Bayya said that a plan was being drawn up whereby all the powers of the presidency would be transferred from Mubarak to Omar Suleiman, the former head of Egyptian intelligence who Mubarak recently appointed--for the first time in his 30-year term--as vice president.

This would be a first step toward removing Mubarak from his post entirely. A ( Read more... )

It's far too nice a day to be inside but I'm sitting on the sofa right now anyway because I have to listen to these tunes and let it influence the way I write this. My passive aggressive, just beyond reality, I reach for you. Maria Columbia, whore of liberty; blind as always-- blonde in the field in the grass in shadows cast by the pines against ( Read more... )

It's experiencing new levels of heartache each day, and it pulls my stomach down through my ass. I'm so fucking sick of mankind.

It's Worse Than You Think
by Devilstower
Sun May 02, 2010 at 06:00:02 AM PDT

It's easy to be pro-drilling. All it requires is a little chanting, a little pretending that somehow this activity can reverse a yawning oil deficit ( Read more... )

My goal last night was to write a worthwhile article about the State of the Union for The Amusement, but I couldn't.

I'd wanted to write an article that was sort of an SOTU-night diary--Matt Taibbi-ish--in which I imagined a world in which our political heroes celebrate the SOTU like Hollywood stars celebrate the Oscars. It seemed like a feasible ( Read more... )

News from the other war: Dick Cheney almost got his ass blown up this morning ( Read more... )