08/14/2008
"I care a lot more about the process than I care about the victory." (in politics)
Stephen Spoonamore has a rather impressive resume as a computer security expert (and the last line of the resume is funny). He's a Republican. He worked on the 2000 McCain campaign, Bloomberg's campaigns, and Giuliani's campaigns. He think ... Read More
08/07/2008
Star chamber trials, now with U.S. branding (in politics)
Hamdan has been found guilty in a military trial at Guantanamo. His defenders couldn't question certain witnesses, hear certain testimony, see certain evidence, or ban confessions obtained during, after, or under the threat of, torture. As Sc ... Read More
08/06/2008
The return of a useful website (in politics)
After an absence of many months, The Memory Hole - "rescuing knowledge, freeing information" - is back. Sort of like a Smoking Gun, but about stuff that matters. Read More
07/31/2008
Lessig keynote address at netroots nation last week in austin, TX. (in politics)
Excellent talk to the blog army about how money changes outcomes and erodes trust in supposedly impartial processes. The presentation is up to the usual blazing Lessig standards, with a few new details: a black jersey a la the Dynamic CEO Sty ... Read More
News website worth checking on a daily basis (in politics)
With traditional newsroom budgets shrinking under pressure from the investment community and corporate owners, there's a quiet crisis in the world of newsgathering. Even if there's a reporter with the time and intelligence available to do in ... Read More
07/17/2008
How to become an outside agitator (in politics)
I just finished reading a new book by David Sirota called The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington. Now, I'm not too sure that I agree with the title. While I found a lot of the political mo ... Read More
07/16/2008
The G. W. Bush Memorial Library: a shelf of comics, a shelf of tracts, and film clips of lobbyists selling Administration face time to build the joint. (in politics)
London's Sunday Times ran an undercover expose of exactly how paying for access to the President/Administration officials works: Read More
United States motto changing from "E Pluribus Unum" to "I Can't Recall." (in politics)
Over and above the mysteriously vanishing e-mails from the White House covering the period that Cheney was orchestrating the outing of Valerie Plame; over and above the picture of Alberto Gonzales, the former Attorney General and all-round sleaz ... Read More
07/10/2008
A people's History Of The American Empire (video) (in politics)
Empire or Humanity? What the Classroom Didn't Teach Me about the American Empire by Howard Zinn. A preview of Zinn's new book, history in comic book form. Narrated by Viggo Mortensen. Art by Mike Konopacki. Video editing by Eric Wo ... Read More
Paul Craig Roberts is still worried (in politics)
Or at least as worried as you can be if you're standing outside in a tuxedo. He was worried last year, and as of Wednesday, July 9 of '08, he was still making a very good point. Jobs in all sectors - manufacturing, high-tech, design - are ... Read More