Katrina 2 Years Later

Its been 2 years since Katrina hit New Orleans. We are still paying the cost of compassionate conservatism. (Image from Suspect Device via Blue Gal)

Where Are We Getting The Troops?

Sydney Morning Herald: THE US President, George Bush, has given his strongest indication yet that he intends to continue with plans to increase troop numbers in Iraq after the September 15 report to Congress, when he delivered an upbeat assessment of military progress and a more positive view of the political outlook. Where are we [...]

Bush’s Vendetta

“I want our fellow citizens to consider what would happen if these forces of radicalism and extremism are allowed to drive us out of the Middle East,” Bush told the veterans in Nevada. (OpEdNews) He continued: “I want this country to realize that we stand on the edge of oblivion. I want everyone to remember [...]

Beijing to Surfers: BOOOO!

Beijing is planning on using animations to scare web users into compliance with Communist party rules (Yahoo via Slashdot): The animated police appeared designed to startle Web surfers and remind them that authorities closely monitor Web activity. However, the statement did not say whether there were plans to boost monitoring further. Big Brother is watching. [...]

Larry Craig Isn’t Gay!

Well he isn’t.  He’s Bi-Curious.  Get it right people.  There’s no problem here (Mike by way of Pam): “Senator Craig’s situation is exacerbated by the fact that he has a voting record that is counter to the interest of lesbian and gay Americans. All too often, closeted men like Senator Craig use their voting record [...]

Hillary Scores a Hit on Gonzales Resignation

In an otherwise bothersome post (how is singing the same song on Gonzales bad?  So you don’t like it when Dems provide a united front?), Don Frederick (LA Times) has a really nice catch: It said: “The second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is one more reminder that the president must appoint someone to lead the [...]

Goodbye Gonzales (See You In Court)

Alberto Gonzales has resigned.  While I’m happy to see him leave, the next guy isn’t likely to be Johnny Justice: For starters, W. will try to put one person forward, the dems will nix them, and W. will appoint in the middle of the next vacation of congress. This person will simply replace gonzales and [...]

Comcast’s False Advertising

There’s some discussion about the fairness of Comcast’s invisible bandwidth limits. There’s two problems with this. One is the difficulty of complying with an unknown or unmeetable requirement: This is where the secrecy creates problems, really. Sure, maybe an invisible something or another is better than a low explicit one, but you can’t defend yourself [...]

Scent of a Saint

This is silly and awesome and awful all at once, in your face! Wolfrum at Shakespeare’s old haunt has the low down on holy perfume: “Practically all religions and Spiritual practices, persons of high Spiritual attainment are known to give off a fragrance, attributed to their Virtue. Christ, many of the Saints, and numerous others [...]

The Media, Opus, Islam, and Censorship

Some media outlets have censored comics from Berkeley Breathed, and the right wing pajamo-sphere has the typical overreaction: Update (Bryan): In the story of the two spiked Opus comic strips, we see the creep of dhimmitude over the US media. Yeah, that probably sounded overly dramatic. Sorry, this stuff makes me a little gloomy — [...]

Adnan Oktar & Turkey vs WordPress Update!

First of all, there is a petition over at MidEastYouth to sign. Also?  Adnar Oktar responds to teh bloggers (RickB, Ten Percent, emphasis is mine)! The block is the result of a litigious prick called Adnan Oktar who runs a wonky cult that believes in creationism among its moronic credos. That he has managed to [...]

Ron Paul’s Religious Bullshit on DADT

Or why Ron Paul won’t take a solid position.  A while back, I observed that Ron’s evolving position on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell seemed promising (and of course his supporters were quick to hail, slow to critique).  I wondered: If he would simply change the scope, then Ron Paul has only taken an illusory step [...]

Upward Mobility: Mixed Signals From Society

It suddenly hit me. Why everyone is so obsessed with Britney Spears and Kevin Federline. Its because they have zero class! This is highly problematic however. You see, we have this myth of upward mobility that keeps everyone who isn’t rich laboring under the assumption that they too, can transcend their caste. Aside from naked [...]

Kanye West Had it Wrong About Bush

Rather, he had it wrong about Bush’s brain.  Digby wrote this, and you really must read it all: That picture of Bush looking down on the city from on high in his favorite little air force one costume was a terrible image. But there can be no doubt that what Rove was thinking about in [...]

Of Christians, Matyrs, and Proof

There is a thought provoking post up over at Johnathan Groover’s place. I ran into it via Finding Truth. A comment over there immediately piqued my interest (emphasis mine): yep, i think this is one that most skeptics cant really answer. there are many things that people die for. there are people who will even [...]