Originally published at Durosia.com. You can comment here or there.

People wonder why conspiracy theories thrive for so long.

The simple answer is "Because things keep happening to support them."

No matter how thoroughly the object of a conspiracy theory attempts to offer evidence to the contrary, all it takes is one action to start things all back ( Read more... )

Originally published at Durosia.com. You can comment here or there.

Further proof that the U.S. media is still failing to do it's job properly.

These two stories--each at least a semi-big deal--appeared in foreign press coverage before they showed up in our mainstream media.

US congressman moves to impeach Bush

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In a follow-up to my previous post on the topic, it seems the Society for Professional Journalists has found (at least) one Senator who held up that open government bill.

Who is the man who wouldn't stand up right away and say he was against the public being let in on what their government was doing? It's Senator John Kyl (R-AZ). According to an ( Read more... )

I know some of you out there follow the news and politics and freedom issues on a regular basis. That puts you well ahead of most of this nation ( Read more... )

Military Is Expanding Its Intelligence Role in U.S.
The Pentagon has been using a little-known power to obtain banking and credit records of hundreds of Americans and others suspected of terrorism or espionage inside the United States, part of an aggressive expansion by the military into domestic intelligence gathering ( Read more... )

Let's take a moment and think a little about some recent bills passed by our illustrious government: S. 3930 (Military Commissions Act of 2006) and H.R. 5825 (Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act)/S. 3931 (Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006). (Look them up here for the full text... the Library of Congress site seems to make it impossible to ( Read more... )

For those of us who regularly hunt the big bad evil tentacled things in regular gaming sessions, I give you this:

The Ancient One, Cthoolou, Speaks!. (Lou to his friends ( Read more... )

I've spent the last two days more or less avoiding the normal network channels and all the specials they're running. Tonight, I finally gave in and kept the TV on to watch what our Commander in Chief had to say about this anniversary. Partially, I did it to see how he would (again) twist the tragedy to his agenda. Mostly I did it so I wouldn't miss ( Read more... )

Hey, eriss, it appears that Judge Taylor isn't a protected species after all...

Conflict of Interest Is Raised in N.S.A. Ruling
The federal judge who ruled last week that President Bush’s eavesdropping program was unconstitutional is a trustee and an officer of a group that has given at least $125,000 to the American Civil Liberties Union in Michigan, ( Read more... )