The al-Jazeera leak trial

From ringverse at Blair Watch in comments here, on the Official Secrets Act and trial of the two charged with leaking the al-Jazeera memo. I thought this important enough to make into a full post. A friend of mine has…

The two memos – a beginners guide

Also from ringverse, posted on Blair Watch This explains in chronological order what happened, what the two memos are, how the cover-up happened, concluding with why it’s important Why Does it Matter? Because if the governmet took advantage of the…

Well, lookee here

It seems that while professional fundie flogger Ralph (Reed) was sucking in $4.2 million in lobbyist fees from Jack Abramoff to whip the gun-rack-and-Gaither-set into a full-on anti-gambling lather that gave John Cornyn cover as Texas AG to shut down…

Blowhards

The White House expressed concern on Thursday about secret military payments to get Iraqi newspapers to print pro-American articles, but the military said it was important to spread the truth while insurgents were "lying to the Iraqi people." Goodness yes,…

The real Lynyrd Skynyrd

Rock and Rap newsletter on Lynyrd Skynyrd’s nomination to the R&R Hall of Fame. From the introduction to Lynyrd Skynyrd: An Oral History, written by their associate editor Lee Ballinger. Lynyrd Skynyrd toured with a Confederate flag backdrop, yet wrote…

Spread the meme!

Cheney ‘may be guilty of war crime’ Vice-president Dick Cheney’s burden on the Bush administration grew heavier yesterday after a former senior US state department official (Larry Wilkerson) said he could be guilty of a war crime over the abuse…