Yeah, I told you so.

New York Times: Memos Reveal Scope of Power Bush Sought in Fighting Terror

Nine memos were released this week detailing the measures that the White House wanted to take to deal with the threat of terrorism in the US. For example, doing away with those pesky 1st and 4th amendments.

All nine of these memos are available here ( Read more... )

The Reduced Shakespeare Company and BBC Radio 4 have produced The Condensed History of George W. Bush.

Only available for another couple of days, according to the BBC site....

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1) I made this Google widget a long while ago, and now it's finally finished counting down to the End of the Dubyacracy:


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I guarantee this guy is already a folk hero in the Arab world.

And the Liberal, left-wing, Godless Communist Internets is having a wonderful time with it, too. BoingBoing (and the Fighting Liberals) is suggesting that everyone send their old shoes to the George W. Bush Presidential Library Very tempting. I'm also thinking of leaving an old ( Read more... )

Dubya nearly gets a size 10 to the head during his visit to Iraq.

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Remember how gleefully the US news anchors explained why Iraqis were smacking pictures of Saddam with their shoes back in aught-three? Yeah, not so funny now, is it?

Bush hits Russia on 'bullying and intimidation'"Bullying and intimidation are not acceptable ways to conduct foreign policy in the 21st century," the president said. "Only Russia can decide whether it will now put itself back on the path of responsible nations or continue to pursue a policy that promises only confrontation and isolation.
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That's how much a human life is worth, according to the EPA. It's down about a million from five years ago, and in '96 it was about $8 million. The EPA says they've just refined their accounting, but some folks think it's politically motivated - a lower cost-per-life means that certain environmental regulations won't be worth enforcing anymore. ( Read more... )

I wish I could just refuse to open mail I didn't want to read....

NYTimes: White House Refused to Open Pollutants E-MailThe EPA sent a report to the White House that was pretty tough, concluding that greenhouse gasses had to be more rigidly controlled. The White House said that, according to the article, "e-mail message containing the document ( Read more... )