It was bad enough when Richard Falk was appointed to be the UN (Unitey Nations) Human Rights Commission’s “special reporter on the Palestinian Territories,” given that he’s accused Israel of pursuing genocide there.  Now it turns out that he’s a Twoofer: A new U.N. Human Rights Council official assigned to monitor Israel is calling for an official commission to study the role neoconservatives may have played in the September 11,

Crushed Testicle Thread. (a Serr8d joint)

Stat.  And make them typical! UPDATE: Sounds like a job for Grassroots Campaigns! UPDATE x2: No Pie Left for You

Kangaroo court.  What? Snow kangaroos. ******* Robert Stacy McCain is honored and grateful once again to have avoided being awarded a Pulitzer, extending his remarkable streak to 22 years.  Congratulations! ******* Time to make meditation an Olympic sport. ******* Dickhead already in their arsenal.  (see comments)

Unfortunately, those years were before Barack Obama hit puberty.  Larry Rohter reports for the New York Times: To counter opponents’ accusations that he lacks experience in foreign policy, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois often cites his ties to relatives in poor villages in Kenya and the years he spent growing up in Indonesia. Now he has added a new personal detail to that résumé: a trip to Pakistan while a college

ABC News’ Sunlen Miller reports that Barack Obama doesn’t seem to want to talk about the Olympics or Hillary Clinton’s call for a boycott of the opening ceremonies on August 8, 2008.  On Monday, Obama said there “should be consequences” if the Chinese government does not take immediate steps to respect the human rights of the Tibetan people.  But on Wednesday, when asked about US policy regarding China’s human rights abuses in Tibet and