Politics
The American Internet (tm)
Submitted by kebernet on Wed, 02/17/2010 - 11:26While I am catching up on stuff I meant to post about, I just want to make a quick note about this post by Kevin Drum at MoJo. The thing that really stood out was the included quote he cited:
Nancy Scola uses Iran's recent ban on Gmail as an occasion to say this:
Google. Wow.
Submitted by kebernet on Tue, 01/12/2010 - 19:50Never thought I would be posting about Google in the "Politics" topic, but hey.
In response to a wide ranging attack on Google's infrastructure, that is never explicitly blamed on the Chinese government, they are threatening to take their ball and go the fuck home:
The Wrong Way
Submitted by charlie.collins on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 10:22I have another political rant that I want to share, this time concerning the recent events in Iran.
Call Dick's bluff
Submitted by charlie.collins on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 12:26Back to the politics, because when Cheney pipes up, I can't resist.
Dick Cheney is making the rounds and predictably still spewing nonsense. Now at least he admits there was no 9/11 - Iraq link , but even that is something that seems to pain him. In the same breath he still conflates Iraq and AQ, even now, in his twisted rationale for the invasion.
