Tag Archives: politics

Prof. Felten added to my blogroll

Posted on 2005-11-08 by Jim Vanderveen

Last week I was going through my blogroll and learned about the Sony rootkit debacle from Joseph’s blog. While digging into this some more, I ran across Prof. Ed Felten’s blog, “Freedom to Tinker.” I remembered Felten’s name from earlier … Continue reading →

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Three surgeons

Posted on 2005-11-02 by Jim Vanderveen

Three surgeons were playing golf together and discussing surgeries they had performed… Continue reading →

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What’s the “Terror Alert Level” currently?

Posted on 2005-10-12 by Jim Vanderveen

Homeland Security’s “Terror Alert Level” isn’t completely useless — it provides opportunities for parody! Continue reading →

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Web tools for keeping tabs on Congress

Posted on 2005-09-30 by Jim Vanderveen

Some handy tools for US citizens, no matter what your ideology. THOMAS and Project Vote Smart. Continue reading →

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Bush: One of the worst disasters to hit U.S.

Posted on 2005-09-10 by Jim Vanderveen

Sky News in Ireland has apparently clued in to the fact that Gee Dubya is “one of the worst disasters to hit the U.S.”: Hilarious! But did this really appear on television? According to snopes.com, it did! I know it’s … Continue reading →

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Is the Bee trying to sweep the Downing Street Memo under the rug?

Posted on 2005-06-24 by Jim Vanderveen

(NB: If you are asked to login or register for the articles at the SacBee site, just go to BugMeNot.) Our local paper, the Sacramento Bee, may be doing its best to bury the Downing Street Memo (DSM) story by … Continue reading →

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Turning up the heat on Gee Dubya

Posted on 2005-06-23 by Jim Vanderveen

The VoteToImpeach/ImpeachBush site has been around since before GW was elected. For some reason, they haven’t been getting much attention from the so-called “liberal media”. But since the Downing Street Memo came to light on 1 May 2005, things have … Continue reading →

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EFF publishes legal guide for bloggers

Posted on 2005-06-18 by Jim Vanderveen

The Electronic Frontier Foundation recently published a legal guide for bloggers. I haven’t read all of it yet, but it seems to cover a lot of territory: political blogging, bloggers as journalists, privacy issues, defamation, all kinds of stuff. Check … Continue reading →

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If this is so funny, why am I so angry?

Posted on 2005-06-16 by Jim Vanderveen

Some awesome satire in this post (link broken, see update below). I think I need to add another listing to my blogroll… Update: Daniel voiced his conscience, and now his blog has been shut down. Behold, the land of the … Continue reading →

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New link added, Sgt Zach’s blog

Posted on 2005-06-16 by Jim Vanderveen

I’ve added a new blog to my link list, A Soldier’s Thoughts by Army Sgt Zachary Scott-Singley. I found out about this from an article posted on Common Dreams. I’m sorry that so many American people were too lazy and … Continue reading →

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