'Vanity Fair has published an interesting behind-the-scenes look at the unlikely and tumultuous working relationship between WikiLeaks' Julian Assange and The Guardian as the Iraq War Logs were being published. The piece highlights the differences and conflicts between the Guardian's journalistic standards and WikiLeaks' transparency. Particularly interesting is the revelation that Julian Assange threatened to sue The Guardian if they publish a portion of Iraq War Logs leaked to them by a disgruntled WikiLeaks volunteer, claiming 'he owned the information and had a financial interest in how and when it was released.''"
Assange is becoming an even bigger joke than I ever dreamed he could be. Here is some of his earlier video doctoring where he tried to make American soldiers look like criminals. From WikiLeaks Greatest Hits, Collateral Lies:
"Firefighters and hazmat crews were sent to the MDOT building in the 7200 block of Corporate Center in Hanover shortly before 1 p.m. Thursday.
County officials said they were responding to a possible explosion and hazmat situation."
Update 1/07/11: The authorities now describe the devices as incendiaries, not explosives. A note was in one complaining about highway signs.
Rather than dumping every section in a series of embeds, just look down in the lower right corner of the frame to click through to the part you want. I suggest Article Two and listen for Theresa Cho to interrupt things.
I am sure there were more big, blog worthy items on Rush's show today, but AT&T internet service in my neighborhood still sucks and I missed a large portion of the show after the first hour.
The Congressional Black Caucus Swears Itself In
Now, if there is anything for the most punchable face in Washington, DC to call non-binding or irrelevant, this is it. Maybe Ezra Klein was confused about what the topic was when he was on MSDNC a few days ago saying the Constitution has no binding power? (fat chance)
So, some gal in the group ripped into Obama about the crappy way he and all those other White Democrats were running things for the past two years. I heard the audio, so I know it is out there. Just can't find the after-fetish comments on the internet.
Cornell West: Surcame From the move-over-Sarah-Palin department
When I tried to look that stupid non-word up yesterday, when I began this post, I could not find the Cornell West transcript, the stupid word, or anything else related to it. Rush to the rescue with this:
WEST: Two years later, we have missed the opportunity, unfortunately. We didn't get the kind of leadership that we should. The president didn't have enough backbone. He became too milquetoast. He would not fight big business, would not fight big banks. He actually surcame too easily to big business and big banks -- and, of course, the obstructionism on the right was helping push him to the center; and now, of course, he's being pushed even more to the center, which means we...are...in...deep trouble.
Emphasis mine. Yes, I like to create the new word here and there, like most all writers. Sometimes it is from necessity when I am writing a story about the future, sometimes it is just goofing around in private conversation. In the case of Professor West, this is just stupid. The link above is to yesterday's addition of the word to the Urban Dictionary.
Not sure if this is the same Cho as the one in the House gallery.
Jesse Jackson, Junior wants the slave version of the Constitution read, rather than the current version that includes the abolishment of slavery. Must be one of his many fetishes.
"Authorities have detained 55-year-old American woman on spying charges in the town of Nordouz, the state-owned newspaper IRAN reported on Thursday.
The daily said the woman, identified as Hall Talayan, had spying equipment hidden on her body when customs authorities detained her in the border town, 370 miles northwest of the capital Tehran.
. . .
The report, which could not be immediately confirmed by officials, was published in a column in the state- owned daily not known for carrying accurate reports."
Finally, something that ties into a book! In Suki IV: Finally A Vacation, John's son Tag is working with Israeli commandos northwest of Tehran.
Darn that Virginia Pilot, blurring out the faces of these fine amateur actors and actresses! As Rush Limbaugh just said on his show, if Captain Honor Owens would have just claimed to be gay, this would not be a story any more. This was the longest version I found.
If you missed the girl-on-girl shower scene, it was something like this but not as pretty.
Ezra Klein sporting the effects of the Photoshop beard filter.
Witness below, the genius of Ezra Klein, in full streaming video, as he declares the Constitution of the United States to have "no binding power." He continues, revealing his confusion with anything written over 100 years ago, maintaining that the words from then mean different things now. I wonder what he thinks "Congress shall make no law" means now vs. then? I am pretty sure I have read his take on "shall not be infringed" before, but I am not sure where.
Klein was the famous creator of the "JournoList" where he exposed his full-tilt DNC whoring skills, along with the great David Weigel. At least Weigel got shit-canned from Reasonfor his schilling for positions too far outside of their Cosmotarian sensitivities. Klein is safe, for now, at the Post while Weigel is safe at Socialist Worker, or wherever he is.
