The Pentagon is Run by a Madman

Rumsfeld at the CFR: "Some humility is in order." Of course, all he means by that is that it's hard to Karen Hughes people into believing you're trying to help them while you're setting them on fire. Also: "I do not believe we have reached the end of history." Of...

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A “Civilized” Italian Minister

Italian Reforms Minister Roberto Calderoli, following statements by Iranian President Ahmadinejad last November saying Israel ‘should be wiped off the map’, said Rome should recall its ambassador from Tehran. "I believe one cannot have a civilized relationship with...

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You May Love Government…

But they consider you the enemy. U.S. concludes 'Cyber Storm' mock attacksBy TED BRIDIS ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER WASHINGTON -- The government concluded its "Cyber Storm" wargame Friday, its biggest-ever exercise to test how it would respond to devastating attacks over...

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Absolutely Horrible

Updated twice. Here is Antiwar.com's archive of the newly released Abu Ghraib photos, and this is the complete version of the video Australian SBS TV news program. The one BradBlog has cuts right to the chase. Salon.com has even more. Shame on you fools who think you...

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Update: Manufacturing Crisis and Leviathan

Hooray! An American newspaper has finally decided to cover the plan that Bush and friends had cooked up in early 2003 to make it look like Iraq had started the war by deliberately getting a U-2 spy-plane painted in UN colors shot down, as revealed in the book "Lawless...

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