Matthew Holley was 21 when he give his life for our country. He was killed in Iraq by injuries he suffered from an IED. Shockingly, his body was very nearly shipped back to his family without full honors. Thankfully his mother and father stood up and demanded that Matthew be given the respect he deserved. However, some of the fallen are still being treated as mere baggage on their last leg home. Read more here.

A Spanish kid got suspended for speaking Spanish. Seriously.

Jack Abramoff is making deals. Who will go down? (NOTE: Donklephant has been nominated for a Weblog Award. If you’re so inclined, vote for us here.)

There are few things easier than questioning the intelligent design folks. To suggest that such an idea is “the way” to truly teach science is certainly odd. Also, given Kansas’ recent test scores in science, or the lack thereof, you can imagine that many in the blogosphere and beyond are having a good laugh at Kansas’ expense… Balloon Juice has more about incompetent design… Q: So is there intelligence in the design? A: Yes! No, no there isn’t. The thing...

A mentally ill man did a bad thing in Miami, but what really went down? More here.

I have no idea what the hell this is, and it does cost $19,999.95…but I want one. Santa, are you listening? I want a JL421 Badonkadonk Land Cruiser/Tank. Hop to it fat man! (click the picture for more pictures)

If you are so inclined…download it here. You may have to right-click the link and select “Save As.” Or you can just listen to it in a browser window. My segment starts 30 minutes in.

And I have the proof! (heh)

Things aren’t looking so good to the liberal-hawk blogger. I am not at all optimistic about Egypt’s future in the medium term. I have yet to meet a single Egyptian who is. Their pessimism isn’t merely contagious…it’s convincing. The ruling party, supposedly America’s “ally,â€? is hideously corrupt to the core. It is not ideological, just venal, well-armed, and criminal. Liberalism (broadly defined) barely exists here. The democratic opposition parties...

Good. Because people, the treatment he said he received is sickening. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 – A German citizen who says he was abducted, beaten and taken to Afghanistan by American agents in an apparent case of mistaken identity in 2003 filed suit in federal court today against George J. Tenet, the former C.I.A. director, and three companies said to have been involved in secret flight operations. The suit came three days after Khaled el-Masri, a 42-year-old Lebanese-born former car salesman,...

Well, besides the Republicans? One of my favorite Democrat Senators. And he has some VERY good points.

Sad indeed… BAGHDAD — An unnamed woman, her face shielded behind a curtain and her voice masked, gave a harrowing account today of torture and sexual abuse at the hands of Saddam Hussein’s security forces during the trial of the former Iraqi leader. “They forced me to take off my clothes,â€? said the woman, referred to only as Witness A by the court. “They kept my legs up. They handcuffed me and started beating me with cables. It wasn’t just one guard,...

Some are saying that he’ll rule the all-time box office. What do you think?

He gets it…right.

Subject2Discussion is an internet radio program I’m on every Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. CST. Apparently, the podcast of last week’s program was downloaded over 6,800 times. So if you want to listen tonight, just click here and you’ll either launch an audio application or you’ll download a file that you then click on and THEN it launches an audio player. I’m on a Mac so it’s different for me. Hope you like the show.

Hey all, the site has been down for pretty much the entire day now, so I apologize that the links I put up today aren’t working. We’re having server issues and hopefully will be back up soon. In the meantime…here’s a story about a different type of beatdown. UPDATE: Donklephant is back up! UPDATE: Back down again. *sigh*

Just the mere mention of that word makes men shudder, but recently a very high profile blogger got one and…wait for it…wait for it…….he blogged about it. Oh, you know you want to find out more.

It’s different, compelling and I completely disagree with it. Find out why…

Amid a flurry of news about their secret prisons being in Europe, the CIA has decided to move their prisoners to Northern Africa. From ABC News: Dec. 5, 2005 — Two CIA secret prisons were operating in Eastern Europe until last month when they were shut down following Human Rights Watch reports of their existence in Poland and Romania. Current and former CIA officers speaking to ABC News on the condition of confidentiality say the United States scrambled to get all the suspects off European...

…but will we listen? I certainly hope so.

Good old incompetence…that’s how!

She’s going to meet with European leaders this week, in an effort to sell the Administration’s policy on torture. Will she get a warm reception? On Tuesday Rice will touch down in Bucharest to sign a deal opening American facilities in Romania that will provide stopover points for US missions in the Middle East and central Asia. One of them is likely to be the air force base of Mihail Kogalniceaunu, which has come under suspicion as an alleged “black siteâ€?. Parts of Mihail...

Thousands upon thousands turned out in Hong Kong’s streets to tell China’s leaders which type of government they want. Will Mao’s children listen?

This is totally off the topic of politics, but I figure a little diversion every now and again is worthwhile. Hide your acorns people. The squirrels cometh!

Then you’ll LOVE this link.