Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

Spilling the end game before they can coat it in frankl luntz-approved dogwhistles.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

Bad people in a position to do bad things will do bad things because they are bad people. End of story.

When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

President Biden is doing good where he can, and getting it done.

… gradually, and then suddenly.

Second rate reporter says what?

Dear media: perhaps we ought to let Donald Trump speak for himself!

Battle won, war still ongoing.

There is one struggling party in US right now, and it’s not the Democrats.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.

Prediction: the gop will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

Come on, man.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

Putin dreamed of ending NATO, and now it’s Finnish-ed.

“woke” is the new caravan.

There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.

Thank You, Justice Department

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Thank goodness for the Justice Department.

Now we can send cancer patients to jail for smoking pot under Doctor’s orders.

Glad that threat has been cleared up.

And if anything you do anywhere can be covered under the auspices of interstate commerce, well- anything can be regulated. Wonder how all the ‘strict constructionist’ right-wingers are going to explain Scalia’s vote…

*** Update ***

For those of you who can’t figure out my snide remarks regarding Scalia, go here, here, here, oh, hell. Just go to the Agitator and read every post.

If you still don’t get it, read this:

Well, so much for states

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Air Force Academy

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More information continues to trickle out of the Air Force Academy (previous posts on this issue here, here, here, and here), and via Talk Left I see that the Superintendent of the Academy has dropped a bomb that should silence some of the apologists in my comments who claim there is no problem and that this is nothing more than an anti-Christian ‘crusade’:

The superintendent of the Air Force Academy acknowledged to leaders of a national Jewish group Friday that religious intolerance permeates the military school.

“As a commander, I know I have problems in my cadet wing,” Lt. Gen. John Rosa said at a meeting of the Anti-Defamation League’s executive committee. “I have issues in my staff, and I have issues in my faculty

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Taking A Break

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I am taking a break from blogging, and I will be back on Monday.

In the meantime, some links for you:

An excellent deconstruction of Amnesty International’s idiotic statement that Gitmo is a “Gulag.” More outrage here. Rendition continues to be American policy.

For sheer pleasure, you can go here to read the Dan Rather transcript from CNN’s Larry King last night, where he continued to insist the documents are not fakes.

Kevin Drum has concluded his 82 part piece on peak oil, which, considering oil is over $54 a barrel again, you should probably read it.

More photos are going to be released regarding Abu Ghraib.

An Iraq update from the NY Times and a report of 12,000 civilian dead in Iraq.

The Texas Legislature is done and education reform stalled, but Rick Perry will sign a bill banning gay marriage at a church scool. Education and progress, fundie style.

Ben Stein still hates Mark Felt.

Morons keep building mansions on top of unstable hills, which is a horrible idea but mnakes for good film at 11. We keep bailing out the mouthbreathers who repeatedly build in flood plains, so I imagine we will be on the hook for this, too.

The EU is in turmoil.

A former pop star and current pervert awaits earthly judgement.

The Persian gulf viewpoint- Flushing a Koran- Bad. Selling humans- not so bad.

See you all Monday.

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I Feel Safer

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Thank Goodness justice has been served, because I feel safer already:

With her once-jilted fiance at her side, runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks pleaded no contest Thursday to a felony charge and wept as she was sentenced to probation, community service and a fine.

“I’m truly sorry for my actions and I just want to thank Gwinnett County and the city of Duluth,” a crying Wilbanks told the judge as she pleaded no contest to making a false report.

She was sentenced to two years of probation and 120 hours of community service. The judge also ordered her to continue mental-health treatment and pay the sheriff’s office $2,550.

If she successfully completes her probation, the felony will be erased from her record, Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter said.

With this, people will recognize that the law is not something to be mocked. [/sarcasm]

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