Author Archives: Michael Froomkin

Isn’t It Time to Stop (Guantanamo Dept.)

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Michael Froomkin

(via The Guantanamo Blog)

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‘Catblogging’ Phenomenon Explained

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Michael Froomkin

I've always been slightly puzzled by the popularity of 'catblogging' — the custom of running cat pictures on otherwise serious blogs (especially on Fridays). Cute filler, thought I.

Maybe, however, there is more to it. Consider this pair of articles:

OK — It's therapy!

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McCain UnHeroic Outside of Prison

Posted on March 9, 2008 by Michael Froomkin

There's no debate that John McCain was heroic as a POW. Unfortunately, his behavior in uniform in more normal circumstances is more controversial.

The case for the prosecution is laid out at John Mccain: Unfit to serve as Commander-In-Chief, a screed aptly summarized by its subhead: “The spoiled son of military privilege got a free ride throughout his military career despite repeated instances of sex scandals and screw-ups.”

I knew he dated strippers. (And so what?) But losing five planes, three in training accidents or while joyriding (or should that be 'skylarking'?) and two in the field—is that some sort of post-WWII record?

And this doesn't even begin to get to the question of his more recent judgment about Iraq, Iran, or other wars…

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McSame: The Video

Posted on March 8, 2008 by Michael Froomkin

McCain : No Change

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They Have No Shame

Posted on March 8, 2008 by Michael Froomkin

Bush Announces Veto of Waterboarding Ban

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Grrr.

Posted on March 7, 2008 by Michael Froomkin

It is ridiculously difficult in Windows XP to map a network drive to a Webdav-enabled folder on the Internet that is password protected.

Having tried and failed to do so on two computers, despite trying a host of client-side hacks, I'm grumpy about it.

Thanks to two of said hacks, I can see the folder as a “network connection” but even so I still can't map it. Alas, I need to map it to make some convenient things happen.

And, yes, I should use Unix. But I depend on WordPerfect…

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