Tuesday, October 23, 2007
TODAY: Valerie Plame book signing in NYC
Meet Valerie Plame at the Union Square Barnes & Noble today and cop her new book
Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House to get the read deal on the GOP f-ckery during the 'Plamegate' affair. I ain't gonna front, I'm so jealous of Joe Wilson! [Click here for more details.]Labels: GOP corruption, Plamegate, Valerie Plame
Friday, June 13, 2008
Tim Russert, R.I.P.
He was a regular part of my Sunday morning TV viewing (which probably gives you a good idea of how f-cking old I am!) and it was always great watching him dismantle many a smug politicians' talking points and BS. Not to speak ill of the dead though but will we now never know what his real role was in the Plamegate affair?
Labels: Plamegate, Tim Russert, Valerie Plame
Monday, November 21, 2005
George Bush's Animal White House
You don't need me to put you up on recent developments in the Plamegate affair from Scooter Libby being indicted to the flameouts of journalists Judy Miller & Bob Woodward and increasing scrutiny of Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, Stephen Hadley et al. (although I may still try to do a post to some intresting links to read that you may have missed), but with apologies to Chris Miller and Harold Ramis, I have to say:
"Inept, Corrupt and Unethical is no way to go through a presidency, son...."
"We face a demographic tsunami" - "David Walker, the comptroller general of the United States and the nation's top auditor [says] the United States can be likened to Rome before the fall of the empire. Its financial condition is "worse than advertised," [and] it has a "broken business model" as it faces deficits in its budget, its balance of payments, its savings — and its leadership."
Related: Bush has borrowed more than all previous Presidents combined, group says.
US 'had no policy' in place to rebuild Iraq.
Or The "Big Easy" evidently: "New Orleans Today: It's Worse Than You Think - months after Katrina, New Orleans is still a disaster & most people are gone." (related: the top five reasons why the contracting of Titan by FEMA to do post-Hurricane Katrina rebuilding was a very bad idea.)
Abramoff Partner Charged With Conspiracy.
UN report: Halliburton ripped off Iraq for $208M. (related: more Halliburton fcckery.)
The "other" O-Dub on the Bush admin's "culture of corruption."
Antiwar sermon brings Liberal church IRS warning.
Deconstructing Cheney.
Bush staffers could take a cue from the Jordanian government but I'm not holding my breath that they'll do the right thing unless more Grand Jury indictments loom.
Thursday, November 10, 2005
"Rob the jewelry store and tell them make me a grill...."
YBZ: podcasting in they white tees....
Nelly feat. Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp "Grillz" - I can't front, I LOVE this record. Mark my words, this song is gonna do for iced-out grills, what "Air Force Ones" did for Uptowns. Expect white kids in suburbs everywhere to start rockin' fronts in the next few months.
Related: the "Instant Rapper" kit. (spotted via my comments section)
Gwen Stefani feat. Ludacris "Luxurious (Zone 4 Remix)" (via Am I High?)
Lil' Wayne "Fireman (Cadence Weapon En Fuego Remix)" - I like the version in the video playing on BET currently but, true to its name, this is pretty En Fuego too. Check for Rollie (aka Cadence Weapon)'s CD collection of remixes circulating right now, a copy of which he was kind enough to throw my way a couple weeks back. (spotted via S. dot Fennessey)
"Less Is More" - a look at the stripped-down minimalist beats and "homemade" sound effects of "intimate club music" and beyond taking over hip hop.
Speaking of which, check Sean Paul and J-Bo of the YoungBloodZ talking about their new album Ev'rybody Know Me (which includes another Collipark intimate club banger "It's Good" feat. T-Boz of TLC) on the debut edition of The Low End Theory, the new Jive Records podcast. (non-itunes users, click here to download an mp3 of the podcast related: SOHH on the YoungBloodZ)
The 100 greatest Miami bass songs.
Beyonce falling the fcck down - what's with this group and keeping on their feet on stage? She handles this better than old girl did when she went down on "106 & Park" last year though. (originally spotted via the mighty Crunk & Disorderly)
The million dollar cell phone.
Young Jeezy adidas sneaker?
And to end, also for sneaker/adidas heads, an article about a new book on the origins of the family-based rivalry between the Adidas and Puma companies.
I'ma try and make an effort to do some news posts soon cos I still wanna talk about Iraq, Plamegate, France, the elections, the Jordan suicide bombings and a whole lotta other ish that's been going down recently.
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Fair and Balanced....
Is THIS who you want to get your news from?!
Get your Rove "Plamegate leak" updates here, here and here.
But I had to point this one out in particular: "Bush Was For Prejudging, Before He Was Against It"
This is really no time for jokes to be honest, but George W. - Big P.I.M.P.I.N.'. (via DJ Jab)
While this one is in REALLY poor taste.
As is this: "FOX News anchor John Gibson just said onair (sic) that he thought Karl Rove deserves a medal if he outed Valerie Plame."
And this: "Hume's "first thought" on hearing of London attacks: It's "time to buy" futures...."
But THIS is perspective.
Monday, July 11, 2005
"Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of the press...."
OK, can someone who follows this stuff closer than me explain a couple of things:
1. Why hasn't Robert Novak been arrested for his role in this "Plamegate" story while Judith Miller is heading to jail for not reavealing her source for a story she never wrote?
2. And what about Karl Rove? Shouldn't he at least be fired as Bush once promised he would do if it turned out the leak came out of the White House and face charges like Cooper and Miller have?
Is it me or is the Fifth Estate and the concept of Freedom of the Press in the US pretty much fccked though?
Fox now openly admits what everyone has long known anyway.
But they've got the rest of news media so shook that "Liberal" news pundits now endorse far right conservatives on the Supreme Court. WTF?!
"Today, when the government pays people to pose as newscasters, it's frightening that our democratic free press is offered no protection...." (from Andrew Bast's "My View" Op-Ed in today's Metro newspaper)
UPDATE: I guess I should have scanned my Kinja reader before posting because it seems all hell is breaking loose with this story now.
