Miserable Donut’s Major John, posting in the comments here, is bothered that some people are using today’s attack on Bagram Air Force Base (which may or may not have been an attempt on the life of VP Cheney) as “proof” that our efforts in Afghanistan have been ineffectual—which, let’s face it, was always going to be the next move by the anti-war, anti-Bush contingent after the Iraq campaign was thoroughly

The mind, it boggles: There is a reason why those who seek to demonstrate the alleged extremism and hate-mongering in the anti-Bush blogosphere need to go digging for anonymous commenters. And the converse is also true: those who document the extremism and sociopathic mentality in the right-wing blogosphere do so by citing the twisted writings of leading right-wing pundits, not randomly chosen commenters with no connection to the content or

“Not that we’re advocating violence, mind you, but let’s face it:  Cheney once got liquored up and shot a ‘friend’ in the face just for making fun of his hunting vest.” “Pragmatically speaking, killing off Cheney would certainly lower his carbon footprint.  So if we place this in the context of the ‘greater good,’ I think a case can be made that, from a purely empirical standpoint, had Cheney been

Note: I had this up briefly yesterday, then pulled it down for more serious fare.  In the interim, that Allah guy at Hot Air posted on it.  My apologies to commenters for the phantom post. The Prince of Wales told a nutritionist in Abu Dhabi Tuesday that the “key” to people eating healthily was to ban McDonald’s fast food restaurants. Prince Charles was attending the launch of a public health

Here are some of the comments from the sick fucks at Puffington about the assassination attempt on Cheney: Better luck next time! By: TDB on February 27, 2007 at 08:18am Dr Evil escapes again…damn. By: truthtopower01 on February 27, 2007 at 08:18am So Cheney is personally responsible for the deaths of 14 innocent people…and then he waddles off to lunch!! What a piece of shit! By: fantanfanny on February 27,

Because everyone knows it’s O’Reichlly who’s like Hitler! And you must never contact me again! Hillary’s Failure to Report “Charitable” Transactions Bipartisan: “The details of the Clintons’ charitable family foundation and Senator Clinton’s role in it have always been publicly available, but, in an oversight that leaders of both parties have made, it was inadvertently omitted from her Senate filing, which has been corrected,” Hillary Clinton’s press secretary, Philippe Reines,

Turns out that all of the Little Feat shows in Jamaica last month that I wrote about here were recorded, and they’re now in my hot little hands.  So if you’d like a taste of what that was like, just picture a big stage, with a resort on the left and the white sands of Negril on the right.  I’m the guy in the “Phil Lesh and Friends” t-shirt. Enjoy.

The power of the press!  Maggie Katzen points me to this post at Soldiers’ Angels Germany, pointing out that Dana Priest’s articles about conditions at Walter Reed began publication one week before the results of this nine-month internal investigation of conditions was released. Meanwhile, the Senate springs into action, flush with its newly minted oversight powers. Silly Space-Time Continuum!  You have no power over the Press!  Any mad versions of

Please see Ken’s comments here. Money quote: “I do not say the VA system is perfect but it is certainly being run better on a $39B budget than the Pentagon is running on $494B.” If you’re interested in the real inside view of issues affecting the military, his blog is a good resource.  There’s a link there to his SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives) website as well.