Archive for April 27th, 2009
Deep thought
Wouldn’t it be cool if you could waterboard politicians for things like DUI’s, wife beating and abusing their power to get out of a DUI. You could like swoop in at some unknown date after they were found guilty of any of the above and take them away for as long as you wanted. After […]
Media Question of the Evening
A torture related media observation/question from Eric Boehlert: Does anybody else think it’s odd, albeit telling, that for chunks of the corporate press corps, the emphasis surrounding the release of the Bush era torture memos is now centered on the political problems they’ve created for the Obama administration–how the memos reflect poorly on the current White House—and not, y’know, what […]
Worst Slide Story
This is a very clever animation from Newsday — click the picture to go to their site to see the complete animation!
Monday’s Open Thread
Swine Flu Cases Double Overnight In US (LA Times) Lesbian Couple Marries in Iowa (Miami Herald) Earthquake Hits Mexico City (Chicago Tribune) Paul Krugman writes: First, there’s no longer any reason to believe that the wizards of Wall Street actually contribute anything positive to society, let alone enough to justify those humongous paychecks.
Apps for America
I heard this report on NPR on Friday — which talked about the winners of the Sunlight Foundation’s Apps for America contest. The goal of this contest was to have developers compete for prizes to create applications that let Internet users have greater visibility into the Federal Congressional process. The results are pretty impressive: Filibusted.us […]
What Could Possibly Happen Next?
First, McCain states that “the fundamentals of our economy are strong” – and the economy tanks. Then Jindal mocks volcano monitoring – and Mt. Redoubt erupts. Now, Susan Collins cuts flu pandemic preparedness from the stimulus – and Swine Flu hits. What next? Will high-speed rail sweep the nation? It’s bad enough being wrong in […]
Protack Flies Into The Future
The Community News had a piece about Mike Protack and his attempts to try and rebuild Delaware’s Republican Party through the use of web technologies. Protack says: I think the electorate sees the Republican Party as elitist or out of touch in a lot of ways. It’s up to us to change that, and any […]
Verizon Getting iPhone?
The perpetual question gets another boost today via this report from USA Today: Verizon and Apple are discussing the possible development of an iPhone for Verizon, with the goal of introducing it next year, people familiar with the situation say. Advertisement It would mark the first time Apple has produced a version of the iPhone […]
Alaska Recap
An ethics complaint was filed last week against Sarah Palin regarding her work with SarahPAC. An ethics complaint against Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will be filed this afternoon asserting that Palin’s involvement with SarahPAC constitutes “outside employment” and “misuse of official position.” Anchorage resident Sondra Tompkins, child disability advocate and mother of a special needs […]
Commenter QOD
Unstable Isotope: For the financial crisis, what should be the punishment for legal but possible unethical conduct?
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