Archive for July, 2008
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008You may notice that when you type in Veritosity.com now, it redirects you here. That’s because this is to be my new base of operations. It will automatically redirect like that until my domain expires (sometime through the fall), but I recommend that you take that time to update your bookmarks, blogroll links and RSS […]
Trying to upgrade the thing with the thing
Saturday, July 26th, 2008Does anyone know how to upgrade Wordpress? The directions make it sound simple, but then I follow them, and then Wordpress behaves as if I didn’t do anything. Weird.
But I thought Fudge Haus was a place of joy?
Saturday, July 26th, 2008If the press really is McCain’s base, then for a poltician, he’s remarkably cavalier about getting snippy with his base. Video below the fold:
The CIA’s guide to [Redacted]
Friday, July 25th, 2008The New York Times has a report today about a declassified memo outlining what the CIA can and can’t do to its prisoners. But good luck figuring any of that out from the actual memo. Kevin Drum has a handy visual aid.
Rest assured, none of it is torture, because none of these techniques are used […]
The very specialest blog post: Netroots Nation roundup
Thursday, July 24th, 2008I think I’ve finally organized my thoughts enough to provide a coherent take on my experiences at Netroots Nation, so here we go.
First off, I think the attendees at Netroots Nation represented a reasonable sample of all the different sections of the liberal blogosphere. That’s not to say that every group was proportionally represented, but […]
Cheap shots
Thursday, July 24th, 2008What a day yesterday. Apparently, not only did John McCain attempt to convince America that the surge is not actually the surge except when it is politically advantageous for him to take credit for something that seems surge-y, but Bob Novak hit an innocent pedestrian with his car. Presumably he was distracted while driving because […]
Peace, wisdom, tacky campaign posters
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008Apparently, John McCain, having realized the unlikelihood of his bid for the White House ending successfully, has ordered his staffers to get to work on making the SkyMall catalog’s commemorative campaign poster. For just $29.99, you can let it molder in your basement next to the ceramic bald eagle plates and various other Thomas Kinkade-inspired […]
Maliki gets the Boot
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008Bad news for Max Boot: the new neoconservative line on Maliki is already getting kind of old.
There is some irony in the fact that Democrats, after years of deriding Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki as a hopeless bungler and conniving Shiite sectarian, are now treating as sacrosanct his suggestion that Iraq will be ready to […]
Why are Jews so anti-Semitic?
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008Lieberman unpopular among American Jews. As far as I can figure out, it’s either because of bigotry, a hatred or Israel, or the whole “he’s a massive tool” thing.
WTF, Richard Cohen?: Irrelevant Fashion Advice Edition
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008You know how sometimes a skilled writer will begin an essay by writing about something that’s somewhat interesting but doesn’t seem particularly significant? And then will expand on that idea and connect it to something much larger and more important, so that by the end you see both topics in a whole new light? Well, […]
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