Political Bloviation

Jesus’ General: A man with a plan

Maybe once we’re done with the side show in Iraq, we can actually fight the terrorists who attacked us in the first place.
McClatchy Washington Bureau | 07/25/2008 | Commentary: Back to the future in the war on terror
An outgoing American commander said it was his opinion that a total force of more than 400,000 troops [...]

The iphone dev team reports that winpwn has been released. Check http://winpwn.com for details. So get rocking the new App Store goodies on spanking new 2.0 firmware!

Fannie/Freddie Rescue Could Cost $25 Billion - Politics and Government * US * News * Story - CNBC.com
A billion here a billion there and pretty soon you’re talking real money.

I found a copy of a pwnd 2.0 firmware and got it flashed to my iphone. Jailbroken and unlocked with firmware from the iPhone dev team and winpwn 1.0.0 RC1 and iliberty+. The app store looks cool. I grabbed the wordpress iphone app and a few others. Looks very cool. I did this post with [...]

blog.iphone-dev.org | Safe code….
Sounds like their in final bug killing mode and it should see the light of day shortly. Go Hackers!!!!

It seems bizarre that it’s necessary to explain why torture is bad. I found this Rolling Stone piece via Andrew Sullivan on the path taken by a 15 year old prisoner from the early months of the action in Afghanistan. What happened to him at the hands of Americans is flatly, obviously torture. They took [...]

Today is the big day, only a few minutes to go!
Update: Got the new firmware downloaded, iTunes 7.7 installed. All I need now is for the jailbreak to get released. Go hackers!
I don’t think I’ll buy a 3G version for a while. The prices always go down later.

Andy Borowitz: Liberal Bloggers Accuse Obama of Trying to Win Election - Politics on The Huffington Post
The liberal blogosphere was aflame today with new accusations that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill) is trying to win the 2008 presidential election.
Suspicions about Sen. Obama’s true motives have been building over the past few weeks, but not until today [...]

The New York Times reveals that the US “borrowed” techniques from a report on how the Chinese coerced false confessions from American POWs during the Korean War.
An Expert Reveals Chinese Origins of Interrogation Techniques at Guantánamo - NYTimes.com
Let’s highlight that one more time, they borrowed techniques previously used to force false confessions.  How does this [...]