MPJ

I am surely not one of those doomsday preppers you could encounter on some documentary broadcast networks, and I am definitely not digging a large basement underneath my house or buying cans of food and devices to purify water, waiting for some apocalypse to arrive. It's not that I didn't give a thought or two on the topic. I even wrote a little about doomsday and apocalypse aftermath back in 2012 when it was all in the media with that Mayan date event. However, one thing is for sure and probably the most cruel fact you might conclude from this research. We definitely don't have any influence in order to stop many of the potential doomsday scenarios - like hostile alien attack, deadly collision with a large asteroid, or long nuclear winter. But some we can deal with. Post-apocalyptic environments caused by biohazards are those we might prevent. But only if we start on time. Yesterday would be nice, but tomorrow is still ok. But, before we jump into the term itsel...

Last week was very exciting on the global scale regarding the everlasting anti-piracy war. Only this time, instead of real criminals, somebody else could really suffer. Somebody like Wikipedia, for example. The whole activity raises more questions now, and maybe the biggest one is who was the real target with this SOPA and PIPA last week, and who was really responsible? Well, I have no doubts about that. It's the politics and politicians. With a vast number of parliaments, congresses, senates, or whatever these institutions are named in worldwide democracies, the biggest background activity known as political lobbying will always be there. This works really simply: you have money, and you want some law to be established to expand your business even more? Not a problem; just hire some advocacy firm to lobby for your goal, and over time, if you are persistent enough, you will succeed - politicians belong to those people who "change their minds" easily. They don't...