Not again...

Powell shared unverified Iran material, officials say: "Powell shared information with reporters Wednesday about Iran's nuclear program that was classified and based on an unvetted, single source"

(Via Boston Globe -- World News.)

Back to Iraq 3.0: Welcome to Baghdad, Collaborators!: "Pre-election, Americans were deemed to be helpless bystanders of a government who has taken them hostage with its own agenda. Now they are seen as collaborators with it"

Politics News Article | Reuters.com: "When people make decisions about whether and how much to work, save, or invest because of the tax system rather than economic fundamentals, resources are allocated inefficiently"

US Troops Investigated || kuro5hin.org: "  In a re-run of a media escapade from the Vietnam War, a US soldier was caught on film shooting an injured, unarmed prisoner."

The BBC is reporting that the soldier has been relieved of duty and is under investigation, but there is now a cloud of suspicion that this was not an isolated incident - merely an isolated incident of it being filmed."

Politics News Article | Reuters.com: "a measure to increase the debt limit to a new $8.184 trillion ceiling"

Media Repression in 'Liberated' Land by Dahr Jamail: "The media commission sent out an order recently asking news organizations to "stick to the government line on the U.S.-led offensive in Fallujah or face legal action." "

The California Revolution Begins by Russ Stein: "I'm not letting Bush keep California. It's too good for him"

The New York Times > Arts > Frank Rich: On 'Moral Values,' It's Blue in a Landslide: "The blue ascendancy is nearly as strong among Republicans as it is among Democrats"

So the moral values is a lame duck, what about simple sanity in America?

(Via NYT.)

Transcript: Former President Clinton Speaks at Library Dedication (washingtonpost.com): "CLINTON: And while we have to fight our enemies, we can't possibly kill, jail or occupy all of them"

(Via The Washington Post.)

Politics News Article | Reuters.com: " A group of people who in any rational culture should be looking for other jobs are being promoted"

(Via Reuters.)

We’re Brainwashed (Yup, Democrats, Too) by Emily Katz: "Think about it. How often do you meet somebody who holds an opposing viewpoint but is nonetheless genuinely open to engaging the ideas and considering what you have to say? How often do you meet somebody who changes his mind when faced with sound arguments that refute his beliefs?"

(Via LewRockwell.com.)

BECOMING WHAT WE HATE: "In fact, hating Christians is virtually the central tenet of Islam"

(Via Hard Right!.)

The Daily Outrage: "There is a new forbidden word at AARP: Social Security privatization"

(Via The Nation.)

AlterNet: Election 2004: Frame Wars: "They believe that increasingly political forces will clash less over reality than over how it's shaped"

(Via AlterNet.)

We would never support those who support terror...

US rewards Pak with $1.2-bn arms deal- The Times of India: "Pentagon has proposed a $1.2 billion arms package to Pakistan - seen here as a reward to Islamabad for its cooperation with the US in its global war"

"eight P-3C Orion surveillance aircraft, six Phalanx rapid fire guns for the Pakistan navy and more than 2,000 TOW 2 missiles for the army, according to Pentagon sources" — What could these be for?

(Via Times of India.)

Rove is effective:

GOP DEFEATS DEMS, CONSERVATIVES: "baby-killers, illegal immigrants, welfare dependents, and ghouls who want to become immortal by consuming dead babies"

(Via Hard Right!.)

Republicans Change Rule to Shield DeLay if Indicted: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Republicans voted on Wednesday to change their own rules to allow Tom DeLay keep his position as majority leader even if he is indicted in Texas, where a number of his associates have already been charged in connection with illegal fund-raising activities."

(Via Reuters: Politics.)

The New York Times > Washington > Campaign 2004 > G.O.P. Adviser Says Bush's Evangelical Strategy Split Country: "Bush's strategy secures the power of the American Christian right not only for this term," Mr. Finkelstein said in the interview. "In fact, it secures its ability to choose the next Republican president."

Why Is the Third World Poor: Clearly it's your own fault.

I've heard a rule: never trust a man named Gill, I guess this is good proof.

AlterNet: Election 2004: The Soul Of An Elephant: "Can Republican moderates find the nerve to fight back against the neocons who have hijacked their party?"

Editor's Cut: "You need to run for office--not just in Illinois and Ohio and South Carolina! You need to run for office in Mississippi, and Alabama, and Idaho and Texas and..."

The world has gone insane...

Politics News Article | Reuters.com: "Karl Rove in Running for Time's Person of the Year"

Forbes.com: Update 4: Markets Push Dollar to New Low Against Euro: "The euro likely will reach $1.35 next year and $1.40 in 2006 on a "loss of confidence in the United States" fueled by the view that the country's large deficits are "unsustainable," he said."

Quoting from the same article: "The euro, launched in 1999, is now 58 percent above its all-time low of 82 U.S. cents from October 2000." — What's changed since 2000 and now?

Simple Analysis by Charley Reese: "It is useful to knock down some of the canards that always arise in the post-election bull sessions. One is that the "Christian Right," whatever that is, elected Bush. Nonsense. Christians and non-Christians voted for both men. This nation is not divided into Republican Christians and Democratic pagans."

Of course there's no correlation between religious zealotry and voting tendences. After all, you only need one counterexample to prove the idea wrong, right?

We're clearly not getting the message out

Finally, our boys get a little respect:

Inquiry backs Gulf War syndrome: "Gulf War syndrome probably does exist and veterans should receive compensation, an independent inquiry says."

(Via BBC News.)

I love reading this stuff. Justifying the war on terror's expanse to Iraq with little more than "these guys weren't averse to talking to each other". That the war is a success because it proves the strength of the U.S. Military. That Saddam must be bad, because Clinton said so — Glad to see that that's the best they've got. Sometimes I wondered "maybe they're right, maybe I'm just in a little hole and the right's really got the nail on the head." If this meaningless garbage is all they've got, I feel a little better sleeping at night...

ActNow!: "A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles. It is true that in the meantime we are suffering deeply in spirit, and incurring the horrors of a war and long oppressions of enormous public debt. But If the game runs sometimes against us at home we must have patience till luck turns, and then we shall have an opportunity of winning back the principles we have lost, for this is a game where principles are at stake." --Thomas Jefferson, June 4, 1798, in a letter to John Taylor after passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts."