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Month: June 2009

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The Brits well knew that the Bush-Cheney administration was bent on torturing prisoners in Afghanistan and Gitmo and elsewhere. They instructed their soldiers not to do it themselves but to turn a…

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· June 19, 2009 · 1 minute to read

Blair Knew

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An investigation by the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations showed that health insurers WellPoint Inc., UnitedHealth Group and Assurant Inc. canceled the coverage of more than 20,000…

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· June 19, 2009 · 1 minute to read

Health insurers refuse to limit rescission of coverage – Los Angeles Times

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Shared by V For ttrygve: this may help explain why English is so prevalent on Iranian protest signs. Post-election protests continued in Tehran for the fifth day on Wednesday. In many photos, riot…

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· June 19, 2009 · 1 minute to read

Why do Iranian police uniforms say "police" in English? – By Christopher Beam – Slate Magazine

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· June 19, 2009 · 1 minute to read

Commentary » Blog Archive » Stealing the Election All Over Again

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Shared by V Jesus; I got all teary just from Gruber’s summary. Annie Burris, reporting for The Orange County Register: Colby Curtin, a 10-year-old with a rare form of cancer, was staying…

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· June 19, 2009 · 1 minute to read

Pixar Grants Girl’s Dying Wish With Home Viewing of ‘Up’

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· June 18, 2009 · 1 minute to read

m.flickr.com has a sweet nearby feature. that uses google maps. was Y! maps not good enough?

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Shared by V “Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote.” — Terry…

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· June 18, 2009 · 1 minute to read

New York Lawmaker Claims He Gets Two Votes

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So I’d also say that Stewart’s glib treatment of CNN amounted to not only a rare misstep for The Daily Show’s normally trenchant media criticism, but also a missed opportunity. Stewart, last night,…

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· June 18, 2009 · 1 minute to read

#DailyShowFail? : CJR

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Marco Arment: The last session of WWDC ‘09 yesterday was about publishing on the App Store. The content of sessions is under NDA, so I can’t tell you what it was about. So I’ll tell you what…

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· June 17, 2009 · 1 minute to read

Marco Arment on Apple’s WWDC-Closing ‘Fuck You’ to iPhone Developers

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Shared by V I hope Republican senators do exactly that. Republican senators should use this Sotomayor nomination to put affirmative action in the dock for what it is — race-based bigotry against…

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· June 16, 2009 · 1 minute to read

Miss Affirmative Action, 2009 – HUMAN EVENTS

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