Month March 2009

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…

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…

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…

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…