In the annals of warfare there’s most-likely not been a most-obvious display of immoral lying than the case of George Jr.’s adventure into Iraq. Not only 4,436 US military people have been killed, nearly 33,000…
One giant, DUH! From Media Matters: Asked what most viewers and observers of Fox News would be surprised to learn about the controversial cable channel, a former insider from the world of Rupert Murdoch was…
As the GOP pulls his head out of the ass of dumb, they seem ready to crush that horror of President Obama’s health care reform — as Republicans dub it, “Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care…
In the wake of Saturday’s Tucson shooting, it’s hard to find any kind of humor in the horror that’s been coming from the right side of the political aisle the last couple of years —…
Well, here it is — the last day of 2010, a year for the books, as they say. After an event-marked 12 months, this happy new year’s screed seems a bit optimistic as the entire…
UPDATE BELOW Orwellian coin: Winston sank his arms to his sides and slowly refilled his lungs with air. His mind slid away into the labyrinthine world of doublethink. To know and not to know, to…
One of the things I’ve always wondered about is how do people who’ve done obvious shitty stuff in public handle themselves? How do they view themselves in a mirror, how do they sleep at night…
In the release by WikiLeaks of its batch of Iraq war logs Friday, and a quick, rapid look-see, the biggest sense is of frustration, and a tightening of the conscience, in the horror and misery…
Politics does make strange bedfellows, as the saying goes, but in the US for this election cycle, it’s complete bat-shit-crazy — one wonders if there’s a certain element here that’s been created by some demented…
“Always find your target true And we will always pay for you To turn a terrorist’s skin a paler hue.” — To A Drone: A Poem (Illustration found here). The so-called drone war in the…