Al-Qaeda Operative Killed in Afghanistan

Al-Qaeda operative Abu Laith al-Libi has been killed in the fighting in Afghanistan. Abu Laith al-Libi is a libyan who joined the mujahidin fighters in the 1980s to fight against the soviets. He was known to have been good with bomb making and guerrilla warfare. Abu Laith al-Libi was believed to [...]

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Muskasey- Just Another Bushie

We’ve been watching Mukasey for a while, we were on the fence with his appointment: was he just another republican hack or was he the real thing as some have claimed? It seems like the jury is in, and Mukasey is just more of the same old thing. First he can’t decide [...]

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See? I Told You. Feminism Is Dead.

In what can only be understood as the height of knee-jerk causeless whining the National Organization of Women New York chapter has decided that the Kennedy endorsement of Obama is a blow to all women everywhere. Apparently there is no choice left, it’s just vote Hillary or die. Regardless of how sexist, [...]

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Electronic Ink: A New Generation of Print Culture

Congratulations, the fact that you are reading this blog belies your complicity in the digital revolution that many still are reluctant to accept.  Two articles that caught my attention this week point to the ever-increasing interest that digital print culture arouses.  The NYT has finally recognized the importance of Amazon’s Kindle, a noteworthy step toward [...]

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Theater Of The Absurd: Jerry Springer The Opera Comes to New York

It seems that Jerry Springer maybe more of an indicator of popular culture and perhaps human nature than we actually thought. While we’ve noticed some parallel between the on going presidential campaign and some aspects of the Jerry Springer show we were delighted to find this review in the New York Times.

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Israeli War Report Shows What We Already Knew: Failure

In a report commissioned by the Israeli government on the Second Lebanon War, the findings show serious failures of decision making at the highest levels of the military and government regimes. The report outlines what any observer already knew, the war was a failure that cost the lives of innocent civilians and soldiers without [...]

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Breaking: John Edwards Drops Out

The AP is reporting that John Edwards is expected to drop out today at 1p EST in New Orleans where he began his campaign. His delegates and support are expected to go to Obama.
Update: The Washington Post is saying a source close to Edwards was the leak. He does have dozens of [...]

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How many stolen elections do we have sit through?

The longer I watch the Florida Primary unfold, the more pissed off I get. How many more stolen elections do we have to sit through? Camp Billary just had a conference call allegedly explaining her sudden cry to have the delegates seated. According to Billary, it’s entirely a coincidence she’s having this whim [...]

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Florida (Yes We Can!)

I just want to point out, that at the convention, whoever the democratic nominee is they can seat the delegates. Which means if you are a democrat, you can vote for whoever you want in Florida and it WILL count! Don’t believe the hype. If you don’t want Billary to swoop in and [...]

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FDA In Need of Immediate Attention

The Food and Drug Administration is so understaffed that, at its current pace, the agency would need at least 27 years to inspect every foreign medical device plant that exports to the United States, 13 years to check every foreign drug plant and 1,900 years to examine every foreign food plant, according to government investigators.
This [...]

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Nunn-McCurdy, ’nuff Said

After perusing some of my favorite Military rags the other day, I came across a lesser known, but gem of a magazine called National Defense. It was time for the February edition. This publication is well read at the Pentagon and no doubt by those contractors who work with the DoD. It [...]

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Political Roundup: Endorsements, Jabs, & Speeches

Well it’s been one hell of a Monday, and it will only get better. Tonight, as you know is the State of the Union, which will be the closing act in a day of political theater, perhaps yet unmatched in this campaign season and indeed this year. We’re going to run down all [...]

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La Migra has a new weapon – ICEPIC

Last week the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) announced plans to create a new database to consolidate several smaller ones that would allow them identify possible terrorists or suspected criminals seeking access into the country. Information-sharing is en vogue. This story comes on the heels of a bevy of recent stories about [...]

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Why Don’t Americans Do This?

In China, middle class people, businessmen, office managers, have been organizing sudden, short mass protests via euphemisms in conversation and text messages, circumventing the Chinese police state to make their voices heard on issues. These people understand Chinese law, their own rights, and have a firm grasp on what is taking place in their [...]

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Lawlessness is the NeoCon Way

Apparently, not only is the executive branch so powerful and so omniscient it doesn’t exist, those who used to be known as the members of it – President Bush and Dick Cheney have decided that laws are for other people. Two deals the administration is working on would effectively protect corporate America from [...]

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