PATS ARE THIRD WORLD CHAMPS
The Giants may be the Super Bowl champs, but there will still be one place in America where the Patriots' dreams of a perfect season live on: Nicaragua.
(NEW YORK POST)
Domingo Soto's Personal Blog https://domsoto.blogspot.com/
Thursday, March 27, 2008
AN OUTTING
(This story is dated but I ran across it in a recent Washington Post article about conference gaffs. It so worth repeating.)
(This story is dated but I ran across it in a recent Washington Post article about conference gaffs. It so worth repeating.)
Michelle Madigan, a Dateline producer, attempted to bypass the conference's press-registration process and take hidden cameras into the event, purportedly to record hackers admitting to their exploits. Defcon offered Madigan press credentials four times, but she refused each time, intending instead to work around the conference's strict rules against hidden cameras on the sly. The result was public embarrassment for Madigan; she was called out as an undercover reporter and then followed by a throng of attendees armed with very visible cameras and camcorders as she fled the show.
CHECK OUT WIRED'S STORY HERE
(Gizmodo)
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Truthdig - Reports - The Next 4,000
THE MEANING OF ROUND NUMBERS
When U.S. military deaths in Iraq hit a round number, as happened Sunday, there’s usually a week or so of intense focus on the war—its bogus rationale, its nebulous aims, its awful consequences for the families of the dead. Not likely this time, though. The nation is too busy worrying about more acute crises, some of them real and some of them manufactured.
(TRUTHDIG)
When U.S. military deaths in Iraq hit a round number, as happened Sunday, there’s usually a week or so of intense focus on the war—its bogus rationale, its nebulous aims, its awful consequences for the families of the dead. Not likely this time, though. The nation is too busy worrying about more acute crises, some of them real and some of them manufactured.
(TRUTHDIG)
Monday, March 24, 2008
BAD NEWS
Good friend Jim Alvarez passed away this weekend after a brief battle with cancer. A dedicated teacher, he was also an avid Dead Head, poker player and rugby nut. I had known Jim longer than anyone else in Mobile. I met him when he came to visit us in our "filthy hippy lair" in Panama City in 1968. He had come to propose to Donna on the same day I had asked her to marry me. We stayed good friends through all of the craziness of the Sixties and up to the present. I'm glad his friends were able to throw him the little party at the Blue Gill last weekend. I thought that he would be with us at least a little longer than this. Will miss him. Wake is tommorrow at Radney's on Dauphin Street at about 5 pm.
Good friend Jim Alvarez passed away this weekend after a brief battle with cancer. A dedicated teacher, he was also an avid Dead Head, poker player and rugby nut. I had known Jim longer than anyone else in Mobile. I met him when he came to visit us in our "filthy hippy lair" in Panama City in 1968. He had come to propose to Donna on the same day I had asked her to marry me. We stayed good friends through all of the craziness of the Sixties and up to the present. I'm glad his friends were able to throw him the little party at the Blue Gill last weekend. I thought that he would be with us at least a little longer than this. Will miss him. Wake is tommorrow at Radney's on Dauphin Street at about 5 pm.
Howard Kurtz - With BlogTalkRadio, the Commentary Universe Expands - washingtonpost.com
BLOG-TALK-RADIO
A year and a half after New Jersey businessman Alan Levy launched the venture, BlogTalkRadio is averaging 2.4 million listeners each month for programs that range from politics to the paranormal, along with sports, finance, food, religion and romance.
(WASHINGTON POST)
A year and a half after New Jersey businessman Alan Levy launched the venture, BlogTalkRadio is averaging 2.4 million listeners each month for programs that range from politics to the paranormal, along with sports, finance, food, religion and romance.
(WASHINGTON POST)
The Richardson Endorsement: Bye, Bye Hillary - Richard Whalen
SAY GOODNIGHT, HILLARY
Quite moved by Obama's major address on race relations and Obama’s response to the controversial remarks of Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Jr., Richardson said: "Your candidacy is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our country, and you are a once-in-a-lifetime leader….As a Hispanic-American, I was particularly touched by his words."
(CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY POLITICS)
Quite moved by Obama's major address on race relations and Obama’s response to the controversial remarks of Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Jr., Richardson said: "Your candidacy is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our country, and you are a once-in-a-lifetime leader….As a Hispanic-American, I was particularly touched by his words."
(CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY POLITICS)
Dissension Arises at Fox News Over Treatment of Obama - New York Times
TRUTH SPIKE HITS FOX
Critics of the Fox News Channel regularly complain that the network beats up on Democrats and takes comments out of context. Usually, though, those critics are not Fox anchors. On Friday Chris Wallace, host of the weekend political talk show “Fox News Sunday,” took the hosts of “Fox & Friends” to task for their conversations about Senator Barack Obama’s comments about race. His complaint — which created both a tense moment and some must-see TV — was that his colleagues were taking those comments out of context.
(Suggested by MEDIA BISTRO)
Critics of the Fox News Channel regularly complain that the network beats up on Democrats and takes comments out of context. Usually, though, those critics are not Fox anchors. On Friday Chris Wallace, host of the weekend political talk show “Fox News Sunday,” took the hosts of “Fox & Friends” to task for their conversations about Senator Barack Obama’s comments about race. His complaint — which created both a tense moment and some must-see TV — was that his colleagues were taking those comments out of context.
(Suggested by MEDIA BISTRO)
News Hounds: Neo Nazi/White Supremacist Hal Turner Confirms Friendship And Kinship With Sean Hannity
I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT YOU SAID TED TURNER
During a week of almost non-stop attacks against Obama over his association with a controversial pastor, Sean Hannity was confronted on the air about his own association with white supremacist/neo Nazi Hal Turner. Hannity at first denied knowing Turner but a few days later Turner confirmed what had been reported elsewhere. He wrote, "Yes, we were friends and yes, Sean agreed with some of my views."
(NEWS HOUNDS)
During a week of almost non-stop attacks against Obama over his association with a controversial pastor, Sean Hannity was confronted on the air about his own association with white supremacist/neo Nazi Hal Turner. Hannity at first denied knowing Turner but a few days later Turner confirmed what had been reported elsewhere. He wrote, "Yes, we were friends and yes, Sean agreed with some of my views."
(NEWS HOUNDS)
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