Rumsfeld now claims that Iran may have nuclear weapons real soon.
Of course, we’re talking soon in geological time. Rummy loves his spin control.
Hamas, Israeli officials vow to keep fighting.
OK, who’s surprised, really?
As the Pres gives pep talks to the troops in the Mideast, the CENTCOM Sergeant Major makes a typical old soldier faux pas.
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Homeland Defense official obtained Ph.D. from diploma mill – only the finest are defending our shores.
And, hey, those guys who poke around in your luggage will have their security background checks done no later than October. Cool, huh?
Christian Group Wants Disney’s No-Fly Zone Down For Gay Days
Is that just a bit petty and xenophobic?
The commander of the 1st MEF, British Foreign Minister, US Secretary of State, and the Deputy US Secretary of Defense are all getting press today for their words regarding the debacle in Iraq. I don’t mean to say that the liberation of Iraq was a debacle (history will define that for us one way or the other), but the claims of bio and chem weapons used as the primary reason for that war.
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For those who don’t want to register for the NYTimes site, here’s an interesting article about how the US has graciously decided to allow our Second Amendment rights for the Iraqi populace. Still not sure about the First Amendment.
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From the June 2nd London Daily Telegraph
By Andrew Sparrow and Benedict Brogan
Tony Blair promised yesterday to publish new evidence showing that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction as an opinion poll found that 44 per cent of voters think he misled them about the threat.
In a further blow, Clare Short accused him of practising a triple deception before the invasion of Iraq and Robin Cook condemned the conflict as a “monumental blunder”.
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Iran arrests Al Qaeda terrorists and President Bush says he’s not impressed.
Anyone surprised?
Both Arianna Huffington and Tom Tomorrow make the correlation between the Spin Doctors of 1600 Pennsylvania and the Matrix Reloaded. Guess it’s not too much of a stretch, considering how the administration’s views on most international events seem at least slightly off from the objective reality.
Cafepress has been told I’m violating the copyrights of Albert Korda with an image of Che Guevara I was using on some products that nobody ever bought. Apparently Señor Korda’s estate is more interested in his intellectual property than he ever was. There are many concepts involved in this case, and I’ll lay them out for you.
- Korda said specifically that he wanted people to copy and spread the image of Che Guevara, as seen in this quote:
I am not averse to its reproduction by those who wish to propagate his [Guevara’s] memory and the cause of social justice throughout the world,” Korda said in the autumn of 2000.
- The concept of benign neglect reigns. If someone does not attempt to defend their copyright, even in the face of many highly public uses of it, the right to defend it is hard to manage. Consider how many times you’ve seen the Che Guevara image on posters, t-shirts, etc.
- The Berne copyright convention is the means for reciprocity between countries and their varying internal copyright laws. Cuba has never signed the Berne convention, because Castro said it was a tool of the capitalists. Korda lived until his death in 2001 in Cuba, and was a proud Cuban citizen.
- The image I used was not the photograph of Che that Korda took, but a stylized rendering of that image. It is a unique work. To claim that any image of Guevara infringes on Korda’s copyright implies that Guevara’s likeness is ownable and, further, that it is owned by the estate of Señor Korda.
Of course, none of this matters, because the store has been removed and it never made money anyway. Just another example of lawyers bullying people into doing things that aren’t right, merely expedient.
The WSJ has an article about a US Army Major who has been relieved of duty for not following orders. This is a toughy…
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To counterbalance the various Conservative parodies of the Iraqi Leadership playing cards, here are the Republican Chickenhawk Cards. These are the men and women who are so hot to put our servicemembers in harm’s way, yet were never so inclined to join up themselves.
What next, Party Loyalty Day? All hail il duce.
Geez, was there something wrong with Memorial Day, Independence Day, Veteran’s Day, and Labor Day? Does Loyalty Day just sound fascist to me, or anyone else?
I’m living in a Terry Gilliam movie.
Bush and Blair nominated for Nobel Peace Prize.
Wage a war, get a peace prize? No way would the Nobel committee go for this one.
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This guy definitely did the world a favor. Darwin would be proud.
These two headlines were competing for attention on the CNN newsfeed just now:
Rumsfeld: WMD not likely at suspected sites
Rumsfeld: Iraq WMD will be found
WTF? Will they or will they not be found?
Man amputates own arm with pocketknife.
Really, what more could I add to that? Dayum!
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