That $87B line
Goddammit, it pisses me off that the press crucified Kerry for that line. I know it's his poor choice of words, etc, but jesus. Virtually every republican senator voted against the $87B before voting...
View ArticleDid Cheney actually say...
...that Edwards was overstating the US share of the war burden by not counting deaths of Iraqi soldiers as part of the coalition? Geez, what a tool. Go to CNN casualty figures or even Fox News. They...
View ArticleFDA Commissioner vacant since February 2004
In February 2004, Presdent Bush appointed Mark McClellan, then FDA Commissioner, to run Medicare. McClellan, brother to White House Press Puppeteer Scott McClellan, had earned a reputation for...
View ArticleState Department removes terrorism map?
In November 2001, the State Department published a map of nations where Al Queda had been known to operate. This map, I believe located here, has since been removed....
View ArticleDante says "GOTV" (Get up)
My brother reminded me of this great passage from Inferno (Canto XXIV). Read it aloud, and GOTV!"Now you must cast aside your laziness" my master said, "for he who rests on down or under covers cannot...
View ArticleSuicide is more than FOX News can handle
When the US Military announced that the attack on mess hall troops in Mosul was likely a suicide bomb, FOX News described it as a "homicide bomb". A Google News search indicated that FOX News was the...
View ArticleNext up Syria: More Bolton shit hits the fan
Today's NY Times has more on yet another example of Bolton trying to misrepresent intelligence views to fit his policy agenda. This time it's SyriaOne newly declassified message, dated April 30, 2002,...
View ArticleTerrorism update: "Last year was bad. This year is worse"
So says Larry Johnson, former counterterrorism official at the State Department, of the statistics compiled but not released in this year's State Department report to Congress on international...
View ArticleAbramoff pays for Delay trips --- again (with poll)
Today's New York Times reports that Jack Abramoff paid directly for trips to the Marianas, in violation of House Rules.The lobbyist, Jack Abramoff, submitted bills to his law firm for more than...
View ArticleWhat you don't understand about CHINESE FOOD (with poll)
noodles are as important as rice sometimes in China you don't get either rice or noodles. Think about that. Szechuan dishes are often cooked in oil
View ArticleCooney quits; time to rub their noses in it
As covered in The GuardianPhilip Cooney, who was chief of staff of the White House council on environmental quality, quit his job two days after a report released by a watchdog group, the government...
View ArticleGod rewards Kansas with enormous space-rock (with poll!)
The Mysterious Intelligent Designer knows on which side his divine bread is obediently buttered. And it ain't Dover, PA. It's Kansas, of course. So naturally, said Designer delivered a trophy to...
View ArticleCreationist "Dr. Dino" busted on 58 federal charges
Kent Hovind is well known in evolution/creationism battles for (i) running a young earth creationism theme park in which dinosaurs and humans live together ('like the Flintstones?', as Tony Soprano...
View ArticleDid Rudy get the letter from Rupert? (was it ever sent?)
There's a little uncompleted work between good newsblogs.On October 25, the NY Times blogger Jim Rutenberg reported that Fox News had sent a cease and desist letter to the McCain campaign, telling them...
View ArticleEvery year we make predictions
In my family, we have a tradition of making written predictions every Christmas. It started when my father used to write down in a little notebook his guess for when the spring peepers (frogs) would...
View ArticleDay of Reckoning: When Katie Couric brings the wood
As everyone knows by now Gov. Sarah Palin's third interview of the general election has been granted to Katie Couric, who will be traveling with her as part of the interview process. The interview will...
View ArticleKeeping Singapore AWARE: an antifeminist NGO coup
Singapore is not known for its activism, much less dramatic infighting. More people know Singapore for what's forbidden (purchasing chewing gum, taking durian fruit on the subway) than what's allowed...
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