You can now follow Mondoweiss at Talking Points Memo

by on May 25, 2009 34

Brief site update: starting today you can find Mondoweiss at the TPMCafe. TPM will be syndicating some posts from the site, which is an exciting development. If you're new to Mondoweiss and have found us through TPM, welcome!

About Adam Horowitz

Adam Horowitz is Co-Editor of Mondoweiss.net.
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  1. Colin_Murray says:
    May 25, 2009 at 8:31 pm

    Outstanding!

  2. Craig11 says:
    May 25, 2009 at 8:53 pm

    It's great to see your work getting this kind of recognition and greater exposure. Keep it up!

  3. dalybean says:
    May 25, 2009 at 9:03 pm

    TPMCafe made an excellent choice. I applaud their good judgment.

  4. Gellian says:
    May 25, 2009 at 9:49 pm

    Congratulations, gentlemen.

  5. morris says:
    May 25, 2009 at 11:32 pm

    I put this comment up at TPM too… It is a curious setup that Phil is due to enter Gaza just as Israel prepares for its largest ever military maneuvers. May31st to June 4th. At the very least he is going to be buzzed by aircraft. All Arab militaries are going to be mobilised and on maximum alert. Nasrallah and PressTV have sounded the concern. [my last post] And why is Barack suddenly due in Washington within days. Will we need Hamas to rescue Phil?

  6. Idrees says:
    May 26, 2009 at 12:19 am

    Congratulations Adam! And as dalybeam put it, I applaud their judgment.

  7. morris says:
    May 26, 2009 at 12:38 am

    Don't know about other people – but I am just seeing the comments here – for another post: you-can-now-follow-mondoweiss-at-talking-points-memo.html

  9. Saleema says:
    May 26, 2009 at 5:41 am

    Congradulations to both of you. May your site grow and prosper and may God bless you both with good stories and much more.

  10. RowanBerkeley says:
    May 26, 2009 at 5:57 am

    It would be a good idea for Adam to find out why for some users this site is unobtainable about 50% of the time. This does not appear to depend on which operating system they use, since I use Ubuntu and Saleema uses Windows, and we have both experienced this problem. It takes the form of a message saying, "The document contains no data. The connection was interrupted… (etc)" i doubt if it has anything to do with the comments engine, 'Intense Debate', since it happens before one even manages to download any information from the site at all, i.e., prior to reading its internal links.

  11. Saleema says:
    May 26, 2009 at 6:46 am

    Yep, whatever Rowan said; and also, at the same time finally fix the comments problem. They appear and dissapear. I also noticed that i'm not getting them in my email now. That was a very conveniant option. Can we have that back?

  12. curious nitwit says:
    May 26, 2009 at 10:05 am

    That's because you are in the comment section of that post. Anything I don't understand?

  13. Citizen says:
    May 26, 2009 at 10:26 am

    http://www.thenation.com/blogs/dreyfuss/436944 Thanks, Colin. The article reveals a giant gap between democrats and republicans regarding getting tough on Israel; one of the comments below it questions the online poll because it is not a truly random sample of public opinion. On the other foot, I've never been asked to take part in a random sample on any political question, have you?

  14. LeaNder says:
    May 26, 2009 at 11:01 am

    Rowan I am experiencing this too occasionally. But in my case, it feels that a) something doesn't work perfectly with my Firefox 3, it's not just Mondoweiss, I noticed. Some troubles had to do with bugs in add-ons. In any case if I shift to IE I usually have no problem assessing although I notice it takes more time to load. b) I wonder has the average traffic increased? It seems to happen more often when the US is online. It didn't happen before it feels. Could it be related to server capacities, increased traffic? And by now I have deactivated almost all add-ons except for NoScript and diverse dictionaries. Which seemed to have some bugs causing troubles. But strictly I am a nitwit in these matters. How about installing a different Browser and check if it makes a difference?

  15. LeaNder says:
    May 26, 2009 at 11:04 am

    They changed something in that section. Did you notice? Before it was only a small box you check for alerts. Then it was changed into a dropdown menu which offers you different options?

  16. nitwit - LeaNder says:
    May 26, 2009 at 11:06 am

    I should lock in, would give me a chance to correct. "a small box you 'could' check".

