Thursday, February 16, 2006

A bid to foment democracy in Iran. The Bush team has unveiled a plan for Iranian-led reform. Can it yield 'regime change'? [Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories] 5:39:48 PM    comment []

Bigger game. What connection could there possibly be between the Bush administration's illegal domestic wiretapping program and Dick Cheney's post-hunting-accident behavior? Let Jay Rosen connect the dots, in this remarkable essay over at PressThink. (Hint: It's all about the campaign to restore the imperial presidency and kneecap the authority of the media to question that campaign.) [Scott Rosenberg's Links & Comment] 5:39:11 PM    comment []

France Says Iran's Atomic Program Is a Military Cover [New York Times: International News] 5:38:53 PM    comment []

Gotta love The Smoking Gun: Official Cheney police report (sGun-3pg) .... (sGun-3pg) [robot wisdom weblog] 5:38:13 PM    comment []

Author's Guild Warns on Trademark Protection Bill. The Author's Guild is warning that the proposed "Trademark Dilution Revision Act" is set to eliminate noncommercial use of trademarks. What this means is that an author couldn't, for example, have a character walk into a named fast-food chain outlet without acknowledging the (TM) and possibly even paying for its use. As the AG point out, trademarked names, brands, slogans and suchlike are important parts of modern cultural discourse. The noncommercial use exemption to trademark exclusivity needs to be preserved. [Copyfight] 5:37:51 PM    comment []

First OS X Worm in Wild. The first piece of nasty malware for Mac OS X is spreading. Is Mac users' virus-free honeymoon over? In Leander Kahney's Cult of Mac blog. [Wired News: Top Stories] 5:37:46 PM    comment []