Backed into a Corner: Will Palin be Wired for the Debate?

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Wednesday October 01, 2008 · 1:05 AM PDT

2008/10/01 · 01:05

To be fair, yes, it is pure speculation.

But after observing a shallow, transparently Rovian campaign that follows the pattern of what we've seen before, I get the feeling that all the cramming in the world isn't going to help Sarah Palin. But an audio receiver and an earbud doubtlessly would. If the McCain campaign is using the same philosophy and strategies of the GW Bush campaigns, why wouldn't they do what they did in the Bush-Kerry debates?

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Monday November 05, 2007 · 6:20 PM PST

2007/11/05 · 18:20

Imagine the pride we could have in good old-fashioned American ingenuity with a headline like that, splashed across the corporate media machine. If only Americans were smart and creative enough to create a technology that produced 100% accuracy in lie detection.

For several years, I have seen stories pop up now and then regarding "brain fingerprinting." It's an American-made technology that....um...produced, like, 100% accuracy in lie detection.

But while they touch on the potential for suspect interrogation, Fifth Amendment issues are what have dominated the focus of most of these articles. My question: if we already have the ability to make torture obsolete, then why hasn't brain fingerprinting even been sniffed at during the torture debates?

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Who will you write your angry letter to regarding FMRIs and torture?

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Who will you write your angry letter to regarding FMRIs and torture?

Chuck Schumer

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Dianne Feinstein

1 vote

one of the rubber stamp torturemonkey Republicans on the Judiciary Committee

1 vote

my local torture advocate

2 votes

Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi: Chairpersons of the Capitulation Committee

1 vote

Jeff Gannon, he's already got the wardrobe and whips

1 vote

I will ambush a pro-torture Republican on the campaign trail cause I wanna see em squirm

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How much of my iPhone will you spy on, AT&T?

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Tuesday June 26, 2007 · 1:21 PM PDT

2007/06/26 · 13:21

To whom it most likely does not concern at AT&T:

I am a current AT&T wireless customer, a future Mac user, and I will not be buying an iPhone. I'm living a very happy life without one right now, and I will be living a very happy life without one a year from now. This, from a self-admitted gadget nut who has spent his fair share of time ogling the web site. I want one of them bastards real bad like.

But I have serious issues with your recent history with my privacy, and the iPhone exposes me to your intrusion into my life through several different media formats. And now you've gone and changed the rules, just in time for the iPhone rollout:

The new policy says that AT&T -- not customers -- owns customers' confidential info and can use it "to protect its legitimate business interests, safeguard others, or respond to legal process."

The policy also indicates that AT&T will track the viewing habits of customers of its new video service -- something that cable and satellite providers are prohibited from doing.

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Tuesday July 18, 2006 · 12:44 AM PDT

2006/07/18 · 00:44

I had no idea there were so many unhinged liberals using AOL, as evidenced by the poll linked on their welcome screen tonight:

It seems as if the American audience is not a big fan of the neo-con script which is sowing the seeds of perpetual war in the Middle East. I don't think anybody could have anticipated such a reaction. Clearly, they will need a dramatic plot twist before mid-terms, or audiences might start walking out.

(Oh, who am I kidding? That would take effort.)

Where Have All the Protest Songs Gone?

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Sunday May 14, 2006 · 12:31 PM PDT

2006/05/14 · 12:31

I recall an article or a diary a couple months back. The writer wondered what happened to the great protest music that used to accompany every time of struggle. Seemed conspicuously absent in this era of creeping fascism.

The music is out there, alright. But fat chance of hearing it on your radio. I pointed out a few examples to the writer, Rilo Kiley's "It's a Hit" is one of the funniest, most sarcastic songs about W in addition to being hopelessly catchy in its refrain, "It's a holiday/for a hangin'..." Steve Earle and Green Day have been outspoken for years.

But the last few weeks have seen a wave of high-profile releases that are starting to define our generation's protest standards. Pink's "Dear Mr. President," Neil Young and his raw "Living with War" album, Bruce Springsteen's Seeger Sessions, Pearl Jam, and Elbow's "Leaders of the Free World." And you've heard all about "Nuestro Himno," but have you...heard it? Read More

Another Fighting Dem: Eric Streit (KY-01)

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Wednesday March 08, 2006 · 12:02 PM PST

2006/03/08 · 12:02

I've just been made aware of Eric Streit's candidacy for a Congressional seat in Kentucky. I didn't know Eric well, I met him a few times out here in Los Angeles when I was doing stand-up comedy. I just wanted to post this diary to raise awreness of his campaign, and while I'm not much of a comedy opener any more, to introduce you to another Fighting Dem.

Please stop by his homepage and show some support for another Blue in a Red State!

