Usually cautious and reputable sites like Boing Boing fell for the stunt not once, but twice!
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The user-generated news site Reddit and the blog Boing Boing are also taking part in the "blackout".
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The alternative-culture blog Boing Boing revamped its design in honor of Jobs to resemble retro Macintosh software.
The blog Boing Boing shared an early Apple commercial from 1984.
The lawsuit is bouncing around the blogosphere thanks to Boing Boing.
"Aaron had an unbeatable combination of political insight, technical skill, and intelligence about people and issues, " wrote his friend Cory Doctorow, co-editor of tech blog Boing Boing.
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Thanks to Boing Boing for the link.
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But, as I point out in my Boing Boing piece, actually passing legislation is a whole new ball game that will require us to learn from what worked in SOPA and to strategically build upon that strategy.
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Could the Chinese start rejecting the almighty dollar because they think the boing looks too weird?
Oil companies and Boing and all sorts of other large companies with heavy lobbies get billions in tax credits.
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So instead of going crazy because the Cabinet is in sore need of a binder full of women, what the "boing" is going to do to our money is the big deal.
Particularly vulnerable are major US multinationals with a large presence in China like Boing (NYSE:BA), Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT), Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO), PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP), McDonalds (NYSE:MCD), Procter and Gamble (NYSE:PG), General Motors (NYSE:GM), Ford (NYSE:F), and Yum Brands (NYSE:YUM).
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