The RIAA has decided to play hardball on the issue or file-sharing. According to this article, they are looking at ways of sabotaging computers that download illegal music. Nevermind the fact that such a practice would be illegal itself. This truly demonstrates how desparate the industry has become.

In a major victory for free speech, a three-judge panel from the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has struck down major parts of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill. This sets up a showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court later on this year.

It was an ill-conceived law to begin with, so I’m not surprised that it’s being struck down. I’ll admit that we need to reform campaign finance, but this wasn’t the way.

Top picture is from the film Independence Day with Bill Pullman playing the president who hops in a jet fighter to kill aliens.

Bottom picture is President George W. Bush after landing on an aircraft carrier. He fights terrorists. This is a strange world we live in.