Well Now, Ain’t That Special

Via POGGE who got it from Orcinus, who found it in the Washington Post
A controversial civilian patrol group that has been monitoring the Mexican border for illegal immigrants is looking to expand its mission to the Canadian border, organizers said Tuesday.
Minuteman Project leaders said their volunteers this month alerted federal authorities to more than 330 [...]

Mass Grave in Iraq –

– contains up to 1,500 bodies
Investigators have uncovered a mass grave in southern Iraq containing as many as 1,500 bodies.
Forensic experts say most of those buried at the site near the town of Samawa, about 300 kilometers south of Baghdad, are believed to be Kurds.
I almost titled this one “When do you see pictures [...]

Really?

On a (Right)WingNut Neil Boortz (yeah, I know, he likes to call himself a Libertarian but he agrees with the (Right)WingNuts pretty darned often so I can class him as one if I want) rerun this afternoon I heard him muttering at great length about the leftist media skewing all sorts of different stories – [...]

Still Not Using The “T” Word

As ya know the basement bunker has been keeping track of the Bush administration/US Army torture and abuse scandal since pretty well day one – lo these many months later we see that the “leash lady” of Abu Graib has cut a deal and is pleading guilty to things like “conspiracy and of maltreating prisoners”… [...]

In The Face Of All Evidence –

– to the contrary (Right)WingNuts Sean Hannity and US General Tommy Franks are on the air this afternoon telling the world that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction… do you suppose that if I sent Hannity an email and telling him that his statements are calling the US intelligence community and the US Iraqi Survey [...]

Nope – not gonna help ya

Subtitled: Go away dammit, we told ya all you need to know

Less than satisfied with what they have been told by the Americans Italy has started its own investigation into the killing of Nicola Calipari by US soldiers in Iraq.
We are somewhat surprised that the US released the car that Giuliana Sgrena and Nicola [...]

Of Course It’s Not Censorship –

– perish the thought, it’s just banning books and plays that have characters, topics, or authors who they think lead unacceptable lifestyles.
It’s not real censorshiptm though…. that’s something the other guystm do – the good guystm do *whatever it is that looks just like censorship but really isn’t* to protect the hearts, minds, and souls, [...]

It’s Time To Play The Game

If you don’t recognise that phrase how about “The ace of spades, the ace of spades”…. or maybe “Killed by death”? Have I mentioned that I’m going to see MotorHead tomorrow night?
When I told my youngest son his first comment was “None of my friends listen to good music, can I come?” He did catch [...]

Walk Update

Charlotte called, they’re in Calgary and were having a much deserved day off. The girls were big on finally being able to take “a real shower” and do some laundry… everybody was big on being able to sleep in
Group spirits are high, they have done a lot of presentations and all were well [...]

In Case Anybody Still Thought It Was So

The CIA’s top weapons inspector in Iraq has ended his hunt for weapons of mass destruction….. he said Hussein had none.
For Tony Blair that’s gotta suk ’cause he’s going to the polls very shortly – then again (and most unfortunately I might add) Bush’s “we found them, we found the weapons of mass destruction” seemed [...]

Bombing Airlines, Assassination Attempts –

– none of it matters, as they say, “one man’s terrorist is another mans freedom fighter”….. in this case he’s Bush’s

Dissent Is A Perilous Thing These Days

Anybody going hummmmmm…. yet”?
The Inter-American Telecommunication Commission meets three times a year in various cities across the Americas to discuss such dry but important issues as telecommunications standards and spectrum regulations. But for this week’s meeting in Guatemala City, politics has barged onto the agenda. At least four of the two dozen or so U.S. [...]

Go Figure

Under U.S. pressure, the United Nations eliminated the job of its top investigator on human rights in Afghanistan last week after the official criticized violations by U.S. forces in the country.
U.S. diplomats at a meeting in Geneva of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights pressed the group to end the mandate of Cherif Bassiouni as [...]

Why Mrs. Balbulican Doesn’t Take Me Out Much

“Would you like a little fresh ground pepper with that, sir?”
My dear fellow.
I’m sure you’re a very good waiter. And I know that you have no other motivation than to ensure that my dining experience is as pleasant as possible.
But I really must draw your attention to the massive impropriety, the utter inappropriateness, of [...]

The Paranoia Continues

US may vet all who enter airspace
The Bush administration is considering forcing foreign airlines to check against government surveillance lists the names of all passengers on flights that go through United States airspace, officials revealed on Thursday night.
See our previous post on a potential solution to this particular paranoia driven policy. I am becoming quite [...]