by hilzoy
Remember Cully Stimson, the DoD bozo who said this:
""I think, quite honestly, when corporate CEOs see that those firms are representing the very terrorists who hit their bottom line back in 2001, those CEOs are going to make those law firms choose between representing terrorists or representing reputable firms, and I think that is going to have major play in the next few weeks. And we want to watch that play out.""
Apparently, threatening the law firms who are representing detainees at Guantanamo didn't quite work out as planned:
"The episode has become an embarrassing chapter in the Pentagon's long-running battle with the detainees' lawyers and appears to have spurred public support for the legal rights of the detainees, nearly 400 of whom just marked the start of their sixth year of incarceration at the base.Charles Rudnick , a spokesman for Boston Scientific Corp., said the company supports the decision of its law firm, WilmerHale, to represent six men who were arrested in Bosnia in 2001 "because our legal system depends on vigorous advocacy for even the most unpopular causes."
Brackett Denniston, senior vice president and general counsel of General Electric, said the company strongly disagrees with the suggestion that it discriminate against law firms that do such work. "Justice is served when there is quality representation even for the unpopular," Denniston said in a statement.
Verizon issued a similar statement.
The lawyers have welcomed these expressions of solidarity from their paying clients.
"It would seem [the Pentagon] made a miscalculation," said Stephen Oleskey , an attorney at WilmerHale in Boston who has traveled to Guantanamo Bay seven times since he took up the case in 2004. "We haven't had any clients call up and say, 'We are really deeply disturbed that you are advocating for fair hearings.' The amount of support [we have gotten] has been heartening.""
Rule of law: one. Bullies: zero.
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NOTE: despite what it says at the bottom, this is by hilzoy, not Moe. I was deleting porn spam, and apparently didn't log out.
We'll see where Stimson gets a job after his pentagon gig is up. I'm guessing none of these firms will be interested.
Posted by: Ugh | January 30, 2007 at 02:30 PM
Yay, Moe!
Oops. Well, yay, hilzoy!
Posted by: rilkefan | January 30, 2007 at 02:42 PM
Oh Dear God.
I blame it on Anarch. (He alerted me to the somewhat unnerving fact that someone, somewhere, had stuck an extremely graphic porn image into the middle of one of our old posts. I thought I had logged out again, but apparently not.)
Posted by: hilzoy | January 30, 2007 at 02:47 PM
He'll be one of those third rate prosecutors available for Starr Report II once Hillary is president (that is, if we still had the independent cousnel law -- don't you miss it?!).
Posted by: dmbeaster | January 30, 2007 at 02:47 PM
"He alerted me"
He didn't alert the rest of us? What's up with that?
Posted by: rilkefan | January 30, 2007 at 02:49 PM
rilkefan: trust me. Be glad. If you want to know what oral sex looks like from close up, I suggest you consult your wife and a mirror.
Posted by: hilzoy | January 30, 2007 at 02:54 PM
I blame it on Anarch.
Always a good default choice ;-)
Posted by: Bernard Yomtov | January 30, 2007 at 03:01 PM
someone, somewhere, had stuck an extremely graphic porn image into the middle of one of our old posts.
My money's on Thomas from Bizarro World.
Posted by: Ugh | January 30, 2007 at 03:12 PM
Ugh: thing is, it was actually in the post. I mean: embedded like the pictures of the moon I stuck up last week, only pornographic. I don't see how that's possible w/o the password.
And if Thomas has the pw, we're all in trouble.
Posted by: hilzoy | January 30, 2007 at 03:26 PM
Every small victory must be recognized. We are facing a zionist/neo-con cabal that routinely violates our rights.
They violate the 1st Amendment by opening mail, caging demonstrators and banning books like "America Deceived" from Amazon. America Deceived (book)
They violate the 2nd Amendment by confiscating guns during Katrina.
They violate the 4th Amendment by conducting warrant-less wiretaps.
They violate the 5th and 6th Amendment by suspending habeas corpus.
They violate the 8th Amendment by torturing.
They violate the entire Constitution by starting 2 illegal wars based on lies and on behalf of a foriegn gov't.
Cure all these ills, vote for Dr. Ron Paul, 2008.
Support indy media.
Posted by: David Trenton | January 30, 2007 at 03:27 PM
Ugh: thing is, it was actually in the post.
Well, that is weird. Any programmers out there know how this might happen (cleek?)?
And if Thomas has the pw, we're all in trouble.
Yes, Thomas having the password would be to ObWi like Bush having the One Ring would be to the world (fortunately he's just the "leader of the free world" - and making it less free by the hour).
Posted by: Ugh | January 30, 2007 at 03:29 PM
Back in the fall sometime, before the elelction, I went to visit Brad Miller's site and got a kiddie porn site instead. I clicked back to Yahoo,and tired again--and got the kiddie porn again. On the third try, I got Miller's site. I assumed that it was just some weird glitch, but maybe someone sabotaged his site.
Posted by: lily | January 30, 2007 at 03:36 PM
Don't much like the running commentary regarding the purported evildoing of folks who aren't here to defend themselves. It's kinda, well cattty.
