Saudi Arabia? What Saudi Arabia?
Sunni extremists from Saudi Arabia make up half the foreign fighters in Iraq, many suicide bombers, a U.S. official says. Saudis reportedly funding Iraqi Sunni insurgents Saudi Citizens Funding Iraq Insurgents Adnan Fucking Khashoggi Osama bin Fucking Laden
Buttle
Gonzales received another report of an NSL-related violation a few weeks later. “A national security letter . . . contained an incorrect phone number” that resulted in agents collecting phone information that “belonged to a different U.S. person” than the…
Megiddo
Smoke billows 30,000 feet above Pioneertown, as fires burn towards the dead forests of the San Bernardino mountains. And World War III starts heating up. Could be a long summer.
Flat
I want to take note of happy clowns like Jonah Goldberg. “The earth is flat,” he hollers from around his rubber nose. “And even if it’s not, what about the profits? For God’s sake, won’t somebody think of the profits???”…
Viva Bush
Courtesy of Media Matters.: CNN anchor Jack Cafferty: The Mexican flag has become a source of irritation to a lot of Americans during the immigration debate that’s heating up in this country. Carried as a source of pride by demonstrators,…
Displacement
What’s the second cutest thing about bloodthirsty worshipers of the God-King of War? They think you’re crazy.
Author vs Narrator
Arnold Schwarzenegger held a conciliatory news conference (and his now disembodied ass) where he expressed regret for blowing at least $40 million in public money, hundreds of millions in private money, months of everyone’s time, all for a special election…
Episode V
“So you’re swordfighting Scooter Libby.” “What kinda swords?” “Epeé? No wait — sabre.” “Nuh-uh. Rapier.” “Fine. So you’re swordfighting Scooter. His bejeweled rapier has an evil oily sheen on the blade — one nick means slow death!” “That fucker.” “But…
Slow Fade
The case against Libby is strong. The trial will bring more focus on the Iraq lies. The investigation against Rove continues. Long forgotten details like the Niger forgery now get close attention. Conservative politics… criminalization… Once it spring leaks, it…
Complete Disaster
Yesterday, Josh Marshall regarding the proposed $260 billion aid package to the Gulf: This will be Iraq all over again, with the same fetid mix of graft, zeal and hubris. Cronyism like you wouldn’t believe. Money blown on ideological fantasies…
Ill Wind
Aside from spending the day worrying about New Orleans, August 29 was a pleasant day in Los Angeles. And yet something in the very air seemed wrong, an inexplicable soul-sucking malaise of negative energy… Well, looking at the TPM Katrina…
State of Emergency
The White House is finally springing in to action with a bold plan to deal with the unfolding disaster of their plunging poll numbers.
Hurricane exploitation – the quotes
Writing from the hurricane ravaged front-lines of Australia, a right-wing blogger digs up up some quotes which he offers as evidence of leftist hurricane exploitation. I know it’s “Hard Work” to search for quotes, and clearly the extremist right is…
Freak Show
You thought the “MSM” was too focused on the bloody realities of war? Not so fast! Gaze in wonder as Powerline’s hindrocket savors the magic of opposite day: almost every major newspaper in America is committed to the proposition that…
April Fools
Daniel Drenzer, April 11, 2003:: Given that the war will likely be completely over in 60 days (the upper limit of Nordhaus’ “best-case†scenario); the northern and southern oil fields were captured without significant damage [UPDATE: the last oil fire…
