G20 Aftermath: The Revolution Has a Hash Tag

The other day on Twitter, the righteously awesome Adele M. Stan of AlterNet asked me if I thought the massive police insurrection at this past weekend’s G20 Summit in Toronto had its roots in past security operations at events in the US (eg, the 2004 RNC convention in NYC). One can’t help but...

Kentucky Round Up #1

This is going to be the first of what will hopefully be a weekly update and review of the 2010 Kentucky senate seat campaign. Being that I just recently started following the campaigns, I will be quite quick. Rand Paul launched a 24 hourish (the drive seemed to go closer to 30 hours) fundraiser drive...

Full Sharron Angle Interview

Here is the full interview of Sharron Angle on a local interview, it is a must watch. I am sure Amy will be writing a piece on this ASAP EDIT In the last 30 seconds of the second segment, Jon Ralston asked Angle if she supports a senate bill giving billions of dollars of government money to small...

G20 Aftermath Shakes Canadian Democracy: Public Inquiry NOW.

At this past weekend’s G20 Summit, Toronto the Good was transformed into Toronto the Garrisoned. Almost from the moment the summit began, 25,000 mostly-peaceful protesters faced a riot gear clad phalanx of security forces — 19,000 police officers in total, almost 20 times the number of Canadian...

Incognito Intelligencia

The leaked private Journolist correspondences of David Weigel has resulted in two alleged tragedies.  The first is the loss of one of the foremost analysts on the conservative movement at the WaPo.  I am positive Weigel will land on his feet, being one of the most prominent bloggers out there, having...