A pornographic picture in a post sounds like a bigger problem than simple spam. Let's try to figure out what's going on.
Posted by: von | January 30, 2007 at 03:38 PM
If it's a PW problem, login as Moe (or whomever), change the password, logout. Fixed.
Posted by: Model 62 | January 30, 2007 at 03:42 PM
Ugh: thing is, it was actually in the post.
Well, that is weird. Any programmers out there know how this might happen (cleek?)?
Well, based on what I understand of this site's structure, that simply shouldn't be possible. I've been out of the web programming loop for a couple of years, but that's sufficiently fundamental that I will assert (hehe, I made a really awful play on words) that it should not be able to happen.
H'm. Unless. Was there already an image in there in the post? An image that was externally hosted? I'm guessing not, but if there had been and it got swapped with the other on the remote site, well, that would work. Other than that, I got nothin'. It would seem like you'd've needed to have your account compromised. Or (perhaps most likely) your webhost was compromised, in which case I'd assume that bunches of sites hosted thereby would have gotten random "presents" inserted into their pages...
Posted by: Nombrilisme Vide | January 30, 2007 at 03:50 PM
Likely there was an embedded link to an external image. Some site owners consider that stealing bandwith and punish the offender by replacing the image with something snarky or inappropriate, in this case the latter.
Posted by: G | January 30, 2007 at 03:54 PM
Well, that is weird. Any programmers out there know how this might happen (cleek?)?
what G just said.
any time you use a reference to an image hosted on someone else's site, you're at the mercy of that site's owner.
Posted by: cleek | January 30, 2007 at 04:01 PM
^^ I was just about to say what g and cleek said.
Posted by: matttbastard | January 30, 2007 at 04:06 PM
Wait....."Moe Lane" is your porn name?
I always thought it was your first pet's name and the street you grew up on. You're not supposed to use the "Lane" part of your original street....
signed,
"Jigsaw Canby"
Posted by: zmulls | January 30, 2007 at 04:37 PM
"You're not supposed to use the "Lane" part of your original street"
On the other hand, there are two separate roads in the Philadelphia suburbs named Street Road. And both of them are state highways, complete with route numbers. In addition, when I was growing up, a bypass portion of US 1 was officially designated Super Highway.
Posted by: Dantheman | January 30, 2007 at 05:26 PM
Why does corporate America hate America?
Posted by: Phil | January 30, 2007 at 05:28 PM
Hmmm...one of these theys is not like the others.
Posted by: Slartibartfast | January 30, 2007 at 05:48 PM
Don't much like the running commentary regarding the purported evildoing of folks who aren't here to defend themselves.
Hey, he won't even link here cause ObWi is a "hate site" (in his words), so obviously it couldn't be him.
Posted by: Ugh | January 30, 2007 at 06:06 PM
Oh, and per zmulls' 4:37,
Signed (depending on how you define "street you grew up on" and "first pet"):
Bouncer Woodland
or
Hawkeye Skyline
Posted by: Ugh | January 30, 2007 at 06:09 PM
Molly Weston.
someone shoulda told my dad that he needed to get a male dog for my first pet, not a female. damn that bitch.
Posted by: cleek | January 30, 2007 at 06:12 PM
Pickles Seaman.
I kid you not.
Posted by: Katherine | January 30, 2007 at 06:15 PM
Danny Biesbosch
Posted by: dutchmarbel | January 30, 2007 at 06:18 PM
Max Sunset
(which does sound like a nom de p0rn come to think of it... oy!)
Posted by: Jay C | January 30, 2007 at 06:27 PM
Poogy Prentiss.
I kid you not.
The porn image was externally hosted, so it's possible there was an externally hosted image originally. (Wasn't one of my posts, which is why I had to turn into Moe.)
Posted by: hilzoy | January 30, 2007 at 06:30 PM
rilkefan: He didn't alert the rest of us? What's up with that?
Any time you want to consider yourself alerted, email me ;)
Bernard: Always a good default choice ;-)
*sigh*
Yes.
But I blame the parents.
hilzoy: If you want to know what oral sex looks like from close up, I suggest you consult your wife and a mirror.
From what little I saw, I think it would've been more appropriate to consult that cute guy at Starbucks...
And I agree with G, cleek et al. I actually know a couple of sites which, if they detect mass external linkage, will deliberately change those links to the hardest hardcore pictures they can find. It's apparently an extraordinarily effective deterrent.
Posted by: Anarch | January 30, 2007 at 06:54 PM
Coco Arlington.
Seriously.
Posted by: Jackmormon | January 30, 2007 at 07:21 PM
Well, at least they didn't change the picture into a portrait of Nixon. *That* would be hard core. (Sysadmin apochrypha: find user's pr0n collection, change all pixx to portraits of Richard M.)
Posted by: kvenlander | January 30, 2007 at 07:28 PM
Minnie Highway 4.
No comment.
Posted by: matttbastard | January 30, 2007 at 07:42 PM
Tinker Bell Devereaux - hey, I kinda like that one.
