Archive for September 14th, 2006


UN attacks US nuclear report on Iran

Outrageous and dishonest” is what they called the US Congress report on Iran

Those neocons, when they can’t twist the facts enough, they just make shit up, don’t they?

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Republicans split on torture

The chameleon, Colin Powell, is now opposing the Grand Inquisitor plans of Bush to allow more torture and have those doing it be exempt from prosecution. While it’s always nice to see serious schisms emerge among Republicans, Powell has always reminded me of the Dylan lyric “You just want to be on the side that’s winning.”

This is the same Colin Powell who covered up the My Lai atrocities and torture during the Vietnam War, and who indeed, always manages to emerge from the shadows to back whatever faction seems ascendant at the moment. That he is opposing torture is of course good. That Congress is actually debating whether to allow more of it simply demonstrates the degeneracy and moral emptiness of those involved.

Besides, Powell isn’t opposed to torture per se. As the article explains, he just thinks it makes the US look bad.

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Bloodlust from Israel

Olmert on the Lebanon invasion. “The claim that we lost is unfounded. Half of Lebanon is destroyed; is that a loss?”

HT: Lenin’s Tomb

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Foreign tourists staying out of US

Undue security restrictions and hostility towards the US role in Iraq are keeping foreign visitors away from the US, and that’s hurting tourism in the US big time, says Disney, in a view echoed by others.

You’re doing a heckuva job, Dubya.

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“Shocking affront to the principles of democracy”

That’s Lord Falconer, the highest ranking British legal official, on the Guantamano prison camp.

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BMW to offer hydrogen-powered cars

Prototypes will be released soon, with real production in a couple of years. They will be hybrids, with gas and hydrogen powered engines.

This is a huge step forward for alt energy. The cars be be able to run on hydrogen and emit only water vapor. Prices will be the same as a current top end BMW.

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NATO refuseniks

Many NATO countries are now refusing to send more troops to Afghanistan, even if the poodle is yelping about it.

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