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(Reuters) Brazil and the European Union agreed on Monday to lay an undersea communications cable from Lisbon to Fortaleza to reduce Brazil's reliance on the United States after Washington spied on Brasilia.
At a summit in Brussels, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said the $185 million cable project was central to "guarantee the neutrality" of the Internet, signaling her desire to shield Brazil's Internet traffic from U.S. surveillance. According to other sources, the construction is scheduled to begin in July.
A joint venture between Brazilian telecoms provider Telebras and Spain's IslaLink Submarine Cables would lay the communications link. Telebras would have a 35 percent stake, IslaLink would have a 45 percent interest and European and Brazilian pension funds could put up the remainder.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Tuesday February 25 2014, @03:58PM
I don't think it's apathy so much as a feeling of helplessness. After all, PATRIOT, DMCA, Bono Act, etc -- all the things corporations want and voters don't, got passed with overwhelming majorities from both parties. Meanwhile, there isn't a single person I know of in the House or Senate who wants pot legalized, even though more than half of all voters want it legal.
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(Score: 5, Interesting) by frojack on Tuesday February 25 2014, @06:46PM
You probably just don't know of them, its not that they don't want it legalized.
http://rt.com/usa/lawmakers-demand-reclassify-mari juana-legal-926/ [rt.com]g alization-california-congress-obama/ [time.com]l egalization-goes-federal/ [go.com]
http://swampland.time.com/2014/02/12/marijuana-le
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/02/pot-
Probably at least half of them have at one time, or currently use it, in the privacy of their own home, because no one is going to arrest a Congressman or Senator when they can just hold that over their heads for small favors. (You just about can't arrest a member of congress while congress is in session. Its a big deal if you try).
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Tuesday February 25 2014, @07:42PM
Probably at least half of them have at one time, or currently use it, in the privacy of their own home
Almost certainly, since almost every boomer I've ever met has at least tried pot, and most of the government guys are boomers. But hypocricy abounds in congress, how many anti-gay legislators were cought sucking off some guy? How many bible thumpers were caught in adultery? Look at Seven of Nine's husband, Illinois politician Jack Ryan, bible-thumping tea partier who got caught lying to Republican hacks about his wanting to take his Borg wife to sex parties and watch other guys bang her (which is why she divorced him)?
How can you tell if a politician is lying? His lips move. A politician will vote against his own (other) wishes as well as his constituents' wishes if he thinks it will get him reelected.
Hypocrites.
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