Beware the Wounded Beast
9/24 matters as much as 9/11. It matters because in the run up we'll get answers to hard questions that are being asked here and everywhere that supplies of that infamous ideological Kool Aid are...
View ArticleBreaking: UK accuses Iran
While everyone is busy debating The Miers Incident, here's what the other hand is doing. So Iran really is going to be the bad guy after all. Assuming this isn't just a random outburst - and if it is,...
View ArticleLibby pleads Not Guilty?
(Apologies if this has already been diaried - it's not showing up in searches.) Libby is pleading not guilty. Which is certainly surprising me, and probably a lot of other people too. Because it means...
View ArticleScotty says...
the troops are coming home. Unless anyone knows different, it's the BBC that's breaking the story. [More...]
View ArticleShredding privacy, Part 2 - The Ghost of Christmas Present
According to breaking reports the FBI has been monitoring mosques and private addresses without warrants for the last few years. Details here: http://www.dallasnews.com/......
View ArticleThe GOP for Dummies
I've been here a while now, and I see the same thing happening over. The Noise Machine launches an offensive - like the recent Dems = Taliban claim. People get really upset about the offensive. Upset...
View ArticleClimate Change in the Supreme Court
Also available in blue at the European Tribune. From The Register: The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear the arguments in the case of Massachusetts vs the Environmental Protection Agency. The suit,...
View ArticleCurfew and possible coup attempt in Baghdad [Updated]
According to the BBC the Iraqi government has declared a total curfew - no pedestrians, no traffic - in Baghdad until Sunday. "The government has decided to enforce a curfew on vehicles and individuals...
View ArticleUK general calls for Iraq withdrawal
General Sir Richard Dannatt, head of the British Army, has gone on the record in an interview with the Daily Mail. He says clearly we should "get ourselves out sometime soon because our presence...
View ArticleBreaking! 15 diaries held at gun point!
This morning 15 diaries about Iranians rounding up 15 UK soldiers at gun point were rounded up at gun point. soK, a blogistan spokespersona, was quoted saying "This could be the start of the war we've...
View ArticleA shot heard far beyond Iraq
It's no exaggeration to call the Capitulation Vote cowardly and even traitorous. The 'support our troops' lie has been debunked ably on the front page so I'm not going to repeat those arguments here....
View ArticleBush vs The People
How bad is it? Damn bad, I think. I also think this has been happening under the media's radar so far, which means that many people in the US have no idea what's about to hit them.
View ArticleConservatives - How to Win at Politics, and Fail at Reality
Many readers will remember Colbert's classic 'Reality has a well-known liberal bias" quote. Like all the best jesters, Colbert was using truth-through-humor to make a valid point - which is that...
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