Month: February 2007

Thoughts on Iraq

I just got done watching Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell and others testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee. There is no transcript available yet. McConnell is a lot more candid than most of the Bush...

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More Fuzzy Evidence On Iran

Also at DKos. The military is trying to recover from the embarrassment of the secret briefing two weeks ago in which unnamed senior military officials in Baghdad tried to “prove” Iran was providing weapons to...

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Crazy Pills: Ruminations on Sy Hersh

Will the Chicken-Hawk-in-Chief never tire of hiding behind our troops? Follow the pretzel logic if you will. We must attack Iran in order to “protect our troops.” At Rice’s Senate appearance in January,...

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California funders revealed

Today’s LA Times’ article by Dan Morain has stats on individual and corporate donors to political campaigns and candidates nationwide. Very interesting cameos of how some of the families made their fortunes, and to...

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What the Hell is This Crap?

Excuse me, but file this one under “are you fucking kidding me?” Is Iran targeting New York City for terrorist attacks? Is that the crap that we are now going to be subjected to? Forget the fact that al Qaeda – the goddamn group...

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