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Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 11:14 am
The essence of culture war is a marching-backwards. Glenn Beck made "Leave it to Beaver" noises because his target audience is cognitively s...Re: Morning Awful: Catholic Birth Control Contention
02/08/12 10:51 am
Notice how a lot of so-called liberal Catholic MEN, like E J Dionne and Chris Matthews, are making this all about religious freedom. Bullpuc...Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 10:46 am
I was six years old and in parochial school when John Kennedy ran for President. I remember my parents and family being pleased when he won,...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/08/12 2:15 am
You've seen them before at the 2009 G-20 meeting and the Battle of Seattle in 1999.Re: Morning Awful: Regressive South Carolina
02/07/12 3:17 pm
It takes an advanced degree in cognitive dissonance to deny these laws have any object other than making it harder for minorities & the ...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/07/12 7:07 am
I checked out on OWS months ago so I never heard of Black Bloc. Wow. Good to know.Re: Most Precise Bombing Campaign Ever
02/06/12 8:43 am
Applause for a simply-stated version of my own mind.Re: Most Precise Bombing Campaign Ever
02/06/12 8:41 am
2 is a higher number than my preferred number of "zero," and it's still lower than 30. I think you can summarize a lot of the Obama Era in t...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/06/12 6:47 am
Who has the irrational hatred of POTUS ? Greenwald or Paul ? Which POTUS ? Bush? Obama ? Lincoln ? Madison ? Any ideas about why ? rather...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/05/12 1:30 am
Good post! I've stopped by a few times, but never commented. I think the key phrase in assessing Greenwald is "overcompensates" and he does...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 2:24 pm
I dislike the term "emoprog." It confuses musical politics with movement politics.Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 1:19 pm
For the same reason Ron Paul approved those newsletters.Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 1:18 pm
And vote. No vote, no voice and no right to criticize the government, because the sorry a-holes who don't vote enable whichever government t...
Tag Archives: warfare
War: the Lethal Custom Part 4
Episode Four, The Deadly Game of Nations
War: the Lethal Custom Part 3
Episode Three, The Profession of Arms
War: the Lethal Custom Part 2
Episode Two, Anybody’s Son Will Do
War: the Lethal Custom Part 1
Episode One, The Road to Total War
Facts on the Ground in Libya
As rebels continue to defeat local counterattacks from increasingly demoralized government forces on their path to Tripoli, Western diplomacy continues to push the regime toward irrelevance: The rebel National Transitional Council, based in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, received … Continue reading
On Killing Stars and Human Nature
I admit to being a scifi geek. So when David Swanson, peace activist, recently opined at OpEd News that Like my FaceBook friends, I too am properly concerned that even if we run out of enemies on earth, we ought … Continue reading
Special Forces in Libya
Color me unsurprised: reports that special forces and intelligence agencies were in Libya have been confirmed by an Al Jazeera crew. Contrary to popular “wisdom,” the primary task of such forces is to find out what the hell is going … Continue reading
The Level Killing Field
The Misurata advance has reached its limits: “It is a different scenario. Now it’s more difficult,” said Salaheldin Badi, a senior rebel commander. “It demands more equipment. Supplies, logistics and communications are an issue.”
The Opposite of Iraq
Glenn Greenwald makes a prima facie case that America’s role in Libya is illegal, which (of course) makes this president worse than Bush. He summarizes the White House position thusly: (1) the War Powers Resolution of 1973 (WPR) authorizes the … Continue reading
Let’s Lie to Ourselves About Libya
David Swanson says that war is a lie. At Truthout, he manages to tell a few whoppers about Libya: The US Constitution allows no president to launch a war. The War Powers Act makes an exception for cases in which … Continue reading
Ghadafi’s Army Cracking Under Pressure
An early dash along the coastal roads turned into a defeat, with rebel forces reaching the outskirts of Sirte only to get thrown back to Ajdabiya. After two weeks of back-and-forth battles, the Libyan Transitional National Council (LTNC) recognized that … Continue reading
