Michelle Obama 'Distressed' About Power Held in IL by 'White Irish Catholic' Families: Chicago Sun-Times
When Michelle Obama worked in Mayor Daley's City Hall in the early 1990s, she was "distressed" by how a small group of "white Irish Catholic" families -- the Daleys, the Hynes and the Madigans -- "locked up" power in Illinois.
She must have forgotten Harold Washington, the African-American mayor of Chicago from 1983 to 1987. He died at the start of his second term.
I will see if other how Catholic blogs cover this as I contemplate restarting this blog.
Labels: catholic, internet, ireland, obama, politics, racism
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Patrick Sweeney at 5:48 PM
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Mob Rule Dept.
Village mob thwarts Google Street View car: Times of London (UK)
Angry villagers formed a human chain to thwart the progress of a Google Street View car that was in the process of taking photographs of their homes.
The end does not justify the means. When a mob wins, it only encourages them to do it again.
I am not sure that the end in this case is a good thing: How can you make one rule for any photographer and another rule Google's photographer?
Labels: anarchy, internet
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Patrick Sweeney at 7:24 PM
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History Channel, complaint number 38
All the content from History Channel International is gone -- it redirects to the other web site. Worse yet. The feedback page to let them know of the problem returns an error when attempting to send a message to them.
Labels: internet, media
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Patrick Sweeney at 7:10 PM
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Catholic Google
I just noticed a new front-end for filtering Google search results.
Here is the search for "Madonna" on catholicgoogle.com
Here is the search for "Madonna" on google.com. Try it.
I suspect it is going to be shut down shortly or renamed as it seems to be violation of Google's trademark, but I am not a lawyer.
quo vide techcrunch.com
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Patrick Sweeney at 9:12 PM
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People dancing in those Flash ads
I wonder if there's a human being somewhere who's collecting one billionth of a cent when the ad is displayed. Perhaps it was entirely animated. Or perhaps it's in the public domain which could explain why it is so ubiquitous.
Labels: intellectual property, internet
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Patrick Sweeney at 11:45 AM
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