“See? Now that’s what I’m talking about!” **** update: “Go ahead and Supersize mine, Mr Woo. Extra hot sauce, too.”

Yeah. Like we’re not supposed to know that the (pro-Bush faction of the) CIA orchestrated and staged this entire event. And please, let’s stop pretending those photos were taken in Iraq. I mean, look at the backdrops. Those are American flags! Besides, everyone knows that there isn’t a single Iraqi without a Tom Selleck mustache. Looks like our Ministry of Information fucked up another Op by hiring a few Portuguese

More “paranoia,” this time from Charles Krauthammer: the whole point of that story was to demonstrate how the war had turned an otherwise sensitive soul into a monster. Indeed, in the precious, highly self-conscious literary style of an aspiring writer trying out for a New Yorker gig, Beauchamp follows the terrible tale of his cruelty to the disfigured woman by asking, “Am I a monster?” And answering with satisfaction that

I’m late to this, but here’s Rick Moran’s coverage of Yearly Kos, sponsored by Pajamas Media. Guess they didn’t feel like putting aside money for my inevitable bail hearing. Besides, I don’t do “even-handed” quite so well.

In the course of defending his paper for the Democratic Leadership Council’s think tank, advocating engagement with the Muslim Brotherhood, Shadi Hamid drops this aside: The Muslim Brotherhood is not an ideal ally. They are far from liberal, something which I’ve noted in nearly every piece I’ve written on this topic. (It’s a different issue, but I don’t think the Republican party is liberal either, as they refuse to ban torture,

Sometimes you need to (retroactively) scramble a few eggs to make the perfect matriarchal omelet. **** related: When suprisingly apt metaphors attack!

Part of my duties as a CITIZEN JOURNALIST is to ask the kinds of questions that traditional journalists refuse to ask. Which is why, having learned of the University of Colorado’s hiring of a new “vice chancellor for diversity, equity and community engagement,” I hopped on my bike (which, in turns out, was unnecessary — seems Boulder still allows cars, and is, in fact, as larded up with them as

“Marine’s Charges Dropped in Iraq Deaths,” AP: A general dropped all charges Thursday against a Marine who had been accused of killing three Iraqi brothers in response to a roadside bomb attack in Haditha in 2005. “The evidence does not support a referral to a court-martial,” Lt. Gen. James Mattis wrote in his written decision. Lance Cpl. Justin L. Sharratt, 22, had been charged with the murder in the deaths

The “nutters,” they play unfairly. By, like, consulting experts on their own. And questioning the job done by TNR’s “fact checkers”. Which is not their job: BAE System’s Head of Communications over the division than manufactures the Bradley IFV was never specifically asked to comment on the claims made in “Shock Troops” by TNR’s legion of fact-checkers. When he saw the claims made in “Shock Troops,” he stated, by citing

Here’s how ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero characterizes the recent Congressional vote on the NSA “wireless surveillance” program: Democratic “leaders” have crossed the line and betrayed the will of the majority who put them in power in 2006. This week, a timid Congress caved in to President Bush and his demand for more out-of-control authority to spy on Americans. Caved. To Chimperor’s demand that he be allowed to act “out