tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52451872011-09-01T07:15:24.255-07:00Hypocrisy DigestThe political wing of <a href="http://www.barakyedidia.com/">barakyedidia.com</a>Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comBlogger1941100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1102020437430473402004-12-02T13:02:00.000-08:002004-12-02T12:47:17.430-08:00New Forwarding AddressHypocrisy Digest has moved and changed its name. Actually is in the process of changing its name. The top contenders are "Through a Glass Darkly" "Light and Shadow", "Picture a new World", "The World, As I See it" or "As I See it". Suggestions and comments are welcome.
The new location is on my own server running under an open source blogging engine called WordPress. Please change your Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1101152839208118712004-11-22T11:41:00.000-08:002004-11-22T12:02:02.086-08:00There is Nothing Wrong in the Whole Wide WorldSaturday, I went to Adobe books where many of the books had been rearranged by color. It is the work of Chris Cobb, a local artist with Library experience. Unfortunately, this bit of whimsy was only destined to last one week and all the books were put back early this morning. Fortunately, I took a few pictures.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1100854307981896692004-11-19T01:50:00.000-08:002004-11-19T00:51:47.983-08:00Bay Bridge in the Fog
Near mid-day Thursday.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1100856091900439222004-11-19T01:05:00.000-08:002004-11-19T01:22:16.650-08:00Avoid Compcard.comOver a month ago, I did a portfolio session for a young aspiring model. He wanted 25 comp cards, zed card, compcards, whatever you choose to call them. 25 is a very small number of cards for offset printing. Nevertheless, I found one vendor who would print a short run for a reasonable price, compcard.com.
Let me tell you, it was excruciating. After a day to upload the initial card design, Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1100247543448786172004-11-12T01:18:00.000-08:002004-11-12T01:14:33.513-08:00Purple CartogramBarakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1100249138997540752004-11-12T00:44:00.000-08:002004-11-12T00:46:12.083-08:00LustBarakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1100126195719952892004-11-10T14:31:00.000-08:002004-11-10T14:36:35.720-08:00I have not been paying any attention to the Peterson case going on at the local courthouse, but juror dismissals always interest me. A little paragraph at the end of an article headlined Another Juror Is Ousted in Scott Peterson Trial made me furious.But Mark Geragos, the lead defense lawyer, asked for a mistrial Monday, after jurors looked at the boat Mr. Peterson used to go fishing around the Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1100115498571230022004-11-10T11:33:00.000-08:002004-11-10T11:38:18.570-08:00Nation Classified
Do any of you read those little classified ads in the back of The Nation? I'm considering advertising Naked Truths there. As I see it, I need to come up with text of 15 or fewer words. I expect all of you tech writers to sharpen your pencils and help me come up with 15 words that draw Nation readers inexorably towards my website to buy the book.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1099687343283131862004-11-05T13:41:00.000-08:002004-11-05T12:42:23.283-08:00The view from across the pond.
Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1099684453684908832004-11-05T11:41:00.000-08:002004-11-05T11:54:13.683-08:00Morning Again
I did some research and thinking about the odd pattern that I pointed out in the last post about Florida's election result as a function of voting system.
While it's suspicious, I've come to the conclusion that it's primarily an anomaly based on history.
A few salient facts. Floridians have been overwhelmingly Democrats since the 50s. Many have not changed party affiliations Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1099644577941702532004-11-05T01:03:00.000-08:002004-11-05T02:23:59.440-08:00It should be illegal for the workings of voting machines to be secret.
I've been saying it for a long time and it should go without saying. The following is the text that accompanies the above picture in my Naked Truths book. (It makes a great gift!)Warren O'Dell, CEO of Diebold Corporation, claimed he was "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year." Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1099509553493485352004-11-03T11:02:00.000-08:002004-11-03T11:23:30.486-08:00Morning View
In the cold light of morning, I do not see any nefarious deeds in the apparent Bush Bonus over the exit polls in and of themselves. Though the numbers do remain a mystery.
-From the Economist
Of note, the amount of Bush Bonus does not seem to be correlated to use of e-voting or Diebold systems. This is not to say that Diebold and all the other companies that make voting machinesBarakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1099461148885347462004-11-02T21:49:00.000-08:002004-11-03T11:00:42.733-08:00Stolen?
