KO: A web site, sort of, live from Karachi, Pakistan.
It’s a wonder he didn’t think of this before. People have been wondering for a long time now when he was going to run out of freaks for his talk how. Well now he’s found an inexhaustible supply, and his work experience should really help him out. It’s going to be a bit tougher than … Read moreJerry Springer to file for U.S. Senate race in Ohio
Time Magazine is not exactly a bastion of liberalism, and even they are now saying that Libera is all about oil. Others are not so sure, “here”:http://www.balloon-juice.com/archives/002775.html and “here”:http://www.poorschmuck.net/archives/007454.html. Sooner or later, someone is going to write about the Bush administration shutting down Medicare and Social Security becasuse these institutions are known to provide “comfort … Read moreWhy Africa Has Become a Bush Priority
This is something which all third world countries desprately need. In Pakistan, if there was a dossier published on the doings of a large number of our top politicians and so-called leaders, the Hague would be sending out calls for their extradition for crimes against humanity and common sense. Others all over the world are … Read moreGovernment Information Awareness
Sounds just like hyenas closing in on a wounded animal. After all their mishaps, the Bush administration is finally smelling bad enough that the Democrats can see their constituents retching; so they’re now coming out into the light and openly criticizing the Repuplican government. Well, except for a few courageous exceptions, where the hell were … Read moreDemocrats step up criticism of Bush on Iraq
Here is a chance for the US government to actually practice what they preach. bq.. WASHINGTON – The International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal (ICJB) and survivors organizations have prompted the Indian government to serve a longstanding notice to the U.S. government to extradite former Union Carbide Chairman Warren Anderson. Anderson is wanted in the … Read moreIndia Asks U.S. To Extradite Former Union Carbide Chairman
…. Should horrific events take place, we can count on a predictable response: “Good, honest, innocent Americans died today because of evil al-Qaeda terrorists.” Yes, we will hear the President’s voice before he even utters such words. ….In the course, however, of all the quick events of the last few months, our military passed through … Read moreThe White Man Unburdened
The prediction was not hard to make. If Britain kept supporting the US government as it trampled the sovereignty of other nations, before long it would come to threaten our own. But few guessed that this would happen so soon. Long ago, Britain informally surrendered much of its determination of foreign policy to the United … Read moreGeorge Monbiot: Fake Patriots
A post about a post, which in turn is about another post that has many links to other posts and news. bq.. Maureen Farrell unlocks a veritable “arsenal”:http://www.buzzflash.com/farrell/03/07/01.html of smoking guns in a long piece bristling with excellent links at BuzzFlash.com: Intelligence President Bush ignored in the weeks and months before September 11; President Bush’s … Read moreHappy Indefensible Day
The US Army is getting demoralized while their family back home are “getting angry”:http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/04/national/04FAMI.html. US troops facing extended deployments amid the danger, heat, and uncertainty of an Iraq occupation are suffering from low morale that has in some cases hit “rock bottom.” …… In one Army unit, an officer described the mentality of troops. “They … Read moreTroop morale in Iraq hits rock bottom
“Freedom is Untidy”:http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/04/11/sprj.irq.pentagon/ was Donald Rumsfields take on the looting by the Iraqis. What about the looting being done by the US Army? It’s probably just them celebrating a “job well done”:http://www.thefragment.com/war/mayday.html. Much has been written about how Iraqis complicated the task of rebuilding their country by looting it after Saddam Hussein’s regime fell. In … Read moreTIME.com: Grounding Planes the Wrong Way