(New York Times) Here’s what happens when this irresponsible Congress railroads a profoundly important bill to serve the mindless politics of a midterm election: The Bush administration uses Republicans’ fear of losing their majority to push through ghastly ideas about antiterrorism that will make American troops less safe and do lasting damage to our 217-year-old [...]
Archive for September, 2006
Posted in Political on Sep 29th, 2006
Here are some helpful information and action links as a followup to yesterday’s Kiss Democracy Goodbye, Courtesy of Herr Bush article. Special thanks to Jeremiah and Implementor for their thoughts and contributions.
Find & Contact Your Senator
Find & Contact Your Represenative
ACLU Letter Opposing the Military Commissions Act
Additional productive and useful links on this topic are welcome [...]
Posted in Bush on Sep 28th, 2006
Congragulations, your rights to Habeas Corpus guaranteed by a little piece of paper called the Constitution have now been abolished. The Bush Administration now has the power to imprison anyone, anywhere, for any amount of time, with no substantiated evidence, without a declared reason or charges… including American citizens. Of course, they have to declare [...]
Posted in Technology on Sep 27th, 2006
The Sega Toys company manufactures a product called Yume-Neko Smile (”Dream Cat Smile”). While the manufacturer pitches this robotic cat as the ideal companion for cat fanciers that cannot otherwise own a real, live cat, one look at their commercial will prove that it’s an abomination.
The instructions also recommend rubbing it’s tummy, stroking it’s cheek [...]
Posted in Technology on Sep 27th, 2006
(Tech Dirt) Last month, the RIAA sued Limewire after Limewire wouldn’t agree to simply roll over and pretend the RIAA’s interpretation of the Supreme Court decision in the Grokster case was actually what the Supreme Court said. The court actually said that services could be found liable, if they were shown to actively [...]
Posted in Bush on Sep 27th, 2006
Wow, ask a simple question and get a simple… stutter, dodge and a sales pitch for the Torture Act. Well, I guess this is a SLIGHT improvement from the usual routine of bold face lies by the Bush Administration.
In the words of Faux News, I think he “lost it” in this clip. And yes, [...]
Posted in News on Sep 27th, 2006
Wei-Ming Kao approaches a heavily guarded truck in a secluded parking lot in an industrial area of New York to pick up his orders — to “stalk” and “kill” his target. But all is not what it seems. Kao, 27, a graduate student, is playing “StreetWars,” a version of a popular high school and college [...]
Posted in Political on Sep 26th, 2006
Oh beloved Faux News (occasionally known as Fox News) through the magic of video editting you almost, almost can score a point. That is, until Jon Steward gets hold of your footage.
Posted in Political on Sep 22nd, 2006
(WTVM News) Was Martin Luther King a Republican? Did the Democrats start the Ku Klux Klan? The answer to both is yes, if you believe a new ad that’s being put on the radio by members of the G-O-P in Maryland. The National Black Republican Association ad features one woman telling another: “Doctor King was [...]
Posted in Bush, Technology on Sep 22nd, 2006
(CommonDreams.org) It barely made news last week when Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne called for the testing of nonlethal weaponry on US citizens in crowd-control situations. According to Wynne, “If we’re not willing to use it here against our fellow citizens, then we should not be willing to use it in a wartime situation. [...]