I just did a state by state analysis of exit polls vs. election results. There is a systematic 2% shift from the exit poll result to the election result. I have to do some further statistical analysis, but I believe that somehow, Bush's popular vote was augmented by around 2% in nearly every state.
Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1099087199628219692004-10-29T14:51:00.000-07:002004-10-29T14:59:59.626-07:00Quick
In and out of the courtroom in less than 50 minutes. They only needed 3 more alternates for an already seated jury of 12+1 alternate. There were 51 prospective jurors.
The case was a multiple kidnapping/sexual assault type thing. The defendant looked like a formidable guy to get in a physical tussel with, but he seemed like a nice guy. The Deputy DA made a stupid mistake in the Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1099086556365221502004-10-29T14:44:00.000-07:002004-10-29T14:49:16.366-07:00John Kerry - Superhero
OK, I admit I'm not the strongest supporter of Kerry. He's not progressive enough for my tastes. But to criticize him as wimpy or effete is laughable. I give you: The Rude Pundit's Endorsement. He has stood up against powerful enemies often. Bush has always ducked and run when the going got tough. Go John, go!Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1099068371347192472004-10-29T09:21:00.005-07:002004-10-29T14:50:43.490-07:00Jury Duty
Jury duty this morning. The superior court of San Mateo County in Redwood City has generously provided us with free wireless interenet access while we wait to be called to the courtroom. I've been on jury duty before but never been seated in a jury. It's interesting that the clerk keeps saying that if we do not get called into a courtroom for jury selection, it's a good thing. I, Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1098990105079364442004-10-28T13:00:00.000-07:002004-10-28T12:01:45.080-07:00Eminem
I recommend viewing Eminem's latest video.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1098309011311767112004-10-20T14:46:00.000-07:002004-10-20T14:50:11.313-07:00My opinion on the matter, because I knew you were waiting for it with bated breath.
Incidentally, I don't think the draft should be a campaign issue this time around. I think it's inevitable. If Bush is elected there will be a draft because he said there would not be. His track record indicates that he will do exactly the opposite of what he claimed during the campaign. "The Education Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1098306069927850532004-10-20T13:48:00.000-07:002004-10-20T16:18:24.330-07:00No Endorsement?
The following is my letter to the editor of The Tampa Tribune who amazingly remain undecided in this election.So if I am to understand your non-endorsement for the Presidency, it boils down to the following.
"Our present leader has misled us into a costly war through inaccuracies and exaggerations contradicted by his own intelligence sources; through hubris goaded our enemies Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1098114720302451932004-10-18T08:47:00.000-07:002004-10-18T08:52:00.310-07:00A Proud Member of the Reality Based Community
From Ron Suskind's column in the NYTimes.[A Bush] aide said that guys like me were "in what we call the reality-based community," which he defined as people who "believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality." I nodded and murmured something about enlightenment principles and empiricism. He cut me off. "That's not theBarakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1097652965285832412004-10-13T01:35:00.000-07:002004-10-13T00:36:05.286-07:00It's Good to be in D.C.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1097655951516431132004-10-13T01:18:00.000-07:002004-10-13T01:25:51.516-07:00Boycott Sinclair Media Group
In response to the SMG requiring their stations, most in swing states, to air a "documentary" bashing Kerry for his Vietnam protests, I am sending email to a list of companies that advertise nationally on Sinclair stations. I encourage you to do the same. I include below my sample letter. Please be original and polite in your letters. In general, the advertisers Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1097223508495342032004-10-08T01:04:00.000-07:002004-10-08T01:18:28.496-07:00Bush Administration Sacrifices a Pawn to Crush Press Independence
A brewing storm has taken an interesting twist. This is a long one, and it's kind of complicated so bear with me and read this to the end. Judge Thomas F. Hogan, a Reagan appointee, is presiding over the grand jury investigation headed by Patrick Fitzgerald, a W appointee, about who revealed the identity of an undercover CIA Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1096672633204108012004-10-01T15:36:00.000-07:002004-10-01T16:30:46.426-07:00Free Free Radio Santa Cruz!
