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 …

Cynicsm for Fun and Profit

Glenn Greenwald is dis­cussing the stun­ning hypocrisy of Republicans, as they decry the viciously par­ti­san Democrats for out­ing a gay Republican — osten­si­bly because drag­ging per­sonal sex­ual con­duct into pol­i­tics will drive good peo­ple from gov­er­nance. Color me cyn­i­cal, but why is this such a shock? This is the same crowd that spent a large chunk of …

The Use of Color

In an ear­lier post, I had noted that I would write some more on a phở­to­graph I had posted to pro­vide a graphic illus­tra­tion of the kinds of regimes that decided on tri­als when it was in the best inter­est of the state, rather than, for exam­ple, the inter­ests of jus­tice. When you look at …

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 …