Author: BooMan

Open Thread

We’re linked by Air America Radio again. Do you listen to Air America? Take the poll.

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Fair & Balanced? Give Me a Friggin Break

Thanks to Lapin, for finding this gem. Place appropriate rejoinders below. Some examples: ‘Blame conservatives for African AIDS epidemic’ ‘Blame Republicans for violence against women’ ‘Blame the...

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Bordeaux in 1914

This is another dispatch from the book I am reading: Antwerp to Gallipoli – A Year of the War on Many Fronts–and Behind Them, by Arthur Ruhl. I think this guy was a blogger before his time.   Bordeaux, Monday....

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Blair Hit By New Leak

Below I have posted the super top secret leaked memo that is referenced in Londonbear’s excellent diary: The top secret minutes of a July 2002 meeting have been leaked and published by the Sunday Times. Present were Blair,...

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Terrorism in the Grip of Justice

Reporter, Peter Maass, has a very interesting article in today’s New York Times Magazine: In a country of tough guys, Adnan Thabit may be the toughest of all. He was both a general and a death-row prisoner under Saddam...

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