UAE Deal and Heroin Smuggling

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Wednesday March 01, 2006 · 5:13 PM PST

2006/03/01 · 17:13

Just like many had predicted, post-Taliban Afghanistan has retaken the #1 spot in world opium production.

US News and World Report touched on the drug smuggling aspect of the Dubai port back in December. (Thanks to Molly Ivins for referring to it.) So for all the bluster about the UAE being intolerant of smuggling and an ally on terrorism, it's not difficult to put the pieces together.

Bush family > CIA > drug smuggling
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Kos/Iraq Blog Union: OUTSTANDING Teaching Tool

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Tuesday October 11, 2005 · 5:10 PM PDT

2005/10/11 · 17:10

I've been reading Sharon Jumper's diary with excitement this afternoon. I surfed over to a few of the Iraqi blogs and got a feel for what's coming out of the barrios of Baghdad.

I've got this really awful habit of starting 50 different projects at once and not being able to finish anything I really need to get done, but I was struck with such a killer brainstorm I had to share it.

An open line of communication between the citizen-journalists of Iraq and the bloggers of the US is an incredible teaching tool. As a former teacher, I almost wish I was back in the classroom so I could set up an online blog pen-pal program between my students and kids in Iraq. Read More

GOP Activists Admit Beastiality, but Not Gay Sex

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Tuesday May 10, 2005 · 6:11 PM PDT

2005/05/10 · 18:11

I had a hard time accepting this story as legitimate, I was so convinced that I was being Punk'd. As revolting as today's GOP platform is at times, I never thought the Santorumizing of sex would gain any momentum.

For those who aren't as newsgeeky as I am, PA Senator Rick Santorum has equated homosexual sex to beastiality, which is as shocking to the civilized world as it is sensible to the Deliverance Republican base.

But the ugly face of beastiality has reared again, in the form of aptly-named anti-abortion terrorism advocate Neal Horsley. On the FOX News Radio program "The Alan Colmes Show," Horsley apparently freely admitted to engaging in beastiality as a youngster.

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Comedian Mitch Hedberg Dies

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Saturday April 02, 2005 · 3:02 AM PST

2005/04/02 · 03:02

We're reeling in the stand-up community this weekend. Lauren Thompson at The Daily Texan Online says it better than I possibly could right now. I'd like to welcome those of you who are not familiar with Hedberg's brilliant delivery and wit. I'm just so sick that I didn't go see him when I had the chance. Get to know his comedy and you'll miss him, too.

"When someone hands you a flyer, it's like they're saying, 'Here. You throw this away.'"

"Alcoholism is a disease, but it's the only one you can get yelled at for having. Goddamn it Otto, you are an alcoholic. ...Goddamn it Otto, you have Lupus ... One of those two doesn't sound right."

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Tuesday March 29, 2005 · 1:16 AM PST

2005/03/29 · 01:16

"I fought for this country. I shed blood for this country. I watched friends die. ...My country shouldn't be doing this to me."
--Herold Noel, 25, Iraq veteran

The way things are going, one of these poor kids is gonna snap one day.

And we'll all be shocked, and blame Arabs. The Terror Alert will go Red. Then it'll turn out to be Joe Trailer Park, and we'll wonder how such a nice young veteran could have done it. And they'll flash Tim McVeigh's picture on the screen a few times, and still, most people will fail to make the connection. Read More

Test the Power of Prayer

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Thursday March 24, 2005 · 6:07 PM PST

2005/03/24 · 18:07

I'm an odd one. I teeter back and forth between the self-ascribed labels of atheist and agnostic. That's not odd in itself, but to be an atheist who believes in the power of prayer? That raises eyebrows.

From the beginning of this non-story, an overwhelming majority of Americans have believed that the Schiavo story is not a national political issue. The religious elitists rallied under the moral leadership of Tom Delay and Bill Frist in hopes that the United States Congress could step in and save Terri Schiavo from meeting God. Unfortunately for them, every single legal outlet has been exhausted and their patient, their symbol, their talking point, is dying in the bed she has occupied since a time when Michael Jackson was known for music and dancing.

With all legal options behind you, isn't it time to put your faith to the test? Tom Delay himself said that Terri was sent to you by God. (Let's forget that he sent her fifteen years ago, and if you had your way she would have died then without the malpractice award and Medicaid that has supported her ever since.) Read More

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How much of my iPhone will you spy on, AT&T?

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UAE Deal and Heroin Smuggling

Kos/Iraq Blog Union: OUTSTANDING Teaching Tool

GOP Activists Admit Beastiality, but Not Gay Sex

Comedian Mitch Hedberg Dies

Abandoned Soldiers Fund for Abused Veterans

Test the Power of Prayer