Month: June 2004

  • New Digs (Nearly) Secured

    The leasing company finally called me back. They aren’t pro-rating down the one month free their giving so my monthly payment will be more than I expected – but I’ll only be charged for half-rent in September as well as the last month of the lease – so I guess it all evens out. ANYWAY […]

  • Fahrenheit Filmmaker's Footage Fractures the Official Story

    Remember the footage from Fahrentheit 9/11 – where the soldiers are demoralizing the Iraqi with a bag over his head? U.S. soldiers touch the penis of one Iraqi man. He’s hooded, he’s on the stretcher, and totally powerless. The filmmaker that caught the footage is named Urban Hamid and was embedded for part of his […]

  • Fahrenheit Filmmaker's Footage Fractures the Official Story

    Remember the footage from Fahrentheit 9/11 – where the soldiers are demoralizing the Iraqi with a bag over his head? U.S. soldiers touch the penis of one Iraqi man. He’s hooded, he’s on the stretcher, and totally powerless. The filmmaker that caught the footage is named Urban Hamid and was embedded for part of his […]

  • Cats That Hate You

    I didn’t realize so many felines had such derision for me. Trumping Colonel Moneybags in mahjong, Callie musters the funds to start her army of the damned. More at My Cat Hates You.

  • Supreme Court Affirms Detainees' Right to Trial

    This is good news. The court said the president may order a U.S. citizen detained as an “enemy combatant” — but soundly rejected the administration’s expansive interpretation of that authority, ruling that such detainees are entitled to contest the government’s case against them. And further Each of the 595 alleged members of al-Qaida and the […]

  • Chicago Pride 2004 Report

    I’ve posted my blow-by-blow of the weekend’s festivities over at Queeries.org – so glad to be a part of that site! I’m hosting the photo album here though to spare Sam’s bandwidth. Pride 2004: The Chicago Report at Queeries Photo album

  • Bush Interviewed on Irish Television

    Great extended interview (RealMedia) – runs over 11 minutes. Reaction here, here, here and here. Also here which includes a quote that the journalist had submitter her questions three days in advance to the White House. Update: They’ve canceled Laura Bush’s interview with Irish media. Some gloating over at WaPo.

  • Appeals Court Tells FCC to Reconsider

    A federal appeals court rejected the change in FCC regulation that would increase the percentage of a media market one company could own in any geographic region. Bitching about lack of diveristy in radio? Pissed off about Clear Channel? Think there’s a bias in the media (pick a side)? You need to be watching this. […]

  • Fahrenheit 9/11

    Let’s get the idea of objectivity out of the way immediately. Michael Moore is not here to be fair and balanced. He presents a bombshell of connections and conundums that enrage, engage and sadden. I look forward to the fact-checking effort as the movie gets more widely seen – but there are still undisputable connections […]

  • Disgraced Over Allegations, Ryan Quits

    Illinois Republicans do a little cannibalistic damage control: USATODAY: Jack Ryan to abandon Senate bid. Can you see ex-wives everywhere smirking?