tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post2557245565156454165..comments2023-09-29T06:58:20.125-07:00Comments on Badtux the Snarky Penguin: WikiYawnBadTuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-49040027909330917382010-12-02T14:44:33.145-08:002010-12-02T14:44:33.145-08:00Whenever I see the financial troubles that newspap...<i>Whenever I see the financial troubles that newspapers are in, I don't give a flying crap any more, because they deserve to fail. They're failing at doing what they're supposed to do, so let 'em fail on the money front too. The truth is on the Internet, but the fascists are working to kill Net Neutrality, so eventually the truth will disappear from there, too.</i><br /><br />And that so many newspapers have failed/are failing financially is strictly down to their own professional failings. Newspapers in Europe are doing quite well, and even sometimes tell people what's going on. So the idea that newspapers are somehow victims of the internet or the economy or whatever is just a cover for their own idiocy.dah_sabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02600893678085625549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-25706451074485411372010-12-02T11:46:18.630-08:002010-12-02T11:46:18.630-08:00I guess Pres. Hopey-Changey has accomplished a few...I guess Pres. Hopey-Changey has accomplished a few things, but - alas - I don't remember what they were.<br /><br />This is feeling more and more like the third term of Pres Chimp.<br /><br />I need a nap and a drink, in that order.<br /><br />WASF,<br />JzBJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-73207942509806001312010-12-02T11:21:04.856-08:002010-12-02T11:21:04.856-08:00We The People don't need to know what our gove...We The People don't need to know what our government is up to, 'cause Big Brother knows best, y'know. Just like war is peace, ignorance is strength, and so forth. We The People must be protected from that awful "truth" stuff by Big Brother 'cause our feeble little minds just can't deal with it, y'know?<br /><br />- Badtux the Snarky PenguinBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-31294677013860151722010-12-02T11:17:43.430-08:002010-12-02T11:17:43.430-08:00Glenn Greenwald has been excoriating the lame-ass ...Glenn Greenwald has been excoriating the lame-ass meeja for all its shouting that Assange is HORRIBLE because he revealed the truth. Fcuking pansy "journalists," screeching over how someone is doing what should be THEIR job, except THEY don't want to do the hard yards of busting the corrupt government's chops any more. Bill Keller, exec editor of the New York Times, was interviewed by Reuters and he said flat-out that they run their Wikileaks stories by the Pentagon for approval before they publish them. Whenever I see the financial troubles that newspapers are in, I don't give a flying crap any more, because they deserve to fail. They're failing at doing what they're supposed to do, so let 'em fail on the money front too. The truth is on the Internet, but the fascists are working to kill Net Neutrality, so eventually the truth will disappear from there, too.Bukko Boomerangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424677168216647964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-30455850671905000052010-12-02T07:33:46.944-08:002010-12-02T07:33:46.944-08:00Undoubtedly Assange does have some wealthy benefac...Undoubtedly Assange does have some wealthy benefactors somewhere, but there's only so much that can be done when you have half the governments on the planet gunning for you because you just showed that they're ruled by incompetents, evil, or both.<br /><br />- Badtux the not-betting-on-Assange-dying-of-old-age PenguinBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-13356326969353479932010-12-01T22:18:19.459-08:002010-12-01T22:18:19.459-08:00Surely by now the man would have wealthy benefacto...Surely by now the man would have wealthy benefactors protecting his identity, hiding him, etc. Or maybe I live in dreamland. <br /><br />He wouldn't be stupid enough to come to the US, though did I read somewhere that his native Australia want to revoke his passport?<br /><br />And surely he cares little about BoA's proprietary documents. I wouldn't. This may be the only way to get widespread, <i>critical</i>, media coverage of the whole bank fiasco. <br /><br />Doesn't need to be earth-shattering, just rock-solid proof of serial fraud. Evidence can't be too hard to come by if there were any real journalists left at major media outlets, but since there aren't, only something like WikiLeaks may be able to garner the necessary attention.dah_sabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02600893678085625549noreply@blogger.com