Archive for February, 2007
Here Come the Liars
Ha. This is fun.
Closeted, self-loathing homosexual Matt Drudge linked to some drivel from the “Tennessee Center for Policy Research” a right-wing drivel tank that farted out the following turdlet:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -
Al Gore, a leading voice in the fight against global warming, is being called a hypocrite by a conservative group that claims his Nashville mansion [...]
Wanker of the Day: Walter Reed Medical Center
Walter Reed Patients Told to Keep Quiet
Soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center’s Medical Hold Unit say they have been told they will wake up at 6 a.m. every morning and have their rooms ready for inspection at 7 a.m., and that they must not speak to the media.
“Some soldiers believe this is a form [...]
You Know What Else Is a Violation of International Law?
Writing in the Post, David Rivkin and Lee Casey, former Reagan and BushCo 1 officials claim:
An Italian court announced this month that it is moving forward with the indictment and trial of 25 CIA agents charged with kidnapping a radical Muslim cleric. These proceedings may well violate international law…
You know what else is illegal under [...]
Busy, and Also Not in the Mood
I’ve been really busy at work, so pardon the light blogging.
Also, my outrage meter is just freakin’ exhausted right now, and honestly I need a break. The lies that I hear EVERY FUCKING MORNING from NPR make me sick, lies about Iran, about the “antiwar left”, about Iraq, about Democrats in disarray.
It’s just tiresome [...]
Bruce Tinsley Really Isn’t Very Bright
Bruce Tinsley’s unfunny conservative duck, Mallard Fillmore, has been skewering Dennis Hopper for the past two days.
Poor Tinsley. He just isn’t very bright. Hopper, of course, is a long-time Republican, noted for his support of George W. Bushand has
Read More..>>Dear Robin Toner: About That “Anti-War Left”…
Oy. Here we go again.
Writing in the Sunday New York Times, right out of the gate Robin Toner leaves the following mouse dropping:
JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Feb. 23 — As Democratic Congressional leaders escalate their challenge to the Bush administration’s policy in Iraq, one of the most influential players will be that unlikely darling of [...]
Response to WaPo Editorial: A Congressional Duty
The Washington Post’s Saturday February 24th editorial, A Congressional Duty, addresses efforts in the Senate to restore habeas corpus.
ON THE FIRST day of the new Congress, two leading senators announced they would join in an attempt to reverse the hasty and ill-considered decision of the previous Congress to deprive foreign prisoners at Guantanamo Bay of [...]
FOOB: A Study in Passive Aggression.
I’m simply confounded by the conversations and situations depicted in today’s episode of FBFW. This may be the only time you see these words at this blog, but thank heaven for LJ’s obsessive, if inconsistent, attention to her characters’ background (ironically, that attention to detail is what made the strip so good in the [...]
Read More..>>Friday Videos: 80s Hardcore and Rocky Point
Minor Threat: It Follows Me & Screaming At A Wall
Back in the day, I was a freak about Minor Threat. 20+ years after I first heard the band, they still blow my mind.
Minor Threat: Out of Step & No Reason
Neutral Nation: Rocky Point Theme
Rocky Point was a legendary amusement park I used to go [...]
Senator Specter: The Man Who Didn’t Know.
For the third day in a row, I called Senator Specter’s office to find out exactly how it came to be that a fixture on the Veterans Affairs Committee since 1981 could be wholly ignorant of how our soldiers are being treated at Walter Reed Hospital. And for the third day in a row, [...]
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