Telecommie* Aaron Swartz’s federal indictment (and unpersoning by Larry Lessig).

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 20th at 11:00 AM  | 

The formal indictment of PCCC/Reddit** co-founder (and Demand Progress Executive Director) Aaron Swartz is available [link fixed], and you will find it compelling reading, if only because it shows the level of stubborn disregard for other people’s property and needs that can be exhibited by a telecommie geek who is simultaneously convinced of the rightness of his cause, and not especially overburdened with a sense | Read More »

PCCC/Reddit cofounder Aaron Swartz indicted for mail fraud.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 19th at 04:59 PM  | 

PCCC stands for “Progressive Change Campaign Committee,” which was a group that rose to fame last year for its stellar record in taking progressive campaign cash and turning it into mocking, pathetically broken dreams; Reddit is of course the popular news source that none of you use because the liberals on it will downvote you to death if you try; Aaron Swartz is a co-founder | Read More »

Do progressive Democrats play poker?

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  December 30th at 04:04 PM  | 

I mean, have they played enough of it to know of the old saying If you’ve been playing cards for a half-hour and you still don’t know who the dummy is, it’s you? Progressives pressure Sanders, Feingold on public option reform “Bernie Sanders can be a hero at this historic moment by declaring that any final bill must have a public option to win his | Read More »