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 a traitor, [...]
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 | No Comments »
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.
More information and [...]
Posted by Chris in Crime, Government, Law on August 17th, 2006 | No Comments »
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 accepting [...]
Posted by Chris in Crime, Law on August 15th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Because I’ve already stated that I wouldn’t follow a depressing article with another, I bring you this photo of an adorable kitten.
Posted by Chris in Fun on August 15th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
When you heard about the latest “foiled terror plot!!1!” was your first reaction disbelief? Did you think to yourself, “Great. They’re going to use this as an excuse to ban everything but Skymall from being carried on an airplane.” I sure did, and apparently, I was not alone.
Posted by Chris in Crime, Government, You have got to be kidding on August 14th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Well, seems that there is indeed a conspiracy.
Posted by Deb in Environment, Government, Politics, Science on August 13th, 2006 | No Comments »
Families Weight Comments May Harm Girls for Years is the title of the article. This may seem obvious, but I sure wish someone had pointed that out to my parents. You know, diet programs at age eleven are 1) never a very good idea and 2) really hard on one’s self esteem, [...]
Posted by Deb in Beauty and Fashion, Culture, Feminism, Food, Medicine, Oddly Enough, Personality, Philosophy, Politics, Science, To Help on August 9th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
This is cool in a creepy “this could really advance science, but what about our impending robot masters?” sort of way. But hey, the “animat” — which is bascially a bunch of neurons on a circuit board that moves a virtual mouse — is still a far cry from Mr. Data.
Posted by Deb in Science, Science fiction, Technology on August 4th, 2006 | No Comments »
