progressive cyberdadaism from our nation’s capital
I’ve been thinking of changing the name of this blog to Anonymous Source; as far as I can tell my from my site stats, this blog is as close to anonymity as you can imagine. It’s your loss, of course. Every so often I have something useful to say, and, as it is right now, I’m the only one who knows about it.
For instance, here’s a little bit of trivia for you: The Washington Post, which you may read in its entirety on pressdisplay.com is different from the website washingtonpost.com. Many (I would guess nearly all) political bloggers on both sides of the aisle read wapo.com, and figure they got all the important stuff, so who needs to shell out the $9.95 a month?
“Ah,” as my friend P. Hamlet used to say, “there’s the rub.” Like this blog, the Washington Post occasionally has something useful to say, and you may well miss it on washingtonpost.com.
For instance, I found this graphic on page A6 to be very useful. Yes, there is a link to it on washingtonpost.com, but it’s nothing like the 2 page spread in the Washington Post.
For your convenience, here’s a pressdisplay link that you may find useful above, debunking some of the rightwing talking points we tend to hear.
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hip·po·pot·a·mus n. A notion, perhaps distinct from conventional wisdom, that needs to be verified by reality-based scrutiny.
95. Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum (I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.)
— Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
The Labor Department announced this morning that new applications for jobless benefits rose to a seasonally adjusted 542,000 last week. It also revised the figure from the previous week down to 515,000. [Link]
A team from IBM has spent the past several years constructing a virtual-world version of China's Forbidden City. [Link]
Following confirmation that Google intends to open its virtual world Lively to games developers, creative director Kevin Hanna has revealed the long-term goal is for the service to become an online games platform. [Link]
CHIBA, Japan (AP) -- Video game rivals Sony and Microsoft are going head-to-head in virtual worlds for their home consoles later this year. [Link]
a) He was paid by Dick Cheney's henchwoman Mary Matalin to write a book on Obama [Link]
One bunch of guys is getting up and saying, "we hafta." Another bunch of guys is getting up and saying, "nuh-uh." [Link]
To be able to say to folks, "You can keep what you have" is a big political selling point. [Link]
Here, based on 16 years experience watching Bill Clinton campaign โ and interviews with a half-dozen veterans of his political teams โ is a reasonably safe bet about his campaign advice to Barack Obama: [Link]
WASHINGTON โ Government officials handling billions of dollars in oil royalties improperly engaged in sex with employees of energy companies they were dealing with and received numerous gifts from them, federal investigators said Wednesday. [Link]
We are going to have a new administration. Do we want these policies continued or not? [Link]
You can try Counter Culture coffees at: - Baked and Wired, 1052 Thomas Jefferson St. NW, 202-333-2500; www.bakedandwired.com [Link]
In sum, we concluded that the evidence showed that Goodling violated both federal law and Department policy, and therefore committed misconduct... [Link]
The best way to make sense of this legal tangle is to mouse over the title of an individual scandal, which will highlight everyone implicated. [Link]
A 22-year-old bicyclist was struck by a garbage truck and killed just north of Dupont Circle today, authorities said. Police and fire vehicles converged on the scene at 20th and R streets NW, snarling Connecticut Avenue traffic during the morning rush. [Link]
We're asking you to put some of the money you plan to give Obama "in escrow" until he demonstrates progressive leadership on the issues we care about, like warrantless wiretapping. [Link]
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