December 2010
Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., criticized #FCPA enforcement during a #Senate hearing. http://on.wsj.com/g5r97W
#Queens: 98-25 Horace Harding Pkwy Male shot is DOA On scene. Active crime scene. 7:21:10 PM /via @NYScanner
Senate Judiciary Committee #FCPA enforcement hearing now underway. http://bit.ly/eQyWzG
#hightide: More #wikileaks #cablegate revelations, new #FIFA #bribery scandal., India almost ready to ratify #UNCAC http://on.wsj.com/dJ0k14
RT @daveweigel: BTW, kids, @attackerman is absolutely killing it on #wikileaks revelations. http://bit.ly/g4W3NA
Black Angels @KEXP setlist: You on the Run, Entrance Song, Young Men Dead, Telephone and Phosphene Dream. Amazing. #music
MT @tradelawnews: Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on #FCPA enforcement begins at 10 ET today. Watch it here: http://bit.ly/g1F93e.
Treasury #sanctions more #Iran shippers, Bank #Mellat unit http://on.wsj.com/hRKxL0a #OFAC
Listening to @KEXP for the special The Black Angels live performance.
RT @Reuters FLASH: Pentagon study says repeal of ban on gays in military can be implemented now, “even in time of war” #DADT
RT @attackerman: Rather thickly-stocked DOD #DADT website up now http://bit.ly/edvKhV
“The incoming Republican majority in the House and the Tea-stained Republican...”
– Anyone hoping for 2011 GOP infighting is going to be disappointed. - By David Weigel - Slate Magazine
November 2010
N.Y. Assembly Approves Fracking Moratorium -... →
“In testimony yesterday and this morning, New Orleans police officer Greg McRae...”
– Law and Disorder – In Post-Katrina Killing, NOPD Cop Testifies Why He Shot Man, Another Explains Why He Burned the Body - ProPublica
“Do people in the media not know or not care that prosecuting WikiLeaks would...”
– Glenn Greenwald (via brooklynmutt)
Senate Backs Biggest Food-Safety Overhaul in 70... →
This is a very big deal; don’t let this lede get buried.
My boss just told one of the writers to make it a...
jaclynalysestcath:
“It’s a think piece about a mid-level band struggling with their own limitations in the harsh face of stardom.”
Don’t forget to include *The Dickensian Aspect!*
The Limits of Smart Power | The American Prospect →
Now being followed by @nybooks. What an honor.
Wow, I screwed up: @KEXP operates on PST, so the Black Mountain in-studio is in 15 minutes.
Black Mountain killed it on @KEXP: Hair Song, Buried By the Blues, Radiant Hearts and Wilderness Heart. @jagjaguwar
#partylikeajournalist RT @jenconnic: Jon Stewart is taking on a very important issue tonight — puns in the news industry. #guiltyofthat
RT @JuliaAngwin: Firefox on both sides of tracking debate: promoting and quashing tools to limit tracking http://on.wsj.com/eB5TKM
First time I’ll ever say I’m glad Time Warner has an effective monopoly in #NYC http://nyti.ms/iaqRW9 (via @brianstelter)
#US calls for tighter #sanctions enforcement on #NorthKorea http://on.wsj.com/fOoOV8
#US has been fighting a proxy war with the #Iran Central Bank, aka Bank Markazi, according to #wikileaks #cablegate http://on.wsj.com/eIIBVj
RT @tromano: Firefox is eating 100 percent of my cpu. WTF? // Happens. Every. Day. (Get used to it, and throw in 15 crashes/day to boot.)
In Terrorism Stings, Questions of Entrapment -... →
US Calls For Tighter Sanctions Enforcement On... →
The U.S. wants the United Nations to better enforce its sanctions on North Korea amid heightened tensions in the region, according to a top official.
Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., said Monday in remarks at a press conference that the U.S. must “confront the threat posed by North Korea’s ongoing nuclear activities” while working with the international community to maintain...
What will the world do if Fiji Water can't get its... →
Hooked on Abby Gogo within the first 10 seconds of the stream. http://aol.it/42MVJq #musicmonday
RT @felixsalmon: Fiji Water announced today that it will close its operations in Fiji: http://bit.ly/ebt3NM // By a former Barrett intern!
Mad that I missed today’s @KEXP in-studio performance by Black Mountain
RT @Neil_Irwin: Wow. Relative to GDP, the $90 billion Irish bailout would be equivalent to a $5.7 trillion U.S. bailout, or 8x size of TARP.
#hightide: #Cablegate #wikileaks, #Nigeria raids #Halliburton offices & arrests 12 then frees them, DeLay appeals http://on.wsj.com/fBNyvd
Song of the day:
Darker My Love — Dear...
“A new Public Policy Polling survey finds that just 19% of Americans have a...”
– Bloomberg Not Popular Nationally (via brooklynmutt)
Israel greets WikiLeaks cables as vindication of... →
csmonitor:
Josh Mitnick reporting from Israel…
Wikileaks’ publication of US diplomatic cables could have sparked a fresh controversy between Israel and its most important ally after a year of strained relations.
But instead, Wikileaks’ release of the documents on Sunday has proved to be something of a public relations coup for Israel: on-the-record confirmation that its Arab neighbors are...
RT @nybooks John Paul Stevens, in his first published piece after retiring, lays out the case against the death penalty http://bit.ly/gv75jZ
Big Polluters Freed from Environmental Oversight... →
BP, Westar, and DuPont Among Companies Exempted from Environmental Law
Got two hours to kill in #Williamsburg before the @darkermylove show. Anyone around?