncertain liabilities, private rights of action and technology mandates that would require monitoring of Web sites.” In response to Carr's article, bill sponsor and Committee Chairman Lamar Smith said the article "unfairly criticizes the Stop Online Piracy Act", and, "does not point to any language in the bill to back up the claims. SOPA targets only foreign Web sites that are primarily dedicated to illegal and infringing activity. Domestic Web sites, like blogs, are not covered by this legislation." Lamar also said that Carr incorrectly framed the debate as between the entertainment industry and high-tech companies, noting support by more than "120 groups and associations across diverse industries, including the United States Chamber of Commerce".

Threat to users uploading content

Lateef Mtima, director of the Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice at Howard University School of Law, expressed concern that users who upload copyrighted content to sites such as YouTube could potentially be held criminally liable themselves, saying, "Perhaps the most dangerous aspect of the bill is that the conduct it would criminalize is so poorly defined. While on its face the bill seems to attempt to distinguish between commercial and non-commercial conduct, purportedly criminalizing the former and permitting the latter, in actuality the bill not only fails to accomplish this but, because of its lack of concrete definitions, it potentially criminalizes conduct that is currently permitted under the law."

An aide to bill sponsor Lamar Smith has said, "This bill does not make it a felony for a person to post a video on YouTube of their children singing to a copyrighted song. The bill specifically targets websites dedicated to illegal or infringing activity. Sites that host user content—like YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter—have nothing to be concerned about under this legislation".

Threat to internal networks

A paper by the Center for Democracy and Technology says that the bill "targets an entire website even if only a small portion hosts or links to some infringing content."

According to A. M. Reilly of Industry Leaders Magazine, under SOPA, culpability for distributing copyright material is extended to those who aid the initial poster of said material. For companies that use virtual private networks to create a network that appears to be internal but is spread across various offices and employees' homes, any of these offsite locations that initiate sharing of copyright material can put the entire VPN and hosting company at risk of violation.

Answering similar criticism in a CNET editorial, RIAA head Cary Sherman wrote: "Actually, it's quite the opposite. By focusing on specific sites rather than entire domains, action can be targeted against only the illegal subdomain or Internet protocol address rather than taking action against the entire domain."

Threat to free and open source software

The Electronic Frontier Foundation expressed concern that free and open source software (FLOSS) projects found to be aiding online piracy may experience serious problems under SOPA. Of special concern is the web browser Firefox, made by Open-Source advocate Mozilla, which has a plug-in, MAFIAAFire Redirector, that redirects users to the new location for domains that were seized by the U.S. government. In May 2011, Mozilla refused a request by the Department of Homeland Security to pull MAFIAAFire from its website, asking "Have any courts determined that the Mafiaafire add-on is unlawful or illegal in any way?"

Ineffectual against piracy

Edward J. Black, president and CEO of the Computer & Communication Industry Association, wrote in the Huffington Post that "Ironically, it would do little to stop actual pirate websites, which could simply reappear hours later under a different name, if their numeric web addresses aren't public even sooner. Anyone who knows or has that web address would still be able to reach the offending website."

An editorial in the San Jose Mercury-News stated, "Imagine the resources required to parse through the millions of Google and Facebook offerings every day looking for pirates who, if found, can just toss up another site in no time."

Deep-packet inspection and invasion of privacy

According to Markham Erickson, head of NetCoalition, which opposes SOPA, the section of the bill that would allow judges to order internet service providers to block access to infringing websites to customers located in the United States would also allow the checking of those customers' IP address, a method known as IP blocking. Erickson has expressed concerns that such an order might require those providers to engage in "deep packet inspection", which involves analyzing all of the content being transmitted to and from the user, and may raise new privacy concerns.

Negative impact on DNS, DNSSEC and Internet security

The Domain Name System (DNS) servers, most often equated with a phone directory, translate browser requests for domain names into the IP address assigned to that computer or network. The bill requires these servers to stop referring requests for infringing domains to their assigned IP addresses.

Andrew Lee, CEO of ESET North America, has expressed concerns that since the bill would require internet service providers to filter DNS queries for the sites, this would undermine the integrity of the Domain Name System.

Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), whose district includes part of Silicon Valley, has called the bill "the end of the internet as we know it."

According to David Ulevitch, the San Francisco-based head of OpenDNS, the passage of SOPA could cause Americans to switch to DNS providers located in other countries who offer encrypted links, and may cause U.S. providers, such as OpenDNS itself, to move to other countries, such as the Cayman Islands.

