Month: November 2005

BooMan Called OPEN THREAD

BooMan is stuck in Milwaukee for four hours until his flight home to Philadelphia. He’s got four big SSSS’s on his ticket. He’s a high security risk, and gets tested for everything, even bomb-making residue on...

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The Self-Neutered & Spayed American Press

Anyone up for a rousing version of “Kumbaya” with President George Bush? Or you find that you just cannot stop chuckling over President Bush’s antics about trying to find WMDs somewhere in his desk at the 2004...

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Stop Torture as Official US Policy

I am a member of an action alliance called the People’s Email Network.  They create email forms so that you can just fill in your name and send a protest letter off to the government.  Join us – it’s...

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Just In: Dems Mull Select Committee

“Exclusive: Senate Democrats consider pressing for appointment of special select committee to investigate administration’s pre-war intelligence claim,” by Murray Waas via Memeorandum The Senate Democratic...

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On This Day

On this day, the day of civil rights pioneer Rosa Park’s funeral, we are informed by Dana Priest, writing in the Washington Post, of secret CIA prisons around the world that are beyond the reach of human rights organizations...

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