No chips, no peace

You can find activists everywhere.

Recently the U.S. government took action against three online poker sites, pretty much shutting down their operations for U.S. customers. Dan Cypra notes the fallout:

As you might expect, online poker players -- some of whom have six and potentially even seven figures locked up in cyberspace -- are growing increasingly anxious.

Enter the Poker Players Alliance, or the PPA as we affectionately know it in our industry. The PPA is the main lobbying voice for poker players in the United States. And even though poker players are a notoriously apathetic bunch, in the wake of having funds locked away for the foreseeable future, they have become increasingly vocal through the several online channels the PPA has provided.

Well, actually, some of these channels are provided by others. Take the U.S. Department of Justice Facebook page. Well, maybe:

[NOTE: MY USUAL PRACTICE IS TO *NOT* QUOTE CONTENT POSTED ON FACEBOOK, BECAUSE THE POSTER MAY NOT REALIZE THAT THE CONTENT IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, IN THIS CASE I DON'T THINK THE POSTER WOULD OBJECT.]

hmmmmm....... why did the DOJ remove all the posts regarding the ridiculous ban on internet poker?

Actually, they didn't - or if they did, they didn't remove all of them.