Our Morning Roundup: The “Technology Has Exceeded Our Humanity” Edition
Have you thanked a veteran today? What are you waiting for? Technology is only getting faster! That’s right, soon you will be able to thank a veteran by using a technology chip in your mind! (No, there’s no actual link to that…it's just a theory.)
Can’t remember if the Georgetown Circulator exists? Download the new iPhone app! And while you’re at it, you may soon be able to pay for parking at meters with your cell phone! Isn’t technology great? Oh wait, WUSA has just reported that there is a new virus that downloads child porn onto your computer. Does it call Chris Hansen too?
Do you Twitter? Do you use LinkedIn? This was actually a secret intern test to remember not to trust you (because you are obviously over 30, we don't touch that stuff). Anyway, the two companies announced a new partnership yesterday.
Stop the presses (are there any left to stop?)—commenters on Prince of Petworth universally agree that the new mural on Sherman Avenue and Barry Place NW is awesome.
The Advoc8te bemoans the lack of local news coverage in Ward 8, and argues that bloggers have been picking up most of the slack. Looks like print journalism’s fat lady is singing before I even graduate. At least when I’m unemployed, I’ll still be able to get a haircut.
Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service has reportedly placed an online ad for a new dean. A commenter says, “Let’s also put it on Craigslist. Then people searching for DVD players can also apply.”
And two things technology has yet to solve: death and politics. John Allen Muhammad, the D.C. sniper, was pronounced dead by lethal injection last night at 9:11 p.m. EST.
WTOP also reported on Monday that it caught Mayor Adrian M. Fenty biking in Bethesda in (gasp!) a no-biking zone. Oh right, he also used police officers and their handy sirens to clear traffic—apparently a violation of federal law. Evidence of corruption, or political mud-throwing? You decide. But this has to be evidence that we need more bike lanes. Fix that, iPhone.
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8:05 am
your morning roundup is so much better (and earlier) than others - thank you!
8:20 am
Remember these "veterans" are simply tools of the capitalist imperialist regime: Goldman Sachs et al. These war criminals, from private to general, should all be recognized for what they truly are. Each day American military forces attack & try to defeat working people throughout the world - from Iraq & Afghanistan to SE Asia, Africa, & Central & South America, to Germany & Japan, where US forces are still an occupying power, 64 years after WWII ended.
These veterans - these war criminal pigs - should be sent to re-education camps for long stretches, then sent back to the countries they raped & looted & destroyed, & sentenced to spend the rest of their lives trying to atone for the destruction they have caused.
9:37 am
OK, Al... Let's talk about those who get what they actually deserve. http://www.newsy.com/videos/d_c_beltway_sniper_executed_for_2002_shootings
11:52 am
John Allen Muhammad was a veteran. His country trained him to kill, then kicked him past the curb into the gutter. The citizens of Virginia murdered Mr. Mohammad yesterday.
Today, hundreds of thousands of American soldiers are risking death & dismemberment to protect Goldman Sachs & to ensure that Goldman Sachs remains atop the capitalist jungle. I hope the soldiers remember that as they kill innocent civilians, innocent Muslim children & women.
How many innocent civilians, innocent Muslim children & women, have these "veterans" aka war criminals killed since 2001? 500,000? One million?