Free Radio Santa Cruz was raided by the FCC Wednesday morning. The station has operated for nearly 10 years without a license. Its Web site states it defies federal regulators, who have "proved themselves to be controlled by monied interests."- Santa Cruz Sentinel
This is a radio station that has chosen to operate as a pirate station. A year ago, I reported in thisBarakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1096148580779562652004-09-25T14:38:00.000-07:002004-09-25T14:43:00.780-07:00WWGHD
Spanglemonkey ruminated on What Would Gore Have Done which prompted a reply from me that I liked so I include it here as well.Well, first off, Gore would have noticed that Richard Clark's hair was on fire and scheduled a few national security meetings about threats of terrorism. He would have noticed the PDB indicating that Al Qaeda was planning attacks. He would have beefed up security inBarakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1096148158624301882004-09-25T14:34:00.000-07:002004-09-25T14:35:58.623-07:00Garrison Keillor lambastes the Republicans.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1096053752133824462004-09-24T11:52:00.000-07:002004-09-24T17:41:55.330-07:00Why Wal-Mart must be stopped
From the SF ChronicleWal-Mart Stores Inc. began a statewide offensive Thursday to counter widespread criticism of the company's wages and benefits, expansion plans and effects on communities.
The world's largest company ran advertisements in 15 California newspapers, including The Chronicle, in the form of an open letter to the state's residents, referring to Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1096051782631673792004-09-24T11:44:00.000-07:002004-09-24T11:49:53.166-07:00Care Instructions
From Bob.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1095827922362424972004-09-21T21:37:00.000-07:002004-09-21T21:38:42.363-07:00Paul Craig Roberts puts the CBS flap into perspective.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1095813341169557532004-09-21T17:34:00.000-07:002004-09-21T17:35:41.170-07:00I just saw an ad for "Free John Kerry Buttons" and I thought "When was he arrested?"Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1094422157331579392004-09-05T15:02:00.000-07:002004-09-05T15:15:45.536-07:00I am now offering the images from my Naked Truths series in book form. In addition to the images, essays by some of the models and myself will be included in the book. All proceeds will be split evenly between moveon.org and America Coming Together, two organizations I feel are doing valuable work towards removing George Bush from the oval office.
Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1094008398316849832004-08-31T19:46:00.000-07:002004-08-31T20:18:21.360-07:00Ira for Assembly!
If you live in San Mateo or Santa Clara county, including San Carlos, Redwood City, Atherton, Portola Valley, Woodside, Menlo Park, East Palo Alto, Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, the Almaden Valley of San Jose, or Stanford University, you have no doubt seen the wall to wall advertising for Steve Poizner (R) for State Assembly 21st district. I Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1093899599895459252004-08-30T13:58:00.000-07:002004-08-30T13:59:59.896-07:00A link for my geek friends.
From Squid.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1093593429105707332004-08-27T00:53:00.000-07:002004-08-27T00:59:20.620-07:00Photo Blog Entry
Calvin at the "Street to Stage" dance concert Saturday the 21st at SoMarts Theater.
Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1093547501629295412004-08-26T12:05:00.000-07:002004-08-26T12:11:41.630-07:00Are we still discussing this?
I can't believe we are even discussing it, let alone for weeks on end. There is some doubt if Bush showed up for all his service with the National Guard while he was ducking the possibility of going to Vietnam. Meanwhile, there is some doubt as to whether Kerry deserved his third purple heart and bronze star while serving bravely and honorably in Vietnam.
Let's forBarakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1089357261809721822004-07-09T00:07:00.000-07:002004-07-09T00:20:11.586-07:00I wrote the following to explain this image from my Naked Truths series.
When copyright law was first enacted in the United States in 1790, it was designed and intended to encourage artists to create by giving them a limited monopoly over the distribution of their work for 14 years, with the option of renewing the copyright for an additional 14 years. US copyright was modeled on the Statute ofBarakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1089356489618964562004-07-08T23:58:00.000-07:002004-07-09T00:02:50.816-07:00I stumbled upon the ilovehalliburton.com website. I'm not really sure what to think. I might want one of those mugs if the money didn't go to people who want to elect Bush. I also notice that they do not offer an I love Halliburton thong. That must be a liberal thing...Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-10863932446610662004-06-04T16:49:00.000-07:002004-06-04T16:54:04.663-07:00What Liberal Media? (reprise)
According to this CBS poll, Kerry leads Bush among all voters 49%-41%. Of course you have to page nearly to the bottom of the article titled "Vets Favor Bush" to see that stat.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1086375004017010402004-06-04T11:46:00.000-07:002004-06-04T11:50:04.016-07:00What it looks like to stare down the barrel of a rifle.
