Daily Archives: September 17, 2008

Behind the curve…

By Frank Paynter | Published: September 17, 2008

It’s been reported that Alaska Governor Palin maintained private email accounts to avoid public disclosure of emails compelled by FOIA requests. Today Micah Sifry (techPresident) reports that some private Yahoo accounts have been hacked. Clicking through to Wikileaks, the source of Micah’s revelation, I find that once again I’m the last to know. The server [...]

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Ben Paynter Anthologized

By Frank Paynter | Published: September 17, 2008

Ben Paynter, whose work was previously anthologized in Best American Sports Writing (2006) adds two anthology credits this year for two Wired stories: The Other Other White Meat, a story about cloned meat in the American market, is due to appear in Best Food Writing 2008. The Meteor Farmer, a story about meteor hunting, is [...]

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The end times justify the means, or bearing false witness for Christ

By Frank Paynter | Published: September 17, 2008

I hope “Crash” McCain and “Pig-lips” Palin are listening to the secular voices across the country raised in indignation about their mendacity, because I’d hate like hell to see them suffer eternal damnation for the way they’ve run their campaign. Crash and Pig-lips court the vote of the great unwashed Jesusland voter, the cultists and [...]

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