cyrus nowsrateh speaks in the WSJ

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Monday September 18, 2006 · 11:05 AM PDT

2006/09/18 · 11:05

Cyrus Nowrasteh's op ed has been published in the Journal, with my thoughts below.

i'm still going to try to get cyrus to post here, but it's a long shot.

so off we go...

and as usual more thoughts at my blog, link below. Read More

my conversation with cyrus nowrasteh

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Thursday September 14, 2006 · 11:41 AM PDT

2006/09/14 · 11:41

I spoke with Cyrus last night, offering him the opportunity to discuss/rebut criticism that he has received on this site (and other places, obviously). i expressed to him my feeling that the kos site has seen reckless speculation, rumor-mongering, and character assassination, and the transitive property of evil, all directed against him personally.

further thoughts from a TV movie producer on path to 9/11

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Friday September 08, 2006 · 12:19 PM PDT

2006/09/08 · 12:19

following up on this diary's probably specious claims, a brief breakdown of how tv movies are financed below the fold: Read More

thoughts from a TV movie producer on path to 9/11

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Thursday September 07, 2006 · 4:25 PM PDT

2006/09/07 · 16:25

UPDATED BELOW: I've produced or exec produced 12 TV movies this year, including Life is not a Fairytale and Firestorm. i thought, given some of the silliness i'm seeing in the diaries that it might be useful to some here to understand the process that gets such movies made.

so, below the fold, a primer on how it works. Read More

doesn't bush have anything better to do than watch baseball?

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Wednesday September 06, 2006 · 4:56 PM PDT

2006/09/06 · 16:56

Bush remains keenly interested in the game and watches often. His recall for
names and statistics is well known.
In greeting Bennett, Bush referred to the catcher's game-ending grand slam
against the Chicago Cubs on Aug. 27.
"He's one of the most powerful men in the world. He's got a lot more important
things on his mind," Bennett said. "To remember something relatively
meaningless in the grand scheme of things ... it's pretty impressive."

yeah, impressive is one word for it, son, but i've got another: depressing. or maybe: horrifying. or possibly embarrassing. our president simply has nothing better to do than not only watch baseball games, but remember them. in detail. and no, bennett my boy, he doesn't have a lot of more important things on his mind. far far far parsecs far from it.

cross posted at My Miserable world for no good reason. read more about my wife's shenanigans there if you care/dare.

One Hollywood insider's reaction to Mel Gibson, with bonus Rob Schneider!

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Thursday August 03, 2006 · 5:48 PM PDT

2006/08/03 · 17:48

the reactions to mel from variously:

Me, for more thoughts on all this a hollywood mid-level type who still needs to climb the ladder to success

Ari Emanuel, who runs the Endeavor agency and is rahm's brother

the poorman, who does nothing involving hollywood but is super-smart

brian lowry, who is the head tv critic for variety and writes the most political column there, and last but not least

rob schnieder. Read More

Swift-Boating--it's not just for the right wing anymore--it happened to my family

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Saturday July 29, 2006 · 9:16 AM PDT

2006/07/29 · 09:16

It turns out Swift Boating is a technique that can be divorced from politics entirely. i explain how it happened to my family over the past week below.

cross posted on my blog where any and all supportive comments would be most appreciated. i've seen my wife called a nazi and a child abuser in print and on TV over the past week and therefore all the nice things (and we've had nice comments from literally all over the world) are so much tonic for the soul. story with links below:
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"I used to be a Republican"

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Monday June 19, 2006 · 4:23 PM PDT

2006/06/19 · 16:23

No Phrase makes me less sympathetic to the person uttering it than "I used to be a Republican". i know, i know, we need to allow new voices into the party etc. and i'm all for that. but let's look at a list of what a ~~Republican~~ has been for over the past 30 years. Read More

my dad's view of religion vs rationality: "Notes on Religious Bullshit"

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Friday June 02, 2006 · 8:33 AM PDT

2006/06/02 · 08:33

my dad is a professor at the new school, on the editorial board of The Nation magazine, and was a professor at Smith College for many years. his books are available on Amazon here http://tinyurl.com/....

i should put this on street prophets, but that might stir up too much trouble.

the main difference between his writing and mine? his thoughts are well ordered and he can articulate them. that's about it. enough preamble--here it is in extended. Read More

my wife's political art--opening in LA on saturday night--come LA Kossacks!

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Thursday April 20, 2006 · 4:29 PM PDT

2006/04/20 · 16:29

my wife's art will be featured at the paul kopeikin gallery, http://www.paulkopeikingallery.com/... starting saturday night. her commercial work is well known, and of late, as her anger has grown at the situation we all find ourselves in here in the USA, she has taken to doing more and more art.

more of her work here- http://www.manipulator.com

and the controversy that has been stirred up by these images (which, to warn people, are of screaming crying children) is now all over the net--my newest post at http://anothergreenworld.blogspot.com has all of that.

more below: Read More

Suggestions to wapo online for new Right wing bloggers

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Saturday March 25, 2006 · 11:58 AM PST

2006/03/25 · 11:58

I'm all for maximum humiliation to the wapo online until jim brady wanders off into the sunset, so my suggestions are pure snark, but please feel free to be serious. someone there might be reading.
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How the blogosphere ate my brain, with bonus diary bashing!

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Friday February 17, 2006 · 1:24 PM PST

2006/02/17 · 13:24

How the blogosphere ate my brain, an essay, cross posted at http://anothergreenworld.blogspot.com like always.

As usual, Glenn Greenwald is on fire, here.

he puts the NSA scandal, and its potential arc, in the context of the Watergate scandal. he's not the first to do, though he is the most articulate. that glenn guy is a really good writer and thinker. there's a big future ahead for him i suspect in policy. i hope spitzer is aware of him.

that said, i think he's a bit off base here in his Watergate analogy. what has changed since then? what is the key change in how the public consciousness is provoked and shifted? why, it's the internet! the internet changes everything. and it's not clear, in this case, that it changes things for the better.
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