From Crooks & Liars, thanks to Brian: Keith [Olbermann] had some very choice words about Rumsfeld’s “fascism” comments tonight. Watch it, save it and share it. Olbermann delivered this commentary with fire and passion while highlighting how Rumsfeld’s comments echoes other times in our world’s history when anyone who questioned the administration was coined as [...]
Posted by Chris in Government, Iraq, Journalism, News/Media, Politics, World on August 31st, 2006 | 1 Comment »
I implore you to rush out and purchase Jonathan Coulton’s latest CD, Thing a Week One. Specifically I’d recommend getting it in old-fashioned CD form, because it comes with exciting new artwork and liner notes from John Hodgman. It’s the first of four soon-to-be-released discs compiling all the Thing a Week songs I’ve raved about, [...]
Posted by Chris in Art, Fun, Humor, Music on August 31st, 2006 | Comments Off
Here’s a ponderable: was a man at JFK actually required to remove his t-shirt because it had a peace protest slogan in arabic? If so, what does that say about the (police) state of our airports?
Posted by Chris in Iraq, Security Theater, Travel on August 31st, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Finally some good news! A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government’s warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it. U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge to strike down the National Security Agency’s program, which she says violates the rights to free speech and privacy. [...]
Posted by Chris in Crime, Government, Law on August 17th, 2006 | Comments Off
I’ve been trying to come up with a decent summary of why this article on the release of a “suspected terrorist” five years after his arrest depresses me, but I can’t seem to get beyond the obvious “Sixth Amendment in tatters” or hand-wringing “what are we doing here?” arguments. What really gets me is how [...]
Posted by Chris in Crime, Law on August 15th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
