Toonami might soon be getting cancelled again as it's block loses 1 hour

There is speculation that Toonami may soon be getting cancelled again as it loses 1 hour. This is because that TV is dead and the internet has become a boon for online video services like Amazon Prime, Crunchyroll,  Hulu, and Netflix. Cable providers will soon be selling their Over-the-Top (OTT) services to customers as the FCC will soon vote on the final rule of the definition of a Multichannel Video Provider Distribution (MVPD) and also the incentive auction for the upper UHF broadcast band and AWS bands that will soon begin next year.

How Copyright Maximalism kills transparency: The Death of Chilling Effects Clearinghouse

Search and image results that get removed let's say links to fan works on DeviantArt usually ends up on Chilling Effects Clearinghouse. But now it's seems that IP maximalists have killed transparency using the "take down, ask questions later"  procedure. So now Chilling Effects is all but dead, it won't be long until the site shut itself down after being threatened by corporate copyright maximalists

So we are screwed until DeviantArt becomes the next victim to be forced to remove all the fan art and even the fan art category from the site.

Merry Final Christmas: Trade Agreements are lumps of coal in your stocking

I hope you all have a Merry Christmas because this is the final one before our internet freedoms are taking away giving us lumps of coal of lawsuits by international corporate tribunals via investor state dispute settlement (ISDS), the outlawing of derivative works in the TPP and TTIP including cosplay and fanart.

TPP: latest leak shows that two provisions removed in the intellectual property chapter. One involves on Surgical Patent Methods that would put patients lives that depend on heart surgery in peril. Should that provision not have been removed, more patients would die. The second is the provision that would prevent certain browsers from operating, temporary storage in electronic form.

Negotiators want to make drug patents likely last up to 12 years or even make them last forever thus putting profits over health and even making people die from HIV/AIDS depriving them the treatment for the virus along with Ebola, Hepatitis, Avian flu, leukemia, etc. That is making drug patents that never expire.

But for Copyright terms the US wants to extend to 95 years, Japan wants it 100 years.  But corporations will go too far to make copyrighted material last forever even after the author expires. If they did, Disney and other companies would be in trouble for using the works of A.A Milne, Charles Dickens, C.S. Lewis, Hans Christian Anderson and even Charles Dodgson. There would also be a whole mess of lawsuits of unauthorized usage of works that was written past centuries, no more public domain.

Then the environment chapter that only covers deforestation and not including on other issues such as protecting clean water, air, and wildlife.

But I also want to point out a new leak on another international trade agreement called the Trade In Services Agreement (TISA). While copyright maximalist provisions aren't in the agreement but may likely, there are a couple of provisions in the agreement that is bad for consumers. One provision allows ISPs to establish a tiered internet or fast lanes thus putting a final nail in the coffin for net neutrality, the other is a provision that would criminalize freedom of speech and journalism on the internet.

Meanwhile, we are closer toward a path that Jeopardizes our freedoms, this is the Trade Promotion Authority or Fast Track. No filibustering trade agreements or amendments and very little time of debate, just a take it or leave it procedure.

But this is the last chance to stop it if a Fast Track bill is filibustered. all it takes is 41 Democrats to stop it

Shin chan says adios to Japan, and Hola to Mexico in the 2015 movie

Adios to Japan, and Hola to Mexico and Shin and the family move to Mexico in the 2015 movie: Crayon Shin-chan: My Moving Story, Large Cactus Attack

After more than 20 years, the movie series is moving to Mexico. So I am not sure if this film gives us a clue that the show would end at the 2014-2015 season and continue on in Spain since the show has become a big hit for the Spaniard demographic. But the series could continue on, but in Mexico as a different location due to Hiroshi being transferred. Or could be a continuation as a second series Shin Crayon Shin-Chan (hense the name of the manga which has nothing to do with it)


While Mexico, Shin gets attacked by man-eating cacti.

That's all..

Updated: Added movie title

Reasons Why Zynga is Likely to go out of Business

Zynga's stock has plummeted over the years. Mainstream media like CNBC, predicted the company wouldn't survive in 2014. The crystal ball shows that Zynga could go out of business sometime before Christmas or the New Year, or After the 114th Congress is sworn in.  5 reasons:


1. Zynga CEO Mark Pincus is in trouble facing a lawsuit from stock holders.

2. Zynga cannot survive without Facebook If Zynga haven't left Facebook,  it would've generate more profits.

3. Mobile Games like Words with Friends have not made a hit because some people do not have a tablet or Android phone.

4. Old games that been shuttered mainly Cafe World. But awful games like CityVille 2 didn't make an appeal to audience.

5. Best games like Farmville 2 and Castleville Legends could soon be shuttered as more cutbacks and layoffs.


Microsoft, Apple or Google could buy the company.

Why protesting against bad trade deals won't help

Couple of things to point out as we now enter darker times due to midterm election results:

Why protesting against bad trade deals will not help

Why 2/3 of Americans allowed our freedoms on the internet die, putting environmental, healthcare, and labor at risk,

Negotiations are being concluded at APEC. Some trade ministers say that a deal could be reached in the first 6 months, this however could be done in time.

And the reason why 2/3 of Americans allowed our internet freedom to die is that they stay home. If the 2/3 of Americans voted, Democrats would've held onto the Senate and the TPP deal would have died. My guess for this reason is voter suppression. 2/3 of Americans didn't vote because of state voter ID laws. I hope the DOJ will investigate the election results and declare that the midterm was rigged by voter suppression when this new DOJ head be approved by the Senate during the lame duck session. I may sound like a liberal but the DOJ is our only hope to stop the Repubs controlling both houses.

Freedoms are now dead with a GOP controlled Congress with Fast track likely to come up when the 114th Congress likely to be sworn in.

Midterm election results

The GOP wins Senate control with over 6 seats. Expected to net a total of 8 or 9 seats depending on the December Runoff. Georgia did manage to avoid the runoff and it's quite surprising that they also have gained a net of 2 governor seats mainly pick up of 4 seats. It's rare that a GOP win in Maryland despite that the projections would result a Mod Dem Hold/Lean Democratic. The latest poll shown that Lawrence (Larry) Hogan Jr. leads incumbent Anthony Brown by 5%.  Incumbent Governors in Florida and Kansas, turned out that they won despite of their vulnerability in polls.

Senate Result

GOP: 53 or 54 (Depending on the Louisiana December runoff)
Dem: 44 or 45
Ind: 2

Governorship Result

GOP: 31
Dem: 18
Ind: 1

That was a good midterm. Colorado had a good battle, though it's still a toss-up state.