These guys should read this guy. (Hat tip: Scott Horton)
“Freedom” in Ukraine
If we peel back the outer "democratic" skin of Ukraine's much-touted "Orange Revolution," we find the same old same old: the newly-installed regime of Viktor Yushchenko is pulling the license of independent television station NTN to expand beyond the Kiev area. NTN...
Israeli Spy Scandal: Bloggers in the Dock?
Here it's been close to a week since Israeli spy and former Pentagon analyst Larry Franklin was nabbed by the feds, and still not a peep out of the right-wing of the blogosphere. And these are the same people who want to set up their own news service? Well, I've got a...
Let the Purge Begin, Part II
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Abu Jaafar pulls out one of the dozens of files piled on his desk and leafs through evidence that a Finance Ministry employee once served in Saddam Hussein's notorious intelligence agency. Snapping the file shut, he pronounces his verdict: "This...
Thanks!
Thanks to James Wolcott, over at Vanity Fair, for the plug about our fundraiser -- I have a taste for the kind of acerbic wit on display at his blog and I check it out daily. Also, thanks to Wally Conger over at Out of Step (a great name, btw): I didn't know we had...
Look Who’s Talking!
President Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia on the Yalta agreement, as recently repudiated by George W. Bush: "Keeping small nations enslaved because of the deals between the great nations or because of any pragmatic considerations that might have been there are totally...
How to Spot a Militarist
He sneers at peaceful free enterprise (or the study thereof) while bellowing about the glories of the state – especially those segments of it most prone to snapping bones and spilling blood.
Earth to Arianna: Back to the Drawing Board, Dah-link!
The much-touted breathlessly-anticipated Huffington Post -- a blog-site edited by Arianna Huffington, neo-con socialite-turned-socialist, where the Hollywood glittterati blog speak to the Huddled Masses -- debuts this morning, and all I can say it ..... Yawn! Here's...
“Intelligence” leads Marines into a trap?
This report of a botched raid is so bizarre that I had to read it repeatedly while trying to piece together the information it contains. So, let's see. We read that, operating on the theory that "foreign fighters" are "flowing into...
Winning the War on Terror!
Al Qaeda Kingpin Captured! Iraq Parliament Approves Cabinet, Government Formed! There must be something. Wait!!


