By Martin Bosworth As our own Sunfell excellently explained recently, our society is rapidly becoming one where your data shadow can chase you wherever you go. Where privacy is an illusion, where […]
Six minutes to midnight in the surveillance society…
Mukasey nominated for Justice; strange bedfellows seem happy
Bush has nominated retired New York Federal Judge Michael Mukasey to replace Alberto Gonzales at the helm of the Justice Department. At a glance, this seems like about the best the Democrats […]
Fed prepares to “move the goalposts” to delay recession; Greenspan says “Not my fault”
By Martin Bosworth The phrase “moving the goalposts” has been applied most heavily in public discourse of late to the Bush regime’s “strategery” regarding the Iraq war. Through the “surge” and constant […]
The administration is coming at Iran from every direction at once
Nuclear weapons is just one among many reasons the US seeks to attack Iran. Some of the threatening actions the administration is taking against Iran have been well-covered by the media. These […]
Ignore politicians who don’t play nice with the other children
First, MoveOn.org, a liberal political action group, uses a full-page New York Times ad to attack the character of an American commander, calling him “Gen. Betray Us” and accusing him of “cooking […]
Jena 6 defendant’s conviction overturned – well, kinda sorta, I mean, you know, maybe it would do the kid some good to stay in jail with an exorbitant bond while the local D.A. tries to ratchet up his remaining charges…
The Associated Press reports that a Louisiana appeals court has overturned the conviction of Mychal Bell, the first defendant in the Jena 6 case. Don’t get excited. It’s not over. The kid […]
Debunking more global heating denier myths – the second major update complete
A month ago, I completed a significant update to the anti-global heating denier myths post I did in July. I’ve just completed the second major update to that post, adding many images […]
Elvis is king…of his destiny, anyway…and that’s worth a lot….
I saw Elvis Costello two nights ago at (interestingly enough) the Booth Amphitheater in Cary, NC (a suburb of Raleigh). It was an excellent show, and if he’d had a better audience, […]
Nanotech roundup
Nanotech is an enabling technology rather than a technology itself. And today, I’ve written up anoter Nanotech Roundup of interesting news and examples of how nanotech will change how the world works. […]
Saturday Video Roundup: the best of music video, part 1
Welcome to yet another breathtaking episode of S&R’s famed Saturday Video Roundup. Today, instead of the usual assortment of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot moments I want to look at some truly fantastic bits […]
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