Andrew Norton
3nd Presidential Debate Liveblog 2016
October 19, 2016
Welcome to the liveblog by the US Pirate Party covering the 2nd Presidential Debate. Covering the debate and giving feedback, and facts from the Pirate Perspective is Former US party chairman Andrew Norton (K`Tetch) Massachusetts State leader, and US party Vice-chair James O'Keefe (jokeefe) ... Read more
2nd Presidential Debate Liveblog 2016
October 9, 2016
Welcome to the liveblog by the US Pirate Party covering the 2nd Presidential Debate. Covering the debate and giving feedback, and facts from the Pirate Perspective is Former US party chairman Andrew Norton (K`Tetch) Massachusetts State leader, and US party Vice-chair James O'Keefe (jokeefe) ... Read more
Andrew Norton Resigns as USPP Chair
February 8, 2016
I’ll come as no surprise to many that today I’m announcing my resignation from the USPP, effective March 1 2016. I’ve been with it I’ve been with the USPP off and on since July 2006, and in the last 9.5 years, I’ve learnt a lot, experienced more, and made a lot of friends, and professional conta... Read more
Trump for Pirate President?
February 6, 2016
I recently got a letter from Myron Goretzky at the ‘Coalition for National Referendum’ (CNR), trying to convince me that the Pirate Party should support Donald Trump for President. In case you hadn’t noticed, the US Pirate Party (I’m assuming he means the US Pirate Party anyway, doubt a... Read more
US Pirate Party, Lessig, and the State of US Democracy
November 2, 2015
What follows is a statement from the US Pirate Party's leadership on the decision by Professor Lawrence Lessig to withdraw his candidacy. The US Pirate Party expresses our disappointment with the decision by the Democratic National Committee to change the rules of their debate admittance to avoid h... Read more
House Demonstrates Trade Deal Issues
June 12, 2015
Two weeks ago, the House Agriculture Committee voted 38-6 to repeal country-of-origin-labeling. (COOL), and now it's the full House's turn. In a 300-131 vote yesterday the "country of Origin Labeling Amendments Act" (HR 2393) passed with the support of a significant number of Democrats as well as th... Read more
The State of the Pirate Union 2015
March 10, 2015
A few short weeks ago, I was elected to Chair the US Pirate Party, by the State Advisory Board. So now, I’ll hopefully give us a plan to work forward from here, and leave us, at the end of the year, better, stronger and more productive than before. In my candidacy, I made a few promises I want... Read more
USPP applauds FCC rules on Net Neutrality and Community Broadband
February 26, 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The United States Pirate Party is overjoyed that both Net Neutrality and Community Broadband measures passed the FCC today. The Net Neutrality proposal comes from almost 8 years of wrangling with the FCC, starting from research in 2007 that showed Comcast to be interfering wi... Read more
[LiveBlog] Pirate Perspectives on the State of the Union 2015
January 20, 2015
As with last year, we're going to liveblog the State of the Union address. The State of the Union is often a roadmap for the executive branch, and the President's party, giving indications on policy directions for the coming year. It's a constitutional requirement of the President, and while some... Read more
Dotcom to Sell Out Digital Rights in the US
December 4, 2014
The announcement of launching a US arm to ‘the Internet Party’ (by Mega founder Kim Dotcom) seems, on its face, quite good news. A rich, media-savvy person who understands technology getting into the US political scene to stir things up and fight for digital rights, and freedoms; sounds great, rig... Read more
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