  17. nitwit - LeaNder says:
    May 26, 2009 at 11:23 am

    I mean of course no problem accessing. nitwit

  18. LeaNder22 says:
    May 26, 2009 at 12:14 pm

    something else I noticed. Let me try. On Firefox via NoScript I can allow or disallow all Javascript files selectively. If I allow them all, I can't post when I am locked into the intense debate. But if I disallow Google-analytics.com it seems I can. Let's see if I can add something after allowing Google-analytics.com again, when the post is already there. Yes that works. Whatever that means. I have to disallow Google-analytics.com temporarily to post the first comment after being locked into intense debate. But once it is posted I can allow Google-analytics.com again, and it doesn't block my ability to comment on Firefox. This is just a little bit of empirics, testing my configuration and machine. From this nitwit. ********************************************** Intense debate and the comments need more time to load than the older typepad only comments.

  19. RowanBerkeley says:
    May 26, 2009 at 12:41 pm

    I'm not talking about the various problems we have had with the successive comments engines. I am talking about the site, even minus the comments altogether, being unobtainable and giving a "connection interrupted" message, literally 50% of the time over the last two weeks. I have no problems whatever with any other sites, and have had none since switching to Ubuntu over a month ago. I can recommend Ubuntu as markedly superior to Windows, performance-wise, in fact (not to mention faster, and completely free, and easier to install, along with all the desired utilities). I suspect that there is an entire secret control room full of 'Phil Weiss' operatives, letting people access and/or comment on the site according to the requirements of a super-subtle neo-hasbara public relations and image management program.

  20. Tuyzentfloot says:
    May 26, 2009 at 12:49 pm

    With firefox I have had a problem where only empty pages were loaded. After cleaning the cached data the site reappeared. I still have problems where posts temporarily disappear though. That's posts in reply to the main thread of posts.

  21. LeaNder22 says:
    May 26, 2009 at 1:50 pm

    That was the first thing I checked, Tuyzentfloot, but it didn't change anything essential in my case. My problem is that some of the add-ons that e.g. caused Firefox to crash were mostly quite interesting. I hope this won't cause troubles: https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/6138 another interesting tool: https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/6138 And of cause I have still not found the cause, why I can't use html tags via Firefox anymore.

  22. Tuyzentfloot says:
    May 26, 2009 at 3:27 pm

    He's on to us guys. It's time we tell him. Actually this is a hasbara development and training center. There hasn't been a real person on this site since a long time. Here new internet identities are developed and refined and assigned to handlers, who are then let loose on forums worldwide. Some handlers have a portfolio of many ids, others handle just one. I do mostly 'filler' here, and give feedback to the handlers so their ids remain consistent. Of course all the new guys want to have an important opinion leader in their portfolio, or an 'eloquent critic who slowly becomes converted'. The reality is, we need a bit of everything, including sidekick personae who are just there to make others look smarter. Unfortunately you're not allowed to tell anyone. Alright Dmitry, you may remove this post now. Code 'net cheloveka'.

  23. LeaNder22 says:
    May 26, 2009 at 4:16 pm

    Look, Rowan, obviously google analytics is present at the moment. I'm assuming this could have happened due to a protest from Phil & Adam concerning the ads. So they may be analyzing visitor traffic. Strictly intense debate seems to bring quite a few dependent files that need to load, this makes the loading process somehow slower. But it can't be the problem, since Phil hasn't reached even closely the multitude of dependent scripts other sites have. I experience interrupts even sudden ones too. Once I was immediately interrupted after I posted something. What a wonderful paranoia scenario. ;) But it is also mainly a temporary feature. Internet explorer sometimes shows the German term for maintenance, when I am interrupted on Firefox and shift over. I doubt there is an entire control room full of operatives. But I am also pretty sure some people are still present under different names, like our dear misogynist and lover of military strength, Bill Pearlman. I suggest we watch before we jump to conclusions. Ubuntu, although I wanted to try it too, has the problem that not many here will be able to give you feedback, since not too many of the people writing comments will use it. During the last three month traffic on Mondoweiss has gone up by 36% that's not really an explanation either but maybe a partial one. See Alexa. What I find most interesting at the moment is that I have to disallow the Google Javascript file to be able to post for the first time when newly locked into intense debate. And the problems I have on Firefox to either use html tags or links.

