06.19.09
They Can’t Kill Us All
Photo by Gary Godfrey
06.16.09
Letters from the Front
I’m just catching up with Nico Pitney’s live-blog of the ongoing protests in Iran. (Funny enough, I’m seeing him being interviewed by Rachel Maddow in a repeat of today’s show right now.)
In his 2:21PM ET entry, Nico reports a reader’s communication with family in Iran, an excerpt of which follows:
He said that probably half the stores are closed, but that unemployment is 40% anyway, so its not like protestors have anything better to do. These people are mostly young, unemployed, have poor access to higher education, and no foreseeable future prospects.
My thoughts while reading this were (in this order):
- 40% unemployment?! No wonder they’re rioting!
- It’s about time we saw some masses of young, unemployed, under-educated men in the Middle East with no future prospects fighting for the forces of good. In that respect, I guess thanks are deserved to Iran’s oppressive theocrats.
06.14.09
Howard Kurtz defends CNN on the lack of coverage in Tehran
Twitter was all aflutter yesterday with criticism of CNN for its lack of coverage of the on-going protests in Tehran (see #cnnfail and
#IranElection on Twitter, also this article from the NY Times).
Howard Kurtz, of CNN’s
Maybe CNN should have taken CNNi feed last evening. But it was middle of the night in Iran, and even journalists have to rest sometimes.
Howard Kurtz, via Twitter
If you ask me, CNN should take CNNi feed every day, all day(*).
(*) Except for the cricket scores. They can leave those out. 
06.11.09
Flickr ♥s Bunnies
The other day I took this photo of a rabbit I saw munching on some grass at the local Discovery Park here in Seattle and uploaded it to Flickr.
In the first day the photo was up, it got about 17 views, and has stabilized at 22 views.
I don’t normally get a whole lot of views on my Flickr photos, so for me that’s quite a bit. I’m not sure where they were all coming from, but apparently Flickr users have a special place in their hearts for rabbits. The poor feral cat I caught wandering down the path is only sitting at 3 views (granted, it’s not as good a photo).
