I’m shocked – shocked! – that Colonel Denise Lind, the military judge who ruled in February that Bradley Manning could be tried on various charges even after being held prior to arraignment for more than five times the absolute longest time specified in the US Armed...
No War, No Sanctions, No Intervention, No Assassinations
Clear, simple, to the point. A nice, simple set of values that all kinds of people should be able to get behind. It's the platform, manifesto, talking points, everything of No War on Iran: National Day of Action, February 4th. A lot of anti-war activities get bogged...
Duh, Winning! (Hearts and Minds Edition)
From Three Against Hitler, by Rudi Wobbe and Jerry Borrowman: Near our home was a shoe store, owned and run by a Jew. Even before 1933 his store windows and swastikas had been painted on the walls and door. But, after the "takeover," the Nazis demolished his store in...
Regarding “rising tensions in the Gulf”
Pearl of wisdom from a Union private crossing the Rappahannock into Fredericksburg, December 1862: Shit! They want us to get in. Getting out won't be quite so smart and easy. You'll see. Apparently Shelby Foote's The Civil War: A Narrative hasn't worked its way into...
In case you were wondering …
No chance that Sarah Palin is changing her War Party stripes or adopting a Ron Paul / Old Right line as she releases her 2012 presidential campaign book, America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag: [C]ontrary to the ugly accusations of the antiwar crowd,...
“The American Combat Mission in Iraq Has Ended …”
And if you believe that, I've got a bridge you might be interested in buying. It connects my oceanfront properties in Kansas (also for sale) to the magical island where I keep my leprechaun-sourced gold hoard. From the Washington Post's account of an attack on an...
Rule of law vs. rule of flaw
"[Chief Justice] John Marshall has made his ruling," President Andrew Jackson famously blustered after the US Supreme Court overruled him on the issue of US treaty obligations with the Cherokee. "Now let him enforce it." We've come a long way, baby -- these days,...
