Day August 22, 2006

Our 14-year-old president

[Bush] can’t get enough of fart jokes. He’s also known to cut a few for laughs, especially when greeting new young aides. Dubya is becoming a national embarrassment. That such stories are now being leaked is further proof of his…

Israeli stoners against Hizbullah

These would be getting-high stoners, not throwing-rocks stoners. Some Israeli hashish smokers are now boycotting hash from Lebanon in the belief that doing so will hurt Hizbullah funding. So they’ll now be insisting their hash comes from Iran, Syria, or…

Protest Lite

Kerry just called Lieberman the new Cheney. Tough words, I suppose, and Republicans certainly have wasted no time cozying up to Holy Joe. All this is because of the supposed “anti-war” candidate, Ned Lamont, who is so ferociously anti-war that…

Uprising in Oaxaca

Mexico teachers grab Oaxaca radio stations, shot at State resorts to dirty war tactics in Oaxaca, struggle intensifies At the center of the struggle is the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO), a coalition of trade unionists, revolutionary…

Sri Lanka civil war returns

US authorities just arrested 8 for conspiring to buy surface-to-air missiles and assault rifles for the Tamil Tigers as well as trying to bribe US officials to get the Tigers removed from the list of terrorist organizations. The ceasefire in…