Another Potentially HUGE Blue Jays trade move, U.N. Fails to Control Internet

Well, a LOT has happened lately! The London Knights head into the Christmas break with a 21-game winning streak (a record for the team) and the London Lightning basketball club went 11-0 this season before losing recently at home vs the Oshawa Power. Also too, the Jays are making more news this offseason: they might just be getting ANOTHER good pitcher in R.A. Dickey. see the article. If they do this, the team may be able to win their division: the American League East, which is tough to do considering that they share it with the Tampa Bay Rays, the New York Yankees, the Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Red Sox (all with great histories). I have to hand it to Alex Anthopoulous: he knows how to spend his money right, and he knows how to convince Rogers to give it to him. So, whether the Jays get Dickey or not, I'll be expecting great things from the team this year.

Lastly...

A very precious resource was almost snatched away from us. The close culprits? Answer: the United Nations. See, the U.N. was holding this telecommunications conference recently in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. That took place on the 3rd-14th of this month. Initially, they promised transparency, Internet was NOT for discussion, and freedom of expression was to be affirmed. Then, on around the 12th or 13th of this month everything changed. The head of the meetings wanted to "get a feel of the room", so he asked for a vote on whether the U.N. should have more say in Internet governance. Most nations unfortunately said yes. It all looked hopeless for everyone, until America stepped up. The Americans said that they would NOT sign the new treaty at all and gave their reasons, one of which was that the new treaty would blur the line between telecommunications and the services or programs (such as the Internet) that use it. This eventually created a tidal wave of similar responses from other nations including Canada, Australia, Israel, Costa Rica, New Zealand, etc. Other nations including China, Jamaica, Iran, Russia, etc did sign. Overall, 89 signed and 55 refused. Most of the "free world" refused to sign while the nations that did were mostly dictatorial such as China or third-world democracies such as Jamaica (not pleased with Jamaica's decision as I respect that country due to the success of its Olympic athletes such as Usain Bolt). Anyways, it all ended up very well for us here in the West and that's what counts. Here's the article.

That's all for now. Have a good day.