In November 2011, a new anonymous top-level domain, .bit, was launched outside of ICANN control, as a response to the perceived threat from SOPA, although its effectiveness (as well as the effectiveness of other alternative DNS roots) remains unknown.

Internet security

A white paper by several internet security experts, including Steve Crocker and Dan Kaminsky, wrote, "From an operational standpoint, a resolution failure from a nameserver subject to a court order and from a hacked nameserver would be indistinguishable. Users running secure applications have a need to distinguish between policy-based failures and failures caused, for example, by the presence of an attack or a hostile network, or else downgrade attacks would likely be prolific."

DNSSEC

There have been concerns raised that SOPA would harm the usefulness of the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC), a set of protocols developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) for ensuring internet security. A white paper by the Brookings Institution wrote that "The DNS system is based on trust," adding that DNSSEC was developed to prevent malicious redirection of DNS traffic, and that "other forms of redirection will break the assurances from this security tool."

On November 17, Sandia National Laboratories, a research agency of the U.S. Department of Energy, released a technical assessment of the DNS filtering provisions in the House and Senate bills, in response to a request from Rep. Lofgren. The assessment stated of both bills that the DNS filtering would be unlikely to be effective, would negatively impact internet security, and would delay full implementation of DNSSEC.

On November 18, House cybersecurity subcommittee chairman Dan Lungren stated that he had "very serious concerns" about SOPA's impact on DNSSEC, adding, "we don't have enough information, and if this is a serious problem as was suggested by some of the technical experts that got in touch with me, we have to address it."

Lack of transparency in enforcement

Brooklyn Law School professor Jason Mazzone warned, "Much of what will happen under SOPA will occur out of the public eye and without the possibility of holding anyone accountable. For when copyright law is made and enforced privately, it is hard for the public to know the shape that the law takes and harder still to complain about its operation."

Who are my congressional representatives and how do I contact them?

Congress needs to hear from all of us or this bill is going to pass. Each representative usually publishes their phone number, email address, or a contact form on their individual official websites. Links to their websites can be found in these directories:

I don't live in the US. What can I do?

The US State Department constantly speaks out against internet censorship in other countries. Pressure them to speak out against America’s new domestic censorship system.

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Libya Campaign Could Violate War Powers Law

Libya Campaign Could Violate War Powers Law
For all the follow-blinding, party over everything crowd who said I didn't know what I was talking about when I questioned the legality of the President's actions in Libya...as Jeff Foxworthy used to say: "Here's your sign."
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Saturday, May 21, 2011

OMG Comcast! Pick on Someone Your Own Size

Hi chloebe. You're comparing apples to oranges here. 1) Comcast is a publicly traded company. 2) The Comcast matter is a response to blatant, in-your-fa­ce corruption and cronyism i.e. business ethics not core business. One can make fabulous cupcakes while also being utterly corrupt. These issues are not mutually exclusive. 3) The fact that its media we're talking about adds another layer of difference since media's role is informatio­n to the public for the greater good. Obviously, the greater good paradigm is dead at Comcast (and many others), but that business doesn't shield them from criticism. They are free to response to such criticism in this manner, but business ethics tell us not to because, in this case, it represents a manner of oppression and fascism.



Think of it this way: Do you want to live in a world where a media company can deny someone media service (cable, internet, and phone) because one criticized them...bec­ause that's the logical conclusion of your analogy put to this situation.



Business Ethics 101.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Approved!

It's official: I am moving. June 11th.
Stay tuned and subscribe to stay informed when I reveal the reason for this change.
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Monday, May 9, 2011

"Hell Breaks Loose"



I love Dexter...and this is one show I will watch should I get me own apartment with a Tee-Vee.
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Saturday, May 7, 2011

Quiet

Looks like I'm definitely moving my digs and stepping out on my own again. So much for my financial plan, but shit happens and I'm prepared because I've saved. So if I'm quiet for the next month or so, never fear, OOB2 will still be here to tell all...just as soon as I'm on my own.

Until then, I just have a shitload of work to do...
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Friday, May 6, 2011

Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

Michael Moore on CNN via The Huffington Post
With all due respect to Mr. Moore, learn to pick your battles, Mike. This one is not winnable and it lessens your stature for the good fights you fight, like the oh-so-more-important labor battle that is winnable.

