[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
- 9th Circuit: Government Can Kidnap and Torture You, Then Hide It Under State Secrets
- [Firedoglake - by emptywheel]
This–a decision in the Jeppesen Dataplan suit upholding the government’s invocation of state secrets–is really bad news.
- Burying Kumbaaya — the speech
- [Hullabaloo - digby]
…I'm hopeful that [today's speech] signals that [Obama has] "turned the page" on his quixotic crusade to bridge the unbridgeable bridge between red and blue, at least for the time being. This was a speech in which he formally threw in the towel on kumbaaya, which is not only the best politics for the moment, it's long overdue. [link]
- Mining the Truth on Coal Supplies
- [National Geographic News]
A new study challenges the belief that the globe holds vast stores of coal, the world's leading and most carbon-intensive electricity fuel.
- Civic Commons Helps Municipalities Share Code
- [ReadWriteWeb - Curt Hopkins]
At the Government 2.0 Summit today, Code for America, DC's OCTO and OpenPlans introduced a new code-sharing project, Civic Commons.
Civic Commons will help 21,000 local jurisdictions share code and work out best practices for developing them, all on an open source basis.
In an era of extraordinary economic challenges, Civic Commons believes governmental software development is, among other things, a fertile area for saving money.
…Want to get involved? Civic Commons encourages you to join as "a partner organization or advisor; share your code" or just take part in the discussion.
- Theater of the Absurd – Part Two « The Donkey Edge
- General Electric uses the phrase “corporate citizenship”. That the corporation itself is a citizen and, as you say, has a responsibility as a corporate citizen in the community. [...] back in the ’30s and previous to the ’30s leading up to the Great Depression that there was no such thing as “corporate citizenship” and that management was responsible before the creation of organized labor because they were unwilling to recognize their responsibility and their obligation to their fellow citizens.
[video w/ incomplete transcript. hat tip to digby. -L]
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