L.A. Times: “Israeli raid strains cease-fire”
“Strains”? A more accurate word is “violates.” P.S. Google News currently has this story second-ranked with 872 related links while JonBenet is first-ranked with 4,977 links. Sigh.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Day August 19, 2006
Anti-Castro disclosures could help `Cuban Five’
The L.A. Times today has a quite favorable article on the Cuban Five, who have been unjustly imprisoned here for spying on the US even though there was no proof they did so. Recent disclosures have shown there were, and…
US and Israel. Doing a heckuva job
Conservative Bill Lind details Why the IDF Lost in Lebanon. An internal Lebanese army statement tells its troops to support Hezbollah. Israeli soldiers tell of a military invasion so bungled with supplies being so low they had to drink water…
Crapgate
British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott was recently quoted as saying Bush’s Middle East policy was “crap.” He quickly denied saying it however now many members of his own party are supporting and applauding what he said, so one assumes…
Military resister Ricky Clousing
Sgt. Ricky Clousing, an Iraq war combat vet and U.S. Army interrogator, turned himself in to U.S. military custody on Aug. 11 at Ft. Lewis, Wash., after being absent from his unit for one year. Flanked by his family, fellow…