Jan 19, 2012 CHEERS and JEERS!
Jan. 19th, 2012 06:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
maxomaiCHEERS to Split Decisions! That's what the Iowa GOP are calling the results of the Iowa Caucuses, after the final tally showed Rick Santorum beating Mitt Romney by 34 votes. Not that it matters much for the delegate count - they each get six - but it does matter for bragging rights. If the media are really concerned about accuracy in reporting, they'll stop talking about Romney's so-called "Iowa victory" right about now.
JEERS to Hollywood. After their pathetic rant yesterday about how Wikipedia and other sites were "abusing their power," they then went about flexing their own power - telling President Obama that, because he refuses to defend SOPA, he's not getting their money anymore.
Yes, they really think they can buy a President. This is why Occupy Wall Street exists.
By the way, JEERS to Former Senator Chris Dodd for putting his signature on that letter. Shame on you, Senator.
CHEERS to the ongoing Arab Spring, now beginning its second year. The latest, including the developing civil war in Syria and continued repression of liberal activists by Army thugs in Egypt, can be seen here. By the way, the Syria thing is turning into a big freaking deal in US-Russian relations, with Russia sending weapons to support the Assad regime and warning the West against military intervention. The two countries have had very warm relations for decades, and Western (read: US-led) intervention could be seen as a threat to Russian credibility, the same way the 2008 Russian invasion of Georgia was seen as a threat to American credibility. WWIII won't break out over this, but the already teetering "reboot" of US-Russian relations might very well be dead.
CHEERS to Ginger Strivelli, the neo-pagan North Carolina mom who's challenging her school district's policy on handing out religious literature. Quoting The Houston Chronicle:
Yup.
What are you Cheering and Jeering today?
JEERS to Hollywood. After their pathetic rant yesterday about how Wikipedia and other sites were "abusing their power," they then went about flexing their own power - telling President Obama that, because he refuses to defend SOPA, he's not getting their money anymore.
Yes, they really think they can buy a President. This is why Occupy Wall Street exists.
By the way, JEERS to Former Senator Chris Dodd for putting his signature on that letter. Shame on you, Senator.
CHEERS to the ongoing Arab Spring, now beginning its second year. The latest, including the developing civil war in Syria and continued repression of liberal activists by Army thugs in Egypt, can be seen here. By the way, the Syria thing is turning into a big freaking deal in US-Russian relations, with Russia sending weapons to support the Assad regime and warning the West against military intervention. The two countries have had very warm relations for decades, and Western (read: US-led) intervention could be seen as a threat to Russian credibility, the same way the 2008 Russian invasion of Georgia was seen as a threat to American credibility. WWIII won't break out over this, but the already teetering "reboot" of US-Russian relations might very well be dead.
CHEERS to Ginger Strivelli, the neo-pagan North Carolina mom who's challenging her school district's policy on handing out religious literature. Quoting The Houston Chronicle:
Ginger Strivelli's fifth-grade son last month brought home a Bible given away at North Windy Ridge school, but when she offered free copies of books explaining her pagan faith on Wednesday she was told administrators were not accepting any religious materials while they review current policies.
"I'm not surprised a bit. That's fully what I expected," Strivelli said.
Yup.
What are you Cheering and Jeering today?