That being said, while I appreciate the argument, I 100% don't agree. Here's why: Bin Laden, himself, declared war on Americans--all of us. Beyond that, he certainly proved himself on multiple occasions to be a clear and present danger to the United States of America. There is no doubt that if Bin Laden could have continued to strike us he would have--and he would have continued to target civilians when he did so. Bin Laden and his organization drew no distinction between military and civilian personnel; he had signed no binding treaty and pledged no allegiance to any flag or law, save for those he created at his personal whim.

Like it or not, our country is actively engaged in war--a long damn war against Bin Laden and his organization. During this time he has continued to speak out; he has shown no remorse or given any indication that he would ever be taken alive. Due to these circumstances, and the fact that the Congress authorized the use of force against those responsible for 9/11, the President not only had the right, he had the duty to not give up until the people responsible were brought to justice...either dead or alive. This is not Libya.

Yes, we tried Nazi war-criminals, but we did not try all the SS and we did not try Adolf Hitler. Maybe Hitler killed himself; maybe someone killed him--who knows? The point is that we will try terrorists like KSM, but not Bin Laden because keeping him alive means he continues to be a symbol and, thus, a far greater threat to our security, including, especially, economically (as he, a billionaire, intended). The smartest thing to do was to do exactly what the president did...and that's his duty and his job.

So, sorry, Mike, but galloping on a high horse without considering the real and present pitfalls of trying to imprison and try someone like Osama Bin Laden is misguided. The world, however created, is a dangerous place, full of predators. It's always been that way and it always will be, and sometimes you have to kill the adult leader to stem the slaughter and save the children.

Let's invest our efforts to undo some of the harm we've done to ourselves since 9/11, not wring our hands over the logical consequences of pissing off the jungle's biggest lion. The fact of the matter is: Bin Laden would be alive and well today if he hadn’t made the decisions he did to attack us, so I say good riddance to bad rubbish.

P.S. According to the Bible, Jesus martyred himself by allowing his enemies to kill him in order to save mankind from itself. So, be careful when you invoke WWJD…by that analogy, we should destroy ourselves in order to keep the moral high ground.
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Thursday, May 5, 2011

Netflix Instant Viewing - Ghost Adventures

I love Netflix instant viewing, especially when I'm drawing or shopping online. One of my favorite guilty pleasures on Netflix is Ghost Adventures. I like the guys because they're unpretentious and harmless. They take what they do seriously without taking themselves too seriously. I also like the techie-nature of the show with some of the equipment they use.

While most of the time I don't hear or see half of the stuff they do, and don't find it frightening, I do find it amusing. Every once in a while something on the show is truly striking, though. I've always been interested in the paranormal, and Ghost Adventures is just enough science with just enough reality TV to keep me watching...at least on Netflix. Oh, and I'm totally jealous of Zak's hair.

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Victory Lap?

Laying wreath at Ground Zero
from Huffington Post / Photo AP
I can't say I'm surprised that the "conservative" pundits and politicos are criticizing the president FOR VISITING GROUND ZERO! after KILLING OSAMA BIN LADEN, but, really, HAVE YOU NO SHAME?!?!

I mean, I know the answer. I answer is no: they have no shame. They are self-righteous and self-serving arrogant bastards. The world is full of them, but sometimes I wish they would all drop dead.

For the record, I remember how grateful I was to see Mr Bush, who I did not vote for, at Ground Zero shortly after 9/11. I was stuck in Canada and all I wanted to do was to go home, but I couldn't and it brought me comfort...so, please, tell me HOW THE HELL is what Mr. Obama did today ANY DIFFERENT?

It's not. The only difference is that I'm an American, not an American asshole.
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Geronimo!

OK, what bonehead thought it was a good idea to use the name of a Native American folk hero as the code name/call sign/handle of Osama bin Laden? Seriously. Did they think this was going to happen in a vacuum?

Sometimes I'm amazed at the stupidity of people...like George W. Bush calling the War on Terror a "crusade" or using the operational name of "Infinite Justice" to the invasion of Afghanistan. No, there's no religious connotations to be considered with there...

I am not personally offended by the use of the name Geronimo, but I am frustrated by the stupidity of its use...and I can empathize. How would non-natives feel about the use of the name Elvis? Or Johnny Cash? Or Dale Earnhardt? Or Babe Ruth? Or MLK Jr.? Or Malcolm X? Or Harvey Milk? Or Cesar Chavez? Or Gandhi? Or Confucius? Or Columbus? Or Flo Jo? Or Tupac?

