Educating Schwartz

"It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt." - Mark Twain Expanding on what Eric just said, I would like to lend a hand to good ol' Schwartz. Since he seems to lack basic Web understanding, here's a good definition...

Pentagon Developing Hypersonic Space Bomber

Time for yet another attack on my favorite adversary: The Pentagon. Their new project is not quite as silly as their numerous others. This one represents a legitimate and serious threat to the survival of the species. According to a new story carried here by the...

U.S. Military Continues to “Improve Detainee Handling”

According to a report from the American Forces Press Service, The US military has "conducted 10 major reviews, assessments and investigations", and "these reviews represent more than 1,700 interviews and more than 16,000 pages of information". All of this in a...

NORAD-NorthCom EXPAND at Peterson AFB

The expansion includes;training rooms, offices for special operations and military communications, backup generators, a barbershop, shower rooms for those who work round-the-clock shifts and a 10-car garage for commanders. The key to the expansion seems to be an...

Pentagon happy-face, war-glorification Channel

Military news programs secure a public outletPentagon Channel programs cover a wide range of issues, but you're not likely to see much coverage of controversial military topics such as the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal or the secret military tribunals of detainees...

Pentagon gun will inflict pain from mile away

The sadists at the Pentagon can always be counted on to explore exciting new ways to kill and torture people; The weapons involve Pulsed Energy Projectiles (PEPs), which fire a laser pulse that in turn generates a burst of expanding plasma when it hits something...

Tampa told to prepare for closing of MacDill AF Base

Former U.S. Rep. Sam Gibbons: "I just wanted to tell them you better wake up to the fact that one day MacDill is going to close. They're worried about the oak trees and bar licenses and things like that. But in the long run there's nothing more important than what's...

Real War Heroes

Here's an interesting site, gathering information on war resistors, IE. soldiers who refused orders, draft resistors etc., none of this "fighting for our freedom" crap; We honor those soldiers who risked loss of liberty, economic deprivation, and social ostracism....

You asked for it, Ann

The State-worshipping warmonger known as Ann Coulter has struck again. Defending the White House from allegations that it's policy of issuing 'press passes' is partisan, Coulter suggests that "that old Arab" Helen Thomas is allowed in. That wasn't really a response to...

Robert Fisk Interview

Amy Goodman interviews the great journalist and author of Pity the Nation Robert Fisk, who lives in Lebanon, about the gruesome assassination of Rafik Hariri, in which 18 people were dashed to pieces; ... at one point, I saw a woman's hand ... Fisk has many...