William Anderson’s heroines

I don’t get it. William Anderson, posting on the Lew Rockwell.com blog, seems to have decided that it’s necessary to state that “While I agree with Cindy Sheehan's antiwar stance, I also say that she does not speak for me.” Doesn’t speak for you about what, Bill?...

de Menezes murder: Police Lies Unravelling….

The Observer | Focus | Death in Stockwell: the unanswered questionsWhy is there no CCTV footage? Cameras at Stockwell tube should have provided footage of the ticket halls, the escalators and the platforms. Most modern tube carriages also have cameras inside. Yet...

Iraqi constitution delay illegal under TAL

News services are currently reporting:BREAKING NEWSMSNBC News Services Updated: 3:39 p.m. ET Aug. 15, 2005BAGHDAD, Iraq - Several members of the committee drafting Iraq's constitution said Monday they had agreed to seek a 10-day extension to the Aug. 15 deadline to...

Gaza evacuation: It’s hard work!

via WIIIAI, an Israeli commander tells the Times: “Normally we would storm a house killing everyone inside, whereas here we have to storm the house and keep everyone alive,” said one commander. “It’s not an easy job.”

Cindy Sheehan and the threat of peace

The debate continues to rage in the blogs over the number one Technorati search topic, Cindy Sheehan. Fortunately one of my favorite bloggers, Michael Dietz of Reading A1, sorts through the most interesting of the clashes, that of John Cole of Balloon Juice vs. Andrew...

Green Day’s Anti-Recruitment Video

The Rude PunditSimple. A bit sappy. And as effective as a mallet to the head. Or that bleeding heart grenade on the cover of the album itself.We have entered the hottest part of the summer. Between this, a song on the Rolling Stones' new album, and Cindy Sheehan's...

Who is at Crawford, TX with Cindy Sheehan?

 From  Military Families Speak Out Celeste, Dante and Raphael Zappala of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Celeste and her son Dante arrived in Crawford on Tuesday August 9; son Raphael will arrive Friday night August 12. Celeste's son Sgt. Sherwood Baker...

How do you like your “democracy” now?

Drink-soaked former Trotskyist popinjay Christopher Hitchens, in yet another of the near formulaic "clap louder"articles churned out by warbots desperately looking for someone, anyone to blame for the violent quagmire they instigated in Iraq, pens this whiny,...

Cindy Sheehan to Be Arrested

According to a poster on Daily Kos, Cindy Sheehan, a mother whose son was killed in Iraq, has been informed that she and her group will be arrested Thursday as a "threat to national security" for protesting the war on a road near Bush's "ranch" in...

Secular Iraqis: Sold out again

There's a significant amount of dishonesty going on today in the warblogs' coverage of the death of Steven Vincent.  Alot of this has to do with the reluctance of warbloggers to confront the reality of what is happening to the Iraqi south since its rule shifted...