More stuff you should be reading instead of wasting my bandwidth… #

• The outrageous and tragic attack on artist and professor Steve Kurtz continues. (Boing Boing and Wired News) You can donate to the Critical Art Ensemble Defense Fund page. I gave ‘em some of my PayPal money that was just sittin’ there.
• And, speaking of outrageous and tragic, John Ashcroft just doesn’t f-ing get it. (Eschaton) How did a moronic, vicious, anti-American rights-baiter like this end up as Attorney General? Adam Felber puts it with more funny.
• A draft of a long article examining documents the administration released related to Bush’s military service concludes that George W. Bush was considered a deserter by the Air Force. (via Eschaton)
• Brad DeLong channels Fafblog in order to eviscerate Eugene Volokh’s absurd suggestion that, thanks to the recent Supreme Court decision, our armed forces could be defeated by combatant court challenges. (Another bit on this here, thanks to Atrios)
• Speaking of the most excellent Fafblog, Giblets gives us the definitive take on Kerry, Hitler, and pessimism.
• Josh Marshall unloads on William Safire, who seems just increasingly out of touch and unbalanced to me.
• The Poor Man has no patience for Bush apologists who ignore the lies.
• Ugh. This’ll make you sick. Apparently the First Circuit Court of Appeals doesn’t think you have a right to not have your emails monitored by third parties. (EFF.org)
• Please vote. (via Boing Boing?)
• The Mac Observer notes that the iPod just might give a lift to Mac computers. One can only hope.
• The “common good” argument – in particular, the idea that fair tax policies are a boon to us all and a responsibility of good citizens – is popping up here and there on my radar screen. Pandagon reports on the hackles it raises in one instance. (via Eschaton) Kevin Drum also notes some of the backlash. Fair taxation is good policy, and the idea that government should work for the Common Good is an idea that has been lost in recent years. Let’s keep an eye out for more talk about this principle in the weeks to come.
• I’m not ready to sign up yet, but photo-sharing service Flickr has some interesting features, including the ability to notate and tag photos from any web browser. (Boing Boing)
• This strident piece by Matt Taibbi socks Christopher Hitchens in the mouth for his pompously bilious attack on Michael Moore, Juxtaposed with the piece I noted last night by Brad DeLong on structural flaws in the media, the Taibbi screed has some context and sounds pretty right on. (via Eschaton)
• The O’Franken Factor reminds us about the Center for American Progress’s Claims vs. Facts Database. The database is a great idea, but why are there only conservatives and republicans in the ‘base? Don’t liberals ever lie? Doesn’t the CAP’s idea of progress include the elimination of lies from ALL sources within government?
• It’ll never be quite the same, but the Commodore brand is back with hardware and everything. In a move that only total geeks like yours truly will fall for, the new company is coming out with a line of digital music players with names based on the old Commodore brand names, eg., fPet, mPet, C64 DTV. Look at their site. They’re trying their darndest to bike in Apple’s slipstream, but if these products ever actually show up in stores I’ll bite my iPod. (via Slashdot)
• Schadenfreude of the Day: Bill O’Reilly blows a gasket. (The Nation) Also, the backlash is beginning in earnest towards Fox News. The new video OutFoxed looks to be quite interesting. Let’s hope it gets some play.

• I’ve got a question for you: Are we really at war? I mean, really, you’d hardly know it. The only evidence of it are American casualties and the occasional government justification for doing something heinous to our constitutional rights. Weren’t we “Mission Accomplished,” like, a year ago or something?

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