It’s pretty screwed up that we don’t have good medical records for either of the presidential candidates. Especially since one of them is ancient and has repeated bouts with cancer. Even worse, neither VP candidate has released any medical records at all? What are Biden and Palin hiding? And Palin, where is your press conference?
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The latest fake ass outrage from the McCain camp coupled with a new deeply dishonest ad has set off a firestorm in the blogosphere (I still hate that word).
It is no longer disputable that McCain is running a dishonorable campaign based principally on outright lies and character assassination. Pretty much the same tactics that Bush [...]
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Update
The Supreme Court decides 5 to 4 that the Bush Administration can’t imprison and execute people without first proving their guilt. Justice Scalia practically pissed his pants in his dissenting opinion. “It will almost certainly cause more Americans to be killed,” Scalia said. “The [...]
Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan:
If anything, the national press corps was probably too deferential to the White House and to the administration in regard to the most important decision facing the nation during my years in Washington, the choice over whether to go to war in Iraq.
The collapse of the administration’s rationales for [...]
The inspiration for this post came from my friend Cameron who happened to tell me that this site was too negative and it was depressing him. The name may be Why We Worry, but we all need mental health breaks from the problems of the world. Just to be clear, I know I’m stealing this [...]
“Some will call this a backward-looking distraction, but only by fully understanding what Mr. Bush has done over eight years to distort the rule of law and violate civil liberties and human rights can Americans ever hope to repair the damage and ensure it does not happen again.”
The New York Times finally bothered to discuss [...]
Art In Reality
“Official”
“Unofficial”
I’m sure the truth is somewhere in between (but leaning more towards the “unofficial” side of things given that the Chinese typically show nice big banners of hanged criminals in their train stations - not really squeamish about a good shooting, them)
Expect these throughout the torch relay run — this will probably be [...]
Georgian region Abkhazia appeals for recognition of independence, citing Kovoso
Here we go. Expect S. Ossetia to follow suit. Expect a bit more warfare in the Caucasus this summer.
A Fall From White Knight to Client 9
Another disgraced moral crusader. Is it wrong to take such joy in hypocrites? As a friend mentioned at the beginning of [...]
Russia deepens Ukraine gas cuts
Russia has basically cut gas supplies to 50%. The EU, at this point, really has no back-up plan and no foreseeable way until a few years down the line to not be heavily reliant on Russian gas lines from Ukraine and Belarus. For Russia, this is a great position to be [...]
(Because some folks were too hungover Wednesday to do one)
This has been covered elsewhere on the news but it’s great to see a group show some real balls for once:
New Campaign By Billboard Liberation Front
The Billboard Liberation Front today announced a major new advertising improvement campaign executed on behalf of clients AT&T and the National [...]