Germans said WMD informant unreliable. Bush ignored them

This is a bombshell.  How U.S. fell under the spell of ‘Curveball’, front page LA Times exclusive The Iraqi informant’s German handlers say they had told U.S. officials that his information was ‘not proven,’ and were shocked when President Bush…

Greenland glaciers vanishing

Greenland’s glaciers have begun to race towards the ocean, leading scientists to predict that the vast island’s ice cap is approaching irreversible meltdown.

How insane is this?

British-trained police in Iraq ‘killed prisoners with drills’ British-trained police operating in Basra have tortured at least two civilians to death with electric drills, The Independent on Sunday can reveal. Here’s the jaw dropper. The victims were suspected of collaborating…

The Orange Line to the Red Line to Tosca

Sue and I took the new Orange Line busway to the Red Line subway to downtown L.A. to see the opera Tosca tonight. The Orange is an innovative transit idea, a bus-only line operating on an old train track. When…

Babylon burning. And they got no water.

The Bush neocon empire is collapsing. Most Americans now oppose the war. Most Americans think Dubya is a liar. The rot is probably terminal, the end probably near. Even his supposed allies want nothing to do with him.   In…

Phony theory, false conflict

Neocon apologist Charles Krauthammer skewers Intelligent Design in this Op-ed. Interesting. He sees no conflict between evolution and religion. Neither does the Catholic Church for that matter. Let’s be clear. Intelligent design may be interesting as theology, but as science…

Woodward joins a decadent dance

Woodward’s disclosure was motivated not by a sudden pang of conscience, as it turns out, but by the sudden necessity of testifying under oath before a federal grand jury. Along the way, he incidentally revealed not only that he had…