Mortaine’s Blog

Josh Wolf was released today from jail in San Francisco, where he has been jailed longer than any journalist in the history of America ever, for refusing to testify and give evidence against people he was reporting on.

Naturally, being a good vlogger, Josh immediately posted the full video on his blog as soon as he’s out.

Josh is a friend– I saw him last year at Vloggercon, and he’s a good guy. I wish him all the greatest tonight celebrating with friends, and in the coming weeks.

We love you, Josh, and we’re glad you can finally come home.

From my friend chrisls:
“In general, the impression I have gotten of the Marine Corps in Iraq has not been of a group of disciplined soldiers trying to bring security and stability to a country that desperately needs it, but of a barely controlled bunch of hyper-testosterone fueled bullies with automatic weapons and a bad attitude, stuck in a place where they can’t kill as many people as they would like.”

Remember this?

I decided to get it off my spools, so I Navajo plied it the other day and made a mini-skein with it: