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The Diaper Pail's Blog – July 2010 Archive (8)

One Cheer For The Media; Al Gore Cleared Of Sexual Misconduct

This one always had the smell of BS about it, but the reason I'm taking the time to highlight it is that, well, so did the Iraq war, and so many other stories lately. And although I fancy myself as someone who has a pretty good "BS detector," it is precisely the acceptance and allowability of such "gut-thinking" itself which allows for people (myself included) to make "conclusions" without restricting them to only the facts in evidence. The very phrase "trial by media"…

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Added by The Diaper Pail on July 31, 2010 at 11:44am — 22 Comments

Support Our Troops

As if the revelation a couple of years ago that the MMS had been caught snorting meth off a toaster oven and screwing (literally) the very energy-industry lobbyists and execs they were supposed to be regulating, now comes this:

Contractor On Trial For Buying Porn, Prostitutes And… Continue

Added by The Diaper Pail on July 29, 2010 at 1:43pm — 6 Comments

Well-Off Wingnut Robs Banks To Donate To Wingnut "Causes"

I honestly, truly, have no idea whatsoever where to even begin on this one.

Added by The Diaper Pail on July 28, 2010 at 9:29am — 5 Comments

Top Secret America

This is more of a PSA than an actual post, because I'm doing approximately none of the legwork for this, but it's too important to let pass by. I suspect many of you will already have heard of, if not read, this piece. Dana Priest (and others) at the Washington Post have finally gone live with the results of a two-year investigation into the covert, counterterrorism, and national security state of America after 9/11. What they found is now online (the first part of it) at… Continue

Added by The Diaper Pail on July 19, 2010 at 9:09am — 7 Comments