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View Article  Alito helped Stratesec
An emailer reminds me that Judge Alito has already done a judicial favor for the Bush family:

 

Back in the day, ...   more »

View Article  More on those Cool Hand Lukes in Yemen

We don't get to hear much about it in this country, but the AP provided more insight on that prison ...   more »

View Article  Why are they sending U.S. ships to Yemen again?

Earlier this month, 23 convicted members of al Qaeda escaped from the central intelligence prison in Sanaa, Yemen, ...   more »

View Article  Today's history lesson: bin Laden and the UAE royals

An emailer reminds me that bin Laden escaped a hit on one occasion because he had several members of the UAE ...   more »

View Article  Calling all lawyers -- to work for one-eighth the price

[Outsourcing is moving up the food chain. I received the following solicitation by email. For attorneys out there who have ...   more »

View Article  And still more from Iraq . . .

Also quoted in full, without editing/comment:

"On the subject of contractors and your tax dollars, I have a new acronym for ...   more »

View Article  More from Iraq, on Valentine's Day

 

A recent item on CBS Evening News noted briefly how much the Iraqis celebrate Valentine’s Day, which is quite ...   more »

View Article  Is Wall Street celebrating because of the riots?

Here is an excellent series of comments regarding those Danish cartoons:

http://phoenixwoman.blogspot.com/2006/02/more-on-saudis-and-cartoons.html

As the blogger comments, the intense reactions seem ...   more »

View Article  More about Cheney and hunting

An excellent series of blogs and excerpts on the Cheney hunting mishap is posted here:

http://firedoglake.blogspot.com/2006_02_12_firedoglake_archive.html#113985176383965724

Several very good points ...   more »

View Article  Now we know who is not running the country

 

A first in American history, so far as is known: the Vice President shoots another man, and the person ...   more »

View Article  The Democrats still trying to lose

The GOP and the corporate media relentlessly portray illegal wiretapping as a clash of categorical imperatives*. On one side, fundamental ...   more »

View Article  The USS Cole bombing was an October Surprise

Here is a short chronology on the bombing of the USS Cole:

 

October 12, 2000. Shortly before the ...   more »

View Article  Visuals at the SOTU

The most important points about the SOTU are what it said and did not say, but visual details are ...   more »

View Article  “We’ve entered a great ideological conflict . . .”

 

Last night, toward the end of his SOTU, George W. Bush expressed the grandiosity that has been his guiding ...   more »