The Israeli attack on Lebanese civilians (55 dead so far today) continues. Chomsky goes into a brief history of Israeli aggression against Lebanon in this article. Chomsky writes: From the early 1970s, Lebanon was drawn into the conflict as a result of cross-border...
Willis offers cash for bin Laden
Hollywood actor Bruce Willis, expressing far more displeasure with the Bush administration's prosecution of the "War on Terror" than he cares to admit, has stepped up to the plate and offered a million dollars for information leading to the capture of al Qaeda leaders...
Why did Scooter have to lie?
Time asks the question;Some observers wondered last week why a bright lawyer like Libby bothered with a cover story at all. The indictment offers scant evidence that Libby knew Plame was a covert officer, a key test in the 1982 law barring such disclosures. By that...
NYT ticked off with Miller
The Washington Post is running the text of an email sent by New York Times executive editor Bill Keller to the Paper's staff. Put in simple terms, Keller is saying "the pain in our collective backside is from Judy Miller screwing us over".I wish that when I learned...
McCain on Imus
This morning on the Imus radio show, John McCain made some comments regarding the progress of the Iraq war. McCain emphatically believes that the occupation should continue, because the US has made such a mess of Iraq, that it is now the America's responsibility to...
700 Club’s New Disclaimer
Following Pat Robertson's call for the assassination of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, the station 'ABC Family' has apparently decided to run a new disclaimer at the end of the 700 Club's broadcasts. The previous message read "The preceding program was brought to...
Fundie Morality
Pat Robertson's statement that the US should knock off Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, because he is a "terrific danger" to the US and Venezuela will become "the launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism." is a perfect illustration, outrage...
Bush’s Imagination
"Now, if these men do not die well, it will be a black matter for the King that led them to it" - Shakespeare, Henry V Every so often, the confused cranium of George W. Bush emerges from seclusion and words escape his lips which are apparently designed to be...
Thomas rips McClellan
Drudge is running a report about an exchange between the only White House correspondent who matters - Helen Thomas - and White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan. It goes like this;Q The other day -- in fact, this week, you said that we, the United States, is in...
Shortening the Kill Chain
The Rumsfeldian streamlining of the military continues. It will now be much, much easier to identify and destroy targets. Yay!