Archive for April 2007
Discussion on recent Bill Moyers show on propaganda leading up to Iraq War
Includes comments from two Knight Ridder reporters who were interviewed in the show.
Limbaugh’s “Barack the Magic Negro”
Rush reaches down inside himself to hit that new low. Kick that Oxycontin drug-addled fool off the airwaves. He’s got as much right to Freedom of Speech as Osama bin Laden.
Bill Moyers Journal
Glad to see Bill back on PBS. Tonights show was all about pre-war press coverage. Everyone was on a mission to prevent them as being seen as un-patriotic. The winds politically were blowing that way in Washington D.C. and every beltway media outfit fell in line. As Bill Moyers points out the columnists, all of whom appear on television as experts on world affairs and the mid East, continue to prosper. Charles Krauthammer, William Safire, Bill Krystol, Bush’s lead speech writer all continue to prosper. The Washington Post actually hired the dude that penned the line, “…the smoking gun that may come in the form of a mushroom cloud”. Where is our so-called ‘liberal’ media now? It really is true, as Bill Moyers says in tonights broadcast, “Being a pro-war pundit means never having to say you’re sorry”. Those guys can all rot for the sins they committed, helping the Bush administration get America to agree to the war in Iraq.
New Laws of Robotics proposed for kill-bots
Robot warriors should be allowed to mix it up among themselves freely, autonomously deciding to blast enemy weapon systems. Many enemy “systems” would, of course, be themselves robots, so it’s clear that machine-on-machine violence isn’t a problem. The difficulty comes when the automatic battlers need to target humans…
Say goodbye Work Mate, say hello Work Center
Now the old workmate from Stanley had some useful features. But the WorkBench is truly a marvel. It’s not just clamps, but a just big enough work surface. And there’s a power strip built right in. Sweet!
