THIS JUST IN from investigative reporter Andy Borowitz:I Won’t Back Gingrich, Says Satan Former House Speaker Loses Longtime Supporter In what many political observers consider a bruising blow to a potential 2008 White House bid by Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House lost one of his longtime supporters today when Satan announced that he would not support a … [Read more...] about This Just In!!
The U.S. Attorney Massacre
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: A Confession or A Boast?
AP/Washington Post: 9/11 Mastermind Confesses in Guantanamo WASHINGTON -- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, confessed to that attack and a string of others during a military hearing at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to a transcript released Wednesday by the Pentagon. "I was responsible for the 9/11 operation from A to Z," Mohammed … [Read more...] about Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: A Confession or A Boast?
Why is “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Hurting the WoT?
The answer is simple if you can translate it. … [Read more...] about Why is “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Hurting the WoT?
The Other White Meat
Want another reason to give up meat or at least go with local farmers who treat their animals humanely?The stress, crowding and contamination inside confinement buildings foster disease, especially respiratory illnesses. In addition to toxic fumes, bacteria, yeast and molds have been recorded in swine buildings at a level more than 1,000 times higher than in normal air. To … [Read more...] about The Other White Meat
But Didn’t Clinton Fire A Bunch Of Attorneys?
That's the meme being offered around the right-wing noise machine. McClatchy Newspapers has more: WASHINGTON - The Bush administration and its defenders like to point out that President Bush isn't the first president to fire U.S. attorneys and replace them with loyalists. While that's true, the current case is different. Mass firings of U.S. attorneys are fairly common … [Read more...] about But Didn’t Clinton Fire A Bunch Of Attorneys?
Obama: “Nobody is suffering more than the Palestinians”
He's right (at least in the context of the I/P conflict). And it's not anti-Israel to say so. We can blame some of their suffering on Israel. We can blame some of it on Palestinians. We can blame a large portion of it, I'd argue, on armed Palestinian terror groups who have taken over the social and political establishment and cannot be controlled or influenced by the average … [Read more...] about Obama: “Nobody is suffering more than the Palestinians”
Halliburton Moves To Dubai
You might want to avoid Zimbabwe for your next family vacation
Yet another example of the brutality of the Mugabe regime. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and others, 50 activists in all, were arrested by police during a prayer rally on Sunday and were horribly beaten by the police: As the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader and the other activists were led away from the Harare court to a hospital for treatment, Mr Tsvangirai … [Read more...] about You might want to avoid Zimbabwe for your next family vacation
Bush in Latin America: Mexico
U.S. president George W. Bush is currently in Mexico. Jim Ruttenberg and Larry Rohter report for the New York Times... In the slums of Brazil, in the impoverished villages of Guatemala and finally here in Mexico, President Bush promised this week to deliver “social justiceâ€? to poor and struggling Latin Americans left behind by the global economy. Mr. Bush’s striking … [Read more...] about Bush in Latin America: Mexico
Debating the War: A Shameful Nine
Nine Republican senators voted today against allowing debate on the most pressing issue of our time -- how to end the Iraq war. The nine are: Wayne Allard (Colorado) Christopher Bond (Missouri) Jim Bunning (Kentucky) Tom Coburn (Oklahoma) Jim DeMint (South Carolina) Michael Enzi (Wyoming) Orrin Hatch (Utah) James Inhofe (Oklahoma) Craig Thomas (Wyoming) FYI, … [Read more...] about Debating the War: A Shameful Nine
Eight reform organizations unite to promote public financing for elections.
On March 8, 2007, eight reform organizations wrote to all of the presidential candidates in both parties urging them to take steps to help save the system of spending limits and public financing for presidential elections. The organizations included the Americans for Campaign Reform, Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause, Democracy 21, the League of Women Voters, Public … [Read more...] about Eight reform organizations unite to promote public financing for elections.
A Neoconservative Gathering
Glenn Greenwald has a long, interesting post up about a “literary luncheonâ€? hosted by U.S. President George W. Bush, to honor historian Andrew Roberts. Roberts wrote a book called History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900 in which he argues that British imperialism wasn’t “a Bad Thingâ€?, “that the Versailles Treaty was not harsh enough on Germany, [and] … [Read more...] about A Neoconservative Gathering
Pakistan Crisis (2): Musharraf Summons Army Commanders
Here comes the first signal that there is a serious crisis. Pakistan's President Musharraf has decided to meet his key army generals for consultation. He is yet to learn the basic lesson...that Pakistan also has civilian Opposition leadership that needs to be consulted. Otherwise the bluff and bluster game would come to an end sooner than later. "A crisis meeting of the … [Read more...] about Pakistan Crisis (2): Musharraf Summons Army Commanders
Climate Change: Britain Takes Historic Step
Britain is to become the first country in the world to set legally binding targets for cutting its carbon dioxide emissions, says The Independent. The targets will be aimed at cutting emissions of the gas which causes global warming by between 26 per cent and 32 per cent by 2020, and 60 per cent by 2050. In a draft Bill published yesterday, ministers promised to enshrine … [Read more...] about Climate Change: Britain Takes Historic Step
O.J. Book Saga: Stranger Than . . . er, Fiction
When publisher Judith Regan announced in November that she was publishing “If I Did It,â€? a book by O.J. Simpson on how he “mightâ€? have murdered his former wife and a friend, the outcry was enormous. Regan, so appallingly deaf to the marketplace, was soon given her walking papers by none other than Rupert Murdoch, whose vast media empire included ReganBooks, an … [Read more...] about O.J. Book Saga: Stranger Than . . . er, Fiction
Not what we do, but how we do it
Issues come and go, and how well we deal with them is a function of the availability of quality information and the openness of debate. These process issues concern me more than even the sensational issues like Iraq and National Health Care. My personal interest is in promoting open-minded deliberative debate of how to manage our society to optimize health, freedom and … [Read more...] about Not what we do, but how we do it
Pakistan: Bloody Protests & Media Censorship
Pakistan's Chief Justice was roughed up by the police. For more photos of violent demonstrations look up BBC. President Pervez Musharraf seems to have disturbed the hornets' nest by sacking on Friday Chief Justice of the Pakistan Supreme Court, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. With pressure mounting from the US to "do more" vis-a-vis the Taliban, this is a dangerous development … [Read more...] about Pakistan: Bloody Protests & Media Censorship
Center of Attention
A Newer World links to a post at the Political Wire quoting Giuliani speaking out in favor of public funding for abortion. Munaeem spends some attention to the Saudi peace plan for Israel - Palestine. Former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Zalman Shoval denounced it as "an attempt to get Israel to commit suicide." Pete Abel on 'the soundbite syndrome': that's when "someone … [Read more...] about Center of Attention