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Links 11/30: Hostage Crisis Over, Israel/Palestine Skepticism, Corporate Supermen, and CNN Sucks |
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The hostage crisis at the Clinton campaign in New Hampshire is now over. All of the hostages were released unharmed. It is not clear if the hostage taker is in custody or if there is still a standoff. (OpenLeft has some good discussion on the events)
The U.S. has withdrawn a UN resolution praising the new Israeli/Palestinian peace talk goals. While this may be a simple understanding, from what Israel has been saying they seem to want to keep the UN out of the process. For those of us who believe the UN must be involved in an eventual deal for it to work, this is a disheartening setback.
28 retired generals plan to release a letter to Congress urging them to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Just goes to show you that there really is no such thing as a dead issue.
From The Blogs
Jeffrey Feldman attempts to explain why Republicans continually nominate candidates who trample on their own values. It’s a great questions. My personal theory (and I can’t claim that I’m the creator): Republican voters elect people who they can trust to vote the right way. What they do on their personal time doesn’t matter, as long as they vote the right way.
Vemrion takes on corporate influence on government and comes to the conclusion that corporations aren’t just persons, they are super-persons! And he might be right.
Robert Ellman at the Intrepid Liberal Journal has a great interview with former reservist and conscientious objector Aidan Delgado. Highly recommended!
Video Of The Day
So this is how those videos got picked for the YouTube debates. They had to be, “umm…interesting…” These people are idiots.
What’s on your mind this Friday afternoon? This is an open thread.
