View from the Inside plus The Daily Show

I came across this blog interview last week over at Patterico's Pontifications. The interview was with a man who served at Guantanamo and spoke with the prisoners. Being the first account I had actually read or even heard of from someone who had spent significant time in Guantanamo and interacted with the prisoners I found it extremely interesting and enlightening on a number of counts. From my perspective it is refreshing to look at a personal account of the situation on the ground beyond all the media spin and politicizing. Take from it what you will.

And on a much lighter night, I can't resist linking to this video from last week's Daily Show where Jon Stewart reports on a confrontation between Columbia students and the Minutemen.

Gaming - Madden

It's been a long time, but EA may finally be releasing a version of Madden that excites me enough to make the purchase. And while those impressions alone are probably enough to make me a believer in the Wii version Madden NFL 07 (my only real concerns are finding the money and TIME for it in law school) here is a second opinion to consider.
Honestly, imagine a football game where you make a pass, even controlling its speed, by making an actual throwing motion (or simply flicking your wrist if you'd rather)? Want to juke? Simply make the appropriate gesture with the controller. If it works as well and as naturally as these impressions suggest I see Madden for the Wii as being a bigger step forward in videogame football than even the leap to 3d.

News - Boycott Citgo

A few months back I wrote about gas prices, trying to explain why they were so high at the time. Reducing America's demand for oil was a key issue I raised and among the many good reasons for doing so one is that so much of the money spent on oil ends up supporting the corrupt and authoritarian regimes of oil-rich countries in Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, etc.
While I still encourage Americans to reduce there consumption of oil wherever possible there is something else that can be done with far greater ease. Pass by the Citgo station when you need to fill up your tank. For those who are still unaware Citgo is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Venezualen government and Hugo Chavez depends on such oil money to subsidize handouts, fund his propaganda, and maintain his power. Not buying Venezualen gas would go a long way to undermine this power and while he never believed Americans to be capable of doing so the grassroots response to his U.N speech suggests that he might have been wrong. Do your part and boycott Citgo.