Day June 20, 2006

Complete lunacy

U.S. weighs shootdown of N. Korea missile North Korea might launch a missile that many South Korea newspapers say might well be a satellite yet the US responds hysterically by saying they might shoot it down. Can North Korea save…

The Left and the Blathersphere

Alexander Cockburn weighs in on recent “progressive” Democratic conferences and their blog counterparts who did an admirable job of ignoring the war as well as any even vaguely hot button issues. In political terms the blogosphere is like white noise,…

The neocons don’t want peace

Officials in US President George W. Bush’s administration turned down a 2003 Iranian offer to begin talks with the US, recognize Israel, and end support of Palestinian terror organizations, The Washington Post reported on Sunday. The proposal, which arrived via…

Save Lewis The Cat!

Lewis is the name of a cat from Fairfield, Connecticut who garnered mass media attention for being placed under house arrest in March 2006. I am not making this up… Neighbors say they have been terrorized by Lewis, claiming the…