Posted by: CaseyL | January 30, 2007 at 07:43 PM
Max Sunset and Tinker Bell Deveraux are destined to be together, I feel.
Posted by: Katherine | January 30, 2007 at 08:10 PM
Mischa Park.
Posted by: Francis | January 30, 2007 at 08:14 PM
Karate Hampshire.
Posted by: rilkefan | January 30, 2007 at 08:21 PM
Molly Broadbridge.
(we only had goldfish as pets)
Posted by: Dantheman | January 30, 2007 at 09:51 PM
Don't much like the running commentary regarding the purported evildoing of folks who aren't here to defend themselves
Phooey. The floor is open. He can defend himself if he chooses.
Thanks -
"Butch Carson"
Posted by: russell | January 30, 2007 at 10:48 PM
EXT: Daytime. OVERHEAD CLOSEUP of a shadow of a semi's cab on pavement, shimmering. PULL BACK to see semi going up a highway, and a sign on the right HWY 4 NORTH.
Voice-over (woman's voice): Minnie Highway 4. That's me.
EXT: Daytime. MED SHOT as Semi pulls into truckstop motel parking lot. As it passes, we see MINNIE HIGHWAY 4 standing outside the motel. Everything about her screams "Truckstop whore!": thin bleached blonde hair, hard eyes in a face with too much make-up, flimsy cheap lace top over short skirt.
VOICE OVER (Cont): It's not just my name; it's my job.
EXT: MED SHOT of motel office. TRUCKER has checked in and gotten his key. He leaves the office.
EXT: CLOSE SHOT of sidewalk just outside the motel office. MINNIE HIGHWAY 4 has just freshened her lipstick as TRUCKER walks past her towards his room.
VOICE OVER (Cont): Welcome to my world. I'm here to make your stay... memorable.
EXT: LONG SHOT of sidewalk leading to TRUCKER'S room, and MINNIE HIGHWAY 4 following him.
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H'mm. This could be the opening scene of a pr0n movie. Or a slasher pic.
Posted by: Tinker Bell Devereaux | January 30, 2007 at 11:01 PM
Piper Farmstead
None of that city slicker pron, nosiree.
Posted by: CharleyCarp | January 30, 2007 at 11:13 PM
Queenie Magnolia.
Posted by: DonBoy | January 31, 2007 at 12:22 AM
Spence Birch
Posted by: dr ngo | January 31, 2007 at 01:23 AM
We didn't have street names in the village I grew up in (or indeed p0rn, that I know of)
Posted by: magistra | January 31, 2007 at 03:27 AM
Watty Chapin.
Sigh.
Posted by: javelina | January 31, 2007 at 01:49 PM
Pickles Seaman
whew. that's almost too funny.
Posted by: cleek | January 31, 2007 at 02:04 PM
Lafayette Main, or maybe Judy Seaford.
Posted by: KCinDC | January 31, 2007 at 02:35 PM
Sandy Jenni. I agree with the whole wrong pet gender complaint above...
Posted by: ScottM | January 31, 2007 at 02:50 PM
Are you calling Sandy Koufax's masculinity into question?
Posted by: KCinDC | January 31, 2007 at 03:06 PM
Dirk Axelrod
I knew a guy in real life whose name was Dick Peters. He had some track records at my high school, which...I think I'd go as "Richard" or "Rick".
At work, there was Joe Cox and his right-hand man, Harold Swallow. Who, disappointingly (only in hindsight (so to speak; Jane! Stop this crazy thing!), more's the pity), were the constant butt of jokes.
JAAANNNNE!!
Posted by: Slartibartfast | January 31, 2007 at 03:29 PM
My apologies for that last; I don't know what came over me.
JAAAAAAAANNNNNNNEEEE!
Posted by: Slartibartfast | January 31, 2007 at 03:35 PM
JAAANNNNE!! JAAAAAAAANNNNNNNEEEE!
you're playin a game you never can win, girl.
Posted by: cleek | January 31, 2007 at 03:57 PM
Other good names I have met in real life:
Harry Weiner (more than one).
Harry Nuckols
Posted by: Dantheman | January 31, 2007 at 04:12 PM
just for yucks, apparently, this dink is toying with the idea of "outing" Jamil Hussein.
Hussein's immediate assassination will surely teach the wicked AP to use pseudonymous sources! ha!
Posted by: cleek | January 31, 2007 at 04:35 PM
Friend of mine, in an international job, was blessed by his monolinguistic parents with the name Dick de Kok.
Posted by: dutchmarbel | January 31, 2007 at 07:10 PM
Dick de Kok
ha :)
ouch.
Posted by: cleek | January 31, 2007 at 09:58 PM
We didn't have street names in the village I grew up in (or indeed p0rn, that I know of)
In the absence of street names, presumably your dwellings were named, and surely that would serve as well for the purposes of this exercise. Sid Swinery? Lady Rose Cottage? Rex the Rockery?
Posted by: dr ngo | February 02, 2007 at 03:11 AM