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Posted by Michael Hamilton, Wednesday, April 18, 2012THE BEATLES & DRUGS PART II
Posted by Michael Hamilton, Wednesday, April 18, 2012THE BEATLES & DRUGS PART I
Posted by Michael Hamilton, Wednesday, April 18, 2012On this day in Beatles history
Posted by Michael Hamilton, Tuesday, April 17, 2012Atrios: THE ONE TRUE WANKER OF THE DECADE – Tom Friedman
as expected, Atrios ..[Friedman on Charlie Rose] - "I think it [the invasion of Iraq] was unquestionably worth doing, Charlie ... We needed to go over there, basically, um, and um, uh, take out a very big state right in the heart of that world and burst that bubble, and there was only one way to do it ... What they needed to see was American boys and girls going house to house, from Basra to Baghdad, um and basically saying, "Which part of this sentence don't you understand?" You don't think, you know, we care about our open society, you think this bubble fantasy, we're just gonna to let it grow?.. read more
Well Suck. On. This.
Okay. That, Charlie, was what this war was about. We could've hit Saudi Arabia, it was part of that bubble. We coulda hit Pakistan. We hit Iraq because we could."
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For years Friedman spent dithering about the war. Oh gee it wasn't going well, but the light at the end of the tunnel might be around the corner in another critical 6 months, leading me to coin the term Friedman Unit, or the F.U. It wasn't just Friedman of course. Basically every pro-stay in Iraq person would utter some version of "the next six months is critical" on a regular basis. For years I put these statements in my calendar, and six months later would remind the world that nothing had changed and we are still in Iraq and the stupid fucking fuckstick is still writing in your newspaper or on the teevee blathering about the next crucial six months. The state of the world is what it is in large part because people in positions of great power think this absurd buffoon of man is a Very Serious Person
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The Man Who Found the Titanic: A Tale of a Secret Expedition – Print View – The Daily Beast
Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, April 16, 2012Atrios: WANKER OF THE DECADE – 1st Runner Up, Fred Hiatt
Atrios ..Some years back I had a wee epiphany when I realized that, for the most part, we aren't supposed to to read the WaPo editorial page. It isn't actually for us. It's a means for certain elites to send messages to each other, a way for the "Gang Of 500" to take their battles public, to signal their interests and priorities. There are some exceptions to this, some columnists who write for readers, but for the most part it's simply a conversation by and for elites. If you're good enough, smart enough, and, doggone it, Fred Hiatt thinks you're important, there's no limit to the amount of bullshit you can have blessed by him. On his page is where the Washington Consensus is defended daily, truth be damned. Krauthammer. Broder. Hoagland. Kristol. Novak. Cohen. Lane. Cupp. Thiessen. Kurtz. Samuelson. Diehl. Kelly. Noonan. Will. Ignatius. Parker. Marcus. Milbank. Gerson. Some of these people are no longer with us, and I have no idea which ones Hiatt is really responsible for, but I'm a lazy blogger so I'll just throw them all in his column. Imagine assembling this collection of horrors, and being proud of itpretty sure Tommy Friedman will win this contest .. Atrios coined the term "Friedman units," i.e. (from Wikipedia): "One Friedman Unit is equal to six months, specifically the "next six months", a period repeatedly declared by New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman to be the most critical of the then-ongoing Iraq War even though such pronouncements extended back over two and a half years" - mab .. read more
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Monday, April 16, 2012
Atrios: WANKER OF THE DECADE – 2nd Runner Up, Andrew Sullivan
Atrios/Eschaton ..While the horrible events of 9/11 predated, somewhat, THE ESCHATON DECADE, among the numerous consequences was the rise of the warbloggers. Sullivan had a longish media career, but was also one of the early bloggers. And after 9/11, General Sullivan enlisted in the Fighting 101st Keyboard Kommandos, otherwise known as the "warbloggers," whose primary mission was to fight America's most important enemy, the enemy at home known as "Americans." In the Sunday Times of London on September 16, 2001 (!!), Andrew had these lines: "The middle part of the country - the great red zone that voted for Bush - is clearly ready for war. The decadent left in its enclaves on the coasts is not dead -and may well mount a fifth column." This was 5 days after 9/11 (presumably written a couple of days before) .. As we get higher and higher on this list, I get more tired even as the wanking of the wankers becomes greater and greater.. read more
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Monday, April 16, 2012
Democracy Now: SDS Founder, Veteran Activist Tom Hayden on Participatory Democracy from Port Huron to Occupy Wall Street
.. read transcript
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Sunday, April 15, 2012
Twenty-Six Major Corporations Paid No Corporate Income Tax for the Last Four Years, Despite Making Billions in Profits
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, April 12, 2012TomDispatch: The Afghan Syndrome
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Thursday, April 12, 2012Top 10 clues to the real King Arthur
Posted by Michael Hamilton, Tuesday, April 10, 2012King Arthur was Real?
Posted by Michael Hamilton, Tuesday, April 10, 2012NENNIUS
Posted by Michael Hamilton, Tuesday, April 10, 2012St. Gildas
Posted by Michael Hamilton, Tuesday, April 10, 2012THE “SPECTER” OF AL QAEDA IN AFRICA: A Cover for Western Reconquest of the Continent
Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, April 9, 2012Washington Post – E. J. Dionne: Obama levels straight shots at Supreme Court and Ryan budget
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Monday, April 9, 2012The New Yorker – Unsinkable: Why we can’t let go of the Titanic
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Monday, April 9, 2012A Dakota Way of Life
Posted by Michael Butler, Sunday, April 8, 2012Vatican, Israel Spar Over Disputed Last Supper Site-More Lunacy
Posted by Michael Hamilton, Thursday, April 5, 2012AFGHANISTAN: A Tale of “Three Tragedies”
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, April 5, 2012The Age of Obama: What Went Wrong (and How to Fix It) | Common Dreams
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, April 3, 2012From Bosnia to Syria: Is History Repeating Itself?
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, April 3, 2012One Nation, Not Under God
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, March 31, 2012The world needs public trial of political leaders for war crimes and genocide – Health Supreme
How the world is starting to see us, due to certain choices our leaders have made, and are continuing to make. I had heard of our guys sitting on radioactive DU 50 caliber rounds for mounted machine guns, coming back with prostate cancer. Heck, we have tanks made out of the stuff we have guy's sitting in them all day! How is it our leaders are allowed to put our guy's in their own invisible 'harm's way'? This info is related to the nuclear scientist/activist Chris Busby's film he was trying to get out last week. The site kept being taken down with in hours by some force. It was about the havoc depleted uranium rounds are wreaking all around the world. Global radiation counts have increased since the US and NATO began using them in the middle east. Areas will be contaminated pretty much for the rest of everyone's lives. How can our leaders decide to do this to our planet and people......bill altmillerPosted by Michael Butler, Friday, March 30, 2012
