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danps wrote a new diary post: James Rosen, irresponsible journalism and untrustworthy governance
Cross posted from Pruning Shears .Earlier this week I had a brief and unproductive Twitter exchange with Libby Spencer over leaks, whistleblowers and journalists. It was prompted by this from BooMan :
We need to get our heads around the distinction between a whistleblower, who observes criminal or unethical behavior by government officials, and a criminal who leaks highly sensitive classified intelligence [...]
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danps commented on the diary post Washington press corps catches up to 2002, discovers surveillance state by danps.
The request for more information is preliminary – a possible prelude to an audit, which is much more thorough. Similar to how a criminal investigation begins with a (less onerous) determination of probable cause as a prelude to a much more thorough criminal trial. Or do you dispute that a probable cause finding is less [...]
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danps commented on the diary post Washington press corps catches up to 2002, discovers surveillance state by danps.
I would say an IRS audit is more onerous than a request for more paperwork.
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danps wrote a new diary post: Washington press corps catches up to 2002, discovers surveillance state
Cross posted from Pruning Shears . We’ve had three big stories this week, each showing how the right plays the scandal game better than the left. Of the three, one is a non-scandal (Benghazi), one is a minor scandal with the potential to turn into more (IRS), 1 and one is an honest-to-God scandal right now (AP). Republicans don’t bother [...] -
danps commented on the diary post Activism in the spaces in between by danps.
To be honest, I hadn’t thought of appointed positions – it might be a really good idea.
Our group has talked about elected positions on a similar scale, but there’s a pretty high psychological hurdle for a regular person to take on a “vote for me!” approach.
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danps commented on the diary post Activism in the spaces in between by danps.
Thanks much! And congrats on getting front paged today!
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danps commented on the diary post Activism in the spaces in between by danps.
Thanks, nonquixote!
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danps wrote a new diary post: Activism in the spaces in between
Cross posted from Pruning Shears .It can be difficult to write about activism in an open-ended effort like the one against fracking. It isn’t like a campaign where all the activity is geared toward election day, at which point everyone will know who won and who lost. It’s different even from an issue like the Keystone XL pipeline, [...] -
danps commented on the diary post Troika’s plan for Cyprus: destroy the village in order to save it by danps.
Yes I did. Just amazing.
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danps wrote a new diary post: Troika’s plan for Cyprus: destroy the village in order to save it
Cross posted from Pruning Shears . The economic crisis in Cyprus began with a depressingly familiar story: bank gambles on risky debt , loses its bet, goes bust and needs a bailout. It very quickly took what was to me 1 a bewildering turn: Instead of a central bank cranking up the money printing machines until smoke billowed from them creating sufficient reserves [...] -
danps commented on the diary post Most recent vintage of eulogies for rock music: still premature by danps.
Funny – got a reference to him at my cross post on Kos. I’ll check him out!
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danps commented on the diary post Most recent vintage of eulogies for rock music: still premature by danps.
I’m not sure what kind of deal a site like Bandcamp makes with the artists, but presumably it’s a better percentage than with labels because there’s no promotion, marketing, etc. In a situation like that an artist could make more money on fewer sales.
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danps commented on the diary post Most recent vintage of eulogies for rock music: still premature by danps.
I loathe nostalgia, so “Auld Lang Syne” makes me cringe. For years my New Year’s Eve song of choice was “Life’s Been Good” – what better way to ring in a new year? Think well on what’s happened even if it’s not all roses. Better than getting all weepy and maudlin. As to his comments, [...]
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danps commented on the diary post Most recent vintage of eulogies for rock music: still premature by danps.
Thanks Kit!
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danps commented on the diary post Most recent vintage of eulogies for rock music: still premature by danps.
Got it, thanks!
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danps commented on the diary post Most recent vintage of eulogies for rock music: still premature by danps.
Thanks, I’ll check them out!
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danps commented on the diary post Most recent vintage of eulogies for rock music: still premature by danps.
I was referring to rock guitarists, not to all genres (and relatively well known rock guitarists at that). Sorry for the confusion.
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danps wrote a new diary post: Most recent vintage of eulogies for rock music: still premature
Cross posted from Pruning Shears . I’m a big rock music fan, so a couple recent articles on it have stuck with me. The first was from a couple weeks ago, and for the life of me I can’t track it down now. The gist of it was that the era of great guitarists is passing. The most [...] -
danps wrote a new diary post: Dianne Feinstein, Ted Cruz and the value of principles
Cross posted from Pruning Shears .The sharp exchange between Ted Cruz and Dianne Feinstein at last week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing produced somewhat typical partisan reactions : conservatives thought Cruz had the better of the exchange; liberals, Feinstein. There was a definite gender angle as well though. A number of women noted Cruz’ condescending attitude towards Feinstein and wondered if a man would have had [...]
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danps wrote a new diary post: Making sense of the news in a new media world
Cross posted from Pruning Shears .Years ago there was a criminal case where a crooked cop planted evidence against the suspect even though prosecutors already had a pretty tight case against him. One observer described the police officer’s actions as “framing a guilty man,” and I’ve found that to be a useful phrase from time to time since. [...] - Load More
