March 2008
Disagreeing with Paul Graham →
“If an American president can start a war exactly as Adolf Hitler did with pure...”
– Russians, Saudis Expect U.S. Attack On Iran
Phoenix, Tempe offices closed to honor Cesar... →
“Occupying an office building lobby peacefully in broad daylight is one thing....”
– Jim Kunstler
Is Popeye's nemesis named Bluto or Brutus? →
“Poor Yahoo. They could cure cancer while tap-dancing naked and I wouldn’t be...”
– Jeff Jarvis
Congressmen who are less covered by the local... →
Spring 2008 Reading List
It’s been awhile since I logged some book reviews.
“Iraqi forces started their assault on the Shiite militias in Basra on Tuesday....”
– Firsthand Look at Basra Shows Value of White Flag
“America is now ill with a powerful mutant strain of intertwined ignorance,...”
– Susan Jacoby
“The present American strategy may look like smart politics back in Washington....”
– Cockburn on Iraq
“Some of these truths are so horrible you don’t want to think about that,...”
– John Cusack
Five years of Iraq lies →
Socialistic, Capitalistic, or Trinitarian... →
“Let’s be clear: this historic wave of illegal immigration badly...”
– Rogue Columnist
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A classified memo written by a top military... →
“Death has been a ubiquitous, ever-present facet of human society. To tell people...”
– Martine Rothblatt
“According to Grossman and other singularitarians, immortality will arrive in...”
– Ray and His Pills
“I would turn off all the light in the jails if I could, but it would pose a...”
– Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio
“…correcting oil prices for inflation is a highly circular exercise. Energy...”
– K. Deffeyes
WatchObama’s New “Big Oil” Ad: Does He Have It Right or Wrong?
Low prices, fast turnaround and lots of flaws
Good Devices Gone Bad We might want to take a new look at manufacturing based on reliability and quality. Build products that are well-made and designed to last. Make them easier to repair or make it possible for others to fix them locally. Take seriously the environmental impact of all our throwaway technology. This is not just endemic to iPhones and Kindles. Basically, most any of the Palm...
“I don’t want to hear another conservative bitch about our education system when...”
– The Economy & Our Complicity
How to Disagree →
“…the US faced a dilemma in Iraq. It needed to have new provincial elections in...”
– Juan Cole
Neil Bush is a Moonie →
“Imagine if every week a televised roll call memorialized Iraq’s civilian...”
– Caroline E. Winter
Speeding Tickets and Agenda →
“The Sermon on the Mount and the Beatitudes just don’t seem like the best tools...”
– Jesus for President
“Between 1995 and 2008, McCain has advocated full-scale war in Kosovo, North...”
– McCain the Hawk
“But on the foreign policy issues that are most consequential, McCain is George...”
– Glenn Greenwald
The Pentecost Project is an experiment towards a... →
“Open source counter-insurgency can work indefinitely if the host government...”
– Gored by the Horns of a Dilemma
Five Things You Need to Know to Understand the... →
Questions They Won't Ask McBush →
“In the world of the pundit and the twenty-four hour news cycle, “religion” — in...”
– Why the Media Gets Wright Wrong
“The president we get is the country we get. With each president the nation is...”
– The Unfeeling President
Mexico Declares War On Emo →