Roger Ailes shows z-grade bullies worldwide how it is done. Really, boo fucking hoo. Pick on some 9/11 victim’s kid if you want an easy mark. Maybe Ailes got steamed because Clinton had a point. When was the last time that a FOX reporter put a Bush official on the spot for failing to catch …
Archives for September 2006
Lies And Deceit, the Republican Diet
Yesterday, in a post about Dean Esmay’s comments about me, a commenter wrote: Projection, John…. Whatever they accuse you of, they’re doing! After reading this latest comment by Sherard (who also comments here, usually to tell me I am drinking the liberal kool-aid), I think Mike is right: Politicians are sneaky, underhanded, shifty, scum. You …
George W. Bush, Will You Please Go Now
Live by the poll, die by the poll. Via Kevin Drum. In Baghdad, for example, nearly three-quarters of residents polled said they would feel safer if U.S. and other foreign forces left Iraq, with 65 percent of those asked favoring an immediate pullout, according to State Department polling results obtained by The Washington Post. ….Another …
A Shrill Is In The Air
Ah, Fall… I’m sorry, but there’s just no other title suitable for a post on the denial of the very real threat of climate change. Not when a story like this comes out: The Bush administration has blocked release of a report that suggests global warming is contributing to the frequency and strength of hurricanes, …
All Your Doughnuts Are Belong To Us
Big government everywhere: Three years after the city banned smoking in restaurants, health officials are talking about prohibiting something they say is almost as bad: artificial trans fatty acids. The city health department unveiled a proposal Tuesday that would bar cooks at any of the city’s 24,600 food service establishments from using ingredients that contain …
The Executive Summary
The executive summary for intelligence document #1, covering the global terror threat as a whole, is now online. The PDF that I found (via Aravosis) does not copy/paste very well, so from the love in my heart I have transcribed it into extended copy. For now I will just offer the document without comment. There …
Asking Questions
Bush, today, in his press conference, discusing the torture legislation: PRESIDENT BUSH: You know, look, Caren, I’ve watched all this finger-pointing and naming of names, and all that stuff. Our objective is to secure the country. And we’ve had investigations, we had the 9/11 Commission, we had the look back this, we’ve had the look …