Israeli troops describe shooting Gaza civilians

From The Guardian, citing Israeli newspaper reports

Striking testimony has emerged from Israeli soldiers involved in the recent Gaza war, in which they describe shooting unarmed civilians, sometimes under orders from their officers.

AIG bonuses and Sergeant Schultz moments

Some AIG employees now have protesters and media outside their homes. Their response seems to be Sergeant Schultz moments. They know nothing, didn’t work in the AIG division where the evildoers were, so would all those dreadful, icky protesters go away from their mansions (while they proclaim they deserve bonuses, of course.)

Sure, many [...]

BackType. Comment sharing and monitoring

With BackType, you can track comments you’ve made across multiple sites, make them available as a feed, and share them with others on BackType. So, it’s social networking for comments.

You can also track keywords in comments anywhere. I use it to, among other things, track comments made elsewhere that mention Polizeros.

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Oh noes, I’m a social democrat

The Facebook “Which deviation are you” quiz has sternly informed me that I have grievously fallen from Correct Marxist Thinking. Should I denounce myself as anarcho / reformist slime and form a splinter group off myself? Surely that will be the mighty blow that leads to the end of capitalism.

Or maybe the over-reliance [...]

Too many foreclosures

The 200+ page mini-book this cover came from lists over 1500 foreclosure auctions happening California the next few weeks, just from USHomeAuction.com alone. Quite a few have starting bids of $500-1,000 for homes that were previously valued at $200,000 or more. They aren’t dumps, not at all. Many are in the semi-arid bedroom communities [...]

Daily Rogues Report. New York State pension fund corruption

David Loglisci and Hank Morris from the New York State Comptroller’s Office have been indicted on 123 charges for taking kickbacks from firms wanting to manage state pension fund money.

[Attorney General Cuomo] called it a corrupt scheme that helped Comptroller Alan Hevesi’s campaign gain donations from those playing to play.

Our political and financial [...]

Flying car. Maiden flight of the Terrafugia Transition

On its maiden voyage, a short test flight, the Terrafugia Transition flying car performed fine.

Autobloggreen has videos and more, plus this from the press release

Terrafugia, Inc., a game-changing aircraft company, announced today the first flight of its Transition® Roadable Aircraft Proof of Concept. Often referred to as a “flying car”, the Transition® [...]

On Pope saying condoms increases AIDS spread

If he wasn’t the head of a major religion he’d be dismissed as the lunatic crank that he is and then ignored. I mean, he’s been oddly silent about pedophile priests, given big love to holocaust deniers, excommunicated a Mom who got an abortion for her 9 yo daughter who was raped by her [...]

Source440. Where musicians share their skills by video

Our friend Catherine Goldwyn who runs SoundArtLA.org, a nonprofit providing contemporary music training and education to children in underserved areas in Los Angeles, is a co-partner in the just-launched Source440, a website where musicians can share their skills by uploading video lessons.

Source440 is “about sharing information and making musical knowledge free for anyone [...]

Stewart v. Cramer. Class war between investors

The Oil Drum

Many might label the current feud that has erupted between The Daily Show host John Stewart and CNBC as part of this tradition of class warfare, but it has really exposed a rift between the investor class between Wall Street insiders and outsiders that have faithfully invested their money over the [...]