The Amazon Tax fight isn’t over in California

    While Jerry Brown has signed the budget bill that imposed an Internet Sales Tax on California, an arguably unconstitutional attempt to tax out-of-state businesses conducting interstate commerce with Californians, the fight’s not over. I’ve said again and again that Amazon doesn’t play around. And sure enough, the very night Brown signed the bill, Amazon emailed me and every other Amazon Associate in California to terminate | Read More »

    The Save The Internet coalition crumbles

    As I’ve discussed in this space before, the opponents of a government-controlled Internet need to get out of Net Neturality coalitions like Save the Internet. It appears that this is beginning to happen, as Glenn Reynolds is coming out against the Google-Obama Net Neutrality. Says Reason.com: Instapundit’s main message: “The Internet has done very well as a largely unregulated space, and in light of that | Read More »

    Gawker Media: Only terrorist furriners have rights

    You may recall that during the Bush administration and the Presidential campaign, Gizmodo was constantly harping on wiretaps of terrorists. Specifically, Gizmodo claimed that the Bush-era program constituted “domestic spying,” that telecommunications firms spied as well, and that they ‘won’ out over the American people on the matter. They were practically in hysterics, hiding under sheets and crying into a camera “Leave the phones alone, | Read More »