Bob Morris @ Mar 25th 2005 10:13 - Category: Unfiled ;
I’ve posted a bunch of photos from various antiwar demos and other protests to Flickr, a photo posting site recently bought by Yahoo. You can upload 10 MB a month for free, unlimited bandwidth.
Bob Morris @ Mar 25th 2005 09:35 - Category: Unfiled ;
A board hearing Canada’s refugee cases rejected a bid Thursday for asylum by a U.S. Army deserter who refused to go to Iraq, raising legal roadblocks to the growing trickle of American servicemen fleeing north of the border.
The board ruled that Jeremy Hinzman, 26, could not argue that he would be unfairly persecuted in the United States for refusing to serve in what he said was an illegal war.
The antiwar candidate who wasn’t
The second anniversary of the Iraq war came and past, yet the most popular “antiwar” Democrat remains speechless. Dean has said nothing about Bush’s potential forays in Iran and Syria. He has not muttered a single word about ending the US occupation of Iraq. Should we be surprised?
Nope. Howard Dean’s “antiwar” convictions haven’t vanished — they never existed to begin with.
Bob Morris @ Mar 25th 2005 09:32 - Category: Unfiled ;
A backlash against the McCartneys has intensified in recent weeks. On radio shows and websites, they have been accused of being politically manipulated or driven to damage Sinn Fein. The family calls it an orchestrated smear campaign.
“Why do they have to be looking for some political motive, rather than just looking at this as an issue of justice?” Catherine McCartney said.
The McCartney sisters made it political by going to the US and meeting with senators and Bush. They may have done this with the best of intentions and with no politics implied, but in doing so, the results could have been anything but political. And in that, they may be neophytes in way over their heads. Plus, given that one of the sisters is a political activist and a couple of them may run for office, I find their naivete baffling - anytime you organize in the political realm, even if you say you just want justice, there will be reactions. To not understand this is to not understand politics.
Bob Morris @ Mar 25th 2005 09:26 - Category: Unfiled ;
Men’s Health magazine says Tampa is one of the most depressed cities, while El Paso is one of the happiest.
Here’s why.
Researchers claimed to have found higher lithium levels in the drinking water of El Paso compared to Dallas. In El Paso, based on state mental hospital records, Dawson informed the press, “there are almost no mental illness admissions.” Admissions to state hospitals were seven times higher where the lithium level was lowest in the water supply.
Dawson’s amazing conclusion is quoted in the July 7, 1973, National Observer by Diane Shah: “The lithium calms people in El Paso, makes them more cheerful, and gives them a more tranquil attitude toward life.”
Bob Morris @ Mar 25th 2005 09:23 - Category: Podcasts ;
From Scripting News
on commercialization of podcasting, with extensive quotes from Adam Curry and myself, and not surprisingly, we disagree. Adam says podcasting will kill radio. Nahhh. It’ll become radio and vice versa. Airwaves are just another method of distribution. Same with satellites. What will change is who’s talking and who’s listening.
Now the conversation will flow in all directions, with broadcasters listening to people they used to think of as “audience.” Blogs changed the architecture of written-word-journalism in the same way. The BBC did miss that I did the early podcasts that were the inspiration for Curry and others, and continue to podcast, so it’s not as if I’m on the sidelines, I’m in there, putting my ideas out, and helping inspire others to do the same.
Dave Winer, author of this, and Adam Curry were instrumental in the creation of podcasting. Both have made serious money elsewhere and have put their own money into blogging and podcasting with little chance of breaking even. Winer recently said he was down several million on what he’s put into creating blogs (he also invented blogging) and never expects to see it back. Curry spearheaded podcasting by helping create iPodder and I’m guessing that software didn’t write itself for free, not to mention what it’s costing him to have tens of thousands of people a day download his podcast.
Curry sees podcasting as having commercial possibilities, Winer is disinterested in this, instead focusing on podcasting as a way to get alt views and news out there. For those who bash Curry because he’s “commercial” and now has ads on his podcast, he’s never pretended to be otherwise - and his huge enthusiam, name recognition, and professional experience makes him a great front person for podcasting.
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