From the NY Times (free subscription required)Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1084562975672160262004-05-14T12:21:00.000-07:002004-05-14T12:29:35.673-07:00Rumsfeld questioned by troops in Baghdad.
One soldier asked when they would receive improved vests and better armor for the Humvees. It's those roadside bombs, he said. "We lost some soldiers due to them."
Another asked whether it was true that the military would not pay their full air fare back home.
Yet another wanted to know why his military medical coverage wouldn't handle physical Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1084477945091017712004-05-13T12:50:00.000-07:002004-05-14T11:00:21.473-07:00My Fascination Continues
Tommy Grows Some Hair a year and a couple months too late.
Update:
Link at IHT.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1084440057989159912004-05-13T02:17:00.000-07:002004-05-13T02:25:06.600-07:00The latest issue of The Nation has a forum on how to get out of Iraq. I have yet to read all the contributions, but I particularly like that of John Brady Kiesling, a career diplomat who served in US embassies and in February 2003, resigned from the Foreign Service in protest against Bush Administration foreign policy.
Kiesling says that the way to create a power that can hold the country Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1084439851402233042004-05-13T01:38:00.000-07:002004-05-13T02:26:10.930-07:00I guess I'm naive about my own chosen line of business. I love images, pictures, photographs, whatever you want to call them. But I continually underestimate their power.
I've been surprised the past few days at the power of photos. I've known since January that there was an investigation going on in the military about abuse/torture/sexual abuse in an Iraqi prison. I didn't think that the Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1083225735430556932004-04-29T01:02:00.000-07:002004-04-29T01:06:25.576-07:00Iraqi Civil War
A thought crossed my mind after writing my last post. The conventional wisdom is that were the US to simply pull out of Iraq, Iraq would descend into civil war. I asked myself where this conventional wisdom comes from. My answer: the media. Time to delve into the question and look at as many sources as I can.
A few Google searches led me to a number of sources that seem to Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1083220184516680162004-04-28T23:29:00.000-07:002004-04-28T23:35:32.793-07:00Exhibit A
Alright, I'll start answering my own question with this article from tomorrow's New York Times. Syndicated to the Houston Chronicle for those without NYTimes subscriptions. Hussein's Agents Are Behind Attacks in Iraq, Pentagon Finds
By THOM SHANKER
WASHINGTON, April 28 A Pentagon intelligence report has concluded that many bombings against Americans and their allies in Iraq, and Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1083193242344984582004-04-28T16:00:00.000-07:002004-04-28T16:04:52.013-07:00What Liberal Media?
I want to write a screed for the What Liberal Media image. I am sort of at a loss as to where to start. Can you guys give me some ideas? Thanks.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1083104669714737352004-04-27T15:24:00.000-07:002004-04-27T15:28:41.390-07:00More Naked Truths
I posted some more images in my Naked Truths gallery. Some of the images have some commentary attached, and I'm writing screeds for more of them. Are they too long? Do I say too much when I should just let the images speak for themselves? I have not enabled comments yet, so feel free to comment here or anywhere else I'm likely to read. Or just come to the reception on the Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1082372949187780642004-04-19T04:09:00.000-07:002004-04-19T11:05:21.873-07:003:34 am strangeness
So I get to sleep nice and early for once. I think I was asleep before 10. Then I wake up at 1. Can't get back to sleep for two and a half hours so I get out of bed, put on my slippers and nightgown, pad to the bathroom, decide not to flush because I don't want to wake my sweetie up, pad to the kitchen, grab a bit of processed cheese wrapped in red wax from the Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1082161665841342812004-04-16T17:27:00.000-07:002004-04-16T17:31:39.326-07:00Naked Truths
My project applying advertising sensibilities to political thought is now on display on my photography website. This will be an ongoing effort. Enjoy!Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1080845372902317072004-04-01T10:49:00.000-08:002004-04-01T10:53:24.356-08:00Stuff
Interesting story on the front page of the Washington Post detailing Condi Rice's speech scheduled for September 11, 2001. She was unable to deliver the speech for obvious reasons but it was to address "the threats and problems of today and the day after, not the world of yesterday." And, of course, the major threat of the day, which the Clinton administration had been woefully Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1080673251058517782004-03-30T11:00:00.000-08:002004-04-02T21:36:19.530-08:00Red Herring
It struck me from the beginning that the White House's refusal to let Condoleezza Rice testify before the 9/11 commission was a red herring; a distraction from something more important. There was no way they could keep Rice from testifying indefinitely and win the upcoming election. Now it all becomes clear. Or at least a little clearer. In the White House Counsel's letter to theBarakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1079558155123472202004-03-17T13:15:00.000-08:002004-03-17T13:19:08.950-08:00Tom Friedman finally comes through...
