Sad News:
Molly Ivins, the liberal newspaper columnist who delighted in skewering politicians and interpreting, and mocking, her Texas culture, died yesterday in Austin. She was 62.
Ms. Ivins waged a public battle against breast cancer after her diagnosis in 1999. Betsy Moon, her personal assistant, confirmed her death last night. Ms. Ivins died at her home [...]
Archive for January, 2007
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Barack Obama
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Paperback
384 pages
How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative
Allen Raymond
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Hardcover
256 pages
Why We're Liberals: A Political Handbook for Post-Bush America
Eric Alterman
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Hardcover
416 pages
Let’s impeach the president for spying
On citizens inside their own homes
Breaking every law in the country
By tapping our computers and telephones.
— Neil Young, from “Let’s Impeach the President” on the album Living With War
I’ve written before about why Bush should be impeached for breaking federal wiretap laws. Today I came across an aricle that makes [...]
Now would be a good time to change all of your passwords
Published by January 31st, 2007 in Technology. 1 CommentAs we move further from a world where your identity is checked by a person before you can withdraw your money, it is more important than ever to have a secure password for your accounts.
Please note that having the same password for all accounts does not count as a secure password. Your password should [...]
The iPhone has even more features than Apple has disclosed. Check it out!
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Thomas Paine was born 270 years ago today. Take some time to read some quotes from this brilliant man, or better yet, read a whole essay. Start with Common Sense.
Quotes:
“A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right.”
“He that would make his own liberty secure must guard [...]
It’s always a sad day for me when I drink my last
Didn’t see any in the grocery store today either…
I’ll have to endure the next nine months without my favorite beer.
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Serena kicked Maria Sharapova’s ass at the Australian Open on Saturday.
What kind of juice has she been drinking?
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Krugman nailed it today:
You see, the nastiness of modern American politics isn’t the result of a random outbreak of bad manners. It’s a symptom of deeper factors — mainly the growing polarization of our economy. And history says that we’ll see a return to bipartisanship only if and when that economic polarization is reversed.
After all, [...]
Bush’s SOTU Speech or, Is this Game Over Yet?
Published by January 25th, 2007 in Iraq and Politics. 1 CommentSeems as though none of the contributors here have enough time to write something of their own about Bush’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday. All I can say is I didn’t watch it except for a few clips I saw on the morning news, and even if I had watched it, I have [...]
This time the teacher is Senator Arlen Specter, former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. On Thursday he questioned Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States—the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government—during a hearing on the “Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice .” Watch it here.
GONZALES: I will go back [...]
