The WikiLeaks Story
We did not much talk about the latest WikiLeaks document dump yesterday, mainly because I am not really sure what to say. As Tom Scocca puts it, "Which side is one supposed to be on? It is wrong for Wikileaks to have disclosed this, because the intelligence-gathering program was sensitive and secret government information. The Wikileaks disclosure is newsworthy because it is wrong for the government to have a program gathering people's sensitive and secret information. Either way, somebody's data gets mined, though, doesn't it?" But there are plenty of other voices in the debate, including (I'm guessing) Sarah Palin's. It's tough to sort out. Still, apart from the bit where they refer to Iranians as Arabs, this wacky Taiwanese animated news video is probably a good place to start. At least you will have a baseline that helps you sound like you know what you're talking about.
Jimmy Kimmel reveals the Wikileaks nicknames for world leaders:
http://gtcha.me/hI4oZt
Not knowing what to think can be explained away thusly, I think…
"I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide, then question the manner in which I provide it. I prefer you said thank you, and went on your way." Most of America doesn't really care how the sausage gets made.
You know what would really help me be less stupid? Never seeing Sarah Palin's name mentioned, ever again. It rarely adds anything except OH LOOK SHE'S FAMIS AND GOOD FOR SEO. Moratorium plz?
Lovin' the wikileaks! Ethi-morally IDK, but the international political gossip juice is succulent. Besides, both sides knew 99% of this stuff anyway, now just the rest of us know.