Don't Let It Go

Topics: The latest on Libya and what Obama’s supporters (and we) can learn from it. Two different stories involving freedom of association issues — can they be reconciled? Israel’s new missile defense system. A judge’s rejection of Google’s settlement offer in the Google Books case. And, Duran Duran’s Simon LeBon and his disappointing tweets. (But see my latest post on post-podcast developments with respect to this last.)

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This update to my previous post about Simon LeBon’s unfortunate recent Tweeting choices deserves its own post. It seems LeBon has this evening — after my podcast, so take note (i.e., what I said in my podcast was before I knew of this) — retweeted the following, sent to him a short time ago by Amy Nasir:

@amynasir
Amy Nasir
@SimonJCLeBON For a rational view of middle-east issues see Ayaan Hirsi Ali at http://www.theahafoundation.org/
1 hour ago via web Favorite Retweet Reply

And then he also thanked Amy in a separate tweet, and then followed it up with another tweet:

SimonJCLeBON Simon Le Bon
Some fine common sense can be found here: @AHAFoundation
1 hour ago Favorite Retweet Reply

So, now I’m not exactly sure what to make of it all. Thoughts? I, of course, tweeted him thanking him for posting about Ayaan Hirsi Ali, but I’m not reading very much into it.

In any event, thanks to Amy Nasir for sending a great tweet at what seems to have been the perfect time.