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Last night, one of our members uploaded footage of Saddam Hussein’s execution. The story was reported by another member as needing a warning attached to it. I then had to decide whether to censor the video or let it run. Here’s my decision: WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Saddam Execution Video ..full including the drop » Netscape.com
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Please stop calling me. I am not a fax machine. I do not appreciate your beeping in my ear.
I started blocking all calls without caller ID on my home line due to your repeated attempts to send faxes to my home number. I just got off the phone with Verizon and learned that the [...]

Via Congratulations to the RIAA legal team » Netscape.com:

Thanks for handicapping everyone in the Democratic party, you political failure, you.
Thanks for the apology, but give up now. Don’t ruin the Democrats’ chance by running in ‘08.
Sincerely,
C.K. Sample III

ps—I was just in a room sitting about 12 feet away from President Clinton. Wow.
Update: Here’s some more video from this morning’s press conference:

Karina and I are attending the Clinton Global Initiative Conference, covering the event for Netscape.
Here’s some vids:

and…

and…

Parts 1 and 2:
Parts 3 and 4:

Found via this link, which notes that the film has been removed from YouTube, so Google Video will most likely soon follow. Until it does, I’ll keep it here. This is a film we all need to see. [via BoingBoing]

Note: Despite Jason’s outing of the entire Netscape team as being predominantly liberal, I have to point out that I’m not a liberal, although some of my politics do lean liberal. I’m also not a conservative. I’m one of those people that varies on my politics from issue to issue and I often have an [...]

Well, title to this post, because I’ve been super duper busy. That has not changed, but I’m still waiting for the coffee to take effect this morning, so I thought I’d jump start my synapses by getting a little blogging time in with STW.
As you may recall, I have a new job. I’m loving it. [...]

This is dumb. Michelangelo’s David is not in poor taste and should not be censored, but that button that BoingBoing is promoting *is* in poor taste, both because it’s a partial look at a masterpiece of art and one that debases the entire sculpture. I mean, I’m all for being anti-censorship, but people *should* censor [...]

My friend Colleen needs some help fighting some legistlation that will affect her German Shepherds (all of her dogs are really nice. She’s trained them well). In any case, if this sort of thing effects you or if you are a dog lover, please help. Thanks!
Here’s Colleen’s email:
Once again some state politicians are trying [...]

Check this out:

Gabe and his friend Pavle got stopped by the police in Amsterdam, Holland and promtly video-blogged the unpleasant experience of being illegally stopped and frisked.

Make sure you watch the video. The one cop repeatedly saying that he is pissed off is ridiculous.

I’m rich! Wait… that’s just sad on so many levels…

Wake up!
“Were we abandoned by the Federal Government? Absolutely…. Did inefficiency…did bureaucracy commit murder here? Absolutely, it did.”

I’ve set up Bad Cops - a photoset on Flickr, where I am going to catalogue pictures of police officers generally abusing their status as cops. I don’t mean “bad” in the “evil” sense here, but more in the way that one says “Bad dog” to a pooch that just peed on the rug. I’m [...]

Read this: “Reports Without Borders has shipped a free guide for ‘Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents’ on publishing anonymously without getting fired, imprisoned or executed.”

I’m not just mad. I’m enraged. Last night, I watched CBS covering what’s happened to the Southern part of my home state, Mississippi, post Katrina. I’m not talking about the parts of the story focusing on Katrina itself and the destruction it waged on the area. I’m talking about the utter lack of response on [...]

Check out this post: mrbarrett.com: Olbermann Rant. Make sure you watch the entire video. It’s spot on commentary and criticism of what has happened.
Also, it’s good to see reporters actually reporting again and engaging their minds with the monstrosity of current day politics, rather than just taking the queue from our President and remaining silent [...]

Brian has the how to on his blog. I just added this to this site.

I just received this email from Lance who is good friends with my brother. I thought I’d share here, as all the media attention is on New Orleans, and this storm affected a much larger area and there’s still a lot of help needed:

What’s going on? I’m sure not as much as around here. I [...]