Rumors On The Internets: We Weren’t Alive In The Sixties
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006
- “There’s a growing constituency of low-income white folks in America who aren’t duped any longer… Back in the Sixties, along with the Black Panthers, Young Lords, and the Brown Berets, there was a group of what detractors derided as “white trailer trash” called Rising Up Angry. Its awareness and militancy were second to none.” [Smirking Chimp]
- In a blog clusterfuck, Daily Kos (Markos Moulitsas) disses TNR for defecting to the right, LGF says “Moulitsas’ conspiracy-oriented mindset echoes the anti-rational paranoia of radical Islam.” [LGF]
- Apocalyptic Left Behind video games record which video ads and product placements you view, where your computer is located geographically, and how many New Yorkers you fail to convert and then murder. [Talk To Action]
- Glenn Greenwald on Jose Padilla: “Jose Padilla spent 3.5 years of his life in jail, for charges that the administration is not willing to test in a court of law. Yet it is now bringing a case against Padilla that is “light on facts.” [Glenn Greenwald]
- “Essentially, from time to time Negroponte pulls a toy rabbit around a track and lets the righties get some exercise by running in circles, chasing it.” [The Mahablog]
- “There’s a growing constituency of low-income white folks in America who aren’t duped any longer… Back in the Sixties, along with the Black Panthers, Young Lords, and the Brown Berets, there was a group of what detractors derided as “white trailer trash” called Rising Up Angry. Its awareness and militancy were second to none.” [Smirking Chimp]
- In a blog clusterfuck, Daily Kos (Markos Moulitsas) disses TNR for defecting to the right, LGF says “Moulitsas’ conspiracy-oriented mindset echoes the anti-rational paranoia of radical Islam.” [LGF]
- Apocalyptic Left Behind video games record which video ads and product placements you view, where your computer is located geographically, and how many New Yorkers you fail to convert and then murder. [Talk To Action]
- Glenn Greenwald on Jose Padilla: “Jose Padilla spent 3.5 years of his life in jail, for charges that the administration is not willing to test in a court of law. Yet it is now bringing a case against Padilla that is “light on facts.” [Glenn Greenwald]
- “Essentially, from time to time Negroponte pulls a toy rabbit around a track and lets the righties get some exercise by running in circles, chasing it.” [The Mahablog]
Daily Briefing: The Plan
Thursday, December 1st, 2005
• Bush, showing emotion, urges patience with Iraq: “As the Iraqi forces gain experience and the political process advances, we will be able to decrease our troop levels in Iraq without losing our capability to defeat the terrorists.” Sen. Reid responds: “After nearly 1,000 days of war in Iraq, our troops, their families and the American people deserve more than just a Bush-Cheney public relations campaign.” [WP, NYT, WT]
• Bush admitted “some setbacks,” but “offered nothing new substantively.” [WP, USAT]
• Bush’s advisors doubt that the war will be a “determining factor” in ‘06 House races; still unknown “is how Americans will be able to measure any progress, and whether it is realistic to believe his ambitious goals.” [NYT]
• Bush “came much closer than he has before to matching the hard-nosed assessments of the war that have long been made by American commanders” in Iraq. [NYT]
• Bush “is staking the rest of his presidency on his conviction that the conflict can be won.” [USAT]
• Alito, as member of the Reagan administration, designed a strategy for eventually overturning Roe v. Wade. [WP, NYT, LAT, USAT]
• Court of Appeals hints it might repeal Bush’s power to detain Jose Padilla. [NYT, WT]
• Military planted positive articles in Iraqi newspapers as a component of “‘information war’ against an insurgency adept at spreading its message through local and international media, largely with violent acts.” [WP, NYT]
• Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) comes out in favor of Murtha’s plan for withdrawal. [WT, USAT]
• Pentagon directive mandates plan for post-conflict stability in the next war. [WP]
• Bush, showing emotion, urges patience with Iraq: “As the Iraqi forces gain experience and the political process advances, we will be able to decrease our troop levels in Iraq without losing our capability to defeat the terrorists.” Sen. Reid responds: “After nearly 1,000 days of war in Iraq, our troops, their families and the American people deserve more than just a Bush-Cheney public relations campaign.” [WP, NYT, WT]
• Bush admitted “some setbacks,” but “offered nothing new substantively.” [WP, USAT]
• Bush’s advisors doubt that the war will be a “determining factor” in ‘06 House races; still unknown “is how Americans will be able to measure any progress, and whether it is realistic to believe his ambitious goals.” [NYT]
• Bush “came much closer than he has before to matching the hard-nosed assessments of the war that have long been made by American commanders” in Iraq. [NYT]
• Bush “is staking the rest of his presidency on his conviction that the conflict can be won.” [USAT]
• Alito, as member of the Reagan administration, designed a strategy for eventually overturning Roe v. Wade. [WP, NYT, LAT, USAT]
• Court of Appeals hints it might repeal Bush’s power to detain Jose Padilla. [NYT, WT]
• Military planted positive articles in Iraqi newspapers as a component of “‘information war’ against an insurgency adept at spreading its message through local and international media, largely with violent acts.” [WP, NYT]
• Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) comes out in favor of Murtha’s plan for withdrawal. [WT, USAT]
• Pentagon directive mandates plan for post-conflict stability in the next war. [WP]
Daily Briefing: ‘Outlandish and Inconceivable’
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005
• Pentagon has a tentative plan to withdraw about 50,000 troops from Iraq over the next year. [WP]
• For oil executives who were involved in the energy task force, the truth depends on what the meaning of “participation” is. Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s (D-N.J.) definition: “If you’re doing anything more than breathing in the room when you’re there. Even if you’re a silent observer.” [WP]
• Bush allegedly talked to Tony Blair about bombing Al-Jazeera. Scott McClellan: “We are not interested in dignifying something so outlandish and inconceivable with a response.” [WP]
• FEMA will extend housing subsidies for Gulf Coast evacuees. [WP, NYT]
• Administration formally charges Jose Padilla ahead of Monday deadline; “the government has yet to settle on a consistent strategy for holding and punishing people it says are terrorists.” [NYT, NYT, WT, USAT, USAT]
• Judge delays decision on throwing out charges against Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas). [WP, LAT, NYT]
• Pentagon has a tentative plan to withdraw about 50,000 troops from Iraq over the next year. [WP]
• For oil executives who were involved in the energy task force, the truth depends on what the meaning of “participation” is. Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s (D-N.J.) definition: “If you’re doing anything more than breathing in the room when you’re there. Even if you’re a silent observer.” [WP]
• Bush allegedly talked to Tony Blair about bombing Al-Jazeera. Scott McClellan: “We are not interested in dignifying something so outlandish and inconceivable with a response.” [WP]
• FEMA will extend housing subsidies for Gulf Coast evacuees. [WP, NYT]
• Administration formally charges Jose Padilla ahead of Monday deadline; “the government has yet to settle on a consistent strategy for holding and punishing people it says are terrorists.” [NYT, NYT, WT, USAT, USAT]
• Judge delays decision on throwing out charges against Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas). [WP, LAT, NYT]