Yearly Archives: 2007

Dick Cheney saying that “the Middle East is the key to preventing the world running out of oil” just shows how utterly fucking brainless he is. But who would expect him to read any source such as “The Party’s Over,” … Continue reading →

The bold below is what we mean by ‘almost right.’ Amerikan politics sucks. Contractors in war zones lose immunity: Bill provision allows military prosecutionsBy Farah Stockman, Globe Staff | January 7, 2007 WASHINGTON — An estimated 100,000 employees of US … Continue reading →

… which seems to be George Bush’s modus operandi. We believe this idiot surrounded himself with some of the most uneducated, illogical people in Amerika in order to explain the disaster that Iraq has become. Pinning hopes on jobs programs … Continue reading →

What is so utterly galling about this story is that the vast majourity of the Amerikan population finds nothing particularly shocking about it. Of course, in our view, that makes that ‘vast majourity’ guilty of war crimes under the terms … Continue reading →

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday threatened to cut off diplomatic relations with countries that criticized the execution of Saddam Hussein. He defended the decision to execute him on the Sunni feast of sacrifice, saying that Saddam had profaned religious … Continue reading →

From The Pensito Review Penny Award for the Most Worthless Piece of Paper in 2006: The Bill of RightsPosted by Buck | Jan. 6, 2007, 2:50 pm The Bush administration’s assault on personal liberties in 2006 rendered one of the … Continue reading →

They Killed My MUSLIM BROTHER in IRAQ Wake up, oh my Ummah!!! You have slept far too long… You have been dismissed and tamed… You have been chained up with the chain of ignorance… A great Ummah that reigned over … Continue reading →

From Wake Up From Your Slumber Ahmadinejad – LIVE from Tehran! This is the full speech of Iran’s president Ahmadinejad, at the Amir Kabir University in Tehran. It’s a must see. There was a lot of talk about this speech … Continue reading →

From Crushed by Inertia 200666 Happy New Year, everyone. You guys (and ladies) get a load of G.W.’s New Year’s Resolution? (h/t Firedoglake) My thoughts are with the troops as we head into 2007. People always ask me about a … Continue reading →

From Whatever It Is, I’m Against It The Haditha massacre: the norm The WaPo has gotten hold of the investigative report on the Haditha massacre (click on the label at the bottom of this post for my previous posts on … Continue reading →

Tomgram: Dreyfuss on Bush’s Wizard-of-Oz Iraq PlanBy Tom Engelhardt / Robert DreyfussJan 4, 2007, 11:29 Every now and then, you have to take a lesson or two from history. In the case of George Bush’s Iraq, here’s one: No matter … Continue reading →

Aka, the Democrats are dolts, too … Dems, We’re Citizens, Not ConsumersBy Robert ParryJan 6, 2007, 13:32 As the Democrats regain control of Congress for the first time in 12 years, the party leaders still don’t seem to understand the … Continue reading →