It’s Funny Because It’s True, Right?

I’m not sure I’ve ever heard a more appropriate allegory of the Israel lobby’s tactics than this. Thank you, Jonah.

All in a Day’s Work

When our public servants aren’t slaughtering Iraqi civilians, they’re telling Gitmo detainees not to trust their Jewish lawyers. (Note how in the first link, a retired general says public reaction to the Haditha investigations “will be worse than Abu Ghraib – nobody was killed at Abu Ghraib.” This guy was obviously just taking a nap.) 

“Anything They Want To Know”

Brian Ross at ABC News says that guilty-pleaders Rep. “Duke” Cunningham and Jack Abramoff have been singing like Lemmy about the corruption of other Republican friends of theirs – including the number one recipient of Abramoff money, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dennis Hastert. “Whether they like it or not, members of Congress, [...]

Cleansed; Cleaned Out

From Amman, Jordan, Iraqis hope their stories of dispossession will reach “honest American people” while in North Freedom, Wisconsin, a father wonders if there are any.

It’s About Time Someone Did

Jonathan Schwarz takes on the whiny college professors and snobby Hollywood elitists and gay-married Saddam-lovers who accuse our president of lying about wiretaps.

A Warbot Lets the Truth Slip

Also commenting on the Iranian missile test is The Strata-Sphere (cute, huh?): I seriously doubt Iran is so crazy they would launch missiles at US or Israeli targets (though I would not bet $1 on that premise), but the missiles do represent a very tough defense against military action by the West, whether it is [...]