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'Round the Bloggerhood, Open Thread

By Jeralyn, Section Blog Related
Posted on Sun Apr 02, 2006 at 11:46:19 AM EST
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What's going on in your neck of the blogosphere? Here's what's happening in mine:

  • A human rights group is alleging there is a secret death camp in Sujiatun, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province in China. The group charges that doctors at the camp are harvesting the organs of Falun Gong practitioners -- and in the cases of corneas, particularly the elderly and children, even while they are still alive. And that there are gas chambers on the premises and no one seems to come out alive. The Washington Times reported on the charges here.
  • The NORML Aspen CLE program for June 1 to 3 just keeps getting better and better. (I'll be one of the speakers, my topic is "Terrorism and the War on Drugs.") On Saturday afternoon, Hunter Thompson's widow, Anita Thompson, has invited the seminar attendees out to the fabled Owl Farm in Woody Creek to spend the afternoon. The Aspen Times has this writeup of NORML coming to town.

At The Faces of Wrongful Conviction conference, dozens of these men and women will speak out about the errors and biases that unjustly landed them behind bars. They will be joined by such leading experts as Barry Scheck, co-director of New York's Innocence Project, which has helped free more than 100 people; nationally acclaimed death penalty attorneys Stephen Bright and Bryan Stevenson; and state Sen. Gloria Romero, legislative liaison to the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice.

  • Sign up for the Yearly Kos Convention in Las Vegas June 9 to 11. Former Ambassador Joe Wilson will join a panel discussion of the Bush Administration's alleged role in the disclosure of the identity of his wife, the former Valerie Plame, as a covert CIA officer. The panel, which includes Dan Froomkin, Jane Hamsher, Larry Johnson, Christy Smith and Marcy Wheeler, will also discuss the subsequent investigation by Patrick Fitzgerald, the indictment of Scooter Libby and the role that journalists have played. Atrios just announced he'll be there too.
  • Glenn Greenwald on Senator Hatch who believes laws become unconstitutional once Bush violates them.
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    'Round the Bloggerhood, Open Thread | 5 comments (5 topical)
    Re: 'Round the Bloggerhood, Open Thread (none / 0) (#1)
    by john horse on Sun Apr 02, 2006 at 05:34:16 PM EST
    Two local stories that I found interesting here in my neck of the woods. First, none of the manufacturers of electronic voting machines want to sell to Leon county election supervisor Ion Sancho unless he first promises not to rigorously test the machines. Last year Sancho was able to demonstrate that someone could tamper with these "tamper-proof" machines without detection. Link here and here. Also, a family was just awarded more that $1 million damages in a lawsuit against the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department for an illegal detention and search. Both the mother and her 15 year old daughter, whose car was pulled over, were subjected to a strip search on the side of the road.

    Re: 'Round the Bloggerhood, Open Thread (none / 0) (#2)
    by scarshapedstar on Sun Apr 02, 2006 at 08:31:51 PM EST
    none of the manufacturers of electronic voting machines want to sell to Leon county election supervisor Ion Sancho unless he first promises not to rigorously test the machines.
    Honestly, if I find this troubling, does that really make me a tinfoil hat lunatic?

    Re: 'Round the Bloggerhood, Open Thread (none / 0) (#3)
    by glanton on Sun Apr 02, 2006 at 08:50:15 PM EST
    Honestly, if I find this troubling, does that really make me a tinfoil hat lunatic?
    Why yes, it does. Don't be silly. Welcome to the New World Order. :-0 Next week we'll talk about how Bush I was the "Education President."

    Re: 'Round the Bloggerhood, Open Thread (none / 0) (#4)
    by squeaky on Mon Apr 03, 2006 at 12:08:40 AM EST
    Great article (long) from the Toledo Blade on Tom Noe's connection to the WH and the US Mint.
    And before he was brought down by scandal last year, the coin dealer helped persuade Congress -- for the first time in the nation's history -- to authorize the minting of a 24-karat gold coin.
    Had he not gotten busted he most likely would have been appointed as Director of the Mint. link via Josh Marshall

    Re: 'Round the Bloggerhood, Open Thread (none / 0) (#5)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Mon Apr 03, 2006 at 06:26:17 PM EST
    Soccerdad recently wrote on another thread...
    "One group are corporate wh*res the others are religous corporate wh*res..."
    That is perhaps the best description of the Democratic Party I've ever heard. Please - don't vote for Nader. Just don't vote or contribute to any of them...they don't represent you...
    "Vote 'None of the Above' on Election Day..." - Richard Pryor
    How is it REMOTELY progressive of Democrats to vote for that Bankruptcy Bill that pours money into predatory lender's coffers out of the pockets of this country's most uneducated and easily deceived pockets (i.e. all of you that carry excessive credit card balances and couldn't even tell me what the prime rate is this month). Please tell me - the Bankruptcy Bill had jack s*** to do with National Security and the Dems voted for it anyway... How is it helpful to the average American for Democrats to continually rubber stamp massive corporate mergers while CORPORATIONS DECLARE BANKRUPTCY AND/OR BREAK UNION CONTRACTS AND DUMP PENSION PLANS ON TAXPAYERS... Why is it ok for FINANCIAL CORPORATIONS to draw in staggering amounts of money through INSANE Variable mortgages peddled to extremely poor and ignorant Americans during a time of INSANELY inflated Property Values and INSANELY inflated local-levied PROPERTY TAXES...while developers get HEAVY tax subsidies AND benefits for building them? START reading Corporate-Written News about the actions of CORPORATIONS and STOP READING solely Corporate-Written News about the actions of GOVERNMENT. After you learn all the CODE WORDS, you'll understand the forces that shape ALL of the policy decisions of both parties - even through the political smokescreen. Here's an example:
    "Bob, I've always viewed Wage Growth as a lagging indicator of Economic growth. Means: "Even though it's painfully obvious to everyone that hardly anyone's salaries are outpacing inflation, eventually someone in Corporate America is going to have to throw someone a bone because they're going to stop buying American-Owned, Chinese-Produced CRAP they don't need because their credit cards will be maxed out."


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