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Tag Archives: politics
The Tea Party takes on Microsoft
There is now a new magazine for the Tea Party political wing: the Tea Party Review. Say what you will about the Tea Party, but it takes a lot of cojones – more than most of the world’s webmasters and… Continue reading
Ron McNiel (R-Fl. candidate) shows how teaching religion in schools is done
From Northwest Florida Daily News, this report of U.S. House candidate Ron McNiel teaching high school students how to make compromises on a heated First Amendment issue: “That religion is against everything America stands for. If we have to let… Continue reading
Ron Paul and his family
For as interested I was in Ron Paul during his plucky, unsuccessful 2008 presidential bid, I’ve been far less up-to-speed on his son Rand Paul, who stands a greater chance of winning and impacting American politics from a Kentucky Senate… Continue reading
What’s so Scary About Elena Kagan’s Family?
This Gawker post (“Why Is the White House Hiding Elena Kagan’s Family?“) is tongue-in-cheek, but the NYT City Blog post it refers to leaves you with a little discomfort about the Obama administration’s relationship with a free press. The New… Continue reading
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The Terror Trials, Torture, and Starbucks
The New Yorker has put up the entirety of Jane Meyer’s “The Trial” on its site. It is a decent overview of how ideals clash with pragmatism and politics and recaps a lot of the military tribunal and detention debate… Continue reading
Clinton in China, and “Internet Freedom”
“As I speak to you today, government censors somewhere are working furiously to erase my words from the records of history. But history itself has already condemned these tactics.” – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Jan. 21, 2010
Rep. Pete Hoekstra not behind PeteHoekstra.com…but was able to out the guy who is
PeteHoekstra.com was snapped out by an anonymous registrar and began posting anti-Rep. Pete Hoekstra screeds. Though the registration was presumably private, somehow Rep. Hoekstra’s staff was able to out the owner, Ben Pardos Padnos, a longtime Internet entrepreneur who claims… Continue reading