Who should play Assange in the movie?
It’s Neil Patrick Harris, hands down.
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Pearl Harbor Day
Today is Pearl Harbor Day. Here’s a post I wrote a year ago in remembrance.
Continue reading →Holiday reminder: Amazon orders can help neo-neocon
[NOTE: As I said, I’ll be periodically posting reminders about this through the holidays.] What better way to give the gifts that keep on giving than to use neo-neocon as the portal for your Amazon purchases? If you click on … Continue reading →
Obama the compromiser
Obama’s capitulation to the Republicans on the Bush tax cuts has made the left furious. Katrina vanden Heuvel has this to say: This president has a historic mandate. Just as Abraham Lincoln had to lead the nation from slavery and … Continue reading →
Assange in custody
Julian Assange is in police custody in England pending a hearing on his Swedish rape charges. The judge has denied bail. There are a few surprises here. One is that the British have had the will to follow through on … Continue reading →
Wikileaks vs. Climategate
This comment from “bubonicplacebo” appeared on one of the recent Wikileaks threads here: Of course, when the story was all about hacked e-mails concerning climatology, the usual conservative knuckleheads were focused on discussing the merits of the find, rather than … Continue reading →
Still think Assange…
…is some sort of hero, motivated by an interest in transparency? Think again. And then think some more. [NOTE: I’m having trouble figuring out a category under which to file posts on Wikileaks and Assange. I don’t have a category … Continue reading →
Let’s make a deal: taxes and unemployment insurance
We’ve gotten so unused to Congressional deals during the past couple of years (except among the Democrats themselves, to get votes from Blue Dogs) that the prospect of this one seems odd and novel. But the Dems are poised to … Continue reading →
Big Brother Wikileaks is watching
I’ve got a new article up at RightNetwork. It’s about Wikileaks, Assange, and privacy. Feel free to comment here or at RightNetwork.
Continue reading →DWE: driving while eating
The comments in this thread led to the revelation that, in Britain, eating or drinking while driving has already been made an offense. And that’s not just drinking as in alcoholic beverages, either: drinking a bottle of water will do. … Continue reading →
Spambot of the day
In the last few days I’ve gotten perhaps fifty or more of this babbling bot: Compassionate for the huge retrieve, but I’m really uxorious the new Zune, and expectation this, as fortunate as the reviews opposite grouping jazz statute, will … Continue reading →
Fruits and veggies, obesity, and cancer
Here’s a piece of news about cancer and eating fruits and vegetables. The hype in the many MSM articles that covered this research story was the same: eating a goodly number of fruits and vegetables won’t prevent cancer. Stop the … Continue reading →