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My tech recommendation for TPM.

By kgb999 on Thu, 09/17/2009 - 4:28am |
Josh:I know the cafe isn't a huge money maker and your business model doesn't warrant a full time employee for the site. I also am lacking in some basic information about your system and capacities so I'm sort of going...

The mechanics of individual mandates.

By kgb999 on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 10:51pm |
Individual Responsibility. It sounds so practical. Who wouldn't be in favor of that? And the Patriot Act is just so ... patriotic. As you likely know, this is the code word for individual mandates in the various versions of the...

Teabags and town halls - is this battle even necessary?

By kgb999 on Fri, 08/07/2009 - 4:15am |
I've been pondering the whole situation with the violence unfolding at the health care "town halls". My initial reaction was, of course, "let them try that crap with me, and they'll see what's really up!". Even pondered going on road...

Honduras Crisis Update

By kgb999 on Thu, 08/06/2009 - 6:10pm |
Here is a quick recap of some major events in Honduras over the last couple of days, complied from Honduran news sources.Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras: (note: this protest has been characterized very differently by different sources, this narrative is...

Honduras, Myth vs. Reality - a challenge to journalists.

By kgb999 on Wed, 07/29/2009 - 10:00pm |
Not since the Iraq war have so many journalists written so many stories based on facts that simply don't add up. From Fox news to our own TPM, assertions are being presented about the Honduran situation as fact that can...

The sergeants particularly liked removing victims' brains.

By kgb999 on Tue, 07/28/2009 - 6:25am |
I'm not sure what more can be said here. Via Fire Dog Lake is this report from the Colorado Springs Gazette. It is part one of a series and appropriately titled  "The hell of war comes home". The article highlights...

Mercedes announces EV Gullwing

By kgb999 on Fri, 07/17/2009 - 5:24am |
OK, this one has been filed under totally cool.  Mercedes has started releasing information on their new SLS Gullwing (although not undisguised pictures apparently!) due to hit American streets next year. The vehicle is impressively engineered - the gasoline...

SASC Detainee Report Time Line.

By kgb999 on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 6:30pm |
I recently slogged through the Senate Armed Services Committee report: "Inquiry Into the Treatment of Detainees in U.S. Custody". One of the big difficulties I had was the thing kept doing time warps.  Suddenly, it jumped from 2005 back to...

More information on AP's battle against "misappropriation" (but not much additional clarity)

By kgb999 on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 10:15pm |
Recently, the Associated Press announced that they were going to war against "misappropriation" of their content.  AP Chairman Dean Singleton made the drama-queenish declaration: ""We can no longer stand by and watch others walk off with our work under misguided...

Locations of Iraq Abuse (1st draft)

By kgb999 on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 1:59am |
When abuse in Iraq is discussed, it has become almost standard practice to call it "Abu Ghraib abuse" and seldom (if ever) is it referred to as what it often was: torture.  Based on conventional wisdom, torture is something that...

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