Month November 2006

Our psychic press

Lefti on the News wonders how mainstream media could possibly know the kidnappings at the Education Ministry in Baghdad were carried out by militia masquerading as police, given there is no proof of this. Since the kidnappers haven’t been captured,…

Blair says Iraq a “disaster”

But it’s not because of “some accident in planning,” goodness no, not that. It’s because those darned insurgents keep insisting on fighting back, says Tony The Befuddled in a stunning escape from reality and logic.

UCLA protest against tasering

LAist has photos and coverage of the UCLA protest. Photo by Henry David for LAist.com Some have asked, why didn’t students protest more against the tasering while it was happening. For those of you who who don’t live in Los…

Pelosi shoots self in foot

The liberal blogosphere has been almost delusional about Nancy Pelosi losing badly in her attempt to get Murtha as House majority chair, trying to paint it as some kind of moral victory. But it was quite the opposite of that.…

LAPD does blog searches too

Wood at The JohnHeronProject in Wales posted about the UCLA tasering, accidentally identifying the officers involved as LAPD not UCLA police. He then got email from someone at LAPD saying Hey it wasn’t us… Hmmm, I wonder, did LAPD use…