” Mike Pence (who may be a demon from the ninth circle of hell) and Chris Christie (who is fat) join Florida governor Ron DeSantis (who has no personality) and President Donald Trump (who is an idiot) as primary contenders for the Republican Presidential nomination, continuing the GOPs time-honored tradition of putting as many stinkers up for election as possible. [read post]

2018 was another busy busy year in the world of copyright, and a continuing global 'theme' was the ongoing battle between 'big tech' and 'big content', with the likes of Google and YouTube continuing to lobby extensively against planned reforms, bringing onboard (some) of the creative community - whilst the  'big content' (including film companies, music companies, the games sector and television) rolled out other creators - and finally seemed to be… [read post]

‘Business as Normal’: Pence’s stay at Trump hotel in Ireland follows a trend MSN – Maggie Haberman and Eric Lipton (New York Times) | Published: 9/3/2019 During his taxpayer-funded trip to Ireland, Vice President Mike Pence did not stay in Dublin, where he had meeting with Irish officials, but 181 miles away at the Trump International Golf Links & Hotel in Doonbeg. [read post]