Yet another death
Steve Bell in the Guardian
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Hunger strikers pledge to die in Guantánamo
More than 200 detainees in Guantánamo Bay are in their fifth week of a hunger strike, the Guardian has been told. Statements from prisoners in the camp which were declassified by the US government on Wednesday reveal that the men…
Powell Says U.N. Speech a ‘Blot’ on Record
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday his prewar speech to the United Nations accusing Iraq of harboring weapons of mass destruction was a “blot” on his record. This is a classic non-apology apology. He blames bad intelligence from…
Podcast: The Legendary K.O.: George Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People remix
Five days in this motherfucking attic I can’t use the cellphone I keep getting static Dying ’cause they lying instead of telling us the truth (…) Screwed ’cause they say they’re coming back for us, too but that was three…
There’s nothing accidental about the current developments on the ground.
The orders are clear: “Empty the city, Cut off communications between the citizenry, and Protect private property.” The result is a massive ethnic cleansing operation that will displace tens of thousands of poor, black residents and pave the way for…
Incompetence or by design?
Things are so messed up in NOLA that blaming it all on bad management is a stretch, as it appears way more purposeful than that. Far from deferring to state or local officials, FEMA asserted its authority and only made things worse,…
Support the people of New Orleans!
At the Westwood Federal Building in L.A. yesterday. That’s me between the signs.