No, this isn't a rant against Google. It's a rant against all the people who have their panties in a bunch about the kind of information that Google makes accessable.

( Freedom of information )

Well, it's been a while since Israel has pissed me off. Made my grind my teeth or swear under my breath a bit, yes. But piss me off? It's been a while. But they're up to no good again. Israel annexing East Jerusalem, says EUThe gist of the article is that Israel has been increasing its rate of knocking down Palestinian houses in Ease Jerusalem ( Read more... )

Am I good, or what?

Some banks want to return government moneyThe essence of the article is that there are some banks who want to pay back the bailouts they've already gotten because the scrutiny of being "beholden" to the government is too much. Let me be clear: Banks that were/are teetering on the edge want to pay the money back to the ( Read more... )

Well, it's looking like maybamaybe the stimulus plan is going to get through, and the economists I've been reading are really unhappy with it. In fact, Paul Krugman is downright furious. (Read his blog for more on his problems with the deal. He has attacked Republicans for being complete assholes about the whole thing and whining about " ( Read more... )

Here we go! Biden's being sworn in. Keep refreshing this post for the liveblog.

( Liveblogging on! )

I have quite a setup this morning. I've got two computers -- laptops, nonetheless, fired up. One of them is currently dedicated to the Inaugural. I got up early for this day, and I can't stop smiling. It's so wonderful ( Read more... )

You know, I previously expressed the paranoid supposition that Israel were specifically targeting relief efforts with their weapons as a means of worsening the horrific humanitarian conditions in Gaza because they want to commit a sort of passive genocide against the Palestinian people (think about it for a second -- can you think of any other way ( Read more... )

If anyone needs any more proof that the lips of the US are glued to Israel's ass...

Olmert said he made Rice change voteThe rundown: Condoleezza Rice supported a UN resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. And then, suddenly, she did an about-face and abstained. Now Olmert, who is Prime Minister of Israel, has ( Read more... )

I don't usually get very invested in the news. The world will do what it's going to do, and I try to keep things in perspective (sometimes in too much perspective -- when Bush won in 2004 and all of my friends were so upset they couldn't function, my reaction was "look, it sucks, but how much damage can he really do, in the long run ( Read more... )

Anyone remember the guy in Iraq who threw his shoes at Bush? It's been in the news lately. Well, the New York Times is reporting that he's being hailed as a folk hero throughout not just Iraq, but all of the middle east. The Times says that the support of the journalist who did it "crossed religious, ethnic and class lines in Iraq". That's ( Read more... )