Author: BooMan

Wanker of the Day: Tom Friedman

One of the most transparent and persistent lies of the Iraq War is that Egyptian Islamic Jihad leader Ayman al-Zawahiri sent a letter to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in June 2005, telling Zarqawi to chill out with the sectarian warfare...

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Another Republican Bites the Dust

You probably don’t know who Rep. Chris Cannon is, but he is a Republican that has represented America’s most conservative congressional district since 1997. Tonight he lost his primary in an unpredicted blowout to a...

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Why FISA Bothers Me

It’s hard to explain exactly why the FISA bill upsets me so much. But I’ll give it a try. I can break it down into two broad categories. The first is damage. There are different kinds of damage. Running up enormous...

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Observation

I watched a little cable news today. I also noticed that the polls continue to move the Democrats’ way. What did I learn? If you openly pine for a terrorist attack on our country, you are engaging in straight talk. I...

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Open Thread

Dave Weigel explores to devolution of Larry Johnson. Larry’s defiant, as always. He should be ashamed.

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