Germany Tries Rumsfeld

Glenn Greenwald had a post up a cou­ple weeks ago decry­ing Germany for bring­ing charges against Donald Rumsfeld for war crimes. I think some points are required: If the German gov­ern­ment wants to impli­cate itself in the pros­e­cu­tion of alleged war crim­i­nals, they are cer­tainly able to do so. The fact that the crime did …

Whee

A few months ago, I was sup­posed to get some help on my job. Specifically, some­one to work on the .NET side of things, which would free me up to do the job I was actu­ally hired to do: PHP devel­op­ment. He wasn’t my first choice, but he was sec­ond, in large part because of …

Dangerous Territory

via Rad Geek: Inskeep If you’re an enemy com­bat­ant, who decides if you ever get a full-blown trial — a mil­i­tary com­mis­sion trial as it’s been called? Fmr. Bush Counsel Yoo That’s ulti­mately up to the President. I think it’s still up to the President and the Secretary of Defense who’s going to be tried by a …

Dying Democracy and Dehumanization

Last Wednesday night, I was call­ing friends to try and do a lit­tle street the­ater down­town Chicago, in the hopes of pro­vid­ing a par­tic­u­larly gritty infomer­cial and gen­er­at­ing pres­sure on the Senate to not pass S.3930 (aka the “Just Confess to Something Act of 2006″). It appears I wasn’t the only one with the same …