Further proof that we don't live in a globally rational world.
Vista updates destroy Unix partitions. (you gotta read this one, it's a riot and an anti-trust suit waiting to happen).
How I Became A Music Pirate — the DRM made him do it.
And, one of Europe's largest movie stores, reports that 75% of its customer support problems are caused by DRM.
Al Gore's opening statement to his congressional testimony on global warming:
Bonus video: Boxer Tells Sen. Inhofe “An Inconvenient Truth”.
Looks like McCain has lost John Stewart's vote. And don't miss the Freudian slip.
At this rate, I'm prepared for Joe Lieberman to change parties and to sweep the early Republican primaries. After all, he supports the war, loves Bush, isn't a Mormon, and has only been married twice.
“What is it about 'So Help Me God' that Rove and Bush find so offensive?”
And, from TPM: “Bush: We were concerned about the lack of prosecutions of bogus voter fraud claims.”
The other day, Republican members of the House Appropriations Committee unanimously opposed requiring that the troops sent to Iraq be properly prepared for their mission and protected with armor. As they've done often before, and as they will undoubtedly do again.
Over at Daily Kos, one of the diarists has come up with a name for the Representatives who send troops into harm's way without adequate equipment, training or rest.
He calls them “troop-killers”.
Harsh? You bet. Justified? Yes. It has come to that. There really is no 'nice' name for people from a country as rich as ours who send other people's children, spouses, and parents into combat without basic necessities like body armor, armor for their vehicles, or the weapons they trained with. I recognize that there might be conflicts — like World War II — in which the Army would have to suspend its rotation policies and send units that have served a tour of duty back into theater without the year's rest, rehab and equipment refit that our doctrine says is needed. But I don't accept that Iraq, a war of (erroneous) choice, is a conflict on which national survival depends.
Three of these troop-killers represent districts in Florida:
If you happen to be reading this from their neighborhood, why not give them a (polite) call and tell them what you think of this sort of behavior.
Richard Landeck, 56, of Wheaton, IL recently sent off a letter to President Bush, signing it as the “proud father of a fallen soldier.” Landeck’s son, Captain Kevin Landeck, died this past February in Iraq.
You can read the full painful text of the letter at A Father Addresses George Bush.
Then ask yourself what you will do to end the war today.
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