May 2007
Wiimbeldon, the first-ever Wii Tennis tournament. →
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“The same media outlets that helped drive the country into war are now subtly...”
– David Sirota
65 percent of Americans say they oppose the Iraq... →
TNA: But aren’t we better off importing foreign workers into America as opposed to exporting our hi-tech firms?
Sanchez: This argument is a classic false choice called a Morton’s Fork. Big business threatens to move operations offshore if they cannot get an endless supply of H-1B visas. The truth of the matter is that H-1B visas facilitate outsourcing!
Insiders in industry openly discuss how H-1B is necessary to complete a “knowledge transfer.” Outsourcing technology from the United States is made far easier when companies can bring foreign workers into the United States to get valuable experience and training before using them in outsourcing. One of the best ways to combat the loss of American jobs via outsourcing is to stop visa programs such as H-1B and L-1.
“What McCain fails to recognize about this issue is that most broadband providers...”
– McCain Wrong To Oppose Net Neutrality
McCain comes out against Net Neutrality; Says... →
OLBERMANN: To one of those points in there, I was intrigued by the suggestion you made in the book about Congress should hold its key votes in prime time. That would get, theoretically, some of the public momentum back. At least people might initially mistake it for some sort of live-action series or reality show.
But why is it that you or I can check on the minute-by-minute progress of a football game or a basketball game or a baseball game or an “American Idol” show on the Internet, on a BlackBerry, on your cell phone, but last week, during those votes in the House and the Senate, I couldn‘t get a representative-by-representative vote or Senate-by-Senate vote, senator-by-senator vote, anywhere on the Internet. What happened there?
GORE: I think that‘s an excellent point, Keith, and it should be remedied. And I have a list of specific recommendations for a lot of the institutions of our society, including the Congress, and that‘s one of them. I think that we should have the most important debates in prime time, so that the American people could watch if they choose to.
And I think that the Congress and all parts of the government should be transparent to those citizens who wish to contact them over the Internet and get a minute-by-minute, second-by-second account of what‘s going on, and give their own opinions during the process.
“In this old-favorite talking point, Bush never acknowledges the fact that...”
– Robert Parry
War Is a Government Program →
The GOP would be wise to listen to Ron Paul's... →
“Beltway pundits are so easily fooled, because they are so eager to be. Their...”
– Glenn Greenwald
“Its Iraq that sticks in our craw, a completely unneccesary war initiated by...”
– RYP
“Robert E. Lee once said that duty is “the sublimest word in the English...”
– Duty: The Sublimest Word
“CBS News has reached a new low when it censors even a pro-war Republican retired...”
– Amy Goodman
Six ways to write more comprehensible code — How... →
Open Source Mac - Free, Open-Source software for... →
(hat tip to Loud)
Is Bush a Sith Lord? →
IBM Lays Off 1,570 in Ongoing Overhaul; 3,720 so... →
Nearly 30 DOJ Officials Threatened To Quit After... →
“We have all the UFA, the UFOA, and the fire members are all behind us —...”
– Giuliani’s Unwelcome Birthday Guests
Why Apple TV is a dud →
Redeeming Cheney →
“I could never understand how Cheney got away with this Iran business. The...”
– Russ Daggatt
Eye on Iraq: Why more U.S. troops will die →
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Hacking Firefox: The secrets of about:config →
“A lot of women don’t know what to do with the anger and sadness. At least...”
– Cindy Sheehan Cashes in Her 401K Plan
"Baghdad is a smashed city..." →
“I grant the obvious — that this world is the kind of world where it seems...”
– Greg Boyd
Was city right to stand by and let house burn? →
“In war, too, the discretionary power of the Executive [President] is extended,”...”
– James Madison
DOJ Made Immigration Judgeships Political →
“I’ve used Vim to write all of my articles and all of my books. (I’ve used Vim to...”
– chromatic
Why the US is losing its war on cocaine →
“In my travels, I have noticed a disturbing theme among the educated minority of...”
– Jim Kunstler
“Our closest Middle Eastern allies are some of the most repressive tyrants on the...”
– Glenn Greenwald
That Disputed Food Supply Memo: It's Legit →
“In 1910, almost 14 percent of voting-age males in the United States were...”
– Paul Krugman
“Well, it didn’t take long for the DC Dems to thoroughly disappoint me with...”
– atwitsend.org
“The Darfur crisis in Sudan is perhaps the most politically convoluted conflict...”
– Ramzy Baroud
“There is no doubt that a world court could indict Bush and Cheney for crimes...”
– Peter Charles Hoffer