in the U.S
Currently in Boston. If you want to contact me use my bebo/facebook. Unsurprisingly enough,given that this is the plan for the next 3months, expect blogging to be intermittent.
So who exactly are libertas?
While I have to say the ‘yes’ side of the Lisbon treaty haven’t been very good at promoting their message, one of the things that has struck me is the general shadiness of the ‘no’ campaign. While I’m also somewhat wary of Indymedia, there’s an interesting article here on the Libertas group and why it exists:
So, at this stage we’ve established a few things. The figures behind Libertas are extremely closely connected to the US military and Intelligence community; their arguments appear to be clearly disingenuous; the US military and intelligence community are indeed opposed to the treaty. The facts are, by themselves, strong circumstantial evidence in favour of the idea that Ganley and McEvaddy’s connections to the US military provide the underlying motives for opposing Lisbon. But can we do any better? Can we turn up any positive evidence to support our tentative conclusion?
Ganley’s underlying message is clear - the more tightly integrated the EU is politically, the harder it will be for the US to influence it. The non-popularly elected president will be able to resist the ‘bad-behaviour’ of supporting US imperial adventures. Thus Lisbon does not “advance US national interests”.
The article is a bit long, and as I say, I’m wary of the source. But you can read it in full here
I can’t believe it’s even more blogs
Well Eugene who used to be here has moved his blog. He’s now on wordpress! Take a look
Man, but this guy is crazy
Listening to him you actually feel like he’s a parody except, well he isn’t:
Drinking on the Tube
I hadn’t even heard about this until this morning. Benefit of packing for the U.S. I guess
Spinal Tap on how Stonehenge was created
Some guy called Duncan did it apparently:
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Scott McClellan on the Daily Show
Whats really interesting watching McClellan on this is how he really seems to ignore the way that the people in the White House were willingly lying to the public. I mean, certainly he gives the impression of almost completely lacking the ability for self-reflection. I mean, he certainly seems to be trying to say, against the evidence of his own book, that the people involved weren’t lying except that they ended up lying. Which is a really weird position. It seems like, from his point of view, he is trying to show how others lied, but in order to avoid the realisation that he was one of those liars he tries to suggest that the lying wasn’t deliberate?
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Bo Diddley is Dead
BBC article here. I have a few bits and pieces by him on my iTunes. He certainly was one of the blues greats.