Here he corners Rumsfeld contradicting his own words.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1079045163244195452004-03-11T14:46:00.000-08:002004-03-11T14:49:08.843-08:00Call me a Cynic
(...or perhaps not, as intrepid reporter J pointed out to me)
So let me get this straight... After the horrible bombing near Madrid, that was initially widely attributed to ETA, someone found a stolen van, with 7 detonators and an audio tape with Koranic verses on the front seat. This seems as clumsy a frame-up as leading authorities to a rental car in an airport parking lot Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1078828739113337022004-03-09T02:38:00.000-08:002004-03-09T02:44:22.280-08:00Donation Strategy
I plan on making a very large donation to the Kerry campaign or the Democrats or moveon.org or some 527 organization that will pour money into trying to prevent Bush from stealing another four years. I plan to donate more than I can afford. I am looking for suggestions from you, my six readers, on how, when and where to make this donation.
Most importantly, I encourage youBarakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1078828265967711502004-03-09T02:31:00.000-08:002004-03-09T02:45:34.513-08:00
This figure, stolen from Paul Krugman's column in today's NYTimes, shows the Bush administration's continuous wishful thinking about jobs while continuing to do nothing to increase the number of jobs. Note that all the projections were made AFTER the administration's perennial excuse.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1077287359816137192004-02-20T06:29:00.000-08:002004-02-20T06:38:37.483-08:00'Activist judges' my ass!
President Bush is 'Troubled' by the actions that 'activist judges' have taken in Massachusetts effectively legalizing gay marriage starting in March. He and others oppose a constitutional amendment forbidding marriage of two people of the same gender ... unless states start to legalize gay marriage. It's a world of funhouse mirrors.
Justice Henry W. Green Jr. is, to Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1076928397362715852004-02-16T02:46:00.000-08:002004-02-16T02:49:10.576-08:00William Safire in the New York Times on Media Consolidation.
It's not often I agree with Safire. Today I do.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1076462566683737252004-02-10T17:22:00.000-08:002004-02-10T17:25:13.013-08:00Our rights continue to erode
From the New York Times. Federal grand jury subpoenas have been issued to participants in an anti-war forum at Drake University in Iowa last fall. They seek "details about the forum's sponsor — its leadership list, its annual reports, its office location — and the event itself.""I've heard of such a thing, but not since the 1950's, the McCarthy era," said David D. Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1076311865559878392004-02-08T23:31:00.000-08:002004-02-08T23:37:16.450-08:00Claim vs. Fact
George W. Bush was on Meet the Press today. Alternet compares his claims to the facts.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1075933206409982072004-02-04T14:20:00.000-08:002004-02-04T14:22:24.653-08:00An old This Modern World. Still relevant.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1075858514854872022004-02-03T17:35:00.000-08:002004-02-03T17:37:31.733-08:00And now, a message from Moveon.org. Any opinions expressed herein are, in fact, my opinions too.Dear friend,
In an attempt to escape responsibility for the misleading statements that led the nation to war, President Bush has announced plans to form an independent inquiry to look into what went wrong. An inquiry would serve the Bush administration well: it would envelop the issue in a fog of Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1075845541992181812004-02-03T13:59:00.000-08:002004-02-03T14:01:18.326-08:00So I can find it quickly later on...
MahajanBarakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1075835430154740222004-02-03T11:10:00.000-08:002004-02-03T11:12:47.030-08:00AAAaargh!
I was looking at my traffic on Site Meter and there was an ad at the top of the page that said something like "the Democrats have no response" with a picture of Howard Dean screeching. So I clicked on it and I saw the following
Won't pass along problems to other Presidents or Generations? Oh you mean like the multi trillion dollar debt that our kids are going to have to pay? Or Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1075833917596409342004-02-03T10:45:00.000-08:002004-02-03T14:39:03.733-08:00So you're allowed to show the entire outline of the breast on TV, just not all at the same time...
