Don’t Forget…

by matt

…to check out Blogenlust’s Guide To Wingnut Logic.

What’s This? Accountability?

by matt

Only four years have passed:
A long-awaited CIA inspector-general’s report on the agency’s performance before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks includes detailed criticism of more than a dozen former and current agency officials, aiming its sharpest language at George Tenet, the former director of central intelligence…
Tenet is censured for failing to develop and carry out a […]

Wes Clark: Before It’s Too Late in Iraq

by matt

Resolve isn’t enough:
The growing chorus of voices demanding a pullout should seriously alarm the Bush administration, because President Bush and his team are repeating the failure of Vietnam: failing to craft a realistic and effective policy and instead simply demanding that the American people show resolve. Resolve isn’t enough to mend a flawed approach — […]

Closed Ears, Closed Minds

by matt

No doubt by now you’ve see the above image of Bill Moyer, a 73-year-old Army veteran, from the President’s speech to the VFW in Donnelly, Idaho on Tuesday. Longtime reader Forager came through with a link where you can print your very own high-tech version of Moyer’s aural prophylactic.
After weathering an above-average share […]

This Is Your Media On Drugs

by matt

Reuters and USA Today show that reality is in the eye of the beholder.
Previously: The Neverending Black Hole and Selective Multiplication

This Sh*t Is Bananas…B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

by matt

That better not be recorded music you’re listening to.
At first, when President Saparmurat Niyazov of Turkmenistan banned lip synching, it seemed like a good idea. Anything that hampers that thing Ashlee Simpson calls a career should be strongly encouraged.
Niyazov has ordered a ban on lip synching performances across the tightly controlled Central Asian nation, […]

An Outsider No More

by Jason

Back when California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger began his drive to push through a special election, he did it quite literally by putting a big sign on the front of his Hummer that read “Reform 1″ in gigantic letters. It was a good photo-op, and a continuation of the reform theme he beat like a drum […]

Feinstein on Roberts

by matt

The summer break has cooled the temperature a bit on the John Roberts nomination, a temporary respite to be sure. It’s hard to say where the chips are going to fall, but as Senators spend time in their home states, hints are filtering out:
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., indicated in a speech to two lawyers’ […]

Blogenlust’s Guide To Wingnut Logic

by matt

John at Blogenlust came up with a law explaining how any conversation among Republicans will eventually get around to blaming Bill Clinton for something, proven here. Well, we liked that idea so much that we teamed up with John to produce Blogenlust’s Guide To Wingnut Logic. Truth.

Disconnected

by matt

Keeping the Wall Street Journal honest would entail more work than I’m willing to do for free, but sometimes their transgressions transcend the normal shilling and rise to a level that just can’t be ignored. This abortion of a column is a perfect example of “who you gonna believe, me or your lyin’ eyes.”
The […]