As you may be aware, House Democrats have been shockingly kind to the White House. The just passed FISA-”compromise” bill, which is nothing but a compromise of the rule of law and extremist corporatism, is another damning example.
Obama has come out in support of the FISA bill, which grants retroactivity immunity to telcos, grants [...]
Obama vs. the Internet vs. FISA 06.21.08
If they mated… 03.25.08
Argh!
New Republic Profiles Androgynous Liberal Deathbot [via Wonkette]
Obama is building a religion 03.10.08
Via Wonkette, who quoted the contributor: “What did we ever do before we had the series of tubes? It is a wonderful era, one in which every stoned thought will indeed be published, or at least thrown together in a video clip and put to the music of a weird band called “Cake.”
“Yes We Can” on YouTube 02.05.08
The video mentioned in this post was pointed out on YouTube by a reader. Enjoy it in shareable, embedable, over-hyped yet exciting glory.
Oh, and Happy Super Tuesday.
Yes They Can? 02.03.08
Two Obama posts in a row? Outrageous, you say.
I just saw this video, which inspired this post. It’s great. Really really great. Poetic, patriotic, progressive.
It’s unembeddable (which is absurd, btw) and I strongly advise you to go and visit before reading the reset of the article…
Now, Obama is no JFK. In fact, JFK was [...]
Waving Goodbye to Hegemony 01.25.08
Hegemony or Survival? Perhaps the question has been already answered. America is doubtless on the decline and while the business and investment community has awoken to this fact, old media is waking up , too.
Parag Khanna writes in next week’s New York Times Magazine:
It is 2016, and the Hillary Clinton or John McCain or Barack [...]
Links 00002 01.09.08
A New American Holy War [Newsweek]: “The skirmish pits Huckabee against Romney in a story of hardball politics and high-minded history, of shadowy slurs and noble principles.”
Wired on the human brain’s unused sensory capacity “Figure out how to change the sensory data you want — the electromagnetic fields, the ultrasound, the infrared — into something [...]
People and Power: Ukranian Democracy and New Hampshire Primaries 01.09.08
With the U.S. primary season just getting started, and an Alberta election destined for us soon, this documentary series by AlJazeera English is especially fascinating.
This selection, Part One (below) and Two (here), looks at electoral observers during the Ukranian election. With accusations on the left now of Diebold vote-rigging with Hillary’s upset in the New [...]
Giuliani on Torture 10.27.07
They talk about sleep deprivation. I mean, on that theory, I’m getting tortured running for president of the United States. That’s plain silly. That’s silly.
Rudy Giuliani on Torture [From NYT]
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