< Our Afghan policy would be more honest if senators always sat in a circle. update: [[I used a truncated photo to fit into the blog space, and I think that may have blunted the point. Oh bother.]]
Author Archive | Jim
Obama Administration: Don’t Question Sincerity of Torturers
The Supreme Court disgraced itself on Monday by torpedoing the appeal of Maher Arar, the Canadian who was kidnapped at John F. Kennedy International Airport and sent by the U.S. government to Syria for torturing. The Canadian government has publicly apologized to Arar for providing false information to the U.S. government about Arar’s suspicious connections. […]
43rd Anniversary of Israeli Attack on USS Liberty… and the Coverup Continues
On June 8, 1967, Israeli forces knowingly attacked an American intelligence ship off the coast of Egypt. Thirty-four Americans were killed. Here is a new YouTube video that captures the spirit of the attack. The Johnson administration responded by rushing to coverup the facts. James Bamford, author of Body of Secrets, has unearthed massive evidence […]
My Greatest Culinary Fear
[from the New Yorker]
Obama’s Latest Assault on the Truth
From A Tiny Revolution: The feds have arrested Bradley Manning, 22, of Potomac, Maryland, for allegedly leaking the classified video footage of a US helicopter slaughtering Iraqi civilians in 2007. Manning allegedly leaked other information to WikiLeaks. This follows the indictment of a National Security Agency official who allegedly leaked information on Bush’s illegal wiretap […]
How Democracy Breeds Political Idioicy
from the March issue of the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Daily… The Folly of Blindly Trusting Government by James Bovard Democracy breeds gullibility. Lord Bryce observed in 1921, “State action became less distrusted the more the State itself was seen to be passing under popular control.” The rise of democracy made it much easier […]
Max Blumenthal’s Excellent Analysis of Israeli Attack on the Flotilla
Gee, I can’t understand why the Washington Post missed all the key details that Max Blumenthal rounded up from Israeli published sources (in Hebrew and English). The Flotilla Raid Was Not “Bungled.” The IDF Detailed Its Violent Strategy In Advance. The Israeli military broadcast its plan for violence, inciting the Israeli public and the soldiers […]
R R Schoettker
The utter impotent uselessness of the US congress
Texas Dan
If Waco didn't wake you up, nothing would/wil