  24. David. says:
    May 26, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    TPMCafe seems to have changed its mind about Phil. His posts have disappeared.

  25. LeaNder22 says:
    May 26, 2009 at 4:25 pm

    If this is ironic, it is funny. But yes, it would be a good database to study for quite a lot of people. I've suggested this before.

  26. LeaNder22 says:
    May 26, 2009 at 5:24 pm

    "TPM will be syndicating some posts from the site, which is an exciting development. " Some, not all. They may be waiting for a longer report from Gaza. Why not ask them. Surely can't harm to show there is interest. Or maybe better watch things and wait. If a longer report from Gaza won't show, you are correct till then I am assuming they wait.

  27. Tuyzentfloot says:
    May 26, 2009 at 6:25 pm

    Do you have pipelining switched on? about:config and then go to network.http.pipelining. Without it the current site is dreadfully slow and possibly has loading problems too. Default number of pipes is 4 which is enough. I agree the software for this site is bad.

  28. Tuyzentfloot says:
    May 26, 2009 at 6:33 pm

    I'm glad you don't call it trolling :) Irony on the web, it is possible!

  29. RowanBerkeley says:
    May 26, 2009 at 7:03 pm

    Well, it might be a tad too ironic to code-name it Fall Weiss…

  30. LeaNder22 says:
    May 26, 2009 at 8:35 pm

    network.http.pipelining renders three entries: (Status, Type, Value) network.http.pipelining: Standard, boolean, false network.http.pipelining.maxrequest: Standard, integer, 4 network.http.pipelining.ssl: Standard, boolean, false I'll look that up. Thanks for the hint.

  31. Mooser says:
    May 26, 2009 at 10:53 pm

    I've never had any problem getting or sending to Mondoweiss, except during the comments change-over.

  32. wrackbrain says:
    May 27, 2009 at 12:03 am

    I had problems before, last autumn when the typepad comment layout changed. The boxes for sender and email seemed grayed out and unaccessible, but only were so till you typed the first letter. Silly me, I circled around the problem far too widely, with the simple solution all the time right in front of my nose. But since Phil uses the intensedebate software, I can only use text links in Internet Explorer. If I use them on Firefox the moment I send them, the link is replaced automatically by a blank link. Tuyzentfloot may be right, it may have to do with the config. It has nothing to do with the add-ons. I just tested it in a virgin Firefox profile. Same, same. Rowan What browser are you using on Ubuntu. Firefox? If so, lock at this: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8004 Disable Scripting Limitations It's possible for a Web page to implement a denial-of-service attack on the browser user. All you need is a Web page that runs a heap of JavaScript in an infinite busy loop. Firefox can't accept user input when such intensive processing is going on. This integer preference causes script execution to halt if it goes on too long. The units are seconds, and the default is 5: dom.max_script_run_time You might have Firefox set up to do some tricky Web spidering. You might have it acting as a bot or running continuously as an unattended console. In any of those cases, set this preference to -1, and Web page scripts run forever unmolested. The use of various asynchronous mechanisms, such as setTimeout(), support long scripting timelines in a normal Web page. There's no need for preference changes to support such things.

  33. RowanBerkeley says:
    May 27, 2009 at 8:29 am

    The "connection interrupted" event happens less than five seconds after apparently starting to download the site — more like one second. But this may just be due to notification lag at my end — it may well be five seconds since my browser found the site, and it just didn't tell me until four seconds later, then, immediately following that, it tells me "connection interrupted". So your suggestion is one I shall come back to next time this problem recurs. Thank you.

  34. Observer says:
    May 27, 2009 at 3:28 pm

    Phil has no legion of helpers; he is a simple Typepad user and is restricted by Typepad, including their step process of updating their program; this has resulted in loss of comments as the main drawback so far. He has looked into other programs but there are cons as well as pros to each of them. Phil is the ultimate minority in this world, an individual. I think most regulars here, barring the hasbara types, are in the same league. That's why this blog is so great.

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