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Human shields: called it.
Whenever the Pentagon uses "human shields" they really mean "collateral damage" or "losses due to targeting civilians."
White House modifies Osama bin Laden account
At the Monday evening briefing for TV reporters, a senior official also corrected what Brennan described earlier as “my understanding” that the woman who acted as a shield for bin ( Read more... ) -
bin Laden dies of old age, US announces new power over human lifespans.
The syntax for this article is so goddamn funny, talking about iPads and an American comeback:
Osama bin Laden dead; Obama nails him, leads American comeback
WASHINGTON: In the dark of the night, someone held up an iPad which read the final score in translucent capital letters: OBAMA 1 OSAMA 0. It was past midnight on a cool spring night, and the ( Read more... ) -
The comical Presidency.
One of the hallmarks of Mr. Bush's term as acting-president was to knowingly do things that would backfire. Moving to privatize Social Security, invading Iraq without a plan, firing the Iraqi army, apologizing to the Chinese for knocking down one of our spy planes, et cetera. Obama has plagiarized much of the Bush platform, including the ( Read more... ) -
What do you get for being a politician that does the right thing?
By "the right thing" I'm referring to things like moving to censure Bush, voting against the Iraq invasion, and voting against the USA Patriot Act. What do you get?
A pink slip from your insane electorate.
So long, Russ Feingold, we knew the fantasy of A Good Democrat couldn't last forever. -
Even NPR is reporting that the Republican party lost a party primary
Reaching new levels of insanity, the news is reporting that the Republican party lost a primary election ( Read more... ) -
Trolling across the world.
The US is selling $60,000,000,000 worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia, the stated reason is to bolster the nation's defenses against invasion. Having no enemies in the region but rather several nations willing to defend it against invasion, the weapons seem to be a deterrent not against other nations but against their own people. You can never be ( Read more... )
