January, 2007
I’m disappointed in the British media
I usually count on the British papers to provide more accurate news coverage than you can get from the U.S. media, most of which is dictated by GOP scriptwriters. But this time they’ve let me down. Today the Times reported: The suggestion that Condoleezza Rice is incapable of understanding the anguish caused by American losses [...]
Bush Declares War on United States
Leon Panetta says that “no president can conduct a war without the support of the American people and without the support of the Congress. That’s the lesson of history.” Bush says, “Watch me”: Bush struck a defiant note in an interview to be televised tomorrow by CBS on 60 Minutes. Asked if he believes he [...]
Iran, Iraq, and other handbasket destinations
Like apparently everyone else in the blogosphere, I spent yesterday musing over this business with Iran. If you’re just getting up to speed, I recommend Bush invaded Iran last night at Americablog and The President’s intentions towards Iran need much more attention from Glenn Greenwald. Increasingly the world media is reporting this as a back-door [...]
Boo!
I’ve just been reminded by the once brilliant but now sadly delusional Chris Clarke that it’s Delurking Week. You know how to delurk, don’t you? You just put your lips together and type a comment! I am deeply grateful for the many regular commenters whose presence already enriches this blog immensely, but my demands are [...]
Is it just me or is Bush a deranged out-of-control mass murderer?
“I’m George Bush, and the fact that I’m making this speech from the White House Library means that everything will be different now in Iraq. But I’m still a homicidal maniac.” Most bizarre moment in the speech: “To step back now would force a collapse of the Iraqi government, tear that country apart and result [...]
It’s not a surge
Here’s your drinking game for the evening: count how many times Torture President and the bobble-head pundits use the word “surge” to describe the escalation of the war in Iraq. It’s not a surge. It’s an escalation. From Eric Alterman at the Center for American Progress: As Vali Nasr wrote late last month at TPMCafe—making [...]
Take a quick moment to sign this petition
Don’t just throw things at your television set. Sign this petition to block the escalation of the war in Iraq. MoveOn has already collected 160,000 signatures and is delivering comments to Congress every few hours.
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Friends, Romans, Comrades, I’m working on a couple of posts on our favorite topics, ballet dancers and anthropology godbags and feminism (just kidding, Richard!), but in the meantime I want to share with you a heart-stoppingly beautiful photo: Isn’t it gorgeous? I came across this picture and was absolutely captivated. I want to be there. [...]
Weirdest Nancy Pelosi headline yet
Dig it: Big Tommy’s little girl now a feared grandmother gunning for Dubya Aside from the mesmerizing infelicity of “feared grandmother,” what’s got my attention is the question of whether this is a case of unconscious sexism or a deliberately crafted insult. It’s so egregious that I wouldn’t be surprised at the latter. After all, [...]
Twelve Drummers Drumming
A nearly 350-year old Twelfth Cake, believed to be the same one offered to Samuel Pepys at Sir William Penn’s house. It’s Three Kings Day, the Feast of the Epiphany, the Twelfth Day of Christmas (unless in your tradition the Twelfth Day was yesterday, which is another story). Time to get down those evergreens so [...]
