Ok, so it appears that the House has passed some utterly unenforceable legislation regarding online gamblins. How very interesting that the bill carves out special exemptions for online betting on horse racing and online lotteries.

I guess it's OK to throw away your life's savings at the racetrack but not in an online poker room.

Never mind that what the bill specifically prohibits - banks and credit cards depositing money to online poker sites - is utterly worthless, seeing as how those sites all go through legitimate offshore paypal-like companies like Firepay and NetTeller, which are not subject to ridiculous US legislation and are therefore not governed by this silly law.

The stupidity of the US Government never ceases to amaze me. Instead of trying to force Internet gambling underground, how's about - I dunno - LEGALIZING it and TAXING THE PISS OUT OF IT. Use the money to fix our schools if you must, though that would lead to better math education which would probably be -EV for me at the online poker tables. Nevertheless, I think that's a sacrifice I'd be willing to make.

So stupid. So, so stupid. Sigh.