"No matter how cynical I get, I can’t keep up.” — Lily Tomlin
Because we can’t be trusted to run our own lives
I meant to write something intelligent about the King’s President’s domestic espionage and warrentless wiretap program, but David Neiwert at Ornicus says it all, and says it better. All that’s left for me to add is this: if you’re surprised by this action of the Bush administration, you haven’t been paying attention.
Businesses that employ professional drivers require applicants to submit copies of their driving records. And where do applicants go to get copies? Duhn-duhn-duhn-duhn . . . yes, Virginia, the Department of Motor Vehicles . . . there, there, I didn’t mean to make you cry! It could have been worse. It took only three hours, […]
I don’t like to simply link to another blogger’s post, but damn, Photodude couldn’t be more spot on than he is in this entry. Then again, if it weren’t for institutional absurdity, where would we get all the good jokes? For sure, Joseph Heller would never have been able to write Catch-22. . . .
Paul Begala, co-host of CNN’s Crossfire, back in February 2004: Well, Howie Kurtz is the man, of course, who keeps a[n] eye on the media for CNN’s “RELIABLE SOURCES” and “The Washington Post.” He reports that the Bush administration is engaged in a rather novel new form of censorship. Articles that are critical of the […]
You can’t make stuff like this up . . . Here’s a link to a story about Homeland Security agents combatting copyright terrorism in a St. Helens, Oregon toy store. Thanks to Boing Boing for keeping me in touch with Ashcroft World.
My, what will they block next? Go here to find out how to get around the Pentagon’s block on the website that helps overseas US military voters cast absentee ballots. Thanks to Boing Boing for the tip!
Doing my wee bit to expose military censorship – specifically the military’s efforts to prevent its personnel from viewing certain internet sites – is becoming a hobbyhorse of mine. I’ve blogged about such censorship before, here, here, and here. And now, thanks to Eric Umansky, I learn of another category of web sites being blocked or filtered […]
My friend Baldrick, an English expat working in Saudi Arabia, informs me that my other sites, the Half-Mind Weblog and Half-Mind Catalog, are officially blocked by the Ministry of Information. He and I wondered why. Then, tonight, he told me about another blocked link, this one to the CD cover you see above. Now that […]