I think you get the point. It's not about being overly sensitive. It's about being overly stupid and self-centered. It's 2011. The death of Bin Laden was live-tweeted before the world even realized it.

Widen your gaze, America...or, at least, stick with animals or Sesame Street puppet names.
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New Poll - OBL Approval Bump?

Bit of talk recently about what seems to be a no-brainer: no I don't mean the expected reaction from one-trick media whores like Sarah Palin and Glen Beck about the killing of Osama bin Laden, but I mean the bump in the President's approval rating...you know, considering he took out OSAMA BIN LADEN!

Anyway, check it out on the right and make yourself heard, whatever your point of view.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

$4.39

The price I paid for mid-grade gas today in Corona, CA at the Chevron station on Ontario Avenue.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

I Believe That We Have Won!

Since news broke of the killing of Osama Bin Laden, I’ve needed to take a little time to reflect on my feelings regarding the president’s policies before I got distracted with the trials of my personal life that I must remain tight-lipped about for the time-being. I will soon write about the situation, but, for now, I can’t.

I don’t believe in blind support. I will challenge a Democrat just as fast as a Republican just as fast as a Green Party member or a Libertarian. Because of that I have been critical of Mr. Obama on many of his policies even though I certainly like him better than Mr. Bush or his challenger, Mr. McCain. In fact, I believe it is my duty to stay informed and to do so.

In the past when he has deserved credit for something, such as ending Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, I have been quick to acknowledge that; and, the in the past, when his critics have attacked him for illogical, irrational, hypocritical and racist reasons, I have come to his defense by calling them out. That’s also my duty to do so.

I have also been really personally disappointed. I’ve said things in rebuke of him, like when his Justice Department defended DOMA and equated homosexuality with incest, I remarked that “Today I hope Barack Obama is a one-term president”. You see, I am a victim of molestation and attempted-incest by heterosexual men, one of whom joined the Armed Services as a Chaplin. Still to this day I think only my mother (on her side of the family) believes me—at least those who know. So, that kind of outrageous bullshit is where I draw the line and where I will withdraw my support, no matter what else a politician may or may not have done because nothing else affects my daily life more than the inequality and discrimination of me and others like me, not as a victim but as a homosexual. Literally nothing, not even the economy and gas prices (even though those certainly do affect me too).

But, as an American, my patriotism trumps myself, because I do believe that all of us should put country before self (at least when its righteous)…and regardless to the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya, taking Bin Laden out was the right thing and the just thing to do. Let me be clear: I do not care where it happened; I do not care if he was armed; I do not care if their orders were to kill him. Osama Bin Laden was the enemy of this country. He was a twisted son of a bitch and I’m elated, relieved, and thankful that he is history. The president also had legal standing to do what he did, unlike with Libya.

I, furthermore, don’t need any further details. I don’t need to see pictures. I know and understand why some people need to, but I don’t. The picture of the president and the National Security Council in the Situation Room was really all I needed to see. The look on Mr. Obama and Ms. Clinton’s faces was proof-positive to me that most of what we are being told is true. Perhaps some details are shaded, but I don’t care.

This brings me to my conclusion. For this reason, and this reason alone, I will support Mr. Obama over any other candidate no matter what. I will still press and criticize him, but on Sunday he earned my vote in 2012…as an American. Yes, I will pull the lever for our president and do so proudly because under his direction, due to his policies and to his courage, as they say at Annapolis: I believe that we have won!
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Sunday, May 1, 2011

O Happy Day!

Front Page of Los Angeles Times on 9/11
TERRORIST BIN LADEN KILLED BY US NAVY SEALS IN PAKISTAN ON DIRECT ORDER FROM US PRESIDENT OBAMA.

via Huffington Post

For all the people around the world: O Happy Day!

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African Cats

Saw African Cats today with my father. It was formulaic, but a heck of a lot more interesting than the White House Correspondence Dinner, apparently known as #nerdprom. Still, I was glad to see the president skewer Donald Trump and all the racist idiots like him. I especially liked the "Lion King" bit. The humiliation on Trump's face was priceless. I hope that asshat wanders off like a real lion does once he's been beaten, never to be heard from again, but I doubt he has the required dignity.

I guess I'll just have to hope for a bad cause of laryngitis that lasts for the rest of his life.

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