Pennsylvania is having an interesting week, politically. Representative Joe Sestak (from my home district--pa-7, represent) defeated long-term, moderate-Republican-turned-liberal-Democrat Arlen Specter in the Democratic Senate primary. Democrat Mark Critz defeated Republican Tim Burns by a whopping 10 points in a special election for the Pa-12 seat vacated by John Murtha, even though the race was supposed to be a nail-biter. And now, the state's Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial nominee, Tom Corbett, has decided to subpoena Twitter for the names of two Twitterers criticizing him.
Corbett subpoenaed Twitter earlier this month for the names of two of its users, going by the names "CasablancaPA" and "bfbarbie." The former user has a blog by the same name which accuses Corbett (with some pretty serious language, I have to say) of corrupt hypocrisy as regards the Pennsylvania "Bonusgate" scandal. Bonusgate, in short, was an investigation by Corbett's office into the possible handing out of...
Corbett subpoenaed Twitter earlier this month for the names of two of its users, going by the names "CasablancaPA" and "bfbarbie." The former user has a blog by the same name which accuses Corbett (with some pretty serious language, I have to say) of corrupt hypocrisy as regards the Pennsylvania "Bonusgate" scandal. Bonusgate, in short, was an investigation by Corbett's office into the possible handing out of...
- 5/21/2010
- by Dan Nosowitz
- Fast Company
• What to keep an eye on in today’s primary madness: The White House, John Murtha's seat, and tough battles for incumbents in Arkansas, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky. [Washington Posy] • Eighteen people, including 5 U.S. service members, were killed by a car bomb in Kabul today. The Taliban claimed responsibility. [CNN] • Savage violence towards Russian journalists goes largely unpunished in Moscow's outskirts, despite President Medvedev’s lamenting the country’s “legal nihilism.” [New York Times] • Portugal’s president will ratify a law legalizing same-sex marriage, making Portugal the sixth European nation to do so. [BBC] • President Obama's assets are valued at between $4.25 million and more than $23 million dollars, according to financial disclosure forms released yesterday. (By that vague a measure, we can claim that our own assets are valued at between $600 and $19 million.) Most of his money comes from royalties from his books. The President disclosed receiving a $500,000 advance last year to abridge his books for young readers.
- 5/18/2010
- Vanity Fair
Flamboyant Texan congressman who masterminded covert Us support for the mujahideen during the Soviet-Afghan war
It is rare for one individual seriously to divert the course of history. To have done so virtually unnoticed was the astonishing achievement of the former Texas congressman Charlie Wilson, who has died aged 76 after suffering a cardiopulmonary arrest.
His accomplishment in launching and sustaining America's largest clandestine war – supplying arms to Afghan rebels fighting the Soviets in the 1980s – might have been more understandable had he been a discreet figure sliding greyly through the corridors of power. In reality, he was a loud-voiced, 6ft 4in Texan, addicted to outlandish clothes and notorious for his womanising. He staffed his congressional office with beautiful female assistants (dubbed Charlie's Angels on Capitol Hill) and had well-publicised brushes with the law, including allegations of cocaine use and drunk-driving.
Yet he somehow managed to persuade the Bible belt of...
It is rare for one individual seriously to divert the course of history. To have done so virtually unnoticed was the astonishing achievement of the former Texas congressman Charlie Wilson, who has died aged 76 after suffering a cardiopulmonary arrest.
His accomplishment in launching and sustaining America's largest clandestine war – supplying arms to Afghan rebels fighting the Soviets in the 1980s – might have been more understandable had he been a discreet figure sliding greyly through the corridors of power. In reality, he was a loud-voiced, 6ft 4in Texan, addicted to outlandish clothes and notorious for his womanising. He staffed his congressional office with beautiful female assistants (dubbed Charlie's Angels on Capitol Hill) and had well-publicised brushes with the law, including allegations of cocaine use and drunk-driving.
Yet he somehow managed to persuade the Bible belt of...
- 2/11/2010
- by Harold Jackson
- The Guardian - Film News
• Michael Jackson’s personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, has been charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter in the King of Pop’s death. [The Wrap] • Pennsylvania Democratic Congressman John Murtha died in Virginia today, a month after undergoing gallbladder surgery. Murtha, a Vietnam veteran, strongly supported military spending but was a central figure in the anti-war push that led to the withdrawal of troops from Iraq in 2009. [Washington Post] • Xe, formerly known as Blackwater, is in contention for a Pentagon contract worth upwards of $1 billion to train the Afghanistan police. [Huff Post] • Last night’s Super Bowl had a record TV audience of 106.5 million viewers, knocking the series finale of M*A*S*H from 1983 out of the top slot. That’s right, Drew Brees is more popular than Alan Alda. [Variety]...
- 2/8/2010
- Vanity Fair
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