War Criminals
August 21, 2011In the annals of US armed conflict, George Jr. and his gang is way-unique — they’re obvious war criminals. If their actions had taken place in another country, the whole bunch would have been hunted…
In the annals of US armed conflict, George Jr. and his gang is way-unique — they’re obvious war criminals. If their actions had taken place in another country, the whole bunch would have been hunted…
Yesterday — Friday — was World Humanitarian Day. I had no idea. Of course, I also had no idea last Tuesday was the 34th anniversary of Elvis’ death, until it was ludicrously brought to my…
Even as quick downloads of extreme weather have become the ‘new normal‘ in the US — baseball-size hail yesterday in Nebraska, and drought conditions have spread to 12 percent of the country — and even…
Even as big chunks of planet earth have undergone some extreme weather recently — right now there’s a climate-change-influenced furnace blistering the US heartland — some dumb-ass, and way-dangerous people have continued to deny the…
(Illustration found here). Yesterday, I put another $20 worth of gas in my Jeep, this time at $3.99 a gallon, which is a dime drop since the last time a couple of weeks ago. Oil…
Seemingly so long ago: Before the war with Iraq, Powell bluntly told Bush that if he sent U.S. troops there “you’re going to be owning this place.” Powell and his deputy and closest friend, Richard…
Left my post for just a week and imbecilic chaos ensues. As if in a fevered nightmare, the peoples of the world, and especially US peoples have taken complete leave of any known sense, and…
Home from the holiday — nearly a decade since I’d had one of those ‘paid vacations‘ and it was a most-awesome trip. Since not a real trusting sort, and with my Jeep Comanche currently being…
Today starts the first official vacation I’ve had in years — the last a near-decade ago while working for a newspaper — and the feeling is already weird. I’ll not be posting again until most-likely…
In a time so awash in dramatic events, especially the last couple of weeks and the debt ceiling/financial markets bombast — worse Wall Street week in three years, the US downgraded from AAA to AA+…