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amadeus482000 commented on the blog post Darrell Issa Steps in It, Inadvertantly Reveals Improper Use of Congressional Funds to Serve AEI
I love how there’s no explanation of what AEI is or how it’s even relevant. Makes for such cohesive writing and convincing story-telling.
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amadeus482000 commented on the blog post Bradley Manning: Punitive Psychiatric Status Remains, but Hopeful About Youth Uprising in Tunisia and Egypt
Right, Jane. I’ll try not be so “flagrantly deceitful” as to sideline and marginalize the systemic treatment of U.S. political prisoners in cynical exchange for a bit part in “breaking news.”
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amadeus482000 commented on the blog post Bradley Manning: Punitive Psychiatric Status Remains, but Hopeful About Youth Uprising in Tunisia and Egypt
It’s infinitely telling that Hamsher, if she agrees with Greenwald, thinks an elite intelligentsia is needed to carry out these aims. As a matter of fact, this functionality is seamlessly built into the algorithms of personality-oriented corporate media. But that’s just not glamorous enough a reality for Hamsher if she intends to project a Sunstein-like cult of influence, is it?
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amadeus482000 commented on the blog post Bradley Manning: Punitive Psychiatric Status Remains, but Hopeful About Youth Uprising in Tunisia and Egypt
Question 1 answered below. Question 2: Not what I said. :)
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amadeus482000 commented on the blog post Bradley Manning: Punitive Psychiatric Status Remains, but Hopeful About Youth Uprising in Tunisia and Egypt
In likening the treatment of Manning to some special set of circumstances, reminiscent of Khrushchev-era Russia, in which her media brand can play a starring role. In fact this type of disgusting treatment is absolutely normative in the US, and has been for centuries.
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amadeus482000 commented on the blog post Bradley Manning: Punitive Psychiatric Status Remains, but Hopeful About Youth Uprising in Tunisia and Egypt
Hilarious. “Punitive psychiatry” has been used to detain enemies of the U.S. state since before the nation gained independence. As usual, Hamsher shows more interest in defending the larger imperialist policies of terror in return for a pathetic attempt to finesse her personal brand of non-sequitur “radicalism” and “activism.” In doing so, she acts precisely the way the corporate owners of empire want her to: as a safety-valve to sideline meaningful dissent.
So, by all means, keep it up, Jane. What’s that? Nope, they didn’t tell you to stop.
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amadeus482000 commented on the blog post DoD Spokesman: Everyone in Quantico Brig At Risk of Harming Themselves
Is schoolyard bullying your first?
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amadeus482000 commented on the blog post DoD Spokesman: Everyone in Quantico Brig At Risk of Harming Themselves
…Which is to say: the brig spokesman did not state it.
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amadeus482000 commented on the blog post DoD Spokesman: Everyone in Quantico Brig At Risk of Harming Themselves
I see, so was it irony that was “extrapolated,” or fact?
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amadeus482000 commented on the blog post DoD Spokesman: Everyone in Quantico Brig At Risk of Harming Themselves
You bet it is— I still can’t find a spokesman who said that everyone at Quantico brig is harming themselves, though.
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amadeus482000 commented on the diary post Military Officials Admit Bradley Manning Put on Suicide Watch to Punish Him by Trevor Fitzgibbon.
Umm… so where’s the military’s quote showing their admission?
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amadeus482000 commented on the diary post Jane Hamsher is No “Ratfucker” (And She Shouldn’t Be Required to Show Progressive Credentials Either) by Kevin Gosztola.
He does seem to have media envy, as he repeatedly refers to Hamsher and the like as the “cool kids.”
Personally, I got over my unwanted status at the “cool kids’” table a long time ago… :)
