It beggars belief. Polls show the president’s support at less than 30 percent nationally — in not one single state does even 50 percent approve of him. Yet he retains enough of […]
If we attack Iran, you could lose your job
The horror is getting to Matt Taibbi
Matt Taibbi is perhaps the premier political writer of his generation. He made his bones with Mark Ames at Russia’s legendary expat rag The eXile before moving on to The Beast and […]
Homeland security: the lethal illusion
In defense of the indefensible. If you go through life without making any enemies you’re doing something wrong. If you go through life making a lot of enemies you’re doing something worse. […]
The NSA was spying on Americans before 9/11, and telecoms were in on it
By Martin Bosworth That’s the accusation levied by disgraced former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio, who claims that he was approached by officials from the Bush administration to bring his company into an […]
Lingering bad aftertaste from Clinton’s Iran vote
Though it’s been almost three weeks, Hillary Clinton’s vote for the Kyl-Lieberman amendment still sours the stomach. In Sunday’s New York Times Week in Review, Helene Cooper terms it “more hawkish than […]
Mickey Mouse will have his revenge on Tehran
So the Senate caved into Boltin’ Joe Lieberman’s request to attack Iran at will with a bipartisan vote of 76-22. Oh, I know, it’s non-binding and not an actual declaration of war, […]
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