New Orleans The facts eventually silence the press releases, or at least that should be the case, especially when it comes to trying to close the gaping internet divide for lower income workers and minorities in the United States. Figures now indicate that despite the Obama Administration’s expenditure of $7 billion to expand internet access, …
Month: August 2013
Poitras and Greenwald Make Me Feel Naïve
New Orleans Reading the New York Times magazine feature by Peter Maass on filmmaker Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald’s interactions with Edward Snowden and the gyrations involved in handling his NSA documents, made me feel naïve and not paranoid exactly, but uncomfortable and almost scared in an oh-my-god-this-is-so-much-worse-than-1984-kinda-way. Of course I had no …
O’Keefe Proves He Has Learned Nothing: Attacks Ex-US Attorney
New Orleans Here’s a Ripley’s “believe it or not” situation on an incredible incident that slipped by me and most of the rest of the country, but still is so unbelievable, it is worth everyone making a note on your list of things you can’t believe anyone would ever be stupid enough to do, but …