The following video, taken last year during a training session for Tea Party activists in Nashville, is of a young man from a group called the American Majority. His name is Austin James, and, on the video, he can be seen instructing folks how they should go about waging guerilla warfare online by, among other […]
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Astroturf wars, and the battle to defund NPR
Posted in Media, Politics Also tagged American Liberty Tour, American Majority, astroturf, Austin James, book reviews, Juan WIlliams, Koch brothers, manipulation of the stupid, movie reviews, National Public Radio, Shirley Sherrod, stop watching NPR, tea party, teabots, the future of journalism, the sad state of journalism 10 Comments
The consequences of not buying local
Over the weekend, Linette and I went to Big George’s in Ann Arbor, in hopes of finding a camera to replace the one that fell to its death after being catapulted off my belly like a bullet and into a brick wall, only to find that they no longer sell cameras. I know this probably […]
Posted in Locally Owned Business, Mark's Life Also tagged Big George's, buyers remorse, cameras, home theater, washing machine 29 Comments
Amazon de-lists gay books
My friend Minal recently released a book through Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. It’s called “Leaving India: My Family’s Journey from Five Villages to Five Continents,” and, judging from what I’ve seen thus far, it’s doing quite well. At least, it seemed to be climbing Amazon’s sales rankings, before being yanked off earlier today. It appears as […]