The feds have become super vigilant in tapping our phone calls, tracing our movements, and intruding into our lives over the last 5 years. Wouldn’t it be great to have hidden microphones around the White House this morning to hear what was said by dignitaries, congressmen, and other sociopaths invited for the signing ceremony of […]
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Cartoon Freedom Fighters
Politics & Prose Bookstore in DC had a book event tonight for Attitude 3 – a collection of the work of “the New Subversive Online Cartoonists.” The book, edited with questions and commentary throughout by Ted Rall, features the work of people more than happy to expose the lies and crimes of the Bush regime. Many […]
Yesterday’s KAOS Radio Interview Now Online as an MP3
Scott Horton has converted our interview from yesterday into an MP3 which can be easily downloaded here.
LIVE ONLINE – Tuesday (10/3) 6 pm Eastern- Scott Horton KAOS radio show
Scott Horton will be having me on his show on KAOS radio tomorrow (Tuesday, 10/03) evening at 6 pm Eastern. You can listen online live here. Or tune up in the Austin, Texas area at 92.7 FM. We will be bantering on torture, dictatorship, Attention Deficit Democracy, and, if I’m lucky, beer. Scott is a […]
Happy Dictatorship Day
The prize for the headline of the year goes to today’s Washington Post for the following gem: “Many Rights in U.S. Legal System Absent in New Bill” The Post article on the military tribunal bill the Senates passed yesterday details some of the legal and procedural rights that people seized as “enemy combatants” will not […]
Republican Honor Roll on the Torture-Tribunals Bill
The following Republican members of the House of Representatives voted against the Torture-“Terrorist” Tribunal bill (HR 6166) today. Ron Paul, Roscoe Bartlett, Wayne Gilchrest, Walter Jones, Steven LaTourette, James Leach, Jerry Moran. These folks deserve hearty applause for their courage in rebuffing the surge of authoritarian sentiments now sweeping the Grand Old Party. The final […]
A Divine Torture Cartoon
The Washington Post’s Tom Toles has a cartoon on Congress and torture that is worth its weight in thumbscrews. The cartoon perfectly captures how Congress is partnering with the Bush administration in sanctioning U.S. barbarity. The cartoon is here – at least for today (9/26). Yet, as long as congressmen blindfold themselves to any and all atrocities committed […]
Jim
Sorry to hear that the Grim Reaper has hit so hard
Tom Blanton
I've been thinking that politicians debating
John Walker
A great tribute to a life lived well and to a kins