An article I am just copying and pasting, regardless of copyright:

Any time you have someone who is vehemently copyright maximalist, it’s really only a matter of time until someone discovers that they, too, violate copyrights. There had been some questions asked a few months ago about whether or not SOPA sponsor Lamar Smith had licenses to put up videos of news reports on his site, but that didn’t seem like a huge deal (and was likely fair use anyway). However, the latest, as a ton of you are sending in, is that some enterprising folks at Vice discovered that Lamar Smith’s campaign site was making use of a photograph in violation of its Creative Commons license. It seems this was what Lamar Smith’s campaign website recently looked like:

That background image? Turns out it’s this (quite nice) image from DJ Schulte

Take it away, Vice folks:

And whaddya know? Looks like someone forgot to credit him.

I contacted DJ, to find out if Lamar had asked permission to use the image and he told me that he had no record of Lamar, or anyone from his organization, requesting permission to use it: “I switched my images from traditional copyright protection to be protected under the Creative Commons license a few years ago, which simply states that they can use my images as long as they attribute the image to me and do not use it for commercial purposes.

“I do not see anywhere on the screen capture that you have provided that the image was attributed to the source (me). So my conclusion would be that Lamar Smith’s organization did improperly use my image.

Ooops. And this is a big part of the problem that we’re talking about. Thanks to the ridiculousness of today’s copyright laws, it’s pretty much guaranteed that everyone infringes, whether you intend to or not. Which is why we ought to be exceptionally careful about doling out quick and powerful punishment for those involved in infringement. After all, the supporters of these things never know when it might just come back to bite them directly…

Is heart wrenching to hear.  How many of you could this be, if you lost your job next week?  How many of you are just 1 paycheck away from being homeless or destitute?  Often people think that Unemployment Benefits are a safety net, but this is not always true.  For example, commission only jobs do not have this safety net.

Just take a few moment to consider yourself in this mans shoes.  And then remember that feeling when you are dealing with someone who is having a hard time.

Ingredients

1 stick of butter

1 cup xylitol (or erythritol)

1 cup Splenda (get the one that is with fiber, to net zero carbs)

1 cup almond flour

1 tsp salt

2 tsp baking powder

1 tbl vanilla

1 tbl banana extract

1 cup walnuts

1/3 cup heavy cream

2/3 cup water

4 eggs

2 cups flax meal

Process:

Preheat the over to 350

In a bowl cream together the softened butter, splenda, and xylitol (make sure that whichever you use, it equates to 2 cups sugar in sweetening strength).   Blend in the cream into the mixture, along with the water, vanilla extract, banana extract,  and eggs.  Once you have it nicely mixed, begin adding in the almond flour, the walnuts, and all other ingredients except the baking powder.  The baking powder will be added right before you put the mixture into the baking pan.

In your baking pan, line it with parchment.  This will make removal of the cake a whole lot easier.  Add in the baking soda, mix well, then put the batter into the parchment lined pan. Set aside for 10 minutes to allow it to “rise” a little.   Bake for about 30 mins, but you will need to adjust based on your pan, oven, and location.  Generally, if it looks done on top, smells done, and feels firm, it is done.

Slice into 12 squares, totaling only 1.5g of carbs each.

I would recommend slicing about 10 mins after coming out of the oven, but not eating until they have cooled.  I would also recommend letting the edges of the cake brown a little bit before pulling out of the oven (if you use xylitol), as it will make a wonderfully chewy/crispy crust.

Topping Ideas

- blend half stick of butter with 1/2 tsp vanilla and 2 tbl zero carb sweetener, spread onto cakes

-  use 1 cup heavy cream, 1/4 cup zero carb sweetener, and whip into whipping cream.