Month May 2006

US spells out plan to bomb Iran

The main plan calls for a rolling, five-day bombing campaign against 400 key targets in Iran, including 24 nuclear-related sites, 14 military airfields and radar installations, and Revolutionary Guard headquarters. The alternative to an all-out campaign is a demonstration strike…

Rabbits

Our friends DJ and Sueellen escaped from Los Angeles a few years back and now happily live in rural Utah on 20 acres. However when they planted anything, it was immediately and totally munched by rabbits. After trying multiple other…

Sri Lanka ‘must probe’ killings

Amnesty International has urged the Sri Lankan government to investigate fully a spate of killings of civilians. The human rights group noted “a disturbing pattern of incomplete or ineffective investigations by the government” into such violence. The appeal came after…

Mad Politicians’ Disease

Marc Cooper details how the Democratic candidates for California governor are so lame and so indistinguishable they’re arguing between themselves about cows, yes cows, rather than about anything substantive. That kind of bare knuckles, lets-engage-the-public campaigning will be sure to…