Larry Flynt may yet make Republicans regret the can of worms they opened by going apeshit about Clinton’s sex life.
Even more than they did when infidelity allegations brought down Newt while Clinton left office a popular president, I mean.
by Tim F| 23 Comments
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Larry Flynt may yet make Republicans regret the can of worms they opened by going apeshit about Clinton’s sex life.
Even more than they did when infidelity allegations brought down Newt while Clinton left office a popular president, I mean.
by John Cole| 25 Comments
This post is in: General Stupidity
I am very concerned about the mental well-being of Dean Barnett and Michelle Malkin. Sooner or later it is going to occur to them that commie traitor vichy French AMERIKKA hating liar Scott Beauchamp is also a member of the 9/11 generation.
That is gonna suck when that sinks in.
by John Cole| 16 Comments
This post is in: Media, General Stupidity
Glenn Greenwald has two long posts up about serious pundits (Joe Klein in particular) that I have condensed for you, my special readers.
“Sometimes I just make shit up on the spot. Holding me at my word when I do that is not fair.”
Don’t forget to hit the tip jar for these valuable services I provide.
by John Cole| 22 Comments
This post is in: Previous Site Maintenance
Our links are a disaster.
Please use this thread to report dead ones.
/lazy
by John Cole| 28 Comments
This post is in: War on Terror aka GSAVE®
Brought to you by the military:
Accelerating the public relations battle over terrorism suspects held at Guantánamo Bay, a new study of detainees in 2004 and 2005 requested by the Pentagon argues that many were a proven threat to United States forces. They included fighters of Al Qaeda, veterans of terrorism training camps and men who had experience with explosives, sniper rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, it said.
The report, by a terrorism study center at West Point, is essentially a rebuttal by the military of growing assertions by advocates for detainees that the American naval station at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, is filled with hapless innocents and low-level cooks and other support personnel who pose no real threat.
It paints a chilling portrait of the detainees, asserting that publicly available information indicates that 73 percent of them were a “demonstrated threat” to American or coalition forces. In all, it says, 95 percent were at the least a “potential threat,” including detainees who had played a supporting role in terrorist groups or had expressed a commitment to pursuing violent jihadist goals. The study is based on information from detainees’ hearings in 2004 and 2005.
The authors made clear that one of their goals was to affect public attitudes. They said the report should “enhance our collective understanding of the threats facing the United States, its allies and its interests and how we respond to them.”
Discuss.
This post is in: Previous Site Maintenance, Assholes, General Stupidity
Let’s discuss Scott Beauchamp, who was widely regarded as not existing, but who now exists- much to the chagrin of the lunatic fringe of the right wing blogosphere.
I guess we know why he didn’t put his real name on it- it is FRENCH sounding! Of course he wants us to lose! The VICHY have infilitrated the ARMY!
The real question- is Scott Beauchamp actually Jamil Hussein?
*** Update ***
Once again, as I’ve said all along, you can’t “support the troops” while publishing agitprop that suggests the troops are a bunch of sociopaths. The Nation went after the troops a couple of weeks ago; the “Thomas Diarists” were The New Republic’s tepid entry into the field. As regards the accuracy of Beauchamp’s charges, I’m sure we’ll be hearing from his superiors before the sun sets in Iraq. Not everyone runs an investigation at the same leisurely pace as Franklin Foer.
TNR has found this war’s John Kerry wannabe. Time will tell whether his motives are as pure and his accuracy as reliable as his illustrious predecessor.
Dean Barnett, supporting the troops. Still no word (that I am aware of- I can’t read them ALL the time- no one should be forced to) from Dean and Hugh why a 3.5% increase in salary for the troops is outrageous.
*** Update #2 ***
First they claimed Beauchamp’s unit never discovered a mass grave. They were wrong.
Then they claimed he was not really soldier. They were wrong.
Now we are arguing whether or not a Bradley can run over a dog. Any guesses as to how this is going to turn out?
They really should listen to Yglesias’s advice:
That’s just crazy. All these people need to stop. They need to take a deep breath. They need to apologize to the people at TNR who’ve wasted huge amounts of time dealing with their nonsense. And they need to think a bit about the epistemic situation they’re creating where information about Iraq that they don’t want to hear — even when published in a pro-war publication — can just be immediately dismissed as fraudulent even though the misconduct it described was far, far less severe than all sorts of other well-document misconduct in Iraq.
What is great is that we both know they won’t- instead, they will attempt to ruin this soldier’s life. Hell, I expect the calls for a court martial to begin soon.
*** Update #3***
From the comments, proof you can not run over a dog with a Bradley:
Case closed. Beauchamp is a liar.
*** Update #4 ***
Scale models used to disprove Beauchamp. Hilarity ensues.
by Tim F| 63 Comments
This post is in: Republican Crime Syndicate - aka the Bush Admin.