I have too many damn tabs open
May. 4th, 2008 12:18 amOkay, so, what tabs has
solarbird kept open but not written anything about? Let's see!
DavidKC writes about why he can't figure out why queers are supposed to like Senator Clinton more than Senator Obama. He has some of the same issues I do with her claiming of the previous Clinton legacy and all that entails. He has other issues as well. Also, the useless and horrible Human Rights Campaign can't bring itself to endorse the queer candidate in a race because it's not what the DSCC wants, which gets Dan Savage all cranky, and Jesus made journalist Matt Taibbi puke.
A mostly-uncovered story went by about how Pulitzer-winning AP photographer Bilal Hussein's kangaroo court trial went all pear-shaped on the US military. They're now claiming he was released as part of an amnesty; Mr. Hussein's lawyer says that's bullshit, and that the military knows it but is using that as cover. Eric Boehlert discusses how much of the military's broken case came from authoritarian warbloggers.
PRWatch.org answers a question I've been asking myself since the (continually ignored by most media!) story about the Pentagon and Bush Administration's massive domestic psy-op/propoganda campaign came out; doesn't this break the law? Oh yes, it does, quite clearly, though, again, nobody gives a fuck because there is no Constitution and there is no law. The closest there's even been to a response from any of the most guilty media parties has been Brian Williams's blog, saying that they did nothing wrong and they're proud of their coverage, and generally spewing crap like that. What a sham.
Oh, and Glenn Greenwald reports that an assortment of telecom-purchased Democrats are quietly working to revive the PAA for the sole purpose of providing retroactive immunity for telecom lawbreaking. Again.
Finally, Iran claims to have dropped the last of its dollar-based oil transactions. Note the timing of that with the upswing in sabre-rattling against Iran. Fun times.
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DavidKC writes about why he can't figure out why queers are supposed to like Senator Clinton more than Senator Obama. He has some of the same issues I do with her claiming of the previous Clinton legacy and all that entails. He has other issues as well. Also, the useless and horrible Human Rights Campaign can't bring itself to endorse the queer candidate in a race because it's not what the DSCC wants, which gets Dan Savage all cranky, and Jesus made journalist Matt Taibbi puke.
A mostly-uncovered story went by about how Pulitzer-winning AP photographer Bilal Hussein's kangaroo court trial went all pear-shaped on the US military. They're now claiming he was released as part of an amnesty; Mr. Hussein's lawyer says that's bullshit, and that the military knows it but is using that as cover. Eric Boehlert discusses how much of the military's broken case came from authoritarian warbloggers.
PRWatch.org answers a question I've been asking myself since the (continually ignored by most media!) story about the Pentagon and Bush Administration's massive domestic psy-op/propoganda campaign came out; doesn't this break the law? Oh yes, it does, quite clearly, though, again, nobody gives a fuck because there is no Constitution and there is no law. The closest there's even been to a response from any of the most guilty media parties has been Brian Williams's blog, saying that they did nothing wrong and they're proud of their coverage, and generally spewing crap like that. What a sham.
Oh, and Glenn Greenwald reports that an assortment of telecom-purchased Democrats are quietly working to revive the PAA for the sole purpose of providing retroactive immunity for telecom lawbreaking. Again.
Finally, Iran claims to have dropped the last of its dollar-based oil transactions. Note the timing of that with the upswing in sabre-rattling against Iran. Fun times.