Month: August 2006

Qana: Déjà Vu All Over Again

(Note: this article has sparked a heck of a discussion over at Kos.  You may want to mosey over there and peruse it.) The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. —...

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Cafe Closed ~ Happy Hour Open

Froggy Bottom It’s Damn Hot Cafe. Got your sunscreen?Don’t forget your nose. Newcomers and lurkers get in out of the heat. Big cold drinks and A/C for everyone. Ice baths provided upon request. Please recommend (and...

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Wars Within Wars

Promoted by Steven D. The Iraq war is becoming as long and agonizing as Vietnam–one poll says it is even more politically divisive.  Chuck Hegel said last week that the situation on the ground in Iraq is an...

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Thursday News Bucket

“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” Thomas Jefferson

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Qana Death Toll Lowered to 28 with 13 Missing – HRW

. Human Rights Watch puts Qana death toll at 28 The US-based rights watchdog Human Rights Watch has put the death toll from an Israeli air strike at the Lebanese village of Qana at 28 and 13 missing, below the official Lebanese...

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