Day January 19, 2005

A DC judge yesterday in DC ruled that ANSWER protestors can not use sign holders because they might contain razor blades and thus could be a Horrible Hideous Menace. Republicans of course will be allowed to carry umbrellas. Further, the…

US military admits they’ve lost in Iraq U.S. military commanders increasingly believe that American troops will never entirely defeat Iraqi insurgents and now plan to reduce offensive operations and focus on training Iraqi security forces. In other words, they’ve lost…

From Slugger O’Toole comes this “short ‘blog compendium’ of the latest crisis in Northern Ireland”, concerning allegations the IRA just pulled off a 22 million pound (40 million US) bank robbery, the biggest ever in the U.K. Northern Bank raid…

US ‘should not rule out torture’ The outgoing head of the US Department of Homeland Security has said torture may be used in certain cases in order to prevent a major loss of life. Speaking to the BBC, Tom Ridge…

Forwarded by a friend who lived in Indonesia for fifteen years. You all know how much the people of Aceh have suffered from the  earthquake and tsunami of 26 December 2004. As of 30 December 2004, the  death toll in Aceh…