Clearing out bookmarks (again)

Senator Rockefeller introduces a bill to control businesses gathering data on us online.
•A couple of weeks back, I linked to news that Cablevision wanted to stop cable providers bundling channels in all-or-nothing packages. Unsurprisingly, that doesn’t mean Cablevision will allow us to pick and choose.
•Banks have broken the law by foreclosing on 15,000 service members on active duty.
•The Associated Press offers proof that Hugo Chavez was a terrible president: He spent money on the poor instead of one “spectacular construction projects that oil riches spurred in glittering Middle Eastern cities.”
•As you may have heard, Arkansas now bans abortions after 12 weeks. Slackvitist asks if right-wingers will support making it easier for pregnant women to keep their jobs, which would be a logical step to preventing at least some abortions. Feministe explains why the law is needed.
•The classic racist response: Of course I’m not racist, but these people don’t belong here! In this case, Israelis having a fit about Muslim players on a soccer team.
•Right-wing bloggers are torn between cheering Rand Paul for condemning Obama’s drone policy and condemning him for being soft on terror.
•Speaking of which, here’s how the White House justifies targeting the child of an accused terrorist for a drone strike: It’s his father’s fault!
•Foreign guest workers get treated like slaves. As someone who’s heard these stories as a reporter and never got anyone to talk about it, I’m glad the workers are taking action.
•The effects of sequestration.
•Remember how we went into the Middle East for democracy and freedom? Somehow I don’t think we’ll be taking action against our trusted allies the Saudis over this.
•A TSA screener gets through security with a fake bomb in her pants.
•The head of a church charged with abuse explains that refusing to release information makes him more like Jesus.
•A new way for people to be creepy.