Yeah, yeah. I should weigh in on the whole Superbowl of Hypocrisy thing. The last thing anyone is going to remember about this year's Superbowl is the football. I think the Chronicle's editorial summed it up for me, so I'll just link to it. The one bit of hypocrisy they failed to mention was Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1075754280841845912004-02-02T12:38:00.000-08:002004-02-02T12:40:16.106-08:00I'm hanging my show of "A Moveable Feast" today at the Main Street Coffee Roasting Company in Redwood City. It will be up for the month of February.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1075709417255816072004-02-02T00:10:00.000-08:002004-02-02T00:12:32.216-08:00David Clark on the Hutton ReportBarakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1075709103804124652004-02-02T00:05:00.000-08:002004-02-02T00:07:18.826-08:00Now hold on a minute!
I seem to recall during the runup to the war in Iraq that the CIA was, for the most part, against attacking Iraq. The reasoning they gave was that Iraq did not pose a serious threat and war would serve to radicalize arabs from all over the Middle East, creating terrorists where none had previously existed.
I can't seem to find any of the stories from the time that Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1074882340988253802004-01-23T10:25:00.000-08:002004-01-23T10:27:43.186-08:00Howard Dean dodges a kiss from John Edwards and John Kerry and Al Sharpton egg them on.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1074875890911487402004-01-23T08:38:00.000-08:002004-01-23T08:55:19.576-08:00I posted the following in the comments section of squid's blog. I thought I'd bring it over here for my readers. It's a little scattered because I wrote it at one in the morning, but it conveys some thoughts I think are worth exploring.
The old canard that protecting pharma is necessary to protect research simply does not pass the sniff test. Look at all the drug ads on TV: They are nearly allBarakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1074119036532317942004-01-14T14:23:00.000-08:002004-01-14T14:25:47.030-08:00There's a good discussion going on over at spanglemonkey's place. I got in a couple rants that I quite like about the role of government and the true cost of SUVs.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1073986725868926622004-01-13T01:38:00.000-08:002004-01-13T01:42:41.153-08:00There's so much going on that I could write about here.
Bush is taking some heat due to the new Ron Suskind book based on interviews with Paul O'Neill. That's good. What I don't like is that the media seem to be hooked on the observation that Bush was 'disengaged' in cabinet meetings before 9/11 rather than on the zillion other revelations. Such as that Bush knew in 2000 that his tax cut Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1073089325648204442004-01-02T16:22:00.000-08:002004-01-02T16:34:00.420-08:00"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself!"
Having just finished ranting about Bowling for Columbine, I note today's fear bulletin put out by the government. British Airways flight 223 from Heathrow to Dulles was cancelled for the third straight day for "security reasons."
It seems the Bush administration has found a new effective way to incite fear in the populace. Cancelling flights Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1073088820735472542004-01-02T16:13:00.000-08:002004-01-02T16:15:15.610-08:00Bowling for Michael Moore
I finally got around to seeing "Bowling for Columbine" on DVD last night. I must say, while I agree (and have long agreed) with his views and ideas, I dislike Michael Moore quite a bit after seeing his documentary.
For that sole reader of mine who is even slower than I am to watch this liberal classic, BfC is an analysis of what makes the US so uniquely violent (a Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1072835210694796982003-12-30T17:46:00.000-08:002003-12-30T17:48:21.263-08:00Suh-WEET!
Tom the Dancing Bug.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1071698475283459472003-12-17T14:01:00.000-08:002003-12-17T14:02:29.153-08:00Please vote on the marriage poll. Tell all your friends too.
Thanks to Minnie for the link.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1071263866561313912003-12-12T13:17:00.000-08:002003-12-12T13:18:53.560-08:00I posted the following in the comments section of one of Spanglemonkey's posts.
Let's talk about those fuckers in power and their ilk from about 100 years ago. Ever wonder why there seemed to be more viable parties early in American history? Remember the Whigs and the Tories from your high school history class? Lincoln was one of the founders of the Republican Party. Usually there were two Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1070998880882377352003-12-09T11:41:00.000-08:002003-12-09T11:42:23.700-08:00I received an email from a photographer friend of mine that had 6 photos of GIs in Iraq playing with Iraqi kids and kittens helping and feeding Iraqis. The subject line was "Fw: Pictures you won't see in the news." I include my response below.Hi Jeff,
Good to hear from you. It's been a while.
Those are great photos, but your subject line is incorrect. I saw at least two of those photos inBarakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1070653468501044092003-12-05T11:43:00.000-08:002003-12-05T11:45:25.856-08:00Here's a fun one. Type "miserable failure" into Google.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1069113547623067512003-11-17T15:59:00.000-08:002003-11-17T15:59:41.140-08:00The only exclusive interview granted this year by the President who promised to restore dignity to the White House was to Rupert Murdoch's Sun, renowned for its 'Page 3 girls'. The interview itself is a model of softball journalism. Washington Post story here.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1068755535971202802003-11-13T12:32:00.000-08:002003-11-13T12:33:06.296-08:00U.S. troops arrest Iraqi for criticising themBarakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1067917404936063952003-11-03T19:43:00.000-08:002003-11-03T19:43:39.796-08:00Read this.Georgia was not the only state last November to see big last-minute swings in voting patterns. There were others in Colorado, Minnesota, Illinois and New Hampshire — all in races that had been flagged as key partisan battlegrounds, and all won by the Republican Party. Again, this was widely attributed to the campaigning efforts of President Bush and the demoralisation of a Democratic Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1067911724357368972003-11-03T18:08:00.000-08:002003-11-03T21:48:36.733-08:00Shocked! Shocked!
To be honest, I always assumed that stockbrokers and mutual fund managers routinely market timed for their own benefit. That's why when they came out with index funds, I jumped at the opportunity.
The hubbub (is that spelled right?) over Diebold corporation filing cease and desist orders against free speech groups all over the internet is important (One spot here). Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1067037774846461002003-10-24T16:22:00.000-07:002003-10-24T16:22:56.606-07:00The top story in The Onion this week is remarkable in that there is not a single joke in it. It is completely truthful and well reported. I'm sure it's funny to everyone not in the state of California.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1066376804782799612003-10-17T00:46:00.000-07:002003-10-17T00:46:44.340-07:00It just gets worse and worse!Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1066374088349310852003-10-17T00:01:00.000-07:002003-10-19T16:31:10.533-07:00Feds Raid a Low Power FM Station in the Castro
Federal marshals and representatives of the Federal Communications Commission raided a residence on a quiet block in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood Wednesday, confiscating equipment used to operate an unlicensed, low-power FM radio station.
Volunteers at San Francisco Liberation Radio, which has been on the air for 10 years, said the agents Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1066371986182971152003-10-16T23:26:00.000-07:002003-10-16T23:35:36.393-07:00Fox Sports
This looks like another baseball post, but it's really not. Bear with me. I'll get there.
Yeah, the Sox lost. I'm bummed. But that's not what I'm pissed about tonight.
You expect Fox News to be outrageous. But last night I was screaming through the TV at the broadcasters on Fox Sports. Specifically Al Leiter, Thom Brennaman, and Steve Lyons. On Tuesday night, during the Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1066329258029496832003-10-16T11:34:00.000-07:002003-10-16T11:36:09.206-07:00Aaargghhh!
And another thing! I find out that this is Marriage Protection Week. It makes me embarrassed to be living in this government sactioned union with my lovely sweetie whom I love deeply. Let me tell you, I for one do not find my marriage threatened by my many gay friends who live in loving unions. I find it more threatened by the likes of YOU, George Bush! Go to HELL!
Read 12 frogsBarakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1066328727416548532003-10-16T11:25:00.000-07:002003-10-16T11:25:27.276-07:00Last night was a bad night.
First the Cubs lost.
I started watching baseball years ago to escape from some of the misery of world events and national politics. Baseball was a summertime haven of ordinary looking men doing extraordinary feats. I love the statistics and the duel between the pitcher and batter during every at bat. It was tough to be miserable about a stolen election or an Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1066173552317346122003-10-14T16:19:00.000-07:002003-10-15T09:20:17.843-07:00Rush Limbaugh
"If people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up."
"Too many whites are getting away with drug use. The answer is to go out and find the ones who are getting away with it, convict them and send them up the river too."
It's time to end the war against some drugs.
And another thing: Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1066156759920759222003-10-14T11:39:00.000-07:002003-10-14T11:48:33.210-07:00Updates to BarakYedidia.com
I have updated the Dance and Figure Work sections of BarakYedidia.com. The Dance section now includes some work with DancEvents, and the Figure Work includes work with two additional models. Be sure to check out all 3 or 4 pages of the updated sections.
I also added my version of The Luncheon of the Boating Party by Renoir.
Lastly I added Walter Martin to 'A Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1065817847588800822003-10-10T13:00:00.000-07:002003-10-10T13:32:22.823-07:00Our governor-elect
All from one article in the NYTimes by John Broder:
California's governor-elect, Arnold Schwarzenegger, asked Gov. Gray Davis on Thursday to suspend action on all pending bills and to stop appointing judges and members of state boards and commissions.
"He has the right to do so, but I, of course, would like it if he doesn't make any appointments, and I would like it really Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1065683905444923562003-10-09T00:18:00.000-07:002003-10-09T00:18:25.376-07:00Bill O'Reilly on Fresh Air
I recommend listening to Terry Gross' interview of Bill O'Reilly on yesterday's Fresh Air. I warn you, it may turn your stomach, but I got a good laugh listening to O'Reilly commit the sins of which he accuses others. Make sure to catch the rant at the end.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1065564202894413702003-10-07T14:57:00.000-07:002003-10-07T15:09:12.283-07:00White House Rules Out Three Aides In Leak Probe
Wow! Now that's an impressive justice department! To investigate who in the White House committed treason among three likely candidates, the investigators asked each in turn, "Did you leak the name of a CIA operative?" All three replied, "No, I did not." All right, I paraphrased. But the next quote is real.
"I have no idea whether we'll find Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1065557697922210282003-10-07T13:12:00.000-07:002003-10-07T13:14:57.870-07:00Vote No!
Oh and another thing. Remember to vote today! No on the Recall! This is not democracy as anyone meant it to be. And bring a friend. The recall is close enough that every single vote counts.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1065557148943032232003-10-07T13:04:00.000-07:002003-10-07T13:19:21.850-07:00More from the Clie List
5) War Profiteers. The Bush administration likes to compare the current effort in Iraq with the Marshall plan to reconstruct Europe (especially Germany) and Japan after World War II. In reality, what's going on in Iraq right now is simply raiding the US treasury for the benefit of corporations with ties to the Bush administration.
During WWII Roosevelt made it Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1065129723113964322003-10-02T14:19:00.000-07:002003-10-02T14:22:03.070-07:00Surreal Experience
Trying to convince my officemate to vote no on the recall (Davis tripled the registration fee on his Mercedes to $600) I heard the words "We live in America because we believe in democracy!" coming out of my mouth. Did I say that?Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1064901993754648102003-09-29T23:06:00.000-07:002003-09-30T00:37:47.936-07:00I am posting in response to some vague hectoring by Spanglemonkey. Nothing recently has made me mad enough to post that wasn't covered better somewhere more visible than my little blog. Nevertheless, I keep making little notations in my Clie(TM) of things that piss me off. My Clie(TM) list has gotten long enough to be of interest. So what I will do in response to Spanglemonkey's vague Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1062796317645974722003-09-05T14:11:00.000-07:002003-09-05T14:11:57.676-07:00The U.S. economy lost 93,000 jobs in August according to the Government.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan played down the report, saying there are other "promising" signs of economic growth, but said "there is more we need to do to get the economy growing even faster. The President is not satisfied."
Look, if "we" keep putting in more work the way "we" have been, there's going to be no Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1060552339030487922003-08-10T14:52:00.000-07:002003-08-10T14:52:19.000-07:00
Photo by Bradley J. Scarbrough - used with permission.Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245187.post-1060453553307127892003-08-09T11:25:00.000-07:002003-10-03T10:36:18.086-07:00More from John Dean
In his August 7 findlaw column at cnn.com, John Dean (former counsel to the Nixon administration) raises important questions about what Bush knew about the plans of Al Quaeda before 9/11. At the very least, he exposes more stonewalling from the administration, this time about the contents of a CIA briefing on August 6, 2001. The committee that released the Report of the Barakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781973524477862394noreply@blogger.com