If you don't know what's going on with the Stop Online Piracy Act, TotalBiscuit puts it in good perspective.
The US House Committee is still 'arguing' about it and it will resume on the 21st of December this month. Call your local representative's office and leave a message letting them know you are against this bill or the internet all over the world will be ruined forever. Lots of people are all like 'oh it's just another stupid piracy bill trying to pass' but it's looking grim. The reps in favor of it heavily outweigh the opposers at the moment due to lobbying. I watched nearly all the House discussion and there are a few people saying they need more technical experts weighing in, and they need more revision or mechanically the internet could get extremely F'd up. These people were in the minority.
I'm surprised Newgrounds hasn't been talking about it more. The Senate also has a Protect IP Act they want to vote on. So if the House and Senate pass these, Obama will most likely give us yet another wonderful Christmas present in addition to the NDAA and sign this over as well. Call your local rep at americancensorship.org and tell them to oppose it. It's meant for stopping copyright infringement but it's really about censorship and it's disgusting.
I never post about politics here but this affects everyone. Especially the people that aren't 70 years old and use the internet on a regular basis unlike our government.
Chdonga
I could see if they just wanted to stop piracy -- as in illegally downloading shit